The idea of the film began in the early 1970s. Toby Hopper, then a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin and part-time documentary photographer, came up with the idea of a film with the themes of isolation, forest and darkness. He learned from the violence in San Antonio. The creative inspiration was obtained from the crime picture news, and a series of murders committed by the American serial killerwas also the source of the film's material. The film is deeply influenced by cultural and political changes. He hopes to adapt the intentional misleading of real events as a response to government lies such as the Watergate incident, the oil crisis, and the massacres and atrocities in the Vietnam War. The brainstorming news pictures made Hopper believe that talents are real demons, just wearing various masks, so he proposed the idea of letting the murderers in the film wear masks. He once worked in a crowded hardware store and got the inspiration to use a chain saw to break out of the crowd.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Creative background
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Extended Reading
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Brent 2022-04-22 07:01:09
Quite a classic ~ and. . . I laughed again. . .
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Brenda 2022-04-23 07:01:41
You can imagine how horrifying and shocking it was for audiences in the 80s to see this movie in theaters. Looking at it today, whether it is a weird set or a neurotic and morbid interpretation, it will not feel outdated. The murderer's pursuit of the heroine in the second half also aroused the audience's tension to a large extent, and the killing ended. Madly holding a chainsaw and waving it under the sunset (or sunrise), it also achieves pure violent beauty. The disadvantage is that the middle section where several young people take turns to die is rather boring. At this time, some montages should be used to exaggerate the atmosphere. The scream of the heroine is also incompetent. Instead of being frightened to death by a murderer, she will be disturbed to death by her.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre quotes
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Franklin: JEEEEEEEEEEEEERRYYYYYYYYYY!
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Franklin: [referring to the hitchhiker] You don't think that guy tried to follow us, do you? Well, I mean there's no way that he could follow us. He's probably afraid Kirk will kill him.