C101 ROCK REPORT SINNERS

"Sinners" have opened in theaters nationwide, and Director Ryan Coogler has revealed that the movie has a surprising metal tie drawing inspiration from Metallica.

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Sinners has opened in theaters, and director Ryan Kugler has
revealed that the movie has a surprising metal tie, drawing
inspiration from the iconic metal band Metallica. The director who
got to start telling the story of Bay Area natives
Oscar Grant's tragic two thousand and nine death and Fruitvale
Station has once again found it tied to his Oakland
home base through Metallica, and speaking with the San Francisco Chronicle,
Googler shared that one particular song inspired his vision for

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the movie. He shouted out and Justice for All track
one as being that song, particularly the lyric darkness imprisoning
me all that I see absolute horror. I cannot live,
I cannot die, trapped in myself, body, my holding self.
I wanted the movie to feel like a song, so
I used Metallica's one, the director explained. When asked if
he was a Metallic fan, Coogler said that he was,
but added that he was late to discovering me. However,

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he now has a working connection to the group, as
he confirmed that drummer Lars Europe contributed to the movie score.

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