This man is a true artist. Grew up on his films and still watch his older stuff still. He is really good with thrillers also. I read he tries to be as professional as possible when directing. Always wears a button up shirt with a tie.
Dude...Check out 23 year old Sam Raimi! This kid even in his youth was a filmmaker from day one! So impressive. You're now a legend in filmmaking history!
Crazy that him & Bruce were just buddies & decided to make a movie + the way they hustled to get the money to make the first Evil Dead is inspirational, imagine if they never decided to do it that one movie changed there lives forever & to do it with your best mate just crazy bro
When the interviewer started talking about the tree rape scene and asked “Why did you do that Sam?” I started cracking up. And you can tell they wanted to laugh as well 😂
I love his remarks on criticism in the end, those self entitled hacks still exist unfortunately, and they think they’re cool by obliterating a team’s hard work. I only appreciate negative criticism when it’s constructive and has something to say that will give some direction as to where to go. If you say something like “I walked out in 5’”, you shouldn’t be trusted or employed.
You can tell he was high as a kite or at least has a good buzz going during this interview. Only after about 5 minutes in does he start to calm down. After hearing all the stuff that happened during the making of ED1 I can't say I blame him for needing something to deal with all the ptsd you would have after such experiences. lol Great Film maker!
I love the first two evil dead movies fantastic horror movies man and also all three of the Spiderman movies Sam raimi is the best I have to watch evil dead three eventually but this man’s a good Director he deserves better
Wow, this doesn't settle down into a fairly normal interview until about four minutes in, haha. Whoever taped this in '82 could have easily edited the beginning out. :D It's cool how during the 1980s a movie was still referred to as "a picture" by people in the business. I don't hear that anymore. If anyone watches The Evil Dead for the first time it is obvious that someone talented was at the helm ... because it is something extraordinary: part gruesome thriller, part art house project, part zany comedy. There are some things in it that are marvelous: camera work and angles, musical scoring, lighting, pacing. It's a special piece of cinema.
It's cool to see the unedited, raw material because it often reveals the true character of the interviewee. They might be rude and stand-offish and then pretend to be nice once the interview starts. Raimi seems genuinely cool.
The only films he directed in my generation were the Spider-Man trilogy and Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness. Because those movies were part of my childhood and now my adult years. So right now I’m seeing a special private screening of his the Evil Dead franchise at a local movie theater in New York
@Chris Anderson Actually, not to be that guy but I know he used to be a cigarette smoker back in the day and there was a certain amount of public shame associated with it which is why he is trying to get rid of it.
At 22:55 I think the "Einstein Story" actually involves Irvin Shapiro trading Picasso a bottle of wine for one of his paintings. I think that's what he meant by "its a non-existent story" and "he mis-phrased that." Basically making it more clear how old-school Irivn Shapiro was.
They ended up keeping everything in in this interview, but I don't what possessed them into thinking that the interview needed to be such a high stress structured interview, where everything needs to be said perfectly. Perhaps it's because he was being interviewed by his own crew where everyone knows all the answers. It's a goofy interview. It can almost pass off as a skit and/or making fun of the cookie cutter cliche' interview process, but Sam's nervousness seems genuine.
Yeah haha, the story he told (although a very creative one) was made up. They actually built it for the film and it remained there because there wasn't any reason to demolish it. It actually was consumed by the woods and fans who went to visit the cabin throughout the years. In fact the only thing that remains of the original cabin is the fireplace. There's a video on youtube about the original filming location.
This is a common mistake. Evil Dead was completed in 1981 but not released until 1982 (overseas) and 1983 (domestic). Hell, it wasnt even called Evil Dead in '81. The few screenings (mainly festivals) they did have then it was still called Book of the Dead.
I have smoked the occasional bit of cannabis before but haven't done for years. But comments here were saying he looks high in the video that's why I wondered?
@@Reticence9zen924 i don't thiink what we saw him smoke at the start was grass. He may have smoked prior to the interview, possibly. He does seem to space out and ihe laughs after almost every question. He might be high, or maybe just such a perfectionist that he pauses so much to get his thoughts on the questions asked conveyed properly??? To me, i'd guess a little of both. Being high and trying to remain professional, i would laugh lots too
@@boozywiener4189 Well they're laughing after a lot of questions is because it seems like it's not a very serious interview to begin with. A lot of stuff said seems to be various inside jokes. In the beginning before the interview starts they keep throwing jokes at each other. When Sam is asked "so it was your intention in the beginning to make a brutal savage horror film" they both crack up because as the entire cast, including Bruce Campbell has stated multiple times that the film did not end nearly as serious as they intended it to be. Sam Raimi and the interview both crack up because they know damn well that "brutal savage" is too serious to describe their shenanigans when making the film. Sam also seems to laugh a lot because he knows he could be cheeky, and most of the time his answers are too long and he doesn't really care about what he's saying.
@@kylemoss8342 was just guessin from what i picked up. He's definitely a character. Reminds me how my friends and i mess around, he seems very personable, lighthearted
