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| MOVIE ENTRY |
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| title: |
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GRACE |
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Paul
Solet |
| screenplay: |
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Paul
Solet |
| location: |
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Los
Angeles, California, USA |
| official
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www.gracehorror.com |
| synopsis: |
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Madeline
Matheson is eight months pregnant
& determined to deliver her unborn
child, Grace, naturally.
When an accident leaves Grace
dead inside her, Madeline insists
on carrying the baby's corpse
to term.
Starring: Brian Austin Green |
| runtime: |
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6
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| screening: |
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Film
Program 12 [ refer
to schedule ] |
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| How
long did your project take
to create, from conception
to final completion? |
| I
wrote a feature length version
of GRACE first. We had offers
to option it, but I really
believe in this film and
I wanted to make it myself,
so I began the process of
making a short to raise
the money for the feature.
We prepped it for about
three months, shot it in
four days, cut it in a month
and premiered it at the
Fangoria Convention in June
the day after we colored
it. |
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| Where
did your inspiration come
from? |
| The
story is based on real medical
science. When a woman's
unborn child dies, it's
possible for her to carry
that child to term, unless
labor is induced. That was
inspiration enough, it just
immediately struck me as
the ultimate horror fodder. |
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Horror or Sci-Fi your primary
creative interest? |
| Horror,
baby. But I've written some
sci-fi specs, they're just
extremely horrific. |
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| Can
you describe a typical day
in the process of creating
your film? |
| We
really had an ambitious
project with GRACE, so we
were stretching our budget
to the limit. This meant
we were shooting 12-17 hour
days. We built our set in
an 8000 sq ft warehouse
in downtown LA, so we spent
3 of our days in there.
I'd meet my AD on set early,
and we'd go through the
storyboards and block the
scenes and see what we could
realistically shoot for
and what we might have to
abreviate. Then I'd work
with the actors, adjust
to see what works for them.
After that, we'd bring in
camera, light and set up
the shot. |
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| Who
do you consider to be the
greatest horror writers? |
| Lovecraft
and Richard Matheson. |
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| Can
you recall the first horror
film that left a lasting
impression on you? |
| ALONE
IN THE DARK warped me bad.
That was the first horror
film I managed to watch.
ALIENS also damaged my brain
beyond repair. |
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| Who
do you consider to be the
greatest 'Masters of Horror'? |
| Fulci,
Bava, Carpenter in his day.
There are plenty of guys
today I really admire, too.
Guillermo del Toro, Miike.
Eli Roth has been a real
mentor to me, I grew up
on his home movies so I
learned a lot of what I
know from him. |
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| How
many participants comprised
your crew? |
| Forty? |
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| How
many castmembers? |
| Twelve? |
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| How
did you find your cast? |
| We
had a great casting team
in Allen Hooper and Jason
Kennedy. They were just
amazing. They came on through
our producer, Becca Cutter,
having cast her last film
that went to Sundance. They
loved the script for GRACE
and joined the team. Brian
Green and Liza Weil were
on the very top of my wish
list, and they got them
both. We were nothing short
of blessed to have those
cats in our camp. |
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| Did
you re-edit your film after
the first cut? |
| Yes,
definitely. Gabe Roth, who
did the CABIN FEVER and
HOSTEL behind-the-scenes
documentaries cut the film.
He and I came up with a
longer cut that was much
less surreal, but we sat
down with Eli and explored
some of his notes and came
up with this really streamlined
version that is far superior.
It never feels good killing
your darlings, especially
when there was so much really
fine acting that ended up
cut, but it's been pounded
into me again and again
that my allegience is to
telling the best story possible
in the most effective way. |
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| Did
you shoot on film or with
digital cameras? |
| We
shot on 35mm film. |
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| If
you could choose any famous
actors to work with on future
projects, who would they
be? |
| Christopher
Walken and Mickey Rourke. |
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