JB: I think it's important for us both, and it's been important both in our relationship as it is in our work relationship, that there's a very open space between the two of us, like it's not judgmental or these things when we talk about the relationships we have, it's not like that weird taboo, like, "I don't want to think that you are ever with somebody else," like, that doesn't serve us in any way. And that's usually what scares me, but luckily I'm with a partner, a creative and life partner that can support those fears and vice versa. And in the middle of the night, if I'm lying awake at night, those are the things I think about, and so I have to be honest with myself and what actually scares me. That's the horror that really gets to me. The Shining, you know- what if my father wants to kill me? Rosemary's Baby, you know- what if your husband is keeping this terrible secret from you, and did something horrible or allowed something terrible to happen to you? It's those relationships, that's why it sticks with us. But in other relationships, those can be the most terrifying things. I think relationships can be profound, and they can change you into the best person you can be in this relationship, that's certainly how I feel now. And what scares me is other people, and what other people can do to other people. I think honestly, Justin and I have both been through our share of bad relationships and bad experiences, but I have to say, personally, I like to write what scares me.
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The real horror of the film is located in the often-uncomfortable amount of vulnerability people have in relationships and love's disruptive, sometimes horrific potential to change and shape a person's entire perception of reality can we trust ourselves when we're not really ourselves, when we give ourselves over to relationships and occasionally become a byproduct of someone else's love? The terror of total subjectivity, and the effects that grief, guilt, and romance have on it, can be heightened by isolation, and is all on full display here, and was a cathartic process for the filmmakers.ĮB: It's cathartic.
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The movie they made is certainly a byproduct of COVID, with its themes of isolation and the disconnect that exists between people (especially through technology), but its themes are universal and timeless. And we were like, "Well, we've shot two shorts, we're locked down, we're together, Justin's an incredible DP, he's got all this gear, I'm an actor, I'm game to do whatever, are you guys behind us to make a feature film?" Surprisingly, they were just immediately like, "Let's go." And we were like, "Oh God, now we have to make a movie." COVID kind of shut that down, but our amazing producers Andrew Corkin and Theo James, they are attached to Kept, but we reached out to them.
I mean, both of us busy ourselves with work when we're not working, it feels super strange, and, you know, it helps that we love what we do.ĮB: We were supposed to go into production on a completely different feature film that we had written together that we will co-direct, called Kept, it's a modern-day gothic horror film that we were supposed to go into production in our home, upstate. It was kind of our way to get through all of that. The film was in fact conceived, written, shot, and produced entirely during quarantine. JB: The film was entirely shot during quarantine and in Brooklyn, 2020.
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