Horror manager Mike Flaanagan has opened on how he helped work in dealing with sadness and loss.
SXSW London opening before the premiere of his new movie Chuck's lifeFlaangan said that creating his Netflix series Hill House It was a confrontation mechanism after suicide in his family, which was represented in the story of Neil Crane, who committed suicide in the show.
“There are pictures that the dreams and nightmares that I had during that time,” he said. “This offer is that I am trying to deal with sadness and loss. I will deal with it forever, but I have a creative outlet to try to pour this incredibly therapeutic and I hope that is arapeuting for people who pass a similar situation for me.”
Flaanagan indicated that some of his other big projects such as Doctor and Midnight Mass His battle against alcohol addiction helped, and the first helped him get sober.
Flanagan is famous for the successful Netflix series Hill House And movies, including Okulus, Gerald game and Doctor sleep. It also shows the TV version coming from Amazon from Stephen King's curry.
The fans have speculated that sadness and suicide are central topics for Hill HouseAnd a show that was based on Sherley Jackson's novel of 1959.
“Bias against Horror”
During a large -scale SXSW session, Flaanagan said that there is a “bias against terror” from the fans and industry that reset it when a prize -winning project comes.
He said that there was always a “wrong concept of what might be horror”, using an Oscar -winning example of the Oscar -winning Jordan Bell, who rapidly begins this type before forgetting this again.
He said: “People outside this type are still amazed permanently that there is a really good story here and not only about fears.” “But this was always the case. Horror has always been a common type in the movie, but the industry and some fans tend to reset and surprise again that it is very viable, complex and beautiful as any other type.”
Many Oeuvre in Flanagan have been amendments to King's popular horror work, and he is said to work closely with King on a long adaptation to the Tower Dark series, while King praised his projects in the past.
For Flanagan, and perhaps surprisingly, King is not a horror writer. He described him as “a beautiful, beautiful,” human, “nice, enjoyable and old.”
“He writes emotional and emotional stories about human nature and horror elements, who are organically born from the characters he creates,” he added. “It took me to realize that twenties [Stephen King novel] He – she It is not related to the formation of formation, it is related to children and friendship. “
To applause the audience, Flaanagan also made an excited appeal to the monologue to remain part of the movie because he said that the author should remain strong against the desires of banners and studios.
He added: “Monologue is an art that dies, but there is nothing more impressive than watching an actor completely changes reality with just words.” “I claim every time with the studio. They say they love him, but they ask whether it may be half. But I love to see it and I want to back down from this cultural transformation of low attention and entertainment.”
Flalandan was speaking before Chuck's life's The first offer on the last day of the opening SXSW London. Film stars Tom Hedelston as a man whose life is dating in a rear rear order and it appears to have an impact on the world and the universe around it. Chuck's life Publicly less terrifying than Flanagan's previous work, although it also depends on King's novel.
