In Conversation with Adrian Chiarella & Joe Bird of ‘Leviticus’

About this episode

Em Rusciano discusses the film 'Leviticus' with its creators Adrian Chiarella and Joe Bird, sharing her thoughts and insights on the movie.

Access BONUS eps & other exclusives with Emsolation Extra @ https://emsolation.supercast.com/ See Em's new show 'Addicted to Love' https://emrusciano.com/addicted-to-love/ It’s finally here, Em and her bestie Michael sit down with Michael’s husband Adrian Chiarella and one of the stars of his debut feature film ‘Leviticus’, Joe Bird. Obviously, the focus at the very beginning of this chat is finding out what Em thought of the film, famously Em isn’t a fan of horror movies, but she has watched ‘Leviticus’ and is finally ready to share her unfiltered thoughts and review. There’s the soundtrack to discuss, the themes, the longing between the main characters, the atmosphere of the movie, how Joe’s work in ‘Talk To Me’ impacted his casting in the role, and Michael tries to do a scared face like Joe. There’s also ‘Twilight’ chat, why Em and Joe Bird are pretty much the same person, Etsy witches, lost crystals and more. Adrian also reveals the behind-the-scenes stories on the location scouting for the movie, the casting, the colour palette and what he is like when he’s on set compared to when he's in prep mode for filming. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation…

People in this episode

Host: Em Rusciano

Guests: Adrian Chiarella, Joe Bird

Topics covered

• film review
• horror movies
• behind-the-scenes
• soundtrack
• childhood influences

Keywords

• Emsolation
• Leviticus
• Adrian Chiarella
• Joe Bird
• horror film
• film review
• soundtrack
• Twilight
• childhood

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Emsolation Extra, Supercast, Addicted to Love

Books & works: Leviticus, Talk To Me, Twilight

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