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Whats in a house?
Much like the movie itself, a minimalist facade belies a devilish complexity.
The Park House
The production designer was having a nervous breakdown every day, chuckles Bong.
Maybe some rich audience members can recognize it.
Maybe uptown New Yorkers at the New York Film Festival.
The trash can cost like $2,300!
It was German, says Bong.
Me and my crew members were like,What the fuck?
What kind of idiot would buy a trash can thats going to smell anyway?
So thats why the German one is expensive, I guess.
The set became enormous, almost to the point it was ridiculous.
Because it is a space unfamiliar to everyone, walking down the stairs actually takes your breath away.
I think acting on such a set may have helped the casts performance.
They used materials that carried the wear and grime from ten, 20 years of use, says Bong.
You have to feel that from the beginning through images, since you cant convey it through smell.
The production-design team began a fun project of our own, says Lee.
They would also place blue screens to create a visual extension for the rest of the neighborhood.
The Flood
Then came the rains.
The flood scene is so essential in the movie, says Bong.
Much of our resources, budget, special effects, and preparation went to that scene.
We had to do a lot of elaborate prepwork for a long time.
They shot the flooding sequences over the course of three days, slowly raising the water level each time.
So we shot each scene at a different water level and amount.
When the level was at its highest, we took the whole neighborhood into a high angle shot.
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