Los Angeles filmmaker M Night Shyamalan says the concert at the center of his upcoming suspense thriller will feel real as he likes the idea of
"cinema as windows within windows."
The thriller master's new film has taken some of its ideas from a real-life 1985 sting operation led by US Marshals and DC Metropolitan Police, who convinced many fugitives to attend a ticketed NFL game. free.
"Trap" revolves around a serial killer played by Josh Hartnett who tries to evade a trap set for him at a pop concert he attends with his teenage daughter.
In an interview with Empire, Shyamalan said viewers would get a film of the actual concert in addition to the mystery.
The director remembers introducing the film as: “What if ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ happened at a Taylor Swift concert?”
The director's daughter Saleka, a budding musician, plays pop singer Lady Raven in the film.
"I conducted a whole concert! And it wasn't just a background thing. It's equally important. There's no simulated concert. I love the idea of cinema as windows within windows. One of the reasons to come see the film at the movie is because there is literally a real concert that you can't see anywhere except in that movie.
The filmmaker, known for directing films such as "The Sixth Sense" and "The Village," said he wanted the film to be a unique experience, including the concert.
"I really believe in the original film. I want the industry to move towards more original storytelling. I think audiences would really like that. Look, I know the intellectual property is safe. But it's very important that we go to the movies and see something we've never seen before." "We've seen it before. I'll keep fighting for it," he told Empire.
"cinema as windows within windows."
The thriller master's new film has taken some of its ideas from a real-life 1985 sting operation led by US Marshals and DC Metropolitan Police, who convinced many fugitives to attend a ticketed NFL game. free.
"Trap" revolves around a serial killer played by Josh Hartnett who tries to evade a trap set for him at a pop concert he attends with his teenage daughter.
In an interview with Empire, Shyamalan said viewers would get a film of the actual concert in addition to the mystery.
The director remembers introducing the film as: “What if ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ happened at a Taylor Swift concert?”
The director's daughter Saleka, a budding musician, plays pop singer Lady Raven in the film.
"I conducted a whole concert! And it wasn't just a background thing. It's equally important. There's no simulated concert. I love the idea of cinema as windows within windows. One of the reasons to come see the film at the movie is because there is literally a real concert that you can't see anywhere except in that movie.
The filmmaker, known for directing films such as "The Sixth Sense" and "The Village," said he wanted the film to be a unique experience, including the concert.
"I really believe in the original film. I want the industry to move towards more original storytelling. I think audiences would really like that. Look, I know the intellectual property is safe. But it's very important that we go to the movies and see something we've never seen before." "We've seen it before. I'll keep fighting for it," he told Empire.
