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Sean and Amanda discuss Kane Parsons's film 'Backrooms' and its implications for the future of cinema.

Sean and Amanda are joined by Chris Ryan to explore some liminal spaces and figure out what really scares them. They open the show by reacting to some brief movie news (3:20) before diving deep into one of the most highly anticipated directorial debuts this decade: Kane Parsons’s ‘Backrooms,’ starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve (11:14). They break down how the movie pushes the filmmaking medium, discuss why it works on its own without any prior knowledge of the original material, and debate whether this type of success is a blip or whether it represents what the future of film will look like. Finally, Parsons joins Sean to discuss his new film and explain what the process was like shifting from making stuff for YouTube to making something for the big screen (1:02:02). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guests: Kane Parsons and Chris Ryan Producer: Jack Sanders Production Support: Lucas Cavanagh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins

Guests: Kane Parsons, Chris Ryan

Topics covered

• filmmaking
• movie analysis
• directorial debut
• horror
• future of film

Keywords

• Backrooms
• Kane Parsons
• Chiwetel Ejiofor
• Renate Reinsve
• future of film
• directorial debut
• horror

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Ringer

Books & works: Backrooms

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