If You Should Leave Before Me - A Dream-like Quirky Film about Handling Grief on Your Own

My guests today are filmmakers J. Markus Anderson and Boyd Robert Anderson and their new feature film IF YOU SHOULD LEAVE BEFORE ME.  The Andersons are Chumash brothers who grew up in Idaho and moved back to their ancestral lands of southern California for one reason: to make great films.  The two have worked together as a writer/director duo on projects of their own for over a decade. From web series like "For The Win" and "Food Quest" to their award winning short film "Limbo".  In 2023 the Andersons started their production company Chiefs over Kings through which they produced their debut feature film "If You Should Leave Before Me". Their film had a world wide premiere at "Raindance Film Festival" this year.   It is a a touching story of love and loss, so let’s welcome filmmakers J. Markus Anderson and Boyd Robert Anderson to the show. Ladies and gentlemen, the feature film, IF YOU SHOULD LEAVE BEFORE ME, is about a devastating loss that drives a rift between Mark and Joshua after many years of marital bliss.  To avoid coping with their grief they immerse themselves in their work … which just so happens to be guiding the recently deceased to the afterlife. A touching story of love and loss. There are multiple storylines in the film, almost like miniature chapters in a way. The filming is contained within Mark and Joshua’s home, but with doors that lead to others trying to navigate their way from this life to the next.  When you have the chance to see this film, you will understand that love isn’t always full of roses and joy, but love is also about patience, kindness and overlooking the flaws in others as well as ourselves. And love never comes to end. With grief and as the most famous saying has told us, Grief is just love looking for a place to go, and this film IF YOU SHOULD LEAVE BEFORE ME. Explains it perfectly.  #grief #filmmaker #filmmaking #filmdirector #screenwriter #loveandloss #cinema #bondoncinema #fantasy #cinematography #marriage #lovestory