Chandler Levack on Mile End Kicks & escaping your hometown

About this episode

Chandler Levack discusses her film Mile End Kicks, her experiences leaving Toronto, and the evolution of her storytelling style.

Mile End Kicks director Chandler Levack talks to Amanda the Jedi about leaving Toronto, writing imperfect characters and bringing music video aesthetics to her new coming-of-age movie. TIMECODES... 00:00 - Intro 00:02 - SXSW Experience 01:53 - Escaping Canada 05:38 - Evolving from music videos 09:17 - Depicting characters at their worst 11:44 - Gratitude rocks If you like this podcast, share it and leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Music: Green Lightning by Calsendry - ⁠⁠https://calsendry.bandcamp.com/⁠⁠ Join Intercut on YouTube as a member to get access to perks: ⁠ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDwOvdBcDztjCXdaGkoJR7A/join⁠ Patreon - ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/IntercutPod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.theatzshow.com/intercut⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord - ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/bkQuRkeaBE⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook - ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/IntercutPod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram - ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/IntercutPod⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok - ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@IntercutPod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter - ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/IntercutPod⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube - ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/IntercutPod⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube Clips - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@intercutclips⁠⁠ †

People in this episode

Guest: Chandler Levack

Topics covered

• Mile End Kicks
• Chandler Levack
• Toronto
• music videos
• coming-of-age

Keywords

• SXSW
• imperfect characters
• music video aesthetics

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Mile End Kicks

Books & works: Mile End Kicks, Green Lightning

Places: Toronto, Canada

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