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May 12, 2021 · ‘Oxygen’: Alexandre Aja & Mélanie Laurent On Why Making Netflix’s Confined Thriller Was A Breath Of Fresh Air. By Nancy Tartaglione. May 12, 2021 8:30am. Netflix ’s Oxygen (Oxygène), a...
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May 13, 2021 · A more substantial shift was deciding to make the film in French. Aja said Laurent was the first person that came to mind to play the lead role due to her “very rich range of acting skills.”
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Commentators: Alexandre Aja (director/co-writer), Grégory Levasseur (co-writer/art director) 1.They asked the production company, Europa, “if it was possible to cut the head off” the female figure in their opening logo. Unsurprisingly, Europa said no. “It’s a shame because it could be very funny to have her head fall in the water and put blood ever...
“She’s masturbating and the killer arrives, and I think there’s an underlying link between both events.” “She’s running from herself.” “I don’t think it’s so easy to stab a person, even if that person killed your family.” “Everything was real in this scene, even he was a Romanian guy so he was easy to kill.”
I still love this movie and hate its ending, and the commentary has done nothing to change that. It remains curious how the first hour of the film feels lifted almost directly from Koontz’s 1996 novel, but he’s never sued them so I see no reason to get irked by any of it. The track is a good mix of anecdotes and detailed filming information, and if...
Aja directed Haute Tension, which released in 2003 in France and in 2005 in the US, and placed Aja on the map of the horror movie genre. The French slasher, though sticking to horror conventions, pushed the envelope of gore and tension.
Sep 11, 2020 · Culture. How Cuties, a French movie on Netflix, became part of America’s culture war. A movie critiquing the sexualization of young girls is accused of doing the thing it criticizes. Here’s how...
High Tension (French: Haute tension, French pronunciation: [ot tɑ̃sjɔ̃]; also known as Switchblade Romance in some international countries) is a 2003 French slasher film [4] directed by Alexandre Aja, co-written with Grégory Levasseur, and starring Cécile de France and Maïwenn.
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Jul 7, 2024 · In 2003, Alexandre Aja directed the French slasher High Tension, a movie which got him enough attention that it led to him making American horror fare such as a reboot of The Hills Have Eyes, the...
