SCREEN CRUSADES features in-depth interviews with the coolest talent in film and TV. Hosted by Ryan J. Downey, who has reported on pop culture for MTV News, MSNBC, MovieWeb, Marvel, and more. Downey is also the host of The Disc Dive, presented by Knotfest, and the podcasts PopCurse, Speak N’ Destroy, and No-Prize From God. He is based in Southern California.
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SCREEN CRUSADES features in-depth interviews with the coolest talent in film and TV. Hosted by Ryan J. Downey, who has reported on pop culture for MTV News, MSNBC, MovieWeb, Marvel, and more. Downey is also the host of The Disc Dive, presented by Knotfest, and the podcasts PopCurse, Speak N’ Destroy, and No-Prize From God. He is based in Southern California.
Jordan Graham discusses how he handled the writing, directing, editing, composing, cinematography, set design and more on 2021's most buzzed about and acclaimed horror film, Sator, on the latest episode of KNOTFEST's Screen Crusades with Ryan J Downey.
0:00 - Doing more with less
5:45 - Early filmmaker influences
12:45 - The critical reception to Sator
15:30 - The music of Sator
22:07 - Blurring fact and fiction with found footage
27:50 - The influences behind Sator’s atmosphere
33:35 - What comes next for Graham
44:10 - Creating film universes and Quentin Tarantino
Sator Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e_Ij0S-sBw
On the surface, the film is a simple story of a young man named Adam on the desperate and obsessive hunt for a mysterious being called Sator, who has been a constant and menacing presence in the lives of his family for generations.
Through the interview, Graham talks about the real inspirations behind the film. June Peterson, who plays Adam’s grandmother, is Graham’s actual grandmother. She claims to have been hearing the voice of Sator in her head for her entire life, and views the entity as more of a guardian than a demon.
Downey and Graham also discuss the way the film creates an unsettling and trance-like atmosphere using its creeping pace and experimental sound design - all on a tightly restricted budget.
Sator is now available on-demand.
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SCREEN CRUSADES features in-depth interviews with the coolest talent in film and TV. Hosted by Ryan J. Downey, who has reported on pop culture for MTV News, MSNBC, MovieWeb, Marvel, and more. Downey is also the host of The Disc Dive, presented by Knotfest, and the podcasts PopCurse, Speak N’ Destroy, and No-Prize From God. He is based in Southern California.
