Joel Potrykus (2016)

First off, I support the clowns (unless you're talking about Trump Pence...hey oh!). I would've loved to have been terrorized by clowns in my neighborhood as a kid. So legit.

Next up is my weirdest yet, I think. Bunuel meets Cronenberg, is all I can say right now. Burge may be back, too.

Hey "Bruce"...Yeah, I think there's a scene. It's small, but we all work with each other. There's young guys making stuff I could never do even today. Those fancy cameras and cranes they've got.

Hey, man. Yes, I did was I'd call anti-comedy for about a year. Then got sick of it, because everyone seemed so phony and boring. That all went into Ape. Being an actual working stand-up is the most glamour-less life ever. I'm not that kind of dude.

Thanks, guys! I'm jetting out in a few minutes. Feel free to shoot me questions on Facebook anytime.

I have nothing against coverage. I just want to know what key it's in before I get into the studio, is all.

Thanks! Stranger is actually referenced in Ape. 100% Trevor talks about everything in his TV dinner...got my meat, got my potatoes...I love that Jarmusch scene.

Some of my biggest direct influences have been Made in Britain by Alan Clarke, O Lucky Man by Lindsay Anderson, Buffalo 66 by Gallo, all early Jarmusch, original Evil Dead, Gummo, and just recently discovered The Catechism Cataclysm by Todd Rohal with is SO RAD.

Well, dudes eating alone is one of the most private things. I'm obsessed with how people behave when no one's looking. I was blown away by this chick who was eating her leftovers at the bus stop, totally mouth closed. She was so polite, even though she didn't know I was looking at her. When I'm eating alone, it's a disgusting display.

hell of a title for a movie, too. dude takes so many risks.

Yie Ar Kung Fu and Track and Field...Maybe Roadblasters, too.

I'm most excited by Todd Rohal, Nathan Silver, Mike Ott has some serious craziness coming soon, too. I was blown away by the footage. Super mental. Not enough people know about Kazik Radwanski or Pop Meets the Void by William Cusick.

You need a McD!! I think Thessaloniki passed on Cookbook. Politics. I'll still be traveling to festivals with the film, but not quite sure when.

Well, I don't know if and when I will personally ever see money soon. It usually takes about 2 years for films like these to break even and make a buck. It's definitely not something I will retire on.

Thanks! I don't think it's a horror movie...I'd call it a movie ABOUT horrors, though. If I described certain scenes, you'd probably say horror, but it's not what it's about, but how it's about it, I guess.

I love Texas Chainsaw, Let the Right One In, Demons...American Werewolf in London may be my fav movie ever, and I don't even know if that's a "horror" film...probably...I'm a monster fan of Jason and Freddy. I'm going to see The Thing on 35mm this month, which is going to be amazing.

I think horror is thriving right now. People actually take it seriously for a change. It makes money, and people are more willing to experiment and see new things.

My first feature was shot only on weekends. One scene per weekend, no matter how long or quickly it took. Some days were 12 hours, most days 3-5 hours. I'm lazy like that. By the end of the summer, we had a feature.

Normally I wake up around 11am, write/tweet/facebook for a couple hrs. Get lunch. Be lazy some more. Then crank back at it late at night from like 10-3am. I wish I could be more disciplined with my sleep schedule. Whatever.

Thanks, man! Josh is a musician first and foremost. I was/am a huge fan of his band, Chance Jones. He has a presence on stage. I didn't know if he could act, but I thought if I could get a tiny bit of that energy in front of a camera, then we'd have something cool. I try not to write around his personality. It's much more fun to challenge him and make him get a little crazy. He's such a nice guy, that I love watching him get mean. He'll probably be in the next one.

I love FUNNEL by Andre Hyland. Rat Pack Rat by Todd Rohal. Big Girl by Lisa Melodia. Death to the Tinman by Ray Tintori.

I really like Essentials of Screenwriting by Richard Walter. Never been a Save the Cat guy.

I mostly wing it, though.

Is this the guy that used the restroom on the sidewalk and showed everyone the next day? Maybe it isn't. I could be confused.

Not directly, but yes...A few cruise line commercials. Some wack music videos. Lots of other people's scripts. I have no desire to do things for a paycheck if I'm going to spend so much of my time on them. It's draining to do this stuff, so I want to make sure it something I personally am invested in.

I was waiting for the Peak director, Mr. Bowman, to edit it. Never came together, so I crapped something out on my own. Next year.

Still waiting on the producer/actor's cut of "Call of the Wild" to make its premiere.

Hey hey...I listen to music when I write. Every script has a different tone. For Alchemist Cookbook I listened to a lot of Come on Pilgrim by the Pixies (there's a subtle reference in the film). But I usually write the exact songs into the script. Music drives a scene for me. And it's important that I not have a score to direct the audience on how to feel, but a soundtrack that helps us get into the head of the character. That's all I want to do, is put you in the room with these people.

Those aliens in Communion! Yeesh.

And the masked people falling into the meat grinder in The Wall. Freaked me out to the maxx.

That, and a movie called Watcher in the Woods, which I haven't seen since 4th grade.

It's cheap. My friends are here. No reason to be in LA these days if you're making your own films.

There's not much work in the field, but I'm really just into doing my own things. Stick around!

It's the best. Love seeing friends in beautiful light and hanging with the stars. Dude deserves it.

Write your own movies. Then shoot them with people you trust. Make the movie YOU want to see, and never worry if other people are going to like it. And don't be too lazy on set. Make sure the actors are killing it and that it looks decent. If you think it's not great while filming, no one's going to think it's great afterwards.

And get crazy. Take risks.

Not sure if that helps.

I make movies here mostly bc I live here. If I lived in Akron, I'm sure I'd be making Akron films. It's cheap, my friends are here, I trust people here. No need to shoot these anywhere else. GR has become a trademark, almost. And I love hearing Europeans talking about GR when discussing these movies.

Probably the third best I've ever experienced. Dude knows how to find the sweet spots...And the sweat spots.

Son of a bitch!