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From Vienna to Los Angeles and back again: Director Alexander Bruckner is currently winning one prize after another internationally with the film adaptation of a short story by Stephen King. The theme song for it comes from Paris Jackson.
04.03.2021 19.00
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“It’s about two young men who are on their way home and stop at a rest stop. There they notice how a young woman is in need, ”says director Alexander Bruckner in the“ Vienna Today ”interview. The short story is penned by Stephen King. Alexander Bruckner acquired the rights and filmed the bloody material under the title “The Passenger”.
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Paris Jackson met at a concert
The 18-minute thriller was shot in Los Angeles, the script was written by Tab Murphy. “He is known in principle from various Disney films such as ‘Tarzan’, ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ – and he was also Oscar-nominated in the 80s for ‘Gorillas in the Fog’.”
Viennese Hollywood director
Thriller is his element, and he has worked with the daughter of thriller singer Michael Jackson: The Viennese filmmaker Alexander Bruckner is currently winning one international award after another – with the film adaptation of a short story by Stephen King. He is currently in Vienna due to Corona. Florian Kobler met him.
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The title song “Notes on a Ghost” for the film does not come from a stranger either. “I lived in Los Angeles from January 2019 and then went to a concert by Paris Jackson, Michael Jackson’s daughter,” said Bruckner. There he spoke to the manager – and shortly afterwards there was a collaboration.
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Twenty film awards cleared
“The Passenger” celebrated its premiere in Los Angeles last year. Since then, the thriller has won twenty awards at film festivals. It should be available online as a stream from autumn – and if possible, of course, in the cinema. “When you sit inside with the audience in the cinema, it is fascinating for a filmmaker to observe how the audience reacts to certain scenes and moments,” says Bruckner.
“When it is how you imagined it, you know that you did something right. That’s why I also make films. ”Bruckner is already working on the next thriller. This time a feature film is planned. As soon as Bruckner is vaccinated against Covid-19, he will fly back to Los Angeles and prepare for filming in the USA and Mexico.
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