In celebration of the theatrical debut of 'X,' nschager chatted with the director about the terror of old people, subverting Texas Chainsaw-style expectations and the ’70s porn research demanded by his newest thriller
’s theatrical debut, we chatted with the director about the terror of old people, his plans for future entries in the series, subvertingWhy are old people scary?]. The old people in this movie have, let’s say, some issues, so there’s a little bit to be concerned about there.
When did you decide to have Mia Goth play both Maxine and Pearl, and what was the thinking behind it? It’s not obvious that she’s playing both characters.Ideally, it is not obvious. Based on experiences so far, for a very small amount of people, it clicks with them during the movie. Most people realize it at the end credits. And then a lot of people, it’s when someone else tells them. Having a movie that can give you that experience—that was part of the reason.
It’s basically done: shot, edited, all that stuff. We made them back-to-back, last year. We shot this film in New Zealand, and you have to spend two weeks in quarantine in a hotel before you can get into the country because, at the time, they had zero COVID—which is why we made it there. Two weeks in a room is a long time. I had an idea for the backstory of this character, and for a larger theme for these movies all together, and I had mentioned that to a few people that were part of the movie.
I think they knew the craft of the movie was going to be very particular, and that it was going to be a very filmmaker-driven movie, both narratively and creatively. To me, it’s really a love letter to cinema in a way. I really wanted to make a movie about filmmaking, but I didn’t want to make a movie about Hollywood filmmaking, because I’m not interested in that, and I don’t know anything about it, to be honest with you, because I haven’t experienced it.
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