Part of me doesn’t even believe Ghislaine is in jail, like ‘I want to see the body, not some decoy,’ to quote my own film. Nekrasova: I’m going to follow it, but I’m so skeptical. I definitely feel catharsis is a good word for it.įilmmaker: So how much are you still reading and thinking about Epstein? To what extent are you going to follow Ghislaine’s trial? When the Epstein stuff happened I was so obsessed and tormented by it but those efforts felt so futile in a way, so I channeled it into a creative endeavor. There were a lot of overlaps with my film and the recent Curtis documentary actually, one being the hauntology of contemporary life, and then also the way that conspiracy theories help people make sense of an emotional truth of the world that’s often in many ways more true than mainstream or status quo narratives.
Nekrasova: Making the film was very cathartic.
I wonder if the making of this movie helped resolve something for you? On the set of The Scary of Sixty-First (Photo: Utopia)įilmmaker: In an interview you did with Adam Curtis, he talked about how we’re living in a haunted culture, in the sense of feedback loops and the myths that are created both online and in people’s minds. Anna Khachiyan who co-hosts “Red Scare” with Nekrasova makes a haunting cameo as Ghislaine Maxwell’s doppelganger. It’s written by Nekrosova and Madeline Quinn, who star in the film alongside Betsey Brown. Having world premiered in the Encounters section of the 2021 Berlin Film Festival, where it won Best First Feature, The Scary of Sixty-First opens in LA on December 3rd and in New York on December 17th. There’s an emerging fusion of her psyche as podcaster, actor, writer and director at play, and it’s perhaps through the filmmaking process itself where the synthesis of her point of view is best understood. As an actor - most recently playing a crisis PR consultant on HBO’s Succession - Nekrasova’s controlled sense of masochistic danger is similarly present. In the last three years co-hosting the podcast Red Scare, she seems to intentionally dangle herself off a cliff of cultural provocation. Nekrasova is no stranger to sardonic humor. But the movie grants you the permission to laugh only as a gateway into the truly horrifying. Creating a Repulsion-esque world that fuses reality and fantasy through dysfunctional characters and their bodily fluids, The Scary of Sixty-First has a thrilling, chaotic propulsion with an undercurrent of sardonic humor throughout. When an amateur detective hyped up on amphetamines and conspiracies shows up to investigate Epstein’s life and death, the roommates are infected with the haunted truth of their new home. In The Scary of Sixty-First, two roommates move into a semi-furnished apartment that may have been owned by the pedophile billionaire. Clearly, Nekrasova doesn’t share the same merry Christmas cheer as most. First up: leering gargoyles lining the 15-foot front door of Jeffrey Epstein’s Upper East Side apartment building. As an added bonus, Max provides his Stanpick of the Week.In Actors, Directors, Interviews, ScreenwritersĪdam Curtis, Dasha Nekrasova, eyes wide shut, Stanley Kubrick, The Scary of Sixty-First, Utopiaĭasha Nekrasova wanted all the exteriors in her directorial debut to have the ambience of Christmas in New York. As always, we'll first discuss what we've watched recently before delving in to the main reviews. We review his first time watch, William Malone’s House on Haunted Hill (1999) and his rewatch, Paul W.S. After John’s slug-centric selections in episode 2, Max reveals his campy picks for one of the (arguably) lowest caliber eras of horror, the 90s. Join us for the third episode of the Semi-Cinematic podcast as we wrap up our October journey into the highest and lowest caliber films of the horror genre. You can follow us on Instagram: https:Facebook: Īre you a fan of gross-looking space horror and nervous Chris Kattan performances? Then you’re in the right place. As an added bonus, Max provides his Stanpick of the Week.
Are you a fan of gross-looking space horror and nervous Chris Kattan performances? Then you’re in the right place.