This week we are joined by narrative film director Chandler Levack to discuss her video store-centered film, I Like Movies, and her latest film, based on her time as a music critic in Montreal, Mile End Kicks.
We discuss her teenage years working at Blockbuster video and what kind of employee she was, getting her start writing music reviews at age 18, music critic heroes, what Montreal meant for music in the 2010s, working with Barbie Ferreira (Euphoria) who plays a version of herself in Mile End Kicks, recreating and revisiting personal trauma in her films, Alanis Morissette’s Jagged LIttle Pill, musicals based on rock albums, the struggle to get Mile End Kicks made, Susan Seidelman’s Smithereens, the fictitious band Bone Patrol, Patti Smith, breaking down some of the deep cut Canadian jokes in her films, Sloan, Much Music, the surreal aspect of having Adam Sandler help make her latest film Roommates, what kind of film does Chandler want to make next, and more!
CHANDLER LEVACK:
PUP MUSIC VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gnntMvMgx4
I LIKE MOVIES TRAILER: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yvWA1h3p04
MILE END KICKS TRAILER: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzaCmw_VrlI
CHANDLER LEVACK: instagram.com/clevack
Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film, or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.
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THEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'
www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com
ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owens
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