When Lee Isaac Chung was announced as director of the long-awaited sequel tornadoes, many of us are scratching our heads. Chung is obviously a talented filmmaker. His most recent film, MinariI finished of comes off multiple Oscar nominations, including a win. But going from that small, personal film to the big-budget sequel to a beloved, if admittedly silly, blockbuster seemed a little beneath him.
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In fact, it was quite the opposite. tornadoes It was a film that Chung was not only almost born into, but became almost an obsession while working on it. Minari. That movie is mostly a quiet version of the family, but it ends with a barn on fire, something Chung decided to do in practice. In fact, he set this barn on fire and just took the risk of filming it in one take.” he told the Associated Press. “I remember being so full of adrenaline After that I thought, ‘I want to make a disaster movie.'”
Chung (who directed an episode of The Mandalorian) also grew up in rural Arkansas, near where the original film Twister occurred. He saw it in a theater there and had been so well trained to fear tornadoes because they were so devastating, The movie opened him up to things he never imagined possible. “I remember thinking, ‘I didn’t know you could pursue these things. ‘” Chung said. “That, to me, was very mind-blowing.”
After getting the job, Chung insisted that he had to shoot on location in Oklahoma, which is exactly what happened. I felt like I was coming home,” Chung said.Minari and tornadoes, although they are very different, I think of them as my Oklahoma movies.” And, on at least one occasion, filming had to stop due to actual tornadoes. “We got the shots we needed. The skies were perfect because it looked like a tornado. We got everyone out of there safely. And a tornado actually touched down after we filmed it,” Chung said. It felt like a strange, “only when you’re making a movie” day.
Basically, while Lee Isaac Chung may not have seemed like the obvious choice to make tornadoes, he may in fact have been the only one who could do it justice. Read more from the director in the AP and be on the lookout for the film when it releases on July 19.
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