Ever since we saw Appofeniacs at Fantastic Fest last year, the themes and characters have been living in my head rent-free. While some have called this Tarantino-esqe (which isn’t wrong), it does make me think of the beginning of Pulp Fiction. You remember, that captivating scene where Sam Jackson’s Jules asks Yolanda “what’s Fonzie like?” The answer is “he’s cool” which perfectly sums up Sean Gunn‘s Clinto Binto.
Now if you were to ask if we have a galactically fun time chatting with Mr. Gunn about his career, the universes he’s visited and playing everything from raccoons to weasels, answer there would be “Correctamundo!“
The man is an actor, a writer, producer, mo-cap legend, guardian and one cool son of a gun. So set phasers to fun, and enjoy our session with Sean on this episode of The GoSeeTalk Podcast Experience!
Amused by exploiting our instinct to believe what we see and hear, Duke (Aaron Holliday) treats deepfakes like a contagious party trick. Not because he has something to prove, but simply because he can. Soon blood starts to spill, but Duke isn’t the one who has to clean it up. Intersecting storylines catch the fallout of Duke’s petty pastime: Poppy (Simran Jehani), heading into the desert for a weekend of cosplay and foreplay; Clinto Binto (Sean Gunn), a legend in the scene with a reputation too expensive to fake; and Lazzy (Paige Searcy), a stranger who picks the wrong line, the wrong coffee shop, and the wrong day to argue.
Paranoia. Confirmation bias. Baseless certainty. We’re all APPOFENIACS. When anyone’s version of the truth can be created with the tap of a finger, the horror isn’t the lie. It’s what happens when people believe it.
APPOFENIACS will be released only on theaters on October 2
