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Daybreakers – The Spierig Brothers Interview

Daybreakers – The Spierig Brothers Interview

2003 saw the release of an independent horror film set in rural Queensland, detailing the outbreak of a zombie infestation. The film was called Undead and was the brainchild of two young filmmakers who had financed the entire effort off their own bats. These Spierig Brothers had not only shot and edited the film, but also done the surprisingly complex special effects and CGI work themselves too! On a laptop whats more! The film came out to a lot of internet buzz and rapidly became the talk of tinseltown, who were these guys and what was with all the zombies?!

Now six years on, their follow up film is just getting the final touches and seeing screens at festivals around the world before the wide release in 2010. Daybreakers is a vampire story with a twist and it looks pretty damn impressive! It features a huge cast of great actors including Ethan Hawke, Sam Neil and Willem Dafoe, as well as some truly inspired visuals.

With the assistance of the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Cinematographers Society we were lucky enough to sit down with the Brothers Spierig to talk about their careers, working with blood and their next project, a Sci-fi retelling of the classic pirate tale “Captain Blood”.

The interview also contains clips from their films and some great footage from Daybreakers, we hope you enjoy it!

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David Quinn is a writer, artist, film-maker, performer and general all-round-nice-guy who lives and works out of Launceston, Tasmania. He's lived in Tasmania all of his life but is lucky enough to have been to the UK, France, and South Africa in his younger days. He has written short films, co-authored video games, advised on feature scripts and television shows as well as advertising campaigns. He is also a regular performer on both stage and screen. One day he will make his fortune out of all this malarkey. ONE DAY......

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3 Responses to “Daybreakers – The Spierig Brothers Interview”
  1. avatar kerry says:

    This movie looks great- good to see Ethan Hawke back on the scene. The Daybreakers facebook page is cool too- http://bit.ly/3B1JlG

    November 30, 2009 at 9:15 pm
  2. avatar me says:

    Undead was so incredibly good – much cleverer than you’d expect from what initially seemed like a bit of a piss-take. I didn’t know they had something new on the way…but I look forward to it.

    January 12, 2010 at 1:57 pm
  3. avatar Meg Auplods says:

    I actually thought Daybreakers was just ok..

    February 22, 2010 at 3:28 am

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