Blair Witch director continues be mediocre, stand in shadow of 9 year old shaky cam one hit wonder which really wasn’t all that good
May 3, 2008
Nine years after the low-cost horror film “The Blair Witch Project” became a hugely profitable cult phenomenon, its co-director hopes to recapture some of that excitement with his new thriller, “The Objective.”
“I want people to appreciate “Blair Witch” for what it was but at the same time give whatever else I do at least a fighting chance and say, ‘OK, this guy can do more than just one movie, he can do more than just Blair Witch,”‘ Daniel Myrick, told Reuters in a recent interview.
“The Objective,” which tells the story of a CIA officer and special forces crew on a mission in the Afghanistan mountains confronted by supernatural threats, premiered at New York’s Tribeca Film festival and is seeking a distributor.
In some ways, it mirrors “Blair Witch,” including the general narrative of a team of characters lost and forced to deal with the unknown, as well as using “first-person” filming techniques to add to suspense, said Myrick, 44.
“It’s similar in that you have a group of people in a situation they don’t quite understand,” he said. “It’s a kind of a ghost story, psychological thriller.”
But he said “The Objective,” shot in Morocco, was “a more cinematic film in a lot of ways, traditionally, than ‘Blair Witch,”‘ which deliberately used shaky, amateur footage to tell the story of three young filmmakers lost in the woods where they were terrorized by an unseen presence.\
After his 1999 success, Myrick turned down offers to make the sequel and direct other thrillers. Several of his projects were released straight to video.
At least one early reviewer was not so hopeful. “This supernatural thriller is unlikely to achieve the phenomenal success of its fabled predecessor,” Variety said in its review.
Via Yahoo
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