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Some of the alternate titles for this movie were Don't Cough,
Don't Sneeze, and Don't Hiccup. [laughs]
Coming out of the theater I really liked this movie.
I liked a lot of things about it. I like the way it made me feel.
I like the mood of the film. And one of the very cool things is it's not
really a horror movie as much as it's, you know, more of suspense movie.
And it's very effective in that way.
Overall, I thought they did an amazing job with the story.
It was so good and it started instantly, you know.
I mean, they did a real nice job setting up each one of the characters.
I mean, very fast I knew what each character was
what type of person they were, and what they were going to do.
You know, I liked the performances
a lot too. I loved what these characters were doing. I thought
they had a lot of heart to them. You know, the kids, especially Jane Levy
who played Rocky was tremendous. She did a really nice job.
And boy can she scream.
Stephen Lang plays The Blind Man in this and
he was really good. I like him. I was with him
and quite frankly I was kind of scared of him too at times.
THE BLIND MAN: Now you're going to see what I see. TOMMY: I don't think it was
unrealistic compared to other blind characters in movies.
There's one point where he doing a lot of sniffing
to see if he can figure out where these people are in his home
and to, you know, see if he can get it with his nose. I don't know,
he probably uses his nose a little more bit more than I would in that situation, I think.
But at the same time, I think they have to exaggerate it too
to let you know that he's blind and he's trying to use all
of his senses to figure out just what the heck is going in his home.
I mean, it was more realistic than Al Pacino driving
in Scent of a Woman [laughs].
[glass breaks, lock breaks, gun shot]
The sound in this movie was incredible. [dog barks, door opens]
They did a very nice job with big wide stereo sound.
[phone vibrates, gun shot] There were times where they'd be like
in one part of the house and they'd be over in the left hand corner of the room
and the go all the way across to the other side.[footsteps left to right] ROCKY: He's coming!
And I thought that really helped to be able to let me know where things
were going on and sort of a perspective of the house that they were in.
[gun shot, high pitch noise] There were parts that I didn't see
but just to hear it, it still felt creepy and it still felt tense.
[movie score plays] When you combine the music with the
sound design, it almost blurs the line.
It's almost hard to tell what's what. Which is music and which is sound design
and which is sound effects. It's a nice trick and
it really helps to create a cool atmosphere. [movie score resolves]
There's something wild about this movie. There really is.
It played with my head more than I think a movie has messed with my head
in quite some time. It even affects the way you reacted
to certain scenes, you know.
There's know question about the mood to this film.
From the moment it begins, you're just taken on this ride
and you're in this place. And you're there for the entire movie.
It never lets up. The way this affected me was when
I walked out of theater. I heard things like an elevator bell
or even when we got to the car, the bell that dings to tell you to put
on your seat belt - just sounded creepier than normal.
It just felt weird. It felt scary. Everything
sounded scary. So for Don't Breathe, I'm going to give it
three and a half out of 4 eyes open. Now I have to be honest,
I breathed through the whole thing. [laughs]
[theme music plays]
Do I feel like this film portrays blind people in a negative light?
Absolutely not. Listen, just because he's blind
it doesn't motivate his action. There are many things that are messed up
about this character that blindness had nothing to do with.
He lives the way he is... he is how he is... for other reasons.
I don't want to wreck it for you. You've got to see this for yourself
and then I think you'll understand.
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[beep] If I would up in the middle of the night and found
somebody in my house, I would freak out. I don't know
what I would do. And I don't know if I would go confront them of not.
Or do I just wait?
I guess I'll be starring in Don't Breathe 2. [laughs]