Heres how it went…

Thank you for coming to talk to me.

TW: If it was made by British people, it might have been similar.

An American one would have been completely different, I think.

JC: They wouldnt make it.

But it has stars in it, doesnt it?

TW: Its got bright stars in.

Bright New Zealand stars.

The stars of tomorrow.

TW: you could imagine the way theyd want to see it in Hollywood.

JC: Probably set in New Jersey.

Do you think the film is tied to or addresses its place at all?

Does any of it come from its geography?

TW: I think that the small town-ness of Wellington is important.

Not a lot happens there, Ill be honest.

Im not sure if you got that from the film.

Not a great deal happening.

JC: We live there.

We werent exaggerating that much.

Wellington is the perfect place to set this particular film.

Its only been two years since we shot there but that happens quite a lot.

Places just close down and close down…

JC: Its the curse ofWhat We Do In The Shadows.

TW: But a very watchable meeting about washing up.

Were you writing to theme and trying to explore that idea?

Did these scenes come from a desire to explore that juxtaposition?

TW: I like the idea of seeing what vampires do when theyre not hunting.

JC: See their lives.

JC: InInterview With The Vampirewe never see Lestat saying he would never do the dishes.

TW: But Lestat would never do the dishes.

There would be big arguments about that.

He didnt even wash it.

JC: But I knew it was him.

Who else would it be?

Pretty early on you confront us with the fact that one of your vampires used to be a Nazi.

JC: And how did you feel about that?

Well, yes, exactly.

TW: You dont like Nazis, do you?

Hopefully, nobody is that keen on them.

TW: There are people who like them.

JC: Dont wear the uniforms, dont read the pamphlets, dont get into it.

TW: I wouldnt even read Hitlers book.

But that is a hell of a thing for your film to confront us with.

You connect their evil to something that isnt just movie evil.

If were going to throw a Nazi vampire at you

JC: Ex-Nazi, Ex-Nazi.

TW: then who knows where were going.

JC: Hes an Ex-Nazi, hes seen the error.

TW: There were definitely Nazis who saw the error of their ways.

JC: And there was definitely a squadron of vampire Nazis.

And thats a fact?

JC: Oh, yeah.

And we present it to you.

TW: Hitler rounded up all of the vampires in Europe.

JC: And if you dont believe it, watch our movie…

Watch your documentary.

TW: We talk about it within the first five minutes.

JC: And then its glossed over.

Ive been told to take this documentary very seriously.

TW: We fact checked everything, crosschecked, cross fact checked and fact crosschecked.

Dotted the is, dotted the ts.

When you decided to make a fake documentary

JC: A fakumentary.

JC: If we did its because we changed something and messed it up later.

But youre admitting that if we look closely well find spot some sort of violation.

JC: I can think of one, but nobody has ever picked it up.

JC: Have you seen more than the first five minutes?

Ive seen the whole thing.

JC: The whole thing!

Apart from the odd blink.

They say you blink out about eight minutes worth of an hour long film.

JC: So you missed twelve minutes.

But you will have seen it enough times that you didnt miss any.

JC: Unless we blinked at the same time, over and over.

TW: You could do this.

[proceeds to wink one eye after the other over and over again]

That would be creepy.

JC: You should do that if you want to get the whole movie.

TW: And not miss eight minutes.

Thanks for the viewing tips.

What We Do In The Shadows is out now.