OUR HAPPY PLACE’s Paul Bickel talks about making a stripped down thriller in Big Bear during the pandemic
Filmmaker Paul Bickel opens up about Our Happy Place, his stripped-down thriller made in Big Bear during the pandemic.
Films Gone Wild’s Daphne Street spoke with writer/director Paul Bickel about OUR HAPPY PLACE. The mind-bending thriller recently debuted on Amazon following a successful run on the regional film festival circuit.
Filmmaker Paul Bickel opens up about Our Happy Place, his stripped-down thriller made in Big Bear during the pandemic.
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THE SYNOPSIS: Raya’s life has been turned upside down since she began caring for her bedridden husband. Tormented by relentless nightmares each night, and each morning, she wakes lost and disoriented in shallow graves in the woods, with no memory of how she got there or how to get home. Then, the next night, it happens again – visions of tortured women—their whispers growing louder, their presence bleeding into her waking life. As supernatural forces close in and the boundary between dream and reality shatters, she uncovers a chilling secret buried within the woods—and within herself.The women from her nightmares are no longer just dreams. And when she wakes in the deepest grave yet, she knows exactly what she must do.
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Writer/director Paul Bickel about OUR HAPPY PLACE. The mind-bending thriller recently debuted on Amazon
THE INTERVIEW: Daphne talks to Paul about his writing and development process to build the architecture of the film, which he describes as a “planned chaos.” Paul also talks about his efforts to reach for the goal of peak “viewer involvement” with the film, as well as the incredible resourcefulness it took to make the film with a skeleton crew, including having the Paul and Raya Miles holding camera as they were also acting. The interview becomes a legitimate “class” in the most stripped down production approach you could imagine.
Writer/director Paul Bickel about OUR HAPPY PLACE, the mind-bending thriller recently debuted on Amazon
Mini FAQ About “Our Happy Place”
Q1: Where can I watch Our Happy Place?
A: The film is now available to stream on Amazon.
Q2: What is Our Happy Place about?
A: The thriller follows Raya, who becomes trapped in a recurring nightmare where dreams, memories, and supernatural forces collide.
Q3: Who directed Our Happy Place?
A: Writer/director Paul Bickel helmed the project, creating what he calls a “planned chaos” thriller filmed in Big Bear during the pandemic.
Filmmaker Paul Bickel opens up about Our Happy Place, his stripped-down thriller made in Big Bear during the pandemic.