It's almost worse than being in jail in a lot of ways.īrazil was a big influence on the movie as well. You don't have any say.ĮS: Anything you say will make you sound crazy. Once you're checked in you're crazy your rights are gone. All bets are off as far as the rules of engagement at a mental institution. That's why I think it's set in this ambiguous sort of late 1950s, early 1960s world. So it's like All That Jazz and Frances had a baby and in some ways it was me, and in other ways it was this idea that just sort of started to percolate.
At the same time, All That Jazz was a big influence on me. I saw it in 1982, so that would make me a sophomore in high school. It's about Frances Farmer and how she was this famous actress who got lobotomized and put into a mental institution and was raped in there. ZS: I was influenced by the movie Frances. What research did you do on these kinds of hospitals, and where did the idea of the hospital as a brothel come about? I often think of Frederick Wiseman's Titicut Follies when I think of this film.ĮS: I feel that just in the sense that at the end of Titicut Follies, they're meant to perform for the hospital staff and SUCKER PUNCH is almost that, but in the idiom of a Hollywood blockbuster. It's like a Morrissey song or something.ĮS: That's what I've noticed as well with this film. ZS: To be frank, the people I've run across who've come to me and said ‘SUCKER PUNCH is my favorite movie’ are normally angsty teenage girls. I feel like you can't make something so audacious without alienating a few people. It was a very polarizing film.ĮS: It sure was. On a personal note, SUCKER PUNCH really carried me through some dark times and I don't think I've ever sobbed harder to a movie before in my life.
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In advance of its screening at IFC Center on Friday, August 4 and Saturday, August 6 as part of the midnight series "The Red Eye," I spoke with Zack Snyder about the film, its reception, and his directorial approach.Įvan Schwartz: I really appreciate you doing this.
The blissful action, skimpy outfits, and invigorating needledrops are woven into the fabric of a project so idiosyncratic, it’s surprising it was even made. Being his only film not based on source material, it reads as a personal protest against the institution of the Hollywood action blockbuster. By Evan Schwartz Twelve years since its release, the ever-polarizing SUCKER PUNCH lives on as one of Zack Snyder’s most audacious works.
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