{"id":94115,"date":"2020-10-21T11:42:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T08:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/21-things-we-learned-from-the-descent-commentary\/"},"modified":"2020-10-21T11:42:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T08:42:02","slug":"21-things-we-learned-from-the-descent-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/21-things-we-learned-from-the-descent-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#21 Things We Learned from &#8216;The Descent&#8217; Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e787c57f6d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e787c57f6d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/21-things-we-learned-from-the-descent-commentary\/#The_Descent_2005\" >The Descent (2005)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/21-things-we-learned-from-the-descent-commentary\/#Best_in_Context-Free_Commentary\" >Best in Context-Free Commentary<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/21-things-we-learned-from-the-descent-commentary\/#Final_Thoughts\" >Final Thoughts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#21 Things We Learned from &#8216;The Descent&#8217; Commentary<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.7--><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Welcome to\u00a0<\/i><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Commentary Commentary,<\/i><\/b><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"> where we sit and listen to filmmakers talk about their work, then share the most interesting parts. In this edition, Rob Hunter heads deep underground to revisit the subterranean scares of The Descent commentary<\/i>!<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>When it comes to great, scary <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>, horror fans have a lot of options. Some find ghosts to be terrifying, and others think serial killers are more frightening, but we can all agree that being tr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed underground with pale, cannibalistic, subterranean humanoids ranks up there pretty high too. Neil Marshall\u2019s <em>The Descent<\/em> remains one hell of a high-energy creeper even fifteen years later, and to celebrate, we\u2019ve finally given a listen to the DVD commentary track.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"graf graf--h3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Descent_2005\"><\/span>The Descent (2005)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Commentators: Neil Marshall (writer\/director), Shauna Macdonald (actor), Nora-Jane Noone (actor), Saskia Mulder (actor), MyAnna Buring (actor), Alex Reid (actor)<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\"><strong>1.<\/strong> The opening river rafting scene is only the first of several references to <em>Deliverance<\/em> (1972) which also includes Juno\u2019s sleeveless wetsuit top. There are also brief homages and references to <em>The Shining<\/em> (1980), <em>The Silence of the Lambs<\/em> (1991), <em>Alien<\/em> (1979), <em>The Howling<\/em> (1981), <em>Apocalypse Now<\/em> (1979), <em>Carrie<\/em> (1976), and Alan Partridge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> That\u2019s the cast members themselves in those whitewater scenes, and Marshall had to get approval from the film\u2019s executive producer on an insurance policy for a quarter of a million pounds to cover the scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> The little girl is played by Marshall\u2019s niece, Molly Kayll.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Sarah\u2019s early run through the hospital initially included a brief silhouette of a crawler in the shadows, but Marshall took it out as he decided against the suggestion that they\u2019re all in Sarah\u2019s head.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> The pajamas that see the women bursting into laughter weren\u2019t in the original script, but when the costume department provided them Marshall and his cast couldn\u2019t resist having a laugh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> The cabin they found to film in only has one room, so they had to redress it each time they wanted to pretend otherwise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong> The cave entrance, shown from overhead, is CG.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8.<\/strong> Marshall points out a face in the bottom right of the screen at 25:43 when they light the red flare\u2026 but like the actors, I don\u2019t see a damn thing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9.<\/strong> Composer <strong>David Julyan<\/strong> scored the film, which was ideal for Marshall as it was Julyan\u2019s <em>Insomnia<\/em> (2002) score that he listened to on repeat while writing the script.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.<\/strong> Claustrophobia is a big aspect of the film\u2019s fear, but Marshall had no clue how many people were affected by it until he started showing the film to audiences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11.<\/strong> The tight tunnel crawl around the 33:00 mark was used for several of the women\u2019s audition scene. They did it beneath a table lined tightly with chairs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12.<\/strong> The glimpse of the crawler at 47:45 was crafted so that the cast wouldn\u2019t see it yet \u2014 he made them think he was filming them walking away but was actually capturing the creature\u2019s profile. \u201cYeah, but we saw his ass,\u201d says one of the women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>13.<\/strong> The night vision shot of bones at 56:10 is actually a miniature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>14.<\/strong> The sequence where the women see the crawler for the first time, via the night vision camera, was actually their first real glimpse of the creature. Marshall had kept the performers separate so the women wouldn\u2019t see the costumed beasts beforehand. They had the lights off and brought the performer in, and then revealed him as the visibility returned \u2014 it went over well with screaming and running on the part of the cast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>15.<\/strong> Noone kept the prosthetic head made of her character and placed it in her fridge at home for her mother to find. It went over well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>16.<\/strong> Marshall shot many of the crawlers at 18 frames per second with a 45-degree shutter to give them a \u201cstaccato movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>17.<\/strong> There were initially scenes of the women discussing the crawlers\u2019 possible origins in detail, but Marshall (wisely) cut it as imagined exposition doesn\u2019t help the film.<\/p>\n<p><strong>18.<\/strong> The scene where Sarah finds Beth barely clinging to life originally featured some \u201ctruly shit\u201d dialogue, and the actors let that be known. Marshall agreed, and the three went to a nearby pub the night before filming and rewrote the dialogue on a napkin. The film\u2019s producer chewed Marshall out for it, but he also agreed the scene was vastly improved now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>19.<\/strong> The young performer playing the \u201cchild\u201d crawler also plays a child zombie in <em>28 Days Later<\/em> (2002).<\/p>\n<p><strong>20.<\/strong> They have their own ideas as to what the ending means for Sarah, and while Marshall points out that some people have found its downbeat ambiguity unsatisfactory he remains a fan. That\u2019s the correct response, obviously, as the ending works beautifully and offers a rarity in its earned sadness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>21.<\/strong> The film is dedicated to Meg, Marshall\u2019s beloved dog that died halfway through production.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"graf graf--h3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Best_in_Context-Free_Commentary\"><\/span>Best in Context-Free Commentary<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote\">\u201cI do make babies cry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of them give a shit that you\u2019re crying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no real caves in the movie at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsn\u2019t it funny how girls get sweaty cleavages?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSarah has lost the plot.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"graf graf--h3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Final_Thoughts\"><\/span>Final Thoughts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Neil Marshall and (most of) the cast of <em>The Descent<\/em> have a good time reliving the production throughout this commentary. They share memories of being cold, wet, and covered in bruises, but it\u2019s clear all of them had a blast making this creepy classic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Read more Commentary Commentary from the archives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/the-descent-commentary\/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-descent-commentary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#21 Things We Learned from &#8216;The Descent&#8217; Commentary&#8221; Welcome to\u00a0Commentary Commentary, where we sit and listen to filmmakers talk about their work, then share the most interesting parts. 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