{"id":8614,"date":"2015-10-05T11:27:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T02:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssff.sakura.ne.jp\/core\/?post_type=news_en&p=8614"},"modified":"2019-01-01T20:00:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T11:00:48","slug":"interview-with-the-director-of-ticky-tacky-how-he-met-oscar-isaac-and-much-more","status":"publish","type":"news_en","link":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/news_en\/event\/interview-with-the-director-of-ticky-tacky-how-he-met-oscar-isaac-and-much-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with the director of \u201cTicky Tacky.\u201d How he met Oscar Isaac and much more!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cTicky Tacky\u201d is one of the films in the Hollywood Short Film Program showing as part of the \u201cCinema Museum\u201d special fall screenings hosted by Asia\u2019s largest and only Academy Awards\u00ae qualifying international short film festival. We spoke to director Brian Petsos about the highlights of his film \u201cTicky Tacky,\u201d which stars popular actor Oscar Isaac. If you don’t know already, Isaac is one of the actors appearing in \u201cStar Wars: The Force Awakens,\u201d which will be in cinemas here in Japan at the end of the year! How did Petsos meet Isaac? What are the things to look out for in his film? Find out in this interview, where he also offers many tips on filmmaking.
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Brian Petsos<\/div>\n
After graduating from art school, Brian Petsos began acting and improvising. He started writing while in the conservatory at Second City and later began making films. The mission of his company \u201cA Saboteur\u201d is to produce innovative, original, boundary-pushing films that challenge traditional expectations and underline artistic integrity.<\/div>\n

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– What are the highlights of your film?<\/p>\n

The film was designed very purposely as a sort of throwback chamber piece, and as such, it was meant to play with\/to the theatricality and melodrama in the midst of all the dark\/dry humor. The proscenium approach (for the most part) with the cinematography also feeds into this. Obviously, with a short film\u2014and having very limited time and budget\u2014you have to sort of make the logistics work for you, which, given limited expectations, I think we ended up doing. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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– Why did you cast Oscar Issac in this role? (How did you meet him?)<\/p>\n

Let me start by explaining that I met Oscar several years ago in conjunction with a film project where we played opposite each other as cousins. I think it was one of those rare, special situations where you feel like this person has been a friend for ages, even though you\u2019ve only just met! It was almost like we were already cousins\u2014we just needed to reacquaint ourselves. And on top of that, so many of our creative impulses and interests aligned. When I was in the very early stages of getting TICKY TACKY together, Oscar expressed an interest in joining the party. So it wasn\u2019t really \u201ccasting\u201d in the traditional sense. It was simply what the universe demanded.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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– Any particular message for Japanese audiences?<\/p>\n

I\u2019d just like to humbly thank the Japanese audience for spending 15 minutes with TICKY TACKY\u2014I am so excited that our little film has made it all the way over to Japan! Cheers!<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n


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