Influences
The influences for our film was Black Button, The Purge, The Box and Angel Heart.
Black
Button - The film centers around a classic
hypothetical and moral quandary; lost and confused in a stark white room the
main character, Mr. Roberts, is offered ten million dollars by a mysterious
older gentleman to push a black button. The catch? If he does, someone,
somewhere will die. This premise sets the stage for a provocative conversation
between the two as they discuss the implications of such a choice.
The Purge - The Purge is a 2013 American science fiction thriller film directed and written by James DeMonaco. Starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey, the film is set in the year 2022 when the United States has become "a nation reborn", with crime and unemployment rates hitting an all-time low, due to the government having instituted an annual 12-hour period called "the Purge" during which all criminal activity (including murder, theft, and rape) becomes legal. The only rules during the Purge is that government officials of "ranking 10 or higher" must remain unharmed and usage of weaponry above "Class 4" (such as WMDs) is forbidden. The Purge is designed to act as a catharsis for the American people, so that they may vent all negative emotions and repressed urges however and on whomever they desire. The idea of The Purge is very similar to the Krypteia tradition every autumn of ancient Sparta.
The Box - The Box is a 2009 American psychological horror film based on the 1970 short story "Button, Button" by Richard Matheson, which was previously adapted into an episode of the 1980s iteration of The Twilight Zone. The film is written and directed by Richard Kelly and stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as a couple who receive a box from a mysterious man played by Frank Langella who offers them one million dollars if they press the button sealed within the dome on top of the box. However once the button has been pushed someone, somewhere, will die.
Angel Heart - Angel Heart is a 1987 American psychological horror film written and directed by Alan Parker, and starring Mickey Rourke,Robert De Niro, and Lisa Bonet. The film is adapted from the novel Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg, and is generally faithful to the novel with the exceptions being the introduction of a child of Epiphany Proudfoot conceived at a voodoo ceremony by "a devil", and that the novel never leaves New York City, whereas much of the action of the film occurs in New Orleans.
A highly atmospheric film, Angel Heart combines elements of film noir, hard-boiled detective stories and horror.
All four films ideas and techniques have contributed to our film.
Mainly the ideas of people killing for money, temptation and self greed.
Our character of the loan shark is a modern and nowadays take on the judge that is seen in Black Button.
Our plot of her having to kill herself is based on that in Angel Heart where he is hired to kill himself but he doesn't know it.
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