The film is a seminal role for actor Aric Cushing and the last film role of actor Ted Manson, who also appeared in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Brad Pitt.Ī companion book to the film was written, The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Gothic Stories, by Aric Cushing. This was Kyla Kennedy's first role at the age of 3, before going on to work on shows such as The Walking Dead and Speechless. Juliet Landau, during an interview, compared her role to Nicole Kidman's role in " The Others". Thomas is becoming known as a "visualist" director in the tradition of David Lynch and Ridley Scott. ĭirector Thomas used the Digital Sony 950, and the film is the first ever period feature film to be shot with this digital format. The script was written in three months by Logan Thomas and Aric Cushing, and Cushing said his goal was to popularize Gilman's work. It's a low budget production, but exceptionally well written." Īfter the shooting of the film, Michael Moriarty retired from acting, after an illustrious career in which he won a Tony award, numerous Emmy awards, and a Golden Globe award. Michael Moriarty said of the film: "The Yellow Wallpaper is going to be a wonderfully haunting film, profoundly Gothic. They didn't want me to go outside because my hair would poof up'.
'The stairs leading to the attic, where we filmed a lot of the scenes, were very narrow and it was very hot. Jessi Case recalled being a little frightened of the house where the film was shot. The farmhouse's location is undisclosed, meant to represent, as the director puts it, ' a space outside of space'. Most of the scenes in The Yellow Wallpaper were shot in Eatonton, Georgia, in and around an isolated Civil War-era house. There are feral dogs, an interaction with a dead man in armor, and a shout out to classic, early genre vampire fiction. Soon the spirit of the deceased Sarah and other spirits are haunting the place. The story surrounds Charlotte and John, who retreat to a countryside house in an attempt to start their life over after a devastating fire takes the life of their daughter.
Barry, and Independent Spirit Award winner Dale Dickey. Hendricks, Veronica Cartwright, Raymond J. It stars Juliet Landau as Charlotte and Aric Cushing (as her husband John), Golden Globe winner Michael Moriarty as Mr. The film's plot is greatly expanded from the bare bones of Gilman's often-anthologized short story. Also, the film is an original narrative of events that unfold around the actual writing of “The Yellow Wallpaper” short story. The film is an “Origins Myth" rather than a direct adaptation of the famous Charlotte Perkins Gilman story, drawing from the original short story and a number of Gilman's other gothic works (The Giant Wisteria, The Unwatched Door, etc.).
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