If you are one of the people who liked this crazy scene of Sinners, l‘Actress Wunmi Mosaku and the director of photography Autumn Durald Arkapaw tell a little behind the scenes.
From a distance, it looked like a power of a power: a 2:17 vampire film taking place in the 60s, against a background of blues, and with a Budget the 90 millions the dollar at least. Propelled by the success of Marvel blockbusters Black Pantherthe director and screenwriter Ryan Coogler had the means of his ambitions at Warner Bros., who enabled him to concretize this original project carried by his Fetish actor Michael B. Jordan – in double copies since it plays twins.
On arrival, there is a success that challenges the usual box office rules. After a start-up at 48 million at the North American box office, Sinners was kept incredibly with a second weekend at 45 million, a Falling attendance of only -6%. Which never happens ever.
As with Black Pantherit happens something special with Sinners in the United States. And it feels good, especially in a year 2025 when Minecraft is the only film to shine at the box office so far, with more than 816 million already conceded. More reason to continue to talk about these vampires, and in particular The famous great scene in the center of history.
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The night in hell of sinners
It’s in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that actress Wunmi Mosaku returned to this memorable scene: that where music played by Sammie (Miles Caton) provokes A kind of trance over timeinvoking spirits of the past and the future that mix with those of the present in the club. And these vibrations will draw the attention of the Vampire Remmick (Jack O’Connell), thus doing Top this night in hell.
It is a central moment in Sinnerswhich perfected the themes of the film perfection. However, this sequence was not not present in the scenario at the startas the interpreter of Annie explains:
“The scenario changed between the moment when I spent the casting and reading with the rest of the actors. There were the ancestors of the past and the future in the scenario that I had two days before reading, and it gave me chills. This little detail, I said to myself: “Wow, this guy is a genius”. Ryan is so brilliant that he took what was already in my eyes a perfect scenario, to improve it. So when we got to reading, it was so powerful, and we were all in tears, especially when he heard Miles sing for the first time. »»
Asked about his possible fears about the originality of the scene, which mixes eras for a magic parenthesis, Wunmi Mosaku answers:
-“I think that doubt did not interfere in any of our minds from the moment when we heard that Ryan Coogler was working on an original project. He is so a guardian of culture and cinema, and now music. He has such a deep thought that I have never had the slightest doubt by making this film, and I can guarantee that it was the same for each member of the team and each actor. »»
The Imax and the Magic of Sinners
The actress seen in Loki Give his impressions on the set of this scene:
“The scene was shot over two days, and the first was the outside at night. There were many technical aspects because of fire and crane. I always use the magic word to describe this experience, but it really was. We were really happy and excited that day, and see all these acrobats and stuntmen and dancers breathtaking us. The second day came for weeks later. There was less fire, fewer insects, and so many beautiful moments. »»
On the side of Variety, Photo director Autumn Durald Arkapaw gave some more technical information on this scene Composed of five different plansgathered in post-production:
“At the start, this sequence is anchored in reality, then it turns to the supernatural when the camera passes through the ceiling in the fire, before descending in a superb outdoor plan which makes the transition to present the three strong characters, and there, we come back to the film.
There is a mixture of visual effects for the fire roof, from a plan that we filmed on the last day of the shooting. Then, We made the transition with the outdoor plan night, which was made with a 15 -meter crane coming back to the outdoor plan at night where they are seen dancing, with the fire effect around them. »»
The three plans inside were made at Steadicam (a stabilizer system that makes it possible to perform fluid movements), and filmed in IMAX 65mm, as Oppenheimer. Autumn Durald Arkapaw had also asked Hoyte Van Hoytema, the director of the film of Christopher Nolan:
“Basically, he said to me:” Don’t think about the fact that the format and the cameras are larger than anything you used so far, or seem heavier, films as you would normally. »»
Sinners has already cashed more than $ 160 million at the world box officefor an official budget of 90 million. And seen as it is gone, it’s not over. Go to the Oscars for Autumn Durald Arkapaw, well left to be named, especially since it is The first woman to have worked in 65mm on a feature film.
