Newsgroup: it.cultura.horror
Titolo: [INTERVISTA]Andreas Schnaas

Hi Alessio !
                  Here are my answers to your questions. When you
receive
                  this, I will be on the MIFED in Milan. Maybe we will
meet.
                 purtroppo no...ma credo tu abbia conosciuto Manuel!!
                 DOM. Why are you a fan of horror movies?
                 RIS. Horror and Gore movies have fascinated me since my
                  early youth,
                  "Horror of the Zombies" was my first Horror film.
From then
                  on I was
                  hooked and I watched every bit of horror I could get
a hold
                  on since
                  then.
                 DOM. When do you decide to make horror films?
                 RIS. I started building Special FX at the age of 10. I
was
                  curious how it
                  was done, so built arms and heads until I shot my
first
                  movie age 12 on
                  video. My grandfather "got shot" and my two buddies
                  were slashed to
                  death. My father was doing the camera. So this was the
                  preparation for
                  Violent Shit, I guess.
                 DOM. What do you think of american horror movies?
                 RIS. I love the american movies. They prepared a way
for the
                  european
                  horror films!
                 DOM. I know you like italian horror movies, you are a
great fan
                  of Lucio Fulci. What do you think of "M.D.C. - La
maschera
                  di cera", directed by Stivaletti, the last project of
Lucio?
                  (You have to know that Antonella Fulci says this film
is shit
                  and that the original script was totally different)
                 RIS. I do not know if the script was redone. The whole
film
                  seems a
                  little unfinished. Stivaleti sure is one of the best
SFX people
                  but I
                  think he should not direct, Argento should have done
it. If
                  Fulci shot
                  the film I would have been great, I know that.
                 DOM. Now, let's speak about "Anthropophagous 2000". Why
                  did you decide to remake such a cult-movie? Is your
                  version similar to that of Massaccesi? Was Massaccesi
                  informed about your remake? He miss us a lot...
                 RIS. Anthro 2000 is a remake, we have stuck to certain
parts
                  of the
                  original, but we added our own aspects to the story.
We
                  were unsure if
                  the audience would accept that but the critics and the
                  positive reaction
                  from all over the world gives us the feeling of
having done
                  the right
                  thing.
                  The idea of shooting Anthro 2000 was just a gag at
first.
                  We were
                  planning a different movie, and I had the idea to let
the Man
                  Eater have
                  a cameo appearance. But then the project was started
and
                  Anthro 2000 was
                  "born".
                 DOM. You say this film is different from the others
you've
                  made. Why?
                 RIS. We couldn`t inform Joe D`Amato as he died before
we
                  finished the
                  film. We wanted to invite him to the premiere. I am
sure he
                  keeps an eye
                  on us from the heaven of "horror".
                  The film is just more professional than my projects
before.
                  Editing and
                  acting was a big subject here. We worked with
professional
                  actors for
                  the first time.
                 DOM. What can you tell me about the scene of the
foetus?
                 RIS. The fetus scene is - according to the press -
more drastic
                  and
                  shocking than the original. One could argue about
this but
                  fact is that
                  we show definitely more...
                 DOM. How much money did you have to make this movie? I
                  notice that this is the first time you worked with
                  professional actors: was it difficult?
                 RIS. Anthro 2000 has a total budget of less than 50000
US $,
                  so this is
                  one of my less expensive movies. I was produced by my
                  wife Sonja. The
                  rest was like in "old times" : People were working
for free,
                  we had a
                  lot of stress and a lot of fun.
                 DOM. What similarities do you find between you and the
other
                  german horror director (Olaf Ittenbach, Jorge
Buttgereit,
                  and so on). And what differences?
                 RIS. I think there is a healthy competition between the
                  german
                  directors, this fact is sometimes stressed out by the
press.
                  Fact is
                  that underground artists sometimes work hand in hand :
                  The guys from SOI
                  Entertainment and the german paper "Gory News" and
                  myself collaborated
                  in a committee where we help each other and support
our
                  projects. I
                  justed acted in SOI`s film MUTATION and they help me
                  with DEMONIUM.
                 RIS. Now you are shooting another horror, this time in
35
                  mm. What can you tell us about this project and the
future
                  ones? I notice that you ask your fans to collaborate
to the
                  script through the web: do you receive good ideas?
                 DOM. My most recent project is DEMONIUM, my first 35 mm
                  film. I am
                  planning a 1 Mio US $ budget with guts and gore
without
                  and end, a kind
                  of Giadlo Splatter Zombie Thriller, following the
italian
                  traditions. I
                  am desperately looking for investors who believe in
                  DEMONIUM. I just
                  returned from the MIFED in Milan where I presented
                  DEMONIUM THE TEASER,
                  a 4 minute film on 35 mm which presents the actual
film. We
                  were lucky
                  to work with the best camera and editing people from
                  Germany. The story
                  is kind of the story before the actual film.
                  The Teaser can be ordered on video (PAL and NTSC) from
                  now on, just
                  visit our homepage 
www.anthroproject.de
 for details.
                  I hope the budget for DMEONIUM will soon be settled.
                  Thanks for your interest and best regards from
Germany.
                  Andreas Schnaas
 
www.anthroproject.de
Ciao, Alessio
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 Hi Alessio !
Interessante... grazie per aver postato l’intervista:-)))
Tommaso

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