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‘Heretic’ Filmmakers Scott Beck & Bryan Woods Address “Complacency” Within Hollywood & Innovations Required To Avoid “Future Of Fatigue”
'Heretic' directors and writers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods talk complacency within Hollywood and the effort to create "cultural moments" in a Deadline Q&A.
Released on November 8, Heretic watches as Sisters Paxton (Chloe East) and Barnes (Sophie Thatcher), a pair of Mormon missionaries, are lured into the home of the reclusive Reed (Hugh Grant), where a sinister test of faith and the nature of belief turns into a fight for their lives. Drawing on their diverse set of experiences, and Hollywood’s recent successes and failures, the pair reflect on what they see as essential, within the realms of filmmaking, marketing and exhibition, to avoid perpetuating a “future of fatigue.” Before diving “back into the unknown” of their creative process, where they’re most at home, they also discuss economic disconnects in filmmaking, the ongoing struggle to create “cultural moments” with streaming movies, why they spend most of their time in their home state of Iowa, and what will dictate the project they take on next. Like, our script for A Quiet Place had certain pages that were completely blank, and then just had one word on it to emphasize a certain sound effect, or would have images and diagrams to help sell the concept of a modern-day silent film.
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