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Nightmare Alley

The first thing Guillermo said is, "We are not making a film-noir film." We are doinga...

The first thing Guillermo said is, "We are not making a film-noir film." We are doing
a contemporary version of that, a Guillermo del Toro version of that,
which has its own visual range

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The first thing Guillermo said is,
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"We are not making a film-noir film."
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We are doing a contemporary version of that,
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a Guillermo del Toro version of that, which has its own visual range.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:17
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Genres
crime, drama, thriller
Production
Searchlight Pictures,Double Dare You

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Movie Summary

A grifter working his way up from low-ranking carnival worker to lauded psychic medium matches wits with a psychiatrist bent on exposing him.
Every Guillermo set that I've worked on is very baroque, - Nightmare Alley 00:08
Every Guillermo set that I've worked on is very baroque...
Worlds of fairies and witches and vampires and stuff. - Nightmare Alley 00:05
Worlds of fairies and witches and vampires and stuff.
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For him as a filmmaker, it's a new vision for him, - Nightmare Alley 00:06
For him as a filmmaker, it's a new vision for him,
I think he's just exploring some different parts of his psyche - Nightmare Alley 00:07
I think he's just exploring some different parts of his...
We're trying to get some of the cues of the movie - Nightmare Alley 00:07
We're trying to get some of the cues of the movie
The idea of modern America - Nightmare Alley 00:12
The idea of modern America
The research on this was very much twofold, - Nightmare Alley 00:05
The research on this was very much twofold,
There's the carnival of the late 1930s, - Nightmare Alley 00:12
There's the carnival of the late 1930s,
Tamara had so many sets that looked real - Nightmare Alley 00:08
Tamara had so many sets that looked real
The carnival was built outside of Toronto at a fairground. - Nightmare Alley 00:06
The carnival was built outside of Toronto at a fairground.
You'd go there, and when you'd shoot at night, it was so beautiful. - Nightmare Alley 00:05
You'd go there, and when you'd shoot at night, it ...
With the extras and period costumes, you know, it was fantastic. - Nightmare Alley 00:04
With the extras and period costumes, you know, it was fantas...
One of the decisions was, let's build a carnival on location. - Nightmare Alley 00:05
One of the decisions was, let's build a carnival on loc...
So we can be affected by the wetness, by the wind. - Nightmare Alley 00:05
So we can be affected by the wetness, by the wind.
When you are inside a tent, and you're outside - Nightmare Alley 00:07
When you are inside a tent, and you're outside
If you build it on stage, it becomes like a cartoon. - Nightmare Alley 00:04
If you build it on stage, it becomes like a cartoon.
We rigged the earth underneath the carnival - Nightmare Alley 00:13
We rigged the earth underneath the carnival
We always kept it muddy, uh, with hay, with texture. - Nightmare Alley 00:06
We always kept it muddy, uh, with hay, with texture.
All right, folks. Last stop. End of the line. - Nightmare Alley 00:09
All right, folks. Last stop. End of the line.