Ryan Coogler is one of my favorite directors. The guy just seems to love making movies for audiences, and he takes his influences from all over, not just serious movies. Now, we saw him nerd out over film formats, but this takes his movie love to a whole new level. Coogler recently chatted with the Get Rec’d podcast, which was a really fun appearance. You should watch the whole thing because it was emotional and informative. But the clip below got me hyped. See on Instagram In it, you hear Coogler say, “I love animated movies, bruh,” before asking if the interviewer has ever seen Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. Which, as an aside, is pretty dope. "That's a massive one,” Coogler said of the film’s impact on him and on the movie Sinners. Coogler then revealed that the villain in Sinners is inspired by the Wolf from Puss in Boots. “Think about the villain. Think about his defining features,” Coogler explained.Then, on the screen, we get a flash of the Wolf in Puss in Boots, who shares a striking trait with Remmick (Jack O'Connell) in Sinners: piercing red eyes. Furthermore, Wolf's implied biting tendency aligns with Remmick's vampiric nature. 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish' Credit: Dreamworks I love Coogler for all this stuff. I think he's working in a way that honors all sorts of different mediums of film, and his creativity is humming on multiple cylinders. This cross-pollination of media suggests a willingness to embrace imaginative...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - 3 days ago