One of the things that happens on a movie of this size is that in order to get it made, you have to sell an ambition of how to make it for a specific budget, then you spend pre-production figuring out how to do it for that amount of money. The changes continued up until the day we were shooting. It was originally a story about meeting your lover’s parents for the first time. Gillet: Originally, the story wasn’t going to take place over one night and it wasn’t going to have a wedding as the centerpiece. It was at least a year before we made the biggest of changes. Fox Searchlight helped us work with Guy and Ryan and producers James Vanderbilt and Tripp Vinson to get the script to where it is now. Our text message chain blew up, like “Oh my God!” The tone of the movie is weird and specific.įilmmaker: What was the most difficult aspect of getting the film into production? When did you know it was now or never?īettinelli-Olpin: Development was a long process, at least a couple of years, but at the end of the day, we were very grateful for that. It’s rare that we read something that feels like, “Holy shit, we could have written this,” but when we got a draft of Ready or Not, we knew. The things that we love are things we love in a very specific way. Gillett: We’ve always been open to that and we certainly read a lot of screenplays, but one of the things we’ve found, having worked together for so long, is that we have a pretty specific style and voice. Are you three also seeking work from other artists?
Gillett: The group got smaller and now we have the ability to hire people better than us!įilmmaker: I n the case of Ready or Not, it’s written by two screenwriters, Guy Busick and Ryan Murphy, who are not a part of Radio Silence. We come from a no-money, no-budget background and we wanted everyone to do their best. Since then, the collective has mirrored our work ethic, an “all hands on deck, everyone works together, let’s get this done” style. So V/H/S went out into the word with us being credited as Radio Silence eight years ago.
WHAT DOES RADIO SILENCE MEAN SERIES
We were asked, “well, what do you guys want to be called?” Over a series of two or three text messages, we decided on the name Radio Silence, because it was a joke we always had about no one returning our calls. When we were involved in the production of V/H/S (on a segment called 10/31/98 ), which was our first involvement in a feature. The morning after the film’s world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, I spoke with all three about pitching the film to Fox Searchlight, tackling the film’s tonal shifts, extensive costuming and much more.įilmmaker: How did Radio Silence form as a collective and what was the mission of the group when you three founded it?īettinelli-Olpin: I should say that we first formed a filmmaking collective called Chad, Matt and Rob over ten years ago, consisting of myself, Rob Polonsky and Chad Villella. Ready or Not was made by a filmmaking collective trio known as Radio Silence, comprised of directors Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and executive producer Chad Villella. Luckily (and most certainly intentionally), you laugh and cheer along the way. As Grace, Samara Weaving makes an ideal dirtied and scarred Final Girl, and by film’s end, she’s gone through a Von Trier-level amount of emotional and physical torment. With its tonal shifts and flirtations with satanic cults and devilish in-laws, the movie unfolds like a macabre board game about with the fear of ritualistic initiation-or, put another way, a grand guignol retelling of Clue meets Get Out. If the Le Domas family finds and murders her before the sun rises, an ancient family pact is retained and Alex can hop back on Tinder.Ī wacky, gory, coked-up game of cat-and-mouse, Ready or Not is, above all else, not to be viewed as plausible. The game is Hide and Seek, and if Grace can make it to morning, she lives. After the ceremony, the family announces that, as is tradition, they will promptly play a children’s game with (or more accurately, against) the bride, as she is the newest member of the Le Domas family and thus must pass a test. Grace (Samara Weaving) and Alex (Mark O’Brien) are married at the Le Domas family mansion. Opening with a wedding and concluding with some kind of funeral, the horror-comedy Ready or Not is a welcomed late summer season addition. Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, radio silence, Ready or Not, Tyler Gillett
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