Now, you only get 72 hours instead of a six week release.
“We’re definitely realistic,” says Green. When asked about his expectations for the film’s release, Green turned to address his expectations for the industry as a whole. And when they see it and see the fact that all their ideas don’t work, then they get defensive.” Critics make their decisions long before they see the movie. “When people see the trailer,” Green explains, “they automatically become Spiderman, stating all the ways they could escape. Now, upon wider release, “Frozen” has received some polarizing critical comments from the Hollywood press. Every time we lost someone, I would kind of cheer inside.” When it hits them, they just can’t take it. Someone fainted in the lobby during the first show, two people threw up in the second, and we had people running out during the other three. “All five shows were sold out within 48 hours of going on sale. “We had the best experience anyone could hope for at Sundance,” says Green.
“Frozen” made its premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in late January, garnering significant attention. This was the same wolf man who trained the wolves in ‘Dances with Wolves’ and ‘The Chronicles of Narnia.’ They are wild animals.
We had 6 weeks of training with a pack of wolves with the wolf man. The heights and the weather were not the only agonizing parts of production. We couldn’t find anyone to get up in the bucket to shoot, so we shot it ourselves. The ski mountain wouldn’t allow us to hang a camera on the chair, so we built this cherry picker bucket that we hung right in front of their chair. “When the chair was moving, and the actors were speaking, that was hard. “We used a 50 foot techno crane with a ten foot platform,” says Green. The elevated setting presented other filming challenges. Absolute agony for the whole 45 minute ride.” “The coldest I remember Utah was when we’d have to ride the lift all the way up after filming,” says Green. The film was shot in the town of Snow Basin, Utah, located 10,000 feet above sea level, during the middle of the coldest time of year. All the things that threaten them are real.” “There is no sound stage, no green screen, no CGI. “It’s all shot practically,” explains Green. His past works include the cult-hit slasher “Hatchet” and the more upbeat comedy “Coffee & Donuts.” “Frozen,” also written by Green, represents a turn toward a more serious brand of horror and aims to set a more grim and realistic tone. This is the fourth feature film directed by Adam Green. And in the time periods when they were only open Friday to Sunday, and you were on that last run, and you hear the lift stop, you always had that scary thought that you were stuck.” “I grew up skiing in the New England area and not being able to afford to go to the real mountains up North,” says Green. All is well until they become stuck on a chair lift, 50 feet in the air, with no one expected to return to the mountain for days. “Frozen” is set in a small ski resort in the Northeast where a trio of friends set-off for a fun weekend during the heart of winter. As Green says, if you are going to see “Frozen,” be ready for a “psychological mind-fuck of a movie.” But as Green explains, he also hopes to jump-start a revitalization of the independent horror film, a genre he claims has faded in the last decade. If you ever felt comfortable going skinny-dipping, it was likely before you saw Stephen Spielberg’s 1975 thriller “Jaws.” Similarly, if you plan on seeing director Adam Green’s newest horror film “Frozen,” you may think twice about hitting the slopes.