The Fantasia International Film Festival marks the World Premiere of the first feature film from the creative duo of John Swab and Corey Asraf. A slightly dreamlike recounting of the day Drew Glass (Niko Nicotera) returns to his hometown to seek vengeance on his drug dealing father. Along the way reconnecting with the deteriorating figures of his past, some redeemable and others damned to condemnation. Oh, and a hitman named Pope (Marilyn Manson) wants to kill him.

I was lucky enough to sit down the with the stars of the film Niko Nicotera, Sam Quartin and Gore Abrams. They talk about finding their characters, what it was like working with John and Corey and also Sam and Gore’s next project “Living the Gimmick: The Great American Unwashed” which is about, get this, wrestling. Sorry Walter.

Also be sure to check out Part 1 of our “Let Me Make You A Martyr” podcast, where I talk with John Swab and Corey Asraf HERE.gpys-fanasia-martyr2

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek

The song we use in the intro is “Spooky Loop” by the 8bit bEtty.  Used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.