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Xavier Gens has me greatly anticipating Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury’s follow up to Inside called Snow aka Neige (as shown here in an interview I did with him at NIFFF last year). I haven’t heard a whole lot of news of late on this project so please leave a comment or contact me if you have any news.

Related Coverage:
::: Previous Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)
::: Blake Meets the Inside Directors
::: Xavier Gens on Snow/Neige
::: INTERVIEW: Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury on Inside – Twitch
::: INTERVIEW: Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury on Hellraiser – Twitch (no longer working on this project)
::: Inside Co-Director Alexandre Bustillo Favorite & Worst Film Picks of 2004
::: Rodney Reviews Inside

Image Source:
Official stills used in the original international release for the film.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile

New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Friday, December 5, 2008

A fantastically jaded Japanese poster for a fantastically jaded film that gets better with each passing viewing. Up next for Maury and Bustillo seems to be Neiges aka Snow (I have a quick bit from great filmmaker Xavier Gens talking about it here on Twitch). While you’re there be sure to if you haven’t already… read the interview I did with Maury and Bustillo on Inside (read here).

Related Coverage:
::: Blake Meets the Inside Directors
::: Inside Co-Director Alexandre Bustillo Favorite & Worst Film Picks of 2004
::: Rodney Reviews Inside

Image Source:
Official artwork that was used in the original Japanese poster for the film.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile

Best of 2004 Alexandre Bustillo Picks:
1. May
2. Hellboy
3. Spider-Man 2
4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
5. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
6. Jeepers Creepers 2
7. Nikos the Impaler
8. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
9. Le Convoyeur (Cash Truck)
10. Cabin Fever

Worst of 2004 Alexandre Bustillo Picks:
1. Open Water
2. Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat
3. Catwoman
4. Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse
5. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
6. Visitors
7. Hypnotic
8. Resident Evil: Apocalypse
9. The Butterfly Effect
10. Blade: Trinity

Source: Mad Movies 171

Captivating and simply stunning picture of La femme (Beatrice Dalle) in Inside.

Related Coverage:
::: Previous Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)
::: Blake Meets the Inside Directors
::: Xavier Gens on Snow/Neige
::: INTERVIEW: Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury on Inside – Twitch
::: INTERVIEW: Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury on Hellraiser – Twitch (no longer working on this project)
::: Inside Co-Director Alexandre Bustillo Favorite & Worst Film Picks of 2004
::: Rodney Reviews Inside

Notes on the directors (from its press info):

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As Alexandre Bustillo was writing the script, he looked for a director to bring his project to the screen. He found Julien Maury who’d made a name for himself with his short film Pizza Hunt which earned several awards in a number of festivals. “When I watched Pizza Hunt, I was impressed by what he achieved with a limited budget. His camera work made an impact. Julien was an obvious choice to direct INSIDE. I originally was supposed to only write the script. We eventually decided to co direct the movie and unite our strengths.”

Their collaborative effort was based on their mutual passion and knowledge. When you ask them about their influences, they readily quote slasher films, including Halloween for the treatment of violence in a gritty urban environment, The Ordeal’s spare beauty, Malefique’s sharp sense of confinement, and more generally the giallo genre (for Beatrice Dalle’s character), both for its look and its operatic intensity, and the 1970s supernatural, taut thrillers like Polanski’s The Tenant.

Once they decided to co-direct the film together, they wrapped up a final rewrite of INSIDE “We focused on the film’s development, the chain of events, the dialogue, the narrative. The producers never tried to interfere with the film’s actual content. They’ve always accepted the extreme violence of the material. They mostly helped us flesh out the script and the characters, and add supporting characters, while the emphasis was originally on the two leading ladies.”

When the script was completed, Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury moved on with preproduction work. It took them over 10 weeks to gather the crew, find the best locations and draw up the storyboard. “It’s a rather long period, but it’s crucial for a film like this” Julien Maury says. “We were determined to storyboard the whole movie. We were fortunate to find a house which looked a lot like the one we had in mind. The storyboard didn’t change much once we found the proper location. We also spent a lot of time with FX Cinema’s Jacques Olivier Molon and BR Films’ Rodolphe Guglielmi working on the wounds and the characters’ physical deterioration. We had to choose, at this stage, which effects ’should be live’ and which digital effects were to be added during post production. Their expertise coupled with their overactive imagination and their dedication were extremely helpful. We all wanted the effects to live up to the narrative. So we spent a lot of time on pre-production for our first feature film. Once we were on set, we’d no longer have time to hesitate.”

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Image Source:
Official digital still used in its international release.

Related Links:
::: Official Site
::: IMDb Profile
::: Fantastic Fest Screening Info
::: TIFF MM Screening Page

A calm moment of reflection for Sarah (Alysson Paradis) in Inside.

Related Coverage:
::: Previous Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)
::: Blake Meets the Inside Directors
::: Xavier Gens on Snow/Neige
::: INTERVIEW: Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury on Inside – Twitch
::: INTERVIEW: Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury on Hellraiser – Twitch (no longer working on this project)
::: Inside Co-Director Alexandre Bustillo Favorite & Worst Film Picks of 2004
::: Rodney Reviews Inside

Notes on the directors (from its press info):

***

As Alexandre Bustillo was writing the script, he looked for a director to bring his project to the screen. He found Julien Maury who’d made a name for himself with his short film Pizza Hunt which earned several awards in a number of festivals. “When I watched Pizza Hunt, I was impressed by what he achieved with a limited budget. His camera work made an impact. Julien was an obvious choice to direct INSIDE. I originally was supposed to only write the script. We eventually decided to co direct the movie and unite our strengths.”

Their collaborative effort was based on their mutual passion and knowledge. When you ask them about their influences, they readily quote slasher films, including Halloween for the treatment of violence in a gritty urban environment, The Ordeal’s spare beauty, Malefique’s sharp sense of confinement, and more generally the giallo genre (for Beatrice Dalle’s character), both for its look and its operatic intensity, and the 1970s supernatural, taut thrillers like Polanski’s The Tenant.

Once they decided to co-direct the film together, they wrapped up a final rewrite of INSIDE “We focused on the film’s development, the chain of events, the dialogue, the narrative. The producers never tried to interfere with the film’s actual content. They’ve always accepted the extreme violence of the material. They mostly helped us flesh out the script and the characters, and add supporting characters, while the emphasis was originally on the two leading ladies.”

When the script was completed, Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury moved on with preproduction work. It took them over 10 weeks to gather the crew, find the best locations and draw up the storyboard. “It’s a rather long period, but it’s crucial for a film like this” Julien Maury says. “We were determined to storyboard the whole movie. We were fortunate to find a house which looked a lot like the one we had in mind. The storyboard didn’t change much once we found the proper location. We also spent a lot of time with FX Cinema’s Jacques Olivier Molon and BR Films’ Rodolphe Guglielmi working on the wounds and the characters’ physical deterioration. We had to choose, at this stage, which effects ’should be live’ and which digital effects were to be added during post production. Their expertise coupled with their overactive imagination and their dedication were extremely helpful. We all wanted the effects to live up to the narrative. So we spent a lot of time on pre-production for our first feature film. Once we were on set, we’d no longer have time to hesitate.”

***

Image Source:
Official digital still used in its international release.

Related Links:
::: Official Site
::: IMDb Profile
::: Fantastic Fest Screening Info
::: TIFF MM Screening Page