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‘MaXXXine’ Director Ti West on How ‘Body Double,’ the Moral Majority and Mia Goth’s Leading Lady Aspirations Inspired His ‘Self-Actualization’ Slasher Movie
‘MaXXXine’ director Ti West discusses how 'Body Double,' the Moral Majority and Mia Goth inspired his slasher movie about female self-actualization.
After himself infiltrating Hollywood’s ecosystem as a scrappy outsider with acclaimed projects like 2009’s “House of the Devil” and 2011’s “The Innkeepers,” the three-quel marks West’s biggest film to date. Set in 1985, “MaXXXine” is drenched in history and iconography from the time — not only when the popularity of slasher movies like “X” were booming, but during the same period that the real-life serial killer, the Night Stalker(whose exploits figure into the film’s plot), paralyzed Los Angeles in a grip of fear. In addition to speaking about the inspirations (both exact and existential) that shaped the look and story of this final chapter in Maxine’s saga (at least, for now…), West reflected on his collaboration with his spitfire leading lady, his own working methods, and the balance between homage and originality that filmmakers must maintain in order to both satisfy and challenge their audiences.
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