‘Backrooms’ Is the Future of Movies, With Kane Parsons!

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