The Legend Of Ochi isn’t exactly an ‘as it was written’ Grimm adaptation come to life, but it doesn’t assume children are ...

Longstreth, who has a reputation for swinging wildly across the creative spectrum, said he was interested in scoring “The Legend of Ochi,” directed by Isaiah Saxon, because it allowed him to ...

To make “The Legend of Ochi,” writer-director Isaiah Saxon borrowed a little piece of “E.T.,” some of “The Neverending Story” and “Gremlins,” and used his music video experience to ...

The Legend of Ochi, Isaiah Saxon’s feature film debut, which he has also written, is a simple story, marvelously told with a breathtaking mix of location-shooting, puppetry, animatronics ...

The writer-director Isaiah Saxon, making a strong feature debut here, knows this and proves it. While “The Legend of Ochi” mixes digital effects, robotics, puppetry and a host of practical ...

Straining to walk in Steven Spielberg’s footsteps, Isaiah Saxon tries to replicate the legendary director’s “E.T the Extra-Terrestrial” with “The Legend of Ochi,” a well-meaning but ...

Director Isaiah Saxon and the cast of 'The Legend of Ochi' discuss A24's new coming-of-age fantasy movie. ... Saxon’s was determined to use puppets for the Ochi and not CGI.

Director Isaiah Saxon of “The Legend of Ochi” sat down with The Daily Californian to discuss everything from his inspiration for the film’s unique fantasy setting to his future career ...

Writer and director Isaiah Saxon spent years developing “The Legend of Ochi” to be a fantasy adventure that looks and feels like it could take place in one last undiscovered corner of the ...

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Director Isaiah Saxon tells TODAY.com about how his ideas came to life for the ochi, the name of the wild beasts who live in the forests surrounding a remote village on the fictional island of ...