Blair Witch Project

Epäilenpa suuresti, että kuvausporukka olisi se sama. Itse en ole perehtynyt asiaan.

Kertokaa minullekin, odotan monttu auki jonkun tästä asiasta tietävän vastausta.


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No ei todellakaan kukaan kadonnut. Kyseessä on vain erittäin hyvä markkinointijippo.

Tässä hieman tietoa ko. elokuvasta. En jaksa suomentaa:

The three principal actors and actress shot nearly all of the completed film.


The actors were requested to interview the townspeople, who often, unbeknownst to the actors, were planted by the directors. As a result, the expressions on the actors' faces were unrehearsed.


The working title was "The Black Hills Project."


The actors were given no more than a 35-page outline of the mythology behind the plot before shooting began. All lines were improvised and nearly all the events in the film were unknown to the three actors beforehand, and were often on-camera surprises to them all.


Some theatergoers experienced nausea from the handheld camera movements and actually had to leave to vomit. In some Toronto theatres, ushers asked patrons who where prone to motion sickness to sit in the aisle seat and to try not to "throw up on other people."


The production company Haxan Films borrowed its named from Benjamin Christensen's witchcraft documentary, Häxan (1922), a source of inspiration for the film.


Filmed mostly in Rockville, not Burkitsville, Maryland.


The house that Heather is in during the opening shot is owned by Lonnie Glerum, the film's key production assistant. He is also operating the camera during the opening shot.


When promoting the film, the producers claimed it was real footage. Some people still believe it.


Before the film was released, the 3 main actors were listed as 'missing, presumed dead' on the IMDb.


One of the video cameras used by the actors was bought at Wal-Mart. Rumor has it that after the filming was completed, the producers returned the camera for a refund, making their budget money go even further.


When Josh and Heather pick up Mike, they were originally listening to the song "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" by The Animals on the radio. However, Haxan Films couldn't get the rights to keep it in the film.


In the supermarket scene near the start of the film, you hear in the background, the line "You're Rick Derris?". This is taken from Kevin Smith's 1994 film Clerks.


Most of the movie was filmed at Seneca State Park in Rockville, MD.


Heather's discovery of Josh's (presumed) tongue and teeth wrapped in his handkerchief bears a striking similarity to Washington Irving's story "The Devil and Tom Walker". Tom's wife goes to find the devil in the swamp, and never returns home. When Tom goes to find her, he discovers her apron with her heart and liver inside.


Apparently, Heather Donahue brought a knife into the forest while filming was taking place because she didn't like the idea of sleeping with two guys.


Sam Barber recently won the highly publicized lawsuit to recapture his credit for developing this film from a simple concept stage to the final shooting script as "Pre-Production Supervisor". Although most felt that his participation warranted full crediting as Producer or Executive Producer, the settlement made with Haxan Film Partners, et. al, resulted in the far more modest, if not misleading, credit as merely the "Pre-Production Supervisor." Within the creative community, those in-the-know acknowledge Barber as the true creative genius behind this breakout Independent film.


The 16-millimeter camera was broken during filming; Josh (who had the camera in his pack) rolled down a hill, causing the lens to pop off the camera.


This film was in the Guinness Book Of World Records for "Top Budget:Box Office Ratio" (for a mainstream feature film). The film cost $22,000 to make and made back $240.5 million, a ratio of $1 spent for every $10,931 made.


The sign for Burkitsville at the beginning of the movie has been stolen three times, and was stolen opening night of the movie.


The waitress asking about Blair High School is played by Sandra Sanchez, the sister of director Ed Sanchez.


The three leads believed the Blair Witch was a real legend during filming, though of course they knew the film was going to be fake. Only after the film's release did they discover that the entire mythology was made up by the film's creators.


The movie was released theatrically in the United States on July 30, 1999. The video and DVD were released on October 26 of the same year, less than 3 months after it's wide theatrical release, making it the fastest theater-to-video production on any movie.

Vieläkö joku muka luulee tuon leffan olevan totta :)

Kahden kameran budjetilla tehty, realismistaan ylistetty Blair Witch Project kerää pelkonsa lähinnä uskottelemalla olevansa tositapahtuma. Leffassa kolme opiskelijaa katoaa Marylandissa metsiin kuvatessaan dokumenttia legendaarisesta Blairin noidasta. Kauhuelokuva ilman verta, hirviöitä tai erikoistehosteita on varmasti jotakin todella virkistävää - tai niin ainakin luulisi.

Alkupuolisko lupailisikin toimivaa ideaa haastatteluilla, joissa ihmiset kertovat kauhutarinoita metsissä asuvasta noidasta. Kun suunnistetaan metsään, homma leviää käsiin: nuoret eksyvät ja juoksevat suurimman osan ajasta näkymätöntä uhkaa pakoon. Kotivideokameralla kuvattu materiaali on äärettömän keikkuvaa ja silmälle rasittavaa katsella. Kiitän Luojaani etten eksynyt leffateatteriin seuraamaan tätä - olisin luultavasti oksentanut nähdessäni tämän suunnattoman heilumisen valkokankaalta. Kohtauksissa joissa ei juosta, mietitään ulospääsyä ja unelmoidaan tupakasta. Miten kiintoisaa.

Elokuvassa ei ole musiikkia, mikä on sinänsä hyvä ratkaisu tällaiselle leffalle. Näyttelijät ovat joko ilmeettömiä tai ärsyttäviä: eniten äänessä oleva Heather joko kirkuu tai valittaa suurimman osan ajasta. Jotkut ovat kutsuneet tätä realismiksi, mitä se ehkä onkin - mutta leffojen kuuluisi olla edes jollain tasolla viihdyttäviä.

Leffan julkaisun aikoihin puhuttiin siitä miten Blair Witch Project "aloittaisi uuden leffagenren". Tielleni ei kuitenkaan onneksi ole sattunut vielä yhtä surkeaa teosta kuin tämä. Noitalegendassa on kyllä ainesta kiinnostavaksi kauhuleffaksi, mutta tällä tavalla siitä saa vain ärtyneen mielen, kun meni rahansa heittämään kaivoon.