Coyote

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This is going to be good. We put poor Bill Oberst Jr. through the ringer to get this film shot. I did the score. It should be out by Jan-Feb, if not earlier.

HOLY SHIT! CONGRATS, SNEAKSTA!!! This looks fucking great. I want to watch this.

Thanks man! I saw the rough cut a week or so ago, and it blew me away. People are going to either love it or hate it. Bill Oberst, the lead (of Abe Lincoln vs Zombies fame) is almost criminally good in this. He is one of the top actors in hollywood imo. He was a pleasure to work with as well. Read this blog entry Bill wrote about this film to give you an idea. I implore everyone to read it, because it's interesting:

http://juengercoyote.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/to-sleep-perchance-to-scream-guest-post-by-bill-oberst-jr/

An excerpt:

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For the 4 sweltering weeks in St. Louis in which I was immersed in the bizarre world of COYOTE, Trevor Juenger continually made me ask myself questions to which the answers were always “No:”

* Is art-house horror, the hybrid genre COYOTE falls under, a money-maker in general?

* Are there many independent venues left in the USA that will even play art-house films?

* Is COYOTE easy to describe in one sentence? Or even two?

* Is a film with real vomit and duct-taped eyelids likely to be an easy sell to distributors?

 

But there are other questions (which I had never thought to ask until I met this guy) to which the answers are less easy to pin down:

* Is cinema a form of art or a form of commerce?

* Does art have to be pleasing?

* Should it be?

* Is it better to gamble that controversial art will find an audience or to make safe money?

* Is telling a story reason enough to make a film in and of itself, profit aside?

* When Trevor asked me “Can we do real vomit?” why was my “yes!” so immediate?

 

 

ooh this was just posted:

http://horrorbug.com/movies/exclusive-first-trailer-and-stills-for-trevor-juengers-art-house-horror-coyote/#more-4915

I thought his comments were interesting, I am a budding film enthusiast and amateur director so seeing this director just do what he really wants to do is quite encouraging.

Looks good, dude. How is this being released?

looks like classic b movie material.

  On 10/26/2012 at 11:35 AM, Braintree said:

Looks good, dude. How is this being released?

I'm not 100%

Probably free on the internets and maybe DVD. We shall see.

  On 10/27/2012 at 1:06 AM, Jaffa said:

looks like classic b movie material.

B++ I say this because the budget was 5k, but it looks really good imho, and isn't cheesy. Bill Oberst is a really good actor.

http://www.beastsinh...-coyote-is.html

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"Watching Trevor Juenger's 'Coyote' Is Going To Be Like Getting Ass Raped"

 

I mean "ass raped" in a good way.

 

The trailer for the art-house horror Coyote has been released and I have been pleasantly surprised to see it get covered on so many of the blogs and websites that have stuff like readers and good writing. Most of these sites are primarily dedicated to horror and have described the trailer as "intriguing" and "creepy" and I have to agree, but since this is a blog which is primarily dedicated to exploitation films I feel compelled to add my two cents and explain why I can't wait to see the film.

 

But first some details from the Press Release:

 

The first trailer for

COYOTE

, an art-house horror film from director

Trevor Juenger

has been released. In the film

Bill Oberst Jr.

plays an insomniac writer whose sleep-deprived hallucinations distort reality until his paranoia leads him to extreme violence. COYOTE also stars

Bill Finkbiner

,

Victoria Mullen

and

Tasha Zebrowski

.

 

St. Louis-based director Trevor Juenger wrote the script for the micro-budget feature with Oberst in mind and flew the actor to the midwest for a month of filming during the worst heatwave in decades. Oberst says "That script was brutal, raw, explicit and offensive. The shoot was even more so. This film won't be for everyone. But Juenger reminds me so much of a young Lynch with a dash of Cronenberg that I had to work him. I couldn't resist. We did this with no money, only passion for the experiment."

Of his lead actor Juenger says, "I was listening to an interview with Bill Oberst Jr. today where he said his best asset is keeping quiet. Well, I have to disagree. I like a belligerent, aggressive, maniacal Bill Oberst Jr., screaming and threatening people. That's the strength. I don't think real mental illness is a quiet one. Bill embodies the abusive dad, boyfriend, or whatever misogynistic ugliness you experienced growing up. You can't stand up to him when he's on the screen. Instead, he leaves you like a battered housewife, exhausted and helpless, yet attracted to the abuse.

 

 

COYOTE

is an attempt to blend the arthouse genre, in which Juenger has primarily worked, with horror. The director admits it is a risky experiment: "If this is a horror movie (everyone assures me it is), it's unlike any horror film I've seen. I think we used the horror fundamentals that fit, and then threw away the book. Good, bad, revolting, or brilliant, I can't quite say. I can say its something fresh though. Someone called it David Lynch directs FALLING DOWN. As much as I hate the Lynch comparisons, I thought that was fitting. It's what I wanted to see. I hope you feel the same."

When I first heard about this project and read a portion of the script I was immediately reminded of early David Cronenberg and his body-horror films like Rabid, Shivers ("Even dying is an act of eroticism"), The Fly and Videodrome. I was also reminded of some of the works of Stephen King where rage/malevolence/evil lies simmering in an unsuspecting host and manifests under the right conditions;Carrie, Secret Window, The Dark Half. Now that the trailer for Coyote has been released I can also see the surreal, dreamlike or perhaps nightmarish quality of David Lynch. And I have to admit that the dark, claustrophobic and striking visuals in the trailer look vastly superior to what my imagination could conjure up while reading the excerpts from the screenplay.

 

Coyote is described as an experimental hybrid of art-house (you should check out Juenger's previous work on Vimeo) and horror, but it seems like it could even be classified as an exploitation film. So can it?

 

Just to clarify, even though I may watch a shitload of them, I am by no means an expert on exploitation films. However, it is my understanding that exploitation films are generally meant to do two things: push the envelope and make money. Independent directors took themes and subjects that Hollywood producers would never even think of touching because of their "depravity" and "low moral value" and with very little money, they made them into feature films. The thing is, people want to see gruesome, sexually explicit, depraved things and will pay money to do so. And so these directors/business men (Herschell Gordon Lewis comes to mind) gave the people what they wanted: sex, violence, drugs, gore. Essentially, sensational subjects were exploited to make money.

 

But among these business men there also existed socially aware artists who used these same "depraved" themes to make movies of genuine artist merit with socially relevant messages that have become cinematic classics. The line between art and exploitation has become blurred. Even some movies that were conceived of and filmed as "art films" could not make it past the censors and were shown in grindhouse theaters alongside the exploitation films which were intentionally made to be shown in such shady venues. We tend to think of exploitation as low-brow titty movies like Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SSand Bloodsucking Freaks and forget about films like Carnival of Souls or Night of the Living Dead orVanishing Point. So if the money making aspect is removed from the definition, "exploitation" is such a loose term that any film that is made on a relatively low budget, outside of mainstream Hollywood and with questionable moral standards can be considered part of the genre. So Coyote is an exploitation film? Perhaps.

 

Movies are made to appeal to an audience. I mean, it just seems like common sense. But Trevor Juenger made Coyote to appeal to no one. Even exploitation films are meant to captivate an audience by showing what is taboo or what should disgust but paradoxically attracts the audience instead: like being unable to look away from the twisted, bloodied bodies of a car accident or watching the girl next door undress before going to bed. You know you shouldn't look but you can't help it. The subject matter is forbidden or so gruesome that it's simultaneously disgusting and thrilling. But still these movies appeal to people, directors know this and exploit our depraved, voyeuristic tendencies. That's how tickets are sold.

 

"People are going to hate this movie, man – HATE IT!...They’re going to be completely immersed in mental illness as they watch it, and frankly, I don’t think that’s going to be a pleasurable experience for many people." - director Trevor Juenger

 

And this is why I'm looking forward to watching Coyote. Juenger doesn't care if people like his movie or not. We get to see an artist's vision without all of the BS of trying to make the movie appeal to a wide audience or be successful commercially. It's art for art's sake. In this way Coyote goes beyond the exploitation genre and leaves us back at arthouse horror, but frankly I don't really care to what genre it belongs. I have respect for a director who intentionally makes his audience suffer along with his protagonist. It takes balls. There is no doubt that he is a talented young director who isn't afraid to challenge the audience and I don't know of many filmmakers who strive to make the viewer feel genuinely uncomfortable while watching their movie. Sure there are exploitation directors who try to make us squirm when we watch their films, but they do it because they know the audience is going to likeit. Juenger does it because we are going to hate it. From what I've read about the film, watching it really is going to be like getting ass raped. The experience isn't going to be pleasant, there may be unexpected moments of pleasure in it, but overall it's going to be a traumatic experience and it's going to stay with you for a very long time. I can't wait. Bring on the ass rapin'!

 

While watching the trailer, Roman Polanski's Repulsion came to mind with its isolated, paranoid and claustrophobic feeling as the protagonist descended into madness. Of course, with that film we suffered with Catherine Deneuve who pranced around in a translucent nightgown. In Coyote we get a half naked Bill Oberst Jr. with an animal skin on his head. Which audience will suffer more do you think? Maybe Juenger just created a new exploitation genre by exploiting Bill's willingness to do anything to make a movie. Oberstploitation?

 

Seriously though, keep an eye on Trevor Juenger. He may very well be the next Cronenberg or Lynch or Polanski, but hopefully without the statutory rape charges.

 

Since this is a blog with an emphasis on the boobies found within these kinds of movies, I must also add that Bill Oberst Jr. has assured me that Tasha Zebrowski has a full frontal scene in the movie, that "She is flawless" and that for the thumb-sucking scene he was "having trouble pretending to be unconscious."

 

Ok, I think I'm done rambling.

heh

Please guys, at least watch the trailer. See it with open minded peeps on the interwebs. Show some love. It deserves it (drunk sorry). this will be goodl

I would prefer not to watch the trailer, but I would love to watch the whole thing! Keep us posted.

  On 10/30/2012 at 6:59 PM, A/D said:

I would prefer not to watch the trailer, but I would love to watch the whole thing! Keep us posted.

why? it doesn't give anything away I assure you.

I think it increases my enjoyment of things I see in full.

Awww.

Things are moving along nicely. We're hoping to have this film completed by February. Here's a short blog post I wrote about it:

Here's a blog post I wrote concerning the film I'm scoring, with a snippet of music to whet your appetite.

Coyote Production Blog

This looks fucking genius. Kudos to the director for doing what he wants to do. I can't wait to watch this. And god damnit sneaksta, nice job!

:D Thanks man. I've been eating/sleeping/breathing Coyote lately. The director came by the other night to hear what I had done so far, and he couldn't wipe the shit eating grin off his face. That pretty much allayed my fears and let me know I was on the right track. The experience has totally helped me broaden my production horizons as well, as I've been experimenting a lot with new techniques, and recording a lot of live takes. Composing for film is SOOOOO much different than making tracks (with the exception of maybe ambient but I never really made much ambient before.)

Trevor (the director) is now calling this film a comedy hahaha.

just wanted to say congratulations snnnnnneeeeeeaaaaaakkkkkssssstttttaaaaaaaaaa!

Well, the film has been screened for critics, and is about to hit the festival circuit. We have at least one distribution offer but we're going to sit on it till it plays a few festivals as we'll prob get more offers. In the meantime, if you'd like to buy the score (PLEASE DO I NEED MONEY) then do so HERE::::: http://hpsneakstep.bandcamp.com/

It's getting good/very good write ups Sneaksta. Well done with this and best wishes for the film's success.

I don't usually enjoy watching films like this, but because of watmm I will give it a whirl. Trailer looks great, will keep my eye on this.

Trailer is really good, going to watch this. Nice one dude!

Trailer is great sneaksta! Congrats :-)

Thanks guys. Aside from a few small details I'm really happy how this film turned out. Cult classic potential at least.

nsfw

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so we've won a few awards at some festivals which is cool. In talks about distro so keep your fingers crossed someone worth a damn bites...