{"id":1182,"date":"2025-09-13T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/exit-8s-director-was-inspired-by-watching-people-play-the-game\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T13:00:00","slug":"exit-8s-director-was-inspired-by-watching-people-play-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/exit-8s-director-was-inspired-by-watching-people-play-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Exit 8\u2019s director was inspired by watching people play the game"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Neon\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Exit-8_Still_03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Few video game adaptations understand their source material quite like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/film\/769133\/tiff-2025-nouvelle-vague-exit-8-reviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the <em>Exit 8<\/em> film<\/a>. It takes the rules and structure of the game &#8211; which strands players inside of a looping hallway in a Tokyo subway station &#8211; and then builds on them with actual characters and a story. And according to director Genki Kawamura, one of the reasons that the movie feels so fresh could be because of how he approached it. \u00ab\u00a0I wasn&rsquo;t necessarily thinking about a film adaptation of a video game,\u00a0\u00bb he tells <em>The Verge<\/em>. \u00ab\u00a0I was thinking about how to create a new cinematic experience that blurs the lines between video game and cinema.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The two are very similar, and the \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/interview\/777509\/exit-8-director-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few video game adaptations understand their source material quite like the Exit 8 film. 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