blue ruin

After seeing “Blue Ruin,” I always wanted to work with him.

Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru follows talented artist Jay, who finds himself down on his luck in New York living out of his car during the pandemic and recovering from Covid.

Netflix does not have an official logline for “Rebel Ridge,” but described it to The Times thusly: “From the acclaimed writer/director of ‘Green Room’ and ‘Blue Ruin,’ ‘Rebel Ridge’ is a deeply human yet high-velocity thriller that explores systemic American injustice in the context of bone-breaking action, ever-coiling suspense, and pitch-black humor.”

I was also inspired by “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” “Blue Ruin” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” which all are grounded in the real world, where you believe something scary could happen, and the punches land hard.

I think about movies recently like "Hereditary," "Get Out," "It Follows," "Blue Ruin", "Martha Marcy May Marlene" and this young group of filmmakers who are working in the genre space, they're really approaching their work in a more tasteful, elevated way, where their films are more just nuanced and atmospheric as opposed to leaning too heavily on jump scares.