Interviews With "The Legend Of Ochi" Director/Writer Isaiah Saxon And Stars Helena Zengel, Finn Wolfhard & Emily Watson

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Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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"The Legend Of Ochi" had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and received positive reviews for its visuals, performances, use of puppetry, animatronics, matte painting, and fantasy story of found family and connection. Feature debut filmmaker Isaiah Saxon and stars Helena Zengel, Finn Wolfhard, and Emily Watson were all kind enough to speak with us about their work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in limited release from A24 and will expand to more theaters on April 25th. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and these are my interviews with the director and writer of The Legend of Ochi, Isaiah Saxon, and the film stars Helena Zengel, Finn Wolfhard, and Emily Watson.
0:13.7	On foot, boys.
0:16.5	Dad, I am I going to see one?
0:18.9	Stay close by my side.
0:25.6	I was born on a small island in a Black Sea. People say it's a dangerous place.
0:28.6	There are bears and wolves and something else.
0:34.6	Something people feared is much worse.
0:43.3	Your parents have offered you to this cause.
0:50.3	They say here.
0:53.3	Make something of my boy.
0:56.0	Protect us, save us.
0:58.0	We are cursed with a wickedness.
1:02.0	The Ochi.
1:04.0	It's okay.
1:08.0	I won't hurt you.
1:11.6	You're not like those.
1:28.3	I'm not like this.
1:29.3	I'm here.
1:32.3	Yuri, where is this?
1:38.3	I'm taking him home.
1:39.3	Isaiah, Emily, thank you both so much for taking the time to talk with me about the legend of Ochi here today.
1:44.9	I want to first start off about the development of this screenplay because you have to create this whole culture, this whole backstory behind it as well.
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