By Andrew Farrell, February
26, 2012
The films plot seems
to be very thin, is there something I’m missing?
Imagination (laughing)
But some people are
really confused by the film and by it’s transgressive style, do you feel the
need to explain yourself ?
What is there to explain, I find that people who are
confused by art usually have no imagination. I don’t think I’ve ever been
confused by a film. I usually love it even more if it throws me and plays with
my feelings.
I like to create images that romanticize memories, call them
gold memories if you like.
I just want to show brilliant days, shadows, rain, what ever
gives someone an infinite feeling.
Why wont you explain
what the films about?
That’s not the point, why have audiences become so lazy? It
really blows me away – You can only be saved when your lost.
I want to be shot by all the critics, I want to see what my
capacity is for a critical backlash, I hope I die broke like Van Gogh,
misunderstood, because I don’t need acceptance. Maybe ‘Black Biscuit’ isn’t
even a film but an introspective bitch slap.
I wanted to create a yearning feeling in the viewer, and to
take them back to a time when they were lost, and stuck out sea with not a
fucking clue what to do with their life.
And just to give people blissful ecstatic moments along with
hope.
You obviously don’t
have a problem with nudity, or sex what are your views on those themes ?
Maybe we’re going backwards, AIDS really fucked up
everything and created so much guilt
that’s now attached to sex. Maybe it’s just that I wanted to have a memory to remember
what my dick looked like when I was younger. But I just love sex, I envy
animals because things are so simple for them, humans have got enough layers on
already, and being naked really throws away pretentions. Clothes are the death
of mankind.
It looks like the
editing played a big part in creating your statement, how do you view the
editing phase?
We live in an edited world. My view on life is kind of based
on Situationism. A PG film is not going to change anything, but a spectacle on
the other hand will push things forward, I think it’s a virtue to have a low
attention span, and to not be patient. I want everything now. That goes for
life, love, dreams. Im not waiting for no one, especially people to approve of my
work, I want to live in summertime forever. The mainstream is like a tall
boring castle and they deserve the occasional Jack In The Box lunged at their
face. I don’t care about my reputation, why should I. It will just make my hair
fall out.
Won’t that make life
difficult for you?
No it makes it interesting, because then I’ll always have a
challenge, and a desire to hustle. I dread having to slow down because then
you’ve been corrupted into behaving.
I’m obviously not doing any of this for the money, this is
made for fun and to inspire a mental uprising. Forget about this class bullshit,
be classless, like me.
Is this just
intentional to create a generation barrier?
It’s not about barriers, it’s about the future of creative
freedom and if someone who is however old doesn’t get that then their already
obsolete.
Why do you think a barriers going up?
Yes a bit, people
either love or hate your work don’t they?
Good that’s how it should be…….people who are on the fence
get shot, and art should be a form of shout therapy. My chaos theory is that I
don’t want people telling me what to do, I’m being honest, is that so hard to
take?
What’s wrong with a bit of mystery and thought attached to life.
The thick people and governments are scared of having a liberal youth movement,
because they know they’ll be outsmarted. Film distribution is the next thing
that’s going to be chicken chocked.
Is Online
Distribution something your excited about?
I get wet talking about it, because now artists aren’t going
to be cheated anymore, and they don’t have to listen to corporate bullshit.
It’s like the dreams come true. I don’t think people have caught onto it yet
though. I was expecting parades and celebrations. It’s a lot to take in knowing
that you’ve got total creative freedom, and obviously it’s too much for some
people.
Where does the Chet
character come from is he based on you?
Of course he is, it was a part of me. When your just getting
started in the world you depend on everyone else giving you a break, and you
become very submissive, and that’s what I wanted to revisit. It’s like being in
a room with the lights off, you could go that way, or this, or there in life,
but the trick is to get mean and defiant and once that happens you’ll find
strength.
