While Fantastic Fest might be more known for its horror shorts and features, Alamo Drafthouse’s genre film festival in Austin, TX, has a special place in my heart for finding odd-ball, madcap comedies that blend style and genre.The Guit Brothers, Lenny and Harpo, are known for developing their own genre of sorts, dubbed “trash cinema,” as a way to explore down-on-their-luck misfit characters who seem to bumble and stumble their way into outlandish situations that explore some surprisingly poignant views about life, friendship, and even romance.We got the chance to chat with Lenny and Harpo about Heads or Fails, the duo’s follow-up to their Sundance standout Mother Schmuckers, to see if we could learn a bit about how fellow aspiring filmmakers can find genre filmmaking paths of their own.- YouTubeNo Film School: What was the inspiration for Heads of Fails?Lenny & Harpo Guit: After Mother Schmuckers, we wanted to do a short film with no money again, so we decided to make a film with just the two of us for the crew and an actor who makes us laugh all the time, Axel Perin (who plays Ronnie in Heads or Fails). It was the story of a small-time crook who navigates the city. This short film reinforced our idea of telling the story of someone who is juggling with life and struggling to find solutions. We tried to distance the film from our own experiences a little more, so we were keen on telling the story of a female...
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