Don’t expect Nosferatu’s Robert Eggers to become contemporary anytime soon

Robert Eggers’ ability to explore how our past has informed our present through his richly dense horror films will be studied for generations to come. The director goes through meticulously detailed research, from language to tradition and period-specific costume to present his films as The Lighthouse, The Witch, The Northman, and more recently Nosferatu to life For one thing, we agree with Eggers that an immortal Transylvanian Lord would have such an ‘epic stake.

Fans of the filmmaker may be worried about signing The Labyrinth sequel, it will jump forward in time with the modern day Jim Henson original film, but that seems unlikely based on what Eggers said recently. Rotten Tomatoes. The truth is that he is very happy to tell stories set in the past.

“The idea of ​​having to photograph a car hurts me. And the idea of ​​photographing a cell phone is just death,” he said of his future projects, which include a werewolf movie which will not happen in the modern day as the just released The wolf man.

He continued. “To make a contemporary story, you have to photograph a mobile phone. That’s how life is. So, no, (I won’t make modern films).

However, he added that he is willing to go a little more contemporary than he has before (his latest film to date is The Lighthousewhich takes place in the 1890s). “It could go to 1950, but pre-World War I is more inviting to my imagination,” he said. And to be honest, this is a relief because there is no one who does it like him. But if cell phones are the business breaker, does that mean venturing into an apocalyptic future with a devastated civilization might not be out of the question?

Nosferatu is in theaters now and available to watch digital with a home release slated for February 18th.

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