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THE DEAD DON’T DIE

June 14, 2019 By Leave a Comment

THE DEAD DON’T DIE

THE DEAD DON’T DIE takes the tropes, idioms, and beloved foibles of low-budget zombie flicks and, with a skillful flick of its auteur’s cinematic wrist, recontextualizes them into a stylized gloss on the new normal of 2019.  Certainly the “Make America White Again” ball cap sported by the most reviled citizen (Steve Buscemi) of sleepy… Read More »

Tagged With: homage, horror, police, small town, spoof, undead, zombies

Chris Butler & Sam Fell Bring PARANORMAN to Life

October 31, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Chris Butler & Sam Fell Bring PARANORMAN to Life

When I spoke with Chris Butler and Sam Fell on July 27, 2012, the conversation was a wonderful mix of whimsy and erudition as they explained the finer points of bringing a stop-motion film to life. The two shared the directing duties on PARANORMAN, working from a script by Butler.  What I was most interested in,… Read More »

Tagged With: animation, curses, Laika, stop-motion, witch, zombies

Anthony Lucero Serves Up EAST SIDE SUSHI

September 19, 2015 By 1 Comment

Anthony Lucero Serves Up EAST SIDE SUSHI

The fact that Anthony Lucero was making the behind-the-scenes documentary for the next Star Wars film was incidental to why I wanted to talk to him about his feature film directorial debut, EAST SIDE SUSHI. But, since I had him there in front of my microphone, I had to try to get some information out… Read More »

Tagged With: avocado, CAAM, California roll, chef, feature film debut. Star Wars, Fruitvale, Japanese-American, knife skills, Latino, Mexican-American, multi-cultural, Oakland, SF Indie Fest, sushi chef, zombies

PARANORMAN

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Laika Studio’s latest animated film, PARANORMAN, is a story with heart, soul, and a killer funny bone. The humor ranges from the broad to the subtle, and even ventures into that most dangerous of territories, the poignant, and it does so with a sure hand, backed up with an astounding feat of animation. Norman (Kodi… Read More »

Tagged With: animation, curses, Laika, stop-motion, witch, zombies

George A. Romero Insures the SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

When I talked with horror icon George A. Romero on May 13, 2010, it was hard to know where to begin, considering his first feature, 1968’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, earned a place on the Library of Congress’ film register in 1999. I decided to lead with the metaphorical aspect of his latest film, SURVIVAL OF THE… Read More »

Tagged With: director, end of the world, George A. Romero, horror viscera, Library of Congress film registry, movie, movie franchise, Mr. Roger's tonsils, writer, zombies

Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright Gift Us with SHAUN OF THE DEAD

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright Gift Us with SHAUN OF THE DEAD

Click here to listen to the interview. Co-screenwriters Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, star and director respectively, of SHAUN OF THE DEAD were, you’ll pardon the expression, dead tired when I chatted with them on August 12, 2004. They’d been up late the night before doing a smashingly successful Q&A at a preview screening of… Read More »

Tagged With: apocalypse, comedy, Cornetto Trilogy, cult status, DAWN OF THE DEAD, Edgar Wright, end of the world. interpersonal probles, George Romero, horror, narrative, philosophy, Simon Pegg, undead, zombies

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