The skill Robert Eggers has in exploring how our past informs our present through his thick horror films will be studied for generations to come. The filmmaker goes through painstakingly detailed research from language to period-specific lore and costume to deliver his films like The Lighthouse, The Witch, The Northman, and lastly Nosferatu in life. For one thing, we agree with Eggers that an immortal Transylvanian Lord would have such an epic 'stache.
Fans of the filmmaker may be concerned by signing on The Labyrinth sequel, he'll move forward in time with the modern day wrap bookend from the original Jim Henson film, but that seems unlikely based on what Eggers said recently. Rotten tomatoes. In fact, he was very happy to tell stories of the past.
“The idea of taking a car makes me sick. And the idea of photographing a cell phone is just death,” he said in regards to his future projects, which include a werewolf movie will not happen in modern times like what just happened Wolf Man.
He continued. “To do a contemporary story, you have to photograph a cell phone. That's just life. So, no, [I won’t be making any modern-set films].”
However, he added that he is ready to be more contemporary than ever (his latest film set to date is The Lighthousetaking place in the 1890s). “I might go to 1950, but pre-World War II is more appealing to my imagination,” he said. And to be honest, that's a relief because there's no one doing it like he is. But if cell phones are the deal breaker, does that mean venturing into an apocalyptic future with a ruined civilization might be out of the question?
Nosferatu is in theaters now and available to watch digital with a home release set for February 18.
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