EPISODE · Dec 10, 2025 · 1H 17M
#292 - Maximilien Dejoie (The Gerber Syndrome: il contagio, When We Talk About KGB, I‘ll Stand by You)
from The Overlook Hour Podcast · host The Overlook Theatre
Released Thursday, 11th November 2021The Overlook Hour Podcast originally aired from August 2016 to April 2024.The show was lost in a hosting platform change in 2025. -----------------------------------------------------------In 2011 Maximilien Dejoie made a mockumentary about a highly contagious disease outbreak that essentially turned people into zombies. Who knew that a decade later his film would eerily mirror a real virus outbreak and offer insight into how our social systems would collapse. Maximilien joins the show to talk about his film "The Gerber Syndrome", his documentary background, and how he'd love to work with Sylvester Stallone.Films: The Gerber Syndrome: il contagio (2011), When We Talk About KGB (2015), I'll Stand by You (2021), Dawn of the Dead (2004), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Day of the Dead (1985), The Devil's Backbone (2001), Paranormal Activity (2007), Ghostwatch (1992), Death of a President (2006), Operation Avalanche (2016), The Lobster (2015), Patch Adams (1998), The Queen of Versailles (2012), Irreversible (2002), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Mole: Undercover in North Korea (2020), Brüno (2009), The Mole Agent (2020)Hey, we're on YouTube! Listening on an iPhone? Don't forget to rate us on iTunes! Fill our fe-mailbag by emailing us at [email protected] Intro Music by Engineer RandyReach us on Instagram (@theoverlooktheatre)Facebook (@theoverlookhour)Twitter (@OverlookHour)
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Released Thursday, 11th November 2021The Overlook Hour Podcast originally aired from August 2016 to April 2024.The show was lost in a hosting platform change in 2025. -----------------------------------------------------------In 2011 Maximilien Dejoie made a mockumentary about a highly contagious disease outbreak that essentially turned people into zombies. Who knew that a decade later his film would eerily mirror a real virus outbreak and offer insight into how our social systems would collapse. Maximilien joins the show to talk about his film "The Gerber Syndrome", his documentary background, and how he'd love to work with Sylvester Stallone.Films: The Gerber Syndrome: il contagio (2011), When We Talk About KGB (2015), I'll Stand by You (2021), Dawn of the Dead (2004), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Day of the Dead (1985), The Devil's Backbone (2001), Paranormal Activity (2007), Ghostwatch (1992), Death of a President (2006), Operation Avalanche (2016), The Lobster (2015), Patch Adams (1998), The Queen of Versailles (2012), Irreversible (2002), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Mole: Undercover in North Korea (2020), Brüno (2009), The Mole Agent (2020)Hey, we're on YouTube! Listening on an iPhone? Don't forget to rate us on iTunes! Fill our fe-mailbag by emailing us at [email protected] Intro Music by Engineer RandyReach us on Instagram (@theoverlooktheatre)Facebook (@theoverlookhour)Twitter (@OverlookHour)
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#292 - Maximilien Dejoie (The Gerber Syndrome: il contagio, When We Talk About KGB, I‘ll Stand by You)
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