In A24's 'The Legend of Ochi,' a baby ochi, a puppet operated by seven individuals, becomes the film's standout character. This fictional creature, set against the backdrop of the Carpathian Mountains, navigates a story highlighting a unique bond between a girl and the creature. While action-packed scenes present physical challenges, the filmmakers, including writer-director Isaiah Saxon and actress Helena Zengel, found the quieter, more intimate interactions to be more demanding and crucial to the film's emotional core.
"There's certainly a lot of physical challenge to doing the action stuff, but it's so much more forgiving, because you're going to cut a lot, and you might not be in a tight shot, and there's a lot of motion."
"But when you're doing the intimate scenes between Helena and Baby Ochi, the whole movie is resting on those scenes and them feeling co..."
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