We spoke w/ Robert Rodriguez about Hypnotic, how it's “Hitchcock on Steroids,” and why they had such little time to shoot the film. He also talks about the new SpyKids movie on Netflix & his hopes for Alita2.
Having tackled westerns, epic sci-fi, and children’s films, among other genres, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez returns with Hypnotic, a mystery thriller he’s calling “Hitchcock on steroids.” While preparing for the film’s theatrical release on May 12, Rodriguez spoke with Collider’s Steve Weintraub about bringing his vision, 20 years in the making, to audiences despite the numerous setbacks.
ROBERT RODRIGUEZ: It's quite early on when people would say, “What's this Hypnotic?” And I would just say, “It’s Hitchcock on steroids.” What I meant, really, was the pace. I thought, you know, [Alfred] Hitchcock films were older films, and I thought, I would love to bring a relentless pace to a thriller. I think that would be really fun. But then also, because of the COVID shutdowns, we had so little time to shoot this thing.
I'm a fan of your work, but I really enjoyed this movie and the world that you created. So I have to ask you, there's obviously people that have this power, did you consider when you were writing, “Well, if people have this power, then there's other people that must have another power?” But, I wanted it in there somewhere because I thought it was cool, and it was such a $2 trick. I mean, it's such a trick… I did it with my iPhone to show the actors what we were doing, and they couldn't believe what they were seeing. They thought they were seeing things. I go, “This is like the Hitchcock method, no visual effects needed. It's just a sleight of hand trick.” That's what most of the movie is. My favorite sequences are just $2 edits, and the editing was so fun to do.
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