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‘Not Today, Satan’: Lee Daniels on the Spiritual Work of ‘Deliverance’ and Casting Glenn Close

Award-winning director and producer Lee Daniels has added a brand new genre to his catalog with The Deliverance. Trying his hand at suspenseful horror, Daniels’ latest Netflix film follows the true story of Latoya Ammons, who claimed her three children were possessed by a demonic spirit while living in Gary, Indiana in 2011. Known as the “Demon House” case, Daniels admits he initially “stayed away” from the film for spiritual reasons.
“I know the spirit works through me. So what kind of spirits do I want to have on me? So I just thought, ‘No, I’m not going to do that,’” Daniels said Hollywood Reporterexplaining how Ammons’ story stuck with him without end. “We’d never seen that story, through the lens of this African-American woman, on screen, and I just felt like we were living in such dark times, and I don’t think people really know how dark times we were living in. And I felt like I had to reconnect with my higher power.”
In addition to influencing the decision to make the film, the “Precious” director’s spirituality also motivated a number of decisions made in the film and on set. Understanding the history of strange occurrences occurring during the production of horror movies, Daniels reportedly had a delivery person on set in any respect times to not only guide the solid but additionally “protect (the cast and crew) from the set.” After his mother further warned him about the spiritual implications of reenacting history, the director revealed that he, the solid, and crew prayed on daily basis.
“Listen, I read these books about the making of ‘Poltergeist’ and ‘The Exorcist.’ And I thought, ‘No, not today, Satan. Nothing’s going to happen in this motherfucker today.’ So we prayed every day,” Daniels said. by variety“We developed a system where I could say, ‘I don’t want to offend anyone, but those of us who are not prayer-minded are free to leave the set.’ And there were a few people who did, but most people, most of the 200 or so crew members (members), knew they wanted to be protected.”
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The film also stars Andra Day, with whom Daniels worked on “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” Caleb McLaughlin and, controversially, Glenn Close. The role of the 77-year-old Oscar nominee Alberta, a white woman with a biracial black daughter and black grandchildren, has sparked controversy and countless memes on social media.
“Every black person knows Alberta. She is part of our community, but we have never seen her on screen before. Thank you Glenn for bringing her to life so beautifully,” Daniels wrote on Xdefending their casting decisions.
However, many viewers weren’t thrilled with Close’s presence in the film, especially since Alberta was clearly a black woman in real life.
“This n***a added a white woman to a real story that didn’t involve a white woman and then said it’s because white women like her are part of the FABRIC OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY. He’s objectively worse than Tyler Perry, sorry… he’s like Tyler Perry and Kenya Barris if they had a baby” one user wrote.
Another added: “There is literally NO scenario where a non-Black person is the actual ‘fabric’ of the Black cultural community, literally ever… especially since Black grandmothers and Black matriarchs have been the focal point of our community since the beginning.”
Despite criticism of the film — and the ongoing debate about Close’s character — Daniels appears to be having fun with the response from black Twitter users, laughing with X usersUltimately, the director hopes “The Deliverance” will motivate people spiritually.
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Inside the mind of Tyler Perry: Craft

In his latest film “Dulacity” Tyler Perry delves into a posh area – confronting controversial problems, testing the bonds of friendship and revealing hidden motifs. Known for his emotional history, Perry takes the audience on a journey, which just isn’t only exciting, but in addition socially resonant.
“Observing people thrilling the narrative of these movements … You will find that one or the other is happening something like a wicked thing” Perry explains. “Instead, understanding here is a problem that should be solved.” With a confrontation with the real danger of polarization and avoidance, emphasizing: “If we still run on both sides and we can’t deal with it, it will happen.”
Stories of Perry has long been rooted in powerful emotional arches, especially those focused on women. “My mother and my aunt raised me and I watched them go through different things,” he says. “The scope of emotions that a woman expresses and can freely express is very, very powerful.” He believes that he “releases” discovering these emotional depth in his letter. However, he admits: “People are more difficult for me because of limiting emotions.”
The drama in “Dulite” doesn’t simply develop through emotions, but in addition by tension and treason. “It’s about some friends who you think really care about themselves, but everyone seems to be for themselves,” reveals Perry. “There are betrayals that can be quite shocking.” But ultimately these twists are intended: “This is a lot of what my audience wants to see.”
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Denzel Washington celebrated after a tense meeting on the red carpet: “It was a great evening”

Denzel Washington’s “Great Evening” in Cannes, which included an unexpected honor and standing ovation, began with a heated exchange on a red carpet.
On Monday, May 19, on the red carpet for the premiere of the movie Neo-Niir from Spike Lee “Highest 2 lowest”, through which Washington and $ AP Rocky perform, Washington talked to Lee when a member of paparazzi caught his arm.
Based on Material from this incident When making rounds on the web, the 70-year-old actor turns and warns the man to “stop”. When Washington turned to return to posing along with his Rocky star, the man did it again. This time Washington’s answer is rather more intense.
However, despite the hot exchange, Washington’s representative said People magazine“It was a great evening.”
A moment later, proving how happiness can change in ten centuries, Washington received the unexpected honorary Palme d’Or, the festival’s highest honor and standing ovation during acceptance.
“It’s a total surprise for me, so I’m a bit emotional, but I thank everyone from the bottom of my heart” Washington said. “It was a great opportunity to work again with my brother – brother from another mother, Spike.”
He continued: “You know, we are simply blessed beyond measure, I am blessed beyond measure, until my heart thank everyone. Thank you.”
Before the premiere of the red carpet, Washington joined Rocky and Lee to take a photo Since then, this has turn into popular due to the contagious show of joy. Three men, with wide smiles and coordinating white and black bands-in a white suit competing with Ton Montana, Washington in a black T-shirt and dark rinsing, and Lee in a white shirt and creamy pants-a series of funny shots. In a few shots, Rocky is inside older men, and in other shots all three are having fun with silly poses and faces.
“The highest 2 lowest”, reinterpretation of the Japanese thriller of the crime Akira Kurosawa from 1963 “High and low”, set in modern New York, means the fifth cooperation of Washington and Lee. The film has a buzzing forged, including Rocky, Jeffrey Wright, Wendell Pierce, Ice Spice of their film debut and more. “The highest 2 lowest” is to be released in cinemas on August 22 and will probably be available for streaming on Apple TV+ from September 5.

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With stopping at Denzel, Spike will present the “highest 2 lowest” in Cannes

Denzel Washington he noted a visit to the air trumpet to Film Festival in Cannes Between Broadway performances for the premiere of the “top 2 lowest” Spike Lee on Monday.
Cannes overturned a few of the plans to accommodate Speedy France Trip in Washington, which took place his lonely day while performing “Othello” in New York. “The highest 2 lowest” premiered on Monday evening in Cannes. And although the festival’s photographic phones often occur the next day, Cannes hosted one for the “highest 2 lowest” earlier Monday.
Washington, jokingly posing to Lee and the star A $ AP RockyHe showed no signs of the jet after arriving on Monday. Washington is predicted back to New York immediately after the show.
The indisputable fact that Washington would find a way to travel was some extent stuck for Cannes. When the festival was the first announced his composition last month“The highest 2 lowest” has not been announced. However, inside a number of hours Lee himself announced that the film was heading to Cannes. Festival representatives said they were waiting for confirmation that Washington was attending a walk on the red carpet.
“The highest 2 lowest”, remake of the film Akira Kurosawa from 1963 “High and low”, will be released in cinemas by A24 on August 22 before the broadcast on Apple TV+ 5 September.

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