J.A. Bayona on
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 2018
The subject. Bayona took the reins from Colin Trevorrow, pulling the dinosaurs off the island and into a gothic-mansion second half he shot like a haunted-house movie.
The Big Picture · Interview
Do You Love Scary Dinosaurs? J.A. Bayona’s 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' Has Scary Dinosaurs
June 22, 2018/ 19 min/ Sean Fennessey
Sean Fennessey talks to J.A. Bayona about directing 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom': why he turned down the first film, the gothic-mansion second half, animatronics over green screen, and designing the Indoraptor.
11 films across 1 segment.
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In conversation
J.A. Bayona on
Jurassic World 2015
Trevorrow's revival, the fifth-highest grosser at the time. Frank Marshall offered it to Bayona first, but with no script and a six-month turnaround he passed; they came back to him with the sequel.
J.A. Bayona on
Jurassic Park 1993
Spielberg's 1993 original. Bayona's favorite scenes as a kid were the first T-Rex reveal and the raptors stalking the kitchen.
J.A. Bayona on
The Orphanage 2007
Bayona's debut. Fennessey hears its quiet, lurking mood echoed in Hereditary.
J.A. Bayona on
A Monster Calls 2016
Bayona's tree-monster film, built with CGI plus animatronics. It's where his monster-as-solution idea comes from, an idea he ports onto the T-Rex as the consequence of what humans did wrong.
J.A. Bayona on
Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
Rewatched as a reference for Spielberg's blend of adventure and visual comedy.
J.A. Bayona on
King Kong 1933
Bayona revisited the original to study scale, big against small. The Indoraptor's introduction carries a King Kong element.
J.A. Bayona on
Ready Player One 2018
Cited as the kind of big, original fantasy that also talks about the world we live in, which is what Bayona wants to make.
J.A. Bayona on
The Post 2017
Spielberg's other recent film, held up as the small, meaningful counterpart to the blockbuster.
J.A. Bayona on
Hereditary 2018
Bayona's last great thing, seen two days before taping. He calls it fascinating and uncomfortable, close to the cinema of David Lynch.
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