The Romanoffs
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(Of course, lets not forgetthe lawnmower scene, either.)
But the anthology nature ofThe Romanoffsenables Weiner to go deeper into the genre than ever before.
Working with writer Mary Sweeney, he does exactly that.
It goes beyond the directors bizarre and abusive on-set tactics and off-set behavior way beyond.
Most importantly, theres a slow breakdown between fact and fiction.
Jacqueline claims to be descended from the Romanovs (thats this shows gimmick, after all).
But in the end, she goes nowhere.
She gets lost in the woods on her way off-set.
And overnight, she is abducted by the crew, dressed as Bolshevik soldiers.
She collapses to the ground.
The soldiers finish off the survivors with bayonets and bullets at point-blank range.
And then … cut!
But they did their job too well.
From the start of it all, Weiner wears his influences on his sleeve.
Kubrick is name-dropped, if the hotel and the ghostly little girl didnt already have you thinking ofThe Shining.
At one point, Olivia even quotesThe Silence of the Lambs.
But the biggest horror influence, as it was inMad Men, is David Lynch.
Co-writer Sweeney was one of Lynchs most prominent collaborators for many years (she is also his ex-wife).
