MaXXXine‘s Ti West mixes best 80s film elements for his upcoming horror film.
With the highly anticipated release of MaXXXine, Ti West transports viewers to the adrenaline-pumping world of 1980s films like The Terminator and Vice Squad.
’80s action movies like ‘The Terminator’ and ‘Commando’ had a huge influence on me. I don’t even necessarily like those movies … there is just something about that stuff that is so tied to the fabric of my reality’
, says West, emphasizing the era’s strong impact on his latest work.
This film draws inspiration from various ’80s cinema, combining elements of hardcore storytelling and crime drama for an intense narrative journey.
‘The ’80s aspect of it was a natural, chronological thing’
, West recently told Empire magazine, highlighting how the historical setting amplifies the story’s authenticity.
The gritty narratives from films like Hardcore, which follows a father’s desperate search through the seedy underbelly of the Californian porn industry for his missing daughter, play right into the tough, raw atmosphere that MaXXXine aims to capture.
Mia Goth’s character, Maxine Minx, continues her story as an ex-adult film star seeking her big break in Los Angeles during 1985. It’s poppy but still grounded in more of a grittier ’80s than a shopping-mall ’80s
, describes West.
This direct sequel to X and follow-up to Pearl continues to combine historical settings with a modern narrative approach. In X, set in 1979, influences from ’70s slasher films are evident, while Pearl, set in 1918, twists the narrative of The Wizard of Oz into a darker tale.
Echoing Paul Schrader’s sentiments on cultural impact,‘When you get involved in a cultural cornerstone, on the one hand, it’s enormously gratifying, and it’s very much a matter of luck,’
, West aligns his work with these influential narratives.
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