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BlackTree TV Hostess Jennifer Johnson goes 1 on 1 with veteran director Sam Raimi.
More than 10 years ago, brothers Sam and Ivan
Raimi penned the first draft of the screenplay that
would become Drag Me to Hell. In its earliest incarnation,
the script was simply titled The Curse.
Weve always loved the idea of curses, Ivan Raimi
explains. We loved thinking about what would
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Mrs. Ganush surprises Christine in her car.
happen to an ordinary person if they were cursed and
put into these extraordinary circumstances.
In this instance, forces beyond her control
torment young bank loan officer Christine Brown
after she commits what seems to be a mild trespass
and denies a loan extension to an elderly woman
named Mrs. Ganush. As Sam Raimi puts it, the film is
a simple morality tale where the protagonist is a
really good girl. She means well, and shes trying to
make it in Los Angeles. Christines got a boyfriend
she really cares about, and to get him, she does one
bad thing. Shes makes a choice to sin; it sets the ball
in motion, and the movies about payback to her.
We made Christine morally complex, adds Ivan
Raimi. Shes trying to get ahead in her job, like
anyone else. Shes just a normal person with all of the
attributes that we might have, colored in grays instead
of black and white. Thats what makes her interesting
to me. Shes put into a situation where her punishment
does not fit her crime, and it is exciting to watch how
she has to deal with it.
A BlackTree Media Production
Produced by Jamaal Finkley
On Camera Talent Jennifer Johnson
Edited by Nick Pooley for BlackTree TV
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BlackTree TV Hostess Jennifer Johnson goes 1 on 1 with veteran director Sam Raimi.
More than 10 years ago, brothers Sam and Ivan
Raimi penned the first draft of the screenplay that
would become Drag Me to Hell. In its earliest incarnation,
the script was simply titled The Curse.
Weve always loved the idea of curses, Ivan Raimi
explains. We loved thinking about what would
10
Mrs. Ganush surprises Christine in her car.
happen to an ordinary person if they were cursed and
put into these extraordinary circumstances.
In this instance, forces beyond her control
torment young bank loan officer Christine Brown
after she commits what seems to be a mild trespass
and denies a loan extension to an elderly woman
named Mrs. Ganush. As Sam Raimi puts it, the film is
a simple morality tale where the protagonist is a
really good girl. She means well, and shes trying to
make it in Los Angeles. Christines got a boyfriend
she really cares about, and to get him, she does one
bad thing. Shes makes a choice to sin; it sets the ball
in motion, and the movies about payback to her.
We made Christine morally complex, adds Ivan
Raimi. Shes trying to get ahead in her job, like
anyone else. Shes just a normal person with all of the
attributes that we might have, colored in grays instead
of black and white. Thats what makes her interesting
to me. Shes put into a situation where her punishment
does not fit her crime, and it is exciting to watch how
she has to deal with it.
A BlackTree Media Production
Produced by Jamaal Finkley
On Camera Talent Jennifer Johnson
Edited by Nick Pooley for BlackTree TV
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