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The Bigfoot family lives in the heart of the forest. These atypical creatures, perhaps the end of their species, begin to travel absurd, humorous and moving. By solving these problems, do they escape modern civilization?
David & Nathan Zellner’s “primitives” – available in Paramount+
Opni (unidentified hair)
Who said there are no more original and innovative projects that will be able to get out of the comfort zone? No doubt the people who have seen primitive (Sasquatch Sunset In vo), incredible comedy in the form of a fake documentary, according to the Bigfoot family in America for several seasons. Saturday Night Live Sketch Square that David and Nathan Zellner (already forbidden by Kumiko, treasures of hunters already) are slightly less than 90 minutes, without the slightest word to give the body a passion.
“Once we are kids, we were obsessed with Bigfoot”Nathan told us at the Champs-Esées Film Festival, where primitives opened in 2024. “America does not have much in terms of mythology because it is very young, but it is one of its main myths, and we have always been fans of these creatures, which are part of the pop culture and which we find in television shows.
“So the project started jokingly when we were interested in what the rest of the time was doing. Sasquatch of birth magazine 2 In 2010, which already had this vourous aspect and showed Bigfoot childbirth. “
“As it was successful, we continued to develop an idea, in a very different style, but always this idea of family members: if there was a human point of view or story, it would add a share of their actions, but we wanted to solve history in the most objective way.”
“What distinguishes the animal kingdom is that we are ashamed and no animals. Which is not so easy because the temptation to easily solve everything with the addition of people or the shell that serves the dialogues was great as David Zellner confirms: “There are some things you can get out of her mythology, but you have to invent everything, your own facts.
“We knew that the story was very simple, in terms of as much goals, namely desire and needs. This is how it is a primitive film that we have to believe in where the animal documentary sometimes gives the most trivial humor (the scene can be seen as a scatological version of visitors) before poetry is taken.
“We didn’t want to have anthropomorphism of characters”
A real opni (unidentified hair), which is simply impossible to identify actors under costumes and makeup layers. Starting with Jesse Eisenberg, common counter-employment, those who were accustomed to playing nervous and talking characters, expressed at ultra-fast speed. “It was not the reason for our choice, but it could be what he had caught in the role.”Answers David Zellner. “He always tries not to be familiar to him in the area that he has not yet been researched as an actor. We knew he was excellent in comedy and drama. He realized that we loved the idea that he was doing this beta character.
“Many have found that there are no dialogues when watching a movie”Continues Nathan Zelner. “And this, we got it during funding, but after you buy that there is no human dialogue, you understand exactly what they are talking about. Riley Kow : They are beautiful under this makeup, if you put another actor in this role, it will be another character. Different interpretations too. “
“Even if they are completely in costumes, we wanted to make makeup sufficiently fine so they could still play and express emotions. That is, we didn’t want contact lenses or special effects on their eyes. Combinations, but foam and fur, and very tight, which is performed for measuring, so you really have to work to enter it.
“As for the look, there were a few pieces that were stuck, then dyed, then hair, beard, and other things that were inserted. So it took two hours. Then take another hour to remove everything. Full investment, so for the movie, like any other, but which deserves a view, even if you are wondering what you have seen recently.
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