Actors Shiho and Keisuke Nomura talk to Fest Track about tone, approach, motivation and intent in regards to their horror comedy: "Visitors (Complete Edition)", playing as an official selection at the 2023 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.
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00:26 Hi, this is Tim Waspert from FesTrack. I'm at the Alamo Draft House in Austin, Texas for Fantastic Fests.
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00:45 What beautiful sheep of bark.
00:47 What do we call that?
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01:09 Your character goes from one extreme to the other, and yet your character has to be the one the audience looks through to experience what these monsters are.
01:22 Could you each talk about how you looked at each of your characters?
01:27 [Speaking Japanese]
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02:08 [Laughing]
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02:40 [Speaking Japanese]
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03:34 [Laughing]
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04:19 [Squealing]
04:21 [Grunting]
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04:34 [Speaking Japanese]
04:46 [Squealing]
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05:04 That's why the transition scene makes this film work. In the stairwell, we're just covered in goo and she's changing.
05:13 And you're just like, and then the other guy, there's something very nice and intimate about the situation.
05:24 Because everybody's losing their life in a way.
05:28 [Speaking Japanese]
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06:13 [Squealing]
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08:26 [Laughing]
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