"Rings" Director, F Javier Gutierrez Talks Horror and "The Wait": LINZanity: EP 23

WATCH the VIDEO of this pod: https://youtu.be/pVwWEOoERwE In episode #23 of LINZanity, Greg chats with "Rings" director F Javier Gutierrez, whose 2nd movie he directed, "Rings," made 83M worldwide!... He almost directed The Crow... One of Hollywood's biggest writer's, Akiva Goldsman, was one of the writers on "Rings" (sequel to The Ring)... Greg learns the one scene where the girl pulls out a head of hair from her mouth in the movie was NOT CGI... Antonio Banderas became a producer on Javier's 1st feature he directed, "Before The Fall" because of his Short film, "Brasil"... How attending a festival while on vacation changed his life... Greg has an idea for Javier's next horror movie... Javier's next movie that he wrote, produced and directed is a supernatural, thriller, western coming out in Oct called "The Wait"... Javier handles many aspects as a filmmaker... Greg explains how it's a love/hate relationship with writers when they turn a script in to a studio... Greg talks about how SOME Director's try to change enough of a writer's script that they're directing to get the WGA to arbitrate in their favor... Greg show's off his Spanish... Javier went to school for law, not filmmaking... He was in acting class before he made movies and the Play he was in was so risqué that the school shut down their theater program... Big difference between shooting a film in Europe compared to The US... "The Wait" is a special, risky movie that people are going to love... Oldenburg International Film Fest is the Sundance of Europe and "The Wait's" world premiere in September 2023... Austin's Fantastic Fest is going to be "The Wait's" North American premiere... Sitges Film Festival, in Javier's home city of Barcelona, will be the third big festival his new movie is showcased... Greg asks Javier if he is a ruler of fear or a ruler of love when directing... Greg tries to repair Javier's relationship with an old German girlfriend... and of course, Greg shows off his impeccable Clint Eastwood impression... Plus much more! All episodes: youtube.com/@thegreglindsay Buy the best dating book ever: https://www.amazon.com/HOW-NOT-GET-CAUGHT-Dating-ebook/dp/B01M2ZO9HZIG https://www.instagram.com/thegreglindsay/ YT: https://www.youtube.com/@thegreglindsay TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegreglindsay Shout out to my Social Media Content Creator and Editor: Eric Hannesson: [email protected] linkedin.com/in/erichannesson Hire Eric for all your social media editing needs! Tell him LINZanity sent you for a discount!