Today over at KillerReviews.com, they’ve posted an interview they conducted with KATIEBIRD director Justin Paul Ritter. The interview, which is split into two parts (it’s a long one), covers Ritter’s horror background and his opinions on the genre itself for the first part. Ritter, who first got into horror from reading Stephen King and Hitchcock books, stated that the first film that got him really hooked in the genre was a little film made by Wes Craven called A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, which Ritter says ‘completely freaked [him] out’ when he first saw it.
The other part of the interview focuses on KATIEBIRD itself, which hit DVD this past February (read JimmyO’s review here). In the second half, Ritter covers his intentions for the film (“I really wanted to create an experience with KATIEBIRD that would go beyond just watching a movie”), as well as influences on the film including the challenges facing the film (read: money). Ritter also talks about his use of HD filming and the unorthodox use of multiple panels throughout the film (sort of like the comic book effect Ang Lee in THE HULK).
To read the entire interview, which goes into a heck of a lot more detail than what’s covered here, smack your mouse button here.
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