Nobody's Ever Asked Me That: Avalon Fast
About this episode
Nick Dawson interviews Avalon Fast about their experiences and insights as a queer filmmaker.
On the latest episode of Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That, Nick Dawson sits down with writer-director and actor Avalon Fast, a queer auteur whose excellent second feature, the lulling, fairytale-like Camp, hit theaters earlier this summer. In a fun and often surprising conversation, Fast opened up about ego death, musical imposter syndrome, exploring and mapping the dream world version of their childhood home of Vancouver Island, growing up in the shadow of an impending fatal mega-earthquake tsunami, coolness, drinking to die, and much more. Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That now has a Substack, so head there to check out all of our past episodes, plus subscribe to get access to exclusive audio and video content!
People in this episode
Host: Nick Dawson
Guest: Avalon Fast
Topics covered
- queer cinema
- ego death
- musical imposter syndrome
- childhood memories
- earthquake tsunami
- mental health
Keywords
- Avalon Fast
- Nick Dawson
- Camp
- queer auteur
- musical imposter syndrome
- Vancouver Island
- ego death
- earthquake tsunami
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Camp
Places: Vancouver Island
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