rue morgue interviews
Dec. 1st, 2022 04:33 pma while back i got my hands on a 2009 issue of rue morgue mazagine where rituals was featured on the cover - the theme of the issue was vhs movies, and an american distributor was also doing a publicity push for its then-upcoming dvd transfer of the film. i finally got around to scanning it, with thanks to ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
pendulumscale, and it really is a treat of a feature. interviews with dane and many other people involved - ian sutherland, the writer; robin gammell, who plays marty; hal holbrook, harry; ken james, abel; gary reineke, dj - with thoughtful framing and questions by john bowen. the director died suddenly in the 80s so instead of his comments we get people reminiscing about what it was like to work with him.
the scans are a bit hard to read because of the graphic design choice to make it look like it was printed on aged paper - i promise it's not hard to read in person - but i still wanted to make them more accessible to other fans and researchers so i've uploaded them here. if you're into older horror films the "video nasties" bit is also a fun read, as is the rest of the issue, but you'll have to find your own copy to read the non-rituals stuff, sorry!
(the folder with the pdf also includes a couple pages of another interview with dane and sutherland from a different rue morgue publication, this one printed in 2015 and accessible here in its entirety. there's also a neat little look into the production from the art director. it's interesting comparing some of the answers to the same questions several years apart...)
in response to being asked why he thinks rituals works so well as a horror movie, dane said: "That film has a life of its own, and even though it was stifled for a while, it seemed to resurrect itself in the hearts and minds of a lot of people. Rituals has a natural, visceral honesty about it, and I think that's important - that makes it easy for an audience to suspend disbelief and get involved." a natural visceral honesty.... that's exactly what it is i like so much about the movie.
( discussion of the 2009 interview below the cut )
pendulumscale, and it really is a treat of a feature. interviews with dane and many other people involved - ian sutherland, the writer; robin gammell, who plays marty; hal holbrook, harry; ken james, abel; gary reineke, dj - with thoughtful framing and questions by john bowen. the director died suddenly in the 80s so instead of his comments we get people reminiscing about what it was like to work with him.the scans are a bit hard to read because of the graphic design choice to make it look like it was printed on aged paper - i promise it's not hard to read in person - but i still wanted to make them more accessible to other fans and researchers so i've uploaded them here. if you're into older horror films the "video nasties" bit is also a fun read, as is the rest of the issue, but you'll have to find your own copy to read the non-rituals stuff, sorry!
(the folder with the pdf also includes a couple pages of another interview with dane and sutherland from a different rue morgue publication, this one printed in 2015 and accessible here in its entirety. there's also a neat little look into the production from the art director. it's interesting comparing some of the answers to the same questions several years apart...)
in response to being asked why he thinks rituals works so well as a horror movie, dane said: "That film has a life of its own, and even though it was stifled for a while, it seemed to resurrect itself in the hearts and minds of a lot of people. Rituals has a natural, visceral honesty about it, and I think that's important - that makes it easy for an audience to suspend disbelief and get involved." a natural visceral honesty.... that's exactly what it is i like so much about the movie.
( discussion of the 2009 interview below the cut )
