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Your new movie I Hear the Trees Whispering - in a few words,
what is it about?
According
to its synopsis, I Hear the Trees Whispering
is about a lonesome man takes a job in the middle of the
woods after running from his tormented past, but it soon turns out nothing
around him is what it seems.
What were your sources of inspiration
when writing I Hear the Trees Whispering, and is any of it based on
personal experiences?
If
I have to mention some kind of inspiration, I would rather turn to video
games and walking simulators such as Everybody’s
Gone to the Rapture, What
Remains of Editch Finch, Firewatch
or The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.
It’s pretty interesting, as I very rarely played these games but often
preferred to watch their gameplays without commentaries on the internet. I
was very much captivated by their atmosphere, but often something was
missing in the stories, and the conclusion was unappealing to me in almost
any of them. I started to think about my own little story I wanted to make
with such an approach and with my characters, and finally I
Hear the Trees Whispering was born.
Do talk about your film's approach
to the thriller genre?
The
thriller as well as the mystery are more to be found in the atmosphere and
locations, although at the heart of the story the protagonist has to be
confronted with several mysterious events that create an increasingly
suffocating environment for him. The choice of locations and the
particular cinematographic approach, as well as the colours and score,
will strengthen this feeling.
What can you tell us about your
overall directorial approach to your story at hand?
I
worked on this story in a similar way to my other films. I like to capture
the atmosphere of the location, usually with a pretty small crew,
experimenting a lot and even adding new things to the story if possible.
I Hear the Trees Whispering
has a pretty stellar, international cast -
so do talk about your actors, and how did you get some of them even, and
what was it like working with them?
I
can safely say that I have worked with true professionals and I am truly
grateful for the opportunity. Gábor Varga is one of the best – if not
the best – voice actors in my country, and I have already worked with him
before. I loved his approach because he immediately understood Will’s
intentions and worked a lot on the character. This is my first major
collaboration with Laura Saxon, and I'm sure this is just the first major
step on our journey together. Though he appears in a smaller role, Bill
Oberst jr [Bill Oberst jr
interview - click here] does a wonderful and memorable job, and honestly I never
dreamed that Academy Award nominee Larry Hankin would agree to have a role
in my film. After The Poltergeist
Diaries, I had the opportunity to work with Anita Tóth again, who I
would dare to trust in any role and I am very much grateful to have been
able to work with her in this film. The film may be the jewel in the crown
of my ten-year working relationship with DoP/editor/composer Gergő
Elekes [Gergő Elekes
interview - click here], but I also need to say that the film would not have come to
fruition without the support and trust of producers Roy McClurg and Jon
Vangdal Aamaas, as well as Kai Destiny & Mickey Raymond of Da Yamms
Entertainment. It appears your
forest location also plays a big role in I Hear the Trees Whispering
- so where was your movie filmed, and what was it like filming there?
Yes,
the forest, which belongs to a small Hungarian village called Isztimér,
plays a very important role in this story. The small house that served as
the main location was literally in the middle of the forest, and we didn't
meet anyone during the shooting, apart from a few tourists. At night,
there was a rather eerie atmosphere in the area, but I loved filming here
very much. Do
talk about the shoot as such, and the on-set atmosphere?
Bill
Oberst jr and Larry Hankin's scenes were finalised during the spring, and
everything was done perfectly in two days. We shot a few days in July and
now in November. It was a family atmosphere without any major disruptions.
In the summer, we had to vary the cast a bit, as it was difficult to
travel to Hungary because of the quarantine, but in the end we overcame
all the difficulties with some creative solutions. We had nine days of
shooting in total, in fantastic locations with great people. It was a
great experience. The
$64-question of course, when and where will I Hear the Trees Whispering
be released onto the general public?
As
I see we will finish all the work by January. After that it will have its
festival season and hopefully it will be available worldwide in the summer
or autumn of 2022.
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One
can follow the movie on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/ihearthetreeswhispering
Trailer: https://youtu.be/fsUvCptGcvU
Thanks
for the interview!
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