168. 4Qs with Sam Vartholomeos & Ryan O’Leary

Skype brings Sam & Ryan to Los Angeles with not-so-great audio quality!

What are the 4Q’s?

  • Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3)
  • Name a film you think is underrated
  • Name a film you think is overrated
  • Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out

Sam Vartholomeos is the lead actor in Ryan O’Leary’s fantastic film “The Lost Weekend,”  We’re proud to say that “The Lost Weekend” is in the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video.

Sam & Ryan got onto a Skype call with DIF’s own Jeff Howard for an interview about the film and their personal histories.  While we had them with us, it was time to have each gentleman answer the 4Qs.

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Here are Sam’s 4Qs answers:

  • Favorites: Godfather, Lock (Tom Hardy), The Departed
  • Underrated: Meet Joe Black
  • Overrated: (pass – but maybe The Irishman)
  • Seek Out: Little England (Greek film)

Here are Ryan’s 4Qs answers:

  • Favorites: Adventureland, Annie Hall, The Shawshank Redemption
  • Underrated: Snow Angels (David Gordon Green) 2007
  • Overrated: Ghostbusters (1984) and just as much the Ghostbusters (2016) female reboot
  • Seek Out:
    The Video Dating Tape of Desmondo Ray, Aged 33 and 3/4

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167. Ryan O’Leary & Sam Vartholomeos “The Lost Weekend”

Ryan & Sam hopped onto Skype for their DIF interview

Ryan O’Leary & Sam Vartholomeos are a blast.  Ryan wrote and directed “The Lost Weekend” and as the lead actor Sam made every scene of the film worth watching.  We’re proud to say that “The Lost Weekend” is in the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video, Season 4 Episode 4.  No wonder this film came out so great – everyone who collaborated on this film brought something special to it.

Ryan & Sam got onto a Skype call with DIF TV’s own Jeff Howard for an interview about the film and their personal histories.  We always love knowing what brought people to filmmaking and acting careers; Sam & Ryan do not disappoint.

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166. 4Qs with Nate & Kim Ellis

Kim & Nate at DIF HQ with Jeff Howard

What are the 4Q’s?

  • Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3)
  • Name a film you think is underrated
  • Name a film you think is overrated
  • Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out

Nate & Kim Ellis brought their film “Delivery” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2019, and you can now watch it in the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video in Season 3 Episode 6.  If we named DIF TV episodes, then that one would be called the Kickass Episode.

Nate wrote and directed “Delivery” with Kim is in front of the camera as the film’s anti-hero assassin. Watch their film and give the podcast a listen

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Here are Kim’s 4Qs answers:

  • Favorites:Lord of the Rings, A Star Is Born, Toy Story 3
  • Underrated: American Honey
  • Overrated: Burning
  • Seek Out: Memories of Murder (from director of Parasite)

Here are Nate’s 4Qs answers:

  • Favorites: Robocop, Aliens, Savaging Private Ryan
  • Underrated: Enter The Void
  • Overrated: Aaron Sorkin
  • Seek Out: Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original), U Turn

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165. Kim & Nate Ellis “Delivery”

Kim & Nate Ellis at the DIF HQ mic

The kickass film “Delivery” played in the Kickass Spotlight at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2019, and you can now watch it in the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video in Season 3 Episode 6.  If we named DIF TV episodes, then that one would be called the Kickass Episode.

Nate wrote and directed “Delivery” with Kim is in front of the camera as the film’s anti-hero assassin. Watch their film and give the podcast a listen

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164. TJ Power “The Bus to Birra Birra”

Do you want to know why “The Bus to Birra Birra” from filmmaker TJ Power is in the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video?  Maybe the fact that it won four awards at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2020 has something to do with it?  Go to Season 4 Episode 1 of the DIF TV series too see why this film won Best Short Film – Drama, Best Director – Short Film, Outstanding Screenplay, and Outstanding Acting – Individual for Elizabeth Blackmore.

Thankfully, you can watch the film in the TV series and you can listen to TJ talk about the inspirations behind the film in this podcast. And if you want to take a deep dive, jump back to TJ’s first DIF podcast interview from May 2019 when we talked about he previous short film, “Your Call Is Important To Us.”

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