Geek Syndicate Issue 4 | Page 105

ually about different ideas and possibilities. He’d drawn little storyboards for different moments, different ways to shoot it. Whether that was the way it was going to get done didn’t matter, it showed his passion for it. Ultimately it came down to (the fact that) in discussions with him I realised that he and I shared a nearly identical vision for the film. What the tone of the film is, the way it would look, the way the comedy and horror should be played and how those two should work together, how the Kevin and Ariel relationship was the backbone to the film. Aside from the fact that I just liked him as a person and felt very comfortable with him and (felt) like this was somebody I could work with, this shared vision, over the course of the interview, became very, very clear. He explained the whole Megashark thing to me and he was like, you know, (it was) “a paycheque job. It’s not what I wanted to do, I didn’t have any say in the final cut, that’s not who I am as a director.” I watched his demo reel, and then I watched his independent films (and) he’d made this kind of campy over-the-top movie for MTV called Monster Island, (which showed) a whole different side. He was clearly a very skilled director, he knew the craft of directing, and on top of that was very easy to speak with about script choices and stuff. I can say in hindsight it’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. Geek Syndicate take it on and do all the work behind selling it but in discussion with them they were like, it’s a tough sell, you know? Literally, one place loved it and came back the next day and said “I showed it to the Marketing Department and they have no idea how to market it, so we have to pass.” I understand that. Even at Anchor Bay, once they bought it they said “one of the biggest obstacles we have to overcome is how to market it.” The only place it’s getting a theatrical release as of now is the UK. It comes out October 5th in theatres and then October 8th it’ll be available on dvd/blu-ray and all the other stuff. It’s the new distribution plan. It’ll either go for four days in the theatre or if it manages to build some word of mouth they could expand it. The awareness is building, and certainly a successful run in the UK will help. GS: It’s been an absolutely pleasure talking to you Ryan, thank you very much for your time. GS: Some Guy Who Kills People is a hard film to describe. It’s a slasher film, but it’s a comedy. It’s a love story, but it’s about loneliness. It’s full of tenderness and raw emotion, but it’s also drenched in blood. Now I know that pretty much anyone who watches this film is going to love it – but in today’s market, how much of a problem is its – lets call it its Multiple Personality – when it comes to getting people to watch it in the first place? RL: I knew selling it was going to be tough, because it doesn’t fit into a very well defined category that gave buyers a warm and cosy feeling. It’s not a slasher film they can market as blood, g ]?[?]? ?[?][??Z?H] ?H^H?[\?Y?[??YH?[H[??Y???[??[??T?Z??L B??