This gift can bring fame and fortune, but it can also pierce the veil between life and death.
But it is the supernatural creature most associated with seduction, thats most associated with choice.
And that aspect is something thats very present when blues music was also called the Devils music.
Theres a contrast between a secular lifestyle and [Christian morality].
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That seduction is on full display in the glimpses we have seen of the film.
This obviously hints at the classic vampire trope of being wary of who you invite in.
And the horror campfire tales of, say, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin TarantinosFrom Dusk Till Dawnseem self-evident onSinners.
Salems Lotis about the town, Coogler says, and this movie is about this community.
In fact, it might very well be the most personal work in Cooglers oeuvre.
And I was fortunate to have a really close relationship with my Uncle James.
And the seed of it started with that relationship with my uncle.
He would listen to blues music all the time.
He would only talk about Mississippi when he was listening to that music.
And he had a profound effect on my life.
We go there, showing these people in their full… humanity.
Full of life and full of music.
Sinners opens on April 18.
