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…
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Interview…Aaron Holliday and Jermaine Fowler on the Fun and Prophetic Realism of ‘Appofeniacs’
To some people, movies are not just entertainment. Whether it’s the themes or characters, a great many fans wish that what they are seeing was real. But be careful what you wish for, as some films get closer to being true than we’d want to believe. In the case of Appofeniacs, things get too real thanks to the nefarious use of deep-fake AI. Like a digital pebble in a pond, the ripples created by one person’s actions will never stop spreading. Suffice to say, this prophetic narrative from Chris Marrs Piliero is as serious as cancer. But to keep this from being a heavy-handed tale (think Requiem For A Dream…
