What We Do in the Shadows

Some interviews with some vampires
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Timing: 1:26 (86 min)

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Budget
$1 600 000
Revenue
$7 337 154
Actors
Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonny Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stu Rutherford, Ben Fransham, Jackie van Beek, Elena Stejko, Jason Hoyte, Karen O'Leary
All actors and roles (10)
Producer
Taika Waititi, Emanuel Michael, Chelsea Winstanley
Operator
Richard Bluck
Composer
Artist
Ra Vincent
Audition
Loren Taylor, Tina Cleary
Editing
Jonathan Woodford-Robinson, Yana Gorskaya, Tom Eagles
All team (13)

Short description

Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.

What's left behind the scenes

  • Taika Waititi based his character's image on his own mother. And Jemaine Clement drew inspiration for his role from Gary Oldman's portrayal in the film 'Dracula'.
  • Over 120 hours of footage was shot, most of which was improvisation by the actors playing the main roles.
  • The bars and nightclubs visited by the vampires are real establishments located in Wellington's entertainment district (New Zealand).
  • During the bar scene, when Polina is first shown, the song 'The Captain' by The Phoenix Foundation plays in the background. This band was founded in Wellington, New Zealand, where the film was shot.
  • At the end of the film, during the beginning of the credits, the song "Lastochka" by the band "Leningrad" plays.
  • The hill where the confrontation between vampires and werewolves takes place is the same hill that Frodo and the other hobbits ran across in the film "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001) while fleeing the Black Riders. They also hid in the roots of a tree on this hill.
  • Taika Waititi based the image of his character on his own mother. And Jemaine Clement drew inspiration for his role from Gary Oldman's portrayal in the film Dracula.
  • During the bar scene, when Polina is first shown, the song “The Captain” by The Phoenix Foundation plays in the background. The band was founded in Wellington, New Zealand, where the film was shot.

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