Your new movie Murder
Syndicate - in a few words, what is it about?
Murder
Syndicate is a story about Isa, who is the mom and matriarch of a huge line
of assassins and mysteriously falls ill and realizes she wants to pass the
torch, and it's left between her 3 adult children and her younger boyfriend
to fight amongst themselves to take it all.
When writing Murder
Syndicate, did you do any research on crime syndicates as such,
and what made you want to do a movie about the subject in the first place? I
grew up watching so many crime movies that it's ingrained in me, and then I
build my stories around the characters I create to try to tell an engaging
story about the underworld of crime and what goes on in it. (Other)
sources of inspiration when writing Murder
Syndicate? I
was influenced a bit of a mix of Macbeth and
Hamlet for the film as well. Of all the protagonists of Murder
Syndicate, who could you identify with the most, actually? None
to be honest because they aren't very "likable" people, yet there
is still something engaging about them overall. I'd like to think maybe
closest to Jonah's character but not as naive.
What
can you tell us about Murder
Syndicate's approach to the thriller genre? It
is a character study about greed and ambition and what people will do to
step over everybody for power at all costs.
A few words about your overall directorial approach to your story at hand? I'm
an actor's director so I love working with my actors in pre-production to
really flesh out the characters I've written and trust them to make it
their own as well within the layers of the story. Do
talk about Murder
Syndicate's cast, and why exactly these people? The
actors all got along with each other very well and there was good
chemistry between them, and that's where it starts.
What
can you tell us about the shoot as such, and the on-set atmosphere? It
was a 24 day shoot and although there were some stressful times, I'm very
happy with the performances we got out and how the film turned out. Anything
you can tell us about audience and critical reception of Murder
Syndicate? People have really liked the film so far and credit to the trailer by VMI (our
distributor) to get things going, so I'm pleased! Any future projects you'd like to
share?
My feature The Charisma Killers is in post production now and almost done, and
my next feature a sci-fi action film Censor Addiction will shoot in
early next year!
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Thanks for the interview!
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