Binge Movie Aftertaste w/ Kenlon Clark

Going without Jason Morris this week, Johnny Moreno and I take the reigns of Binge Movie Aftertaste by ourselves. And even though we certainly missed our lovely co-host, we ended up with one of the most interesting conversations we have ever had, this being with the director of Synapse, Kenlon Clark.

We start things off by catching up and talking about what we have seen this week, and I reveal that Insidious Chapter 3 didn’t exactly float my boat. In fact, I felt the boat sink after that horrible film was over. I also mention that I saw San Andreas, which I had a much better time with. And then the constant mentions of Inception begin, as Moreno and I both talk about how much we cannot get enough of this movie.

We keep the Inception conversation going when we get music video/film director Kenlon Clark on the line. Clark doesn’t waste any time out Inception-ing us by revealing he owns the film’s script and studies its intricacies on a regular basis. Yeah, we suck. Clark spends some time talking about his music video career, and how obsessive he is about storyboarding. Past Aftertaste guest Adam Simon is brought up, and Clark talks about how he met Synapse writer Simon, and subsequently ended up with the Synapse directing gig. He then mentions we can expect some exciting stuff from this duo in the future.

Moreno and I then bring up the Keanu Reeves hosted documentary Side By Side, which looks at the the debate between the uses of film versus digital in filmmaking. Some interesting points are made, and Clark even says that he attended a screening in LA that featured a Q&A with Reeves himself. No, he did NOT apologize for the Matrix sequels.

All this plus some scattered King of Hollywood talk, when people can expect to see Synapse….and did I mention the Inception talk? After Clark hangs up, Moreno and I get into a conversation about what the existence of these so-called Big Trouble in Little China remake rumors mean for the future of our favorite childhood films. Hint: It’s only a matter of time before everything you grew up with gets re imagined. I then question the lack of judgment I had by hanging up on Clark before getting into this conversation. Once again, we suck.

We would like to thank Clark for coming on the podcast, and you can bet both he and Simon will return to the Binge airwaves very soon. Check out the trailer to Synapse below.

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