Welcome to Episode 99 of the “Reel Chat Podcast.” This week we introduce the first episode of our Team Focus spin-off series – a concept that gives the Reel Chat team a chance to give their retrospective treatment to film projects by our very own team members and special guests, complete with the filmmakers present on the episode. An exclusive insight if you like.
Joining your host Adam Stolfo is Reel Chat regulars Andrew McCaskill, Penny Jelly and Damon Quah, as well as the writer/director extraordinaire himself Jesse O’Brien. For this first episode, Reel Chat chose Jesse’s ambitious science fiction film “Arrowhead” (2016) which follows Kye (Dan Mor), a prisoner of war in an unspecified future who is tasked with a rescue mission, but is ultimately stranded on a desert moon.
With a background in effects work, O’Brien wrote a script for his feature debut that incorporated impressive CGI that he knew how to achieve himself, plus he had made a 10-minute proof of concept short film, “Arrowhead: Signal” which illustrated that the ambitious filmmaker had an achievable vision.
Made in Australia for a mere $187k, “Arrowhead” really is a remarkable achievement in every sense of the word and we’ve done our best to do Jesse’s feature film debut the justice it so rightly deserves.
We advise you all to please support Jesse and check out his film before listening to our podcast. We have included a number of useful links below to make it as easy as possible.
THE THEATRICAL TRAILER:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyqJF7WkC-g
iTUNES:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/movie/arrowhead/id1117269755
INSTAGRAM:
www.instagram.com/arrowheadmovie
FACEBOOK: Where you can watch the all encompassing “Into The Desert: The Complete Making Of Arrowhead” documentary
https://www.facebook.com/ArrowheadMovie/
BLU-RAY & DVD RELEASE:
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/movies-tv-shows/movies-tv-shows-on-sale/australian-cinema/arrowhead/950748/
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/movies-tv-shows/movies-tv-shows-on-sale/australian-cinema/arrowhead/950752/
A big thank you from the Reel Chat team for your willingness to support Australian independent content.
