Australian director James Wan and scriptwriter and actor Leigh Whannell discuss how they got their script for Saw (2004) financed without giving up creative control.
These 2 are the foundation of Saw. If it wasnt for just the two simple geniuses there would be no SAW...wow, smart dudes man. Thank you james and leigh very much.
If any one remembers death sentence Kevin bacon I loved that movie. The violence the intensity that movie made me respect James wans craft in films. To me he is close to the modern day Stephen King he may not write books but his movies are creepy and classics like Stephen King books
@@scouttalent7456Yeah but saw is more fast-paced and lesser-known. I actually had the sixth sense spoiled before I watched the film so maybe I’m biased. But I think the fact that saw doesn’t incorporate any supernatural elements makes it more believable
The both of them together are serious gold man. They are both geniuses and they paved a way for just puzzled psychological movies. I loved how they stuck together and work together on known movies! So cool man
Leigh sure can talk🙂 So cool when people meet and become friends and collaborate together and make their dreams come true. Twenty years later, producing SAW X and it’s one of the best in the Franchise. I want to look up how they landed Tobin Bell for the first film? Was anyone else considered for the role of John Kramer? Hats off to Lionsgate for giving new talent and ideas an opportunity, and taking some risks on people.
i heard that the guy in the barbed wire trap was up for the role of john, but he didn't want to spend the whole film on the floor, so he opted to be in a trap instead, so the role of jigsaw went to tobin :^)
@@gothblyatclique4276it couldn’t have worked out better. I think had they picked anyone else for the role, the saw films wouldn’t have the success they do. They got lucky with Tobin.
same here, i really do enjoy the interview. and hell yeah. bounce down to James & Leigh. u r a filmmaker"s hero & make us believe that there is a chance to become something in "H" dream world. eventhough, its just a fu*K*** small tiny little chance but we do. thanks for popcorn taxi
Where can I find the full uncut version of this panel interview? I know I've seen it in it's entirety somewhere and I'd love to get my hands on it for an essay I'm doing on the franchise
I have so much respect for these guys, and I admire their creation. But the producers are the true heroes. They took a leap of faith and still allowed these guys their creative positions. That just doesn’t happen. especially at this level. Thank god for the cheesy producers
i loved adam in SAW. great acting. if you see SAW for the first time then watch SAW 1-7, but not 8 and 9. they are so bad and the story has nothing to do with the story from 1-7
Carolin Sullivan Please don’t impose your condoning of inconsiderate, indecent behaviour in front of others on me. If your vocabulary is so poor, please look up the f-word and dick head in the dictionary. They are vulgar, or derogatory, words not to be used in polite company and are very offensive to many people! Didn’t your teachers, parents, church, etc, teach you not to be foul-mouthed. Don’t make excuses for people you admire! You are wrong in another respect! People being disrespectful to me by spewing obscenities to my face is as important to me as a nuclear war! It’s shameful you, a woman, are condoning vulgarities! You ain’t no lady! in my country Singapore, women who are vulgar are despised like whores, bargirls or social escorts!
leigh had acted in some australian programming and the matrix sequel before saw and they also were friends with already established creatives like their composer so that certainly didn't hurt
James Tan it was evolution entertainment bought the script and. Lionsgate bought the film for distribution deal. DreamWorks and Golden Circle offered them much more though without creative freedom
Saw X is the closest to be a real good follow up to Saw, the other movies are fine but the older I get the more I realise how meh or bad some of the sequels are. My Ranking: Saw, SAW X, Saw II....The rest are all meh or bad.
Saw had my interest up until the guy saws his own foot off. Fucking ridiculous. Nobody is able to do that. Your body goes into shock from the pain, and if you continue you pass out. Especially if you do it with a slow ass hacksaw. Shit like that needs to go quickly before your senses can ever react. Then of course you have to deal with not bleeding out in less than 2 mins.
DR Gordon did it in a state of temporary insanity. He did it as quick as humanly possible for him. His increased adrenaline level helped with not going into shock and they show in SAW VII that he used a superhot steam pipe to cauterize the stump so he doesn't bleed out to death. AND THE SEVENTH SAW FILM ALSO SHOWS THAT HE DID PASS OUT A FEW MINUTES AFTER SAWING HIS OWN FOOT OFF. IF CRAMER HADN'T SAVED HIM AT THE RIGHT TIME, HE WOULD HAVE DIED.
@@GreenFlame44 Point taken. I just had trouble with my suspension of disbelief from then on in, and I'm usually very forgiving when it comes to the movie medium.
