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Exclusive: M. Night Shyamalan Goes Green

Source:Edward Douglas, ShockTillYouDrop.com

June 11, 2008

ShockTillYouDrop.com has an exclusive interview with filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs) talking about his new apocalyptic thriller The Happening, starring Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel, which opens on Friday, June 13.

Here's a brief taste:

ShockTillYouDrop.com: There's definitely apocalypse in the air right now. Global warming is such a prevalent danger and there are movies like "I Am Legend" and "The Mist" and "The Road." You wrote this movie some time ago, so was that something hanging over you that you've wanted to get out for a long time?
M. Night Shyamalan: It's interesting 'cause yeah, when I visited Will (Smith) when he was in New York shooting, I was like "What are you making?" and he described what he was making, and I was like "Oh my God!" (laughs) "Wow, that's weird!" And he's like, "Why? What are you making?" and I'm like "Kind of an interesting kind of movie, similar in a way." It makes sense to me, because it comes out of the times. We're all worried about things and unsure about our world. You start going to these catastrophe places in our heads. In better times, you probably won't see a lot of them; maybe there'll be a lot more broad comedies, I don't know. (laughs)

Shock: With all the paranoia in the air, can this movie still be seen as escapism?
Shyamalan: Yeah, maybe just kind of outletting a fear and talking about a fear in a way that's safe and so it makes you feel better. You go, "Oh, in this scenario I'm freezing, and then you go, oh, it isn't that bad." (laughs)

Shock: What about the fear of terrorism? It's mentioned in the trailer and it's seen as the first possibility for what happens in the movie, much like the blackout five years ago. Immediately, we thought it was terrorists.
Shyamalan: Everything, right? Everything goes wrong and it's like "Oh my God, it's them!" Yeah, it's a paranoid world right now and in a way, that's what it's called, "terror-ism." It's supposed to invoke terror in everything we do, and we're feeding right into it. The reverse would be the right way to be, open and vulnerable and strong and all but you don't need to be scared of every human being on the planet.

And you can read the full interview here!

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COMMENTS (49)

Posted by:

PWRshow.com

June 11, 2008

im gonna watch Happening and the Hulk at the same day

Posted by:

matt

June 11, 2008

do you guys like...sit on the refresh button and wait for these articles to get posted to get the first post??

wow..

Posted by:

Leigh

June 11, 2008

This movie looks like garbage. Sixth Sense was a one off. All the rest of them have been average. i doubt this will be any better

Posted by:

gneah3

June 11, 2008

matt likes men if he replies to this!

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June 11, 2008

I hope this is good, I am looking foward to it.

Posted by:

philip

June 11, 2008

this movie looks pretty sick and twisted. but im interested. unfortunately i, much like everyone else who is going to see it, will be waiting for some stupid twist at the end that may or may not ever come...

Posted by:

keYserSOze

June 11, 2008

I'm sorry I can't get excited about this film, all of his films have sucked apart from Sixth Sense which was o.k... I don't understand why people think hes doing something new, this has all been done before on TV and on film, alot better I might add.

Posted by:

wontruinit

June 11, 2008

I was excited for this movie until i read a review of the script. The reason for people dying is so stupid and laughable. Plus there's a scene where Mark.... nevermind. You'll see. Just don't get your hopes up for the movie. *sigh* Why Shyamalan? Why did you think this was a GOOD idea?

Posted by:

adge01

June 11, 2008

Sixth Sense wasn't a one-off - he made a much better follow-up movie in Unbreakable. The rest that have followed have just gotten in the way with his ego....

Posted by:

Edward Douglas

June 11, 2008

Guys, please be considerate with the spoilers for people who want to see the movie, k? Had to delete a couple comments that blatantly and deliberately spoiled the movie, and if I was one of the people who hadn't seen the movie yet, I would have been pissed!