“The Blair Witch Project” was a unique experiment in gonzo filmmaking.
Directors Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick sent three unknown actors into the woods with video cameras, essentially having them improvise their own movie.
The experience was a harrowing one, with the stars eventually capturing some real fear on camera, but many fans don’t realize just how bizarre filming got.
In an oral history for Vice for the 20th anniversary of the movie, the actors explained the lengths they went through to create this cult classic.The directors put out a job listing for three non-union acting gigs, noting that they would be for “extremely challenging…The post Filming The Blair Witch Project Was More Bizarre Than You Probably Realized appeared first on /Film.
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