Disturbing Cinema

Disturbing Cinema:  What can you tell us about your segment "Gully" &  what was the inspiration/influence behind it?  Lorenzo Zanoni:  I began working on Gully when the topic of the disease touched me personally. I was sad and frightened and tried to reproduce these themes in the film. I wanted to focus not so much on the illness, but on abandonment and the reaction to the illness and its loneliness. Owen loses everything in his degeneration, but maybe he finds himself; He's the real virus of the story: a parasite who lives morbidly hanging onto his relationship, so fat that he looks like a larva, unable to take an independently step in his life. The blindness that led to Owen's reckless behaviour, leads him to a real loss of sight, a perpetual darkness where the only guiding voice is Stella's who accuses him of  "needing to change" just when the guy is mutating his essential condition. It's basically a story of love and hate, more with one self ...

Disturbing Cinema: When you first read the script for The Death of Dick Long (2019), what were your initial thoughts and impressions?  Virginia Newcomb: I had been primed to expect the dark twist, but I was more surprised at how humanely delicate Billy's unraveling of it all was. When you say it out loud, the scenario is jarring, but as fucked up as it is, you're immediately curious. On some super scary deep level, you feel shame just for being forced to imagine it. Then, the script goes and builds this empathetic, humorous, southern working class structure around it and voila, simulated repression! I understood those layers instantly and was terrified and thrilled to explore it.  Disturbing Cinema: What do you love about your character Lydia?  Virginia Newcomb: When I was introduced to the project, I wasn't asked to look at one specific character. I ended up reading for several, but connected with Lydia fast. I felt her heart break. I wanted to fill her up with this loya...

Disturbing Cinema:   What can you tell us about your character Lily?  Ximena del Solar:  Lily, my character is a very confident woman. Not exactly a villain, but someone willing to take advantage of any situation. She feels responsible for her best friend (Natalia), whom she wants to help due to certain dramatic circumstances that overwhelm her. Both woman are going through an economic hardship that drives them to commit a crime.  Disturbing Cinema:  You have collaborated with Lucio A. Rojas before, and have both co-written several projects together, including this one. How was your experience working with him again? Ximena del Solar:   To be honest, this is the first time that I have co-written a project with Lucio. In all the previous films I have collaborated very intensely, but I have not co-authored the scripts. When it comes to "Contagium", our segment we've created and written everything together from the beginning. It was a great experience for me. ...