Ryan Coogler combines terror and blues to delve into their roots in ‘Los Linadores’: “There are many linked feelings”

On April 16 it will arrive at theaters ‘The sinners’ (‘Sinners’)the new movie of Ryan Coogler starring Michael B. Jordan. The film, a supernatural thriller set in the Mississippi of the 30s, intermingles terror with the culture of blues, its celebrations and legends. The director and screenwriter has assured that it is a tape with “many intertwined feelings” to its roots and its history.

“For me, personally, The film is the claim of a period of time and a place that my family does not usually speak much, Because there are many feelings associated with our history there, “said the filmmaker in a virtual meeting in which Europa Press was present.

“We show these people in their full humanity. And a great question we asked ourselves was: ‘Were our grandparents like us?’“Coogler said, whose family comes from Mississippi, a location in which the film takes place.” The origin of this story arises from the relationship with my uncle. I listened blues all the time and while doing it, I only talked about Mississippi. He had the opportunity to delve into my own ancestral story with this movie“He explained.

Coogler has pointed out that ‘sinners’ has had “Much research” and that they were looking for the world represented to be “extremely tactile.” To achieve this, the production design and the composition of the soundtrack have been fundamental. “We did the trail blues when we were looking for locations and investigating, and went to the BB King club “the director added, explaining his journey to document himself.

Imax y ultra Panavision

The filmmaker has affirmed that ‘sinners’ is a “unique” film that flows between genres, despite the fact that terror and thriller protrude on them with supernatural threats of vampiric cut. “I think it is a genre for the popular public, but it also appears in conversations about the great works of art of cinema “Coogler maintains, which recognizes among its influences for this film other filmmakers such as the Coen brothers, Robert Rodríguez or John Carpenter. However, the director has assured that his greatest inspirations have been the series ‘The unknown dimension’ And Stephen King’s novel ‘Salem’s Lot’ mystery.

On the other hand, the director has asserted that “It made a lot of sense to return to the analog “in ‘Los Linadores’tape in which it alternates between the format Ultra panavision and imax, contributing a “unique appearance”, “old and fresh at the same time.” Thus, Coogler returns to the celluloid again, something that has not happened for 12 years, when he premiered his prima opera, ‘Fruitvale Station’.

Precisely, his first film was also his first project with Michael B. Jordan, with whom he has collaborated in practically all his feature films since then. Coogler has addressed his relationship with the interpreter: “It has this incredible mixture of talent and charisma. Much comes from crib, but he is also a craftsman” cause of colon cancer.

“Trying to leave their problems behind, Two twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start overjust to discover that an even greater evil awaits you to welcome them“, says the synopsis of the tape. Delroy Lindo, Jack O’Connell, Hailee Steinfeld, Omar Benson Miller, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, and Peter Dreimanis, among others, complete the cast of ‘Los Linadores’.