Purple tidings, Post-Relevantians!  Today we are like kings making a royal decree to be different, as the podcast steps away from its regular obsession with the film "Under the Silver Lake" to talk to an up-and-coming film writer and director Max Kane.  Max has created an excellent new short film called "House of Brotherly Love," and he cast your host Phil in it to play the ne'er-do-well character 'Lucas Pickering.'  And it was a blast!

The film is now online to be seen, so Phil and Max throw down the blueberry-colored gauntlet of conversation and talk about travel, NYC vs Philadelphia vs LA, assembling the ideal cast, filming in your parent's house, making movies with your friends, and more.  Then Phil tries to understand if Max has made a film about racial injustice during the pandemic, or just about being overprotective of your kid sister.  All this, and Phil reveals how he worked "listening to Coldplay on acid" into the script, and how Max figured out how to cut it out of the movie.  This interview is great, and so is the movie.  Check it out!

You can see "House of Brotherly Love" on Vimeo, YouTube, and Directorsnotes.com, where you can watch the film and read an interview with Max here: https://directorsnotes.com/2021/12/23/max-kane-house-of-brotherly-love/

If you have a response to the film, you can contact Max at [email protected].

You can see all of Phil's acting, art and music on his website www.TheseAreDreams.com

If you have any comments about the episode, contact Phil at https://www.facebook.com/philristaino or https://www.instagram.com/philristaino/