Here's some more Saw VI news.
SAW VI puts emphasis on returning to the franchise's roots especially concerning the traps. "I think in SAW IV and V, we kind of got into these bigger room traps with a lot more people," Jim Murray elaborates. "Everything got so big and you have to ask yourself 'how the hell does this guy with cancer able to pull all of this stuff off?' I think the traps in SAW VI go back home to what the traps were. It's more personal. It's about you and the trap." Kevin Greutert promises a nice balance of intimate and "gargantuan" traps. "There's quite a range of stuff going on in the most awful parts in this film. There are some elements that are the most grandiose anyone will have ever seen in a SAW film." The series' Director of Photography, David Armstrong, who just recently announcing this will be his final SAW gig, enthusiastically teases that "the traps are visually stunning." He contunues revealing one of the new "rooms" in SAW VI. "There is a Carousel Room. It's very carnival, playground-like. It's just nasty. [There are] spinning red lights in there. It's really overwhelming to walk in and look at because everything is spinning," also revealing yet another room called the "Steam Room," one of the cooler traps in SAW. "Also, there's one place called the Steam Room that's probably the best looking SAW trap of them all. It's big and expensive. It's got furnaces, fires and steam. It's muti-leveled. The most complex Saw. We had techno cranes flying through. It was pretty amazing."
One of the stronger aspects of SAW has always been the complexity of its characters. With every installment, another layer is exposed. Nothing is ever what it seems. When questioned about the potential difficulty of being lost in the ever-twisting plot, Tobin Bell aka John Kramer aka Jigsaw simply asks a lot of questions and attempts to come up with as many answers as possible. "Try to fill it in your mind about its logic, credibility and purpose. Frankly, I think that's a lot like John Kramer. He is detailed-oriented. There is no end to its depth." Costas Mandylor playing Detective Mark Hoffman uses the fear of disappointing the fans as a major motivation. "I met them (fans) at a convention and they are really clever. It's like having a coach that keeps you on the edge of your seat or otherwise your going to be benched and you don't want to be benched." Betsy Russell, who plays John's wife, Jill couldn't have said it more simply, "(You) always have to keep thinking, stay on top of it or you'll get lost".
When asked about their characters' present state, Betsy promises we will see a lot more of Jill this time around plus what's inside the box from SAW V. "You find out a little more about if Jill is good or evil. Pretty much you'll know (in SAW VI). I don't know if it was ever answered in the previous ones if I knew he was a killer. We will find out in this one that I do know that about him. We have an amazing love affair and I have a reason to be with him. She is definitely in the present main plot, as well as, flashbacks with more backstory to answer more questions." As for the present story's antagonist, Mark Hoffman, Costas feels "the maturity of Tobin's character shows the rough edges Hoffman is still showing. (Hoffman) sort of torn of becoming a mad man or becoming a guy that's more composed, coming from a pure place like Jigsaw. That's my character's dilemma; does he go ****ing crazy or follow the rules of the boss?"
Kevin Greutert, who was also the editor for all of the previous installments, believes SAW VI will be a great character drama that settles a lot of issues of the series, as well as, a lot of completion to the line of Jigsaw's overall intent. "To me, (SAW VI) has finality to it and that's something I've always wanted to see in the series. Obviously, there was finality to SAW III but to me; this is the end of a second trilogy". Kevin elaborates, "we have a lot more characters than we ever had in a SAW movie. A lot of new faces and obviously, we had to be true to previous stories. I didn't want any violations of logic and chronology."
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