ComingSoon spoke with The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster director Bomani J. Story and Laya DeLeon Hayes about the Frankenstein movie.
director Bomani J. Story and leading actress Laya DeLeon Hayes about the movie, which had“Vicaria is a brilliant teenager who believes death is a disease that can be cured. After the brutal and sudden murder of her brother, she embarks on a dangerous journey to bring him back to life. Inspired by Mary Shelley’sthematically challenges our ideas of life and death. Bomani J.
: It feels fantastic ’cause it’s been a journey getting this script to the screen. It’s been a few years I’ve had this story in my pocket, so to finally get it at such an incredible festival like SXSW is amazing. I’ve never been there, I’ve never had a film there, so the world premiere and first time are just overwhelming.
Laya, death is a pretty universal subject. This idea that death is a disease is so interesting. What grabbed you the most about the script?: Kind of what you said, death is a disease. It catches the eye. It also makes your ears perk up when you hear it. What really drew me to the script was the script. I remember reading it and just falling in love with Vicaria.
You delivered quite a performance, if I may. Bomani, it’s your feature debut, but it’s very confidently shot. You’re not shying away from anything here. Can you speak to the mindset you went into this with?: As far as the visual language is concerned, there’s a lot of filmmakers that I love and look up to, Aronofsky being one of ’em. The ‘death is a disease’ line is a pretty specific homage to him and one of my favorite movies from him,.
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