Macon Blair wrote and directed the movie I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore, which is my favorite movie of the year so far (and which also features this song from my old band, The Hot As Shits) so I was super excited to talk with him about it. It’s a crime/buddy movie of sorts, starring Melanie Lynskey and Elijah Wood. It just took home the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Fest. Macon has also starred in the movies Blue Ruin and Green Room. In this podcast interview with Macon Blair, we talk about his inspiration for the story, his influences, and what’s “soft-boiled crime”?

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You can listen to the episode below or on Soundcloud.

Show Notes: 

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• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb
• Brooklyn
• Lee Eddy
• Portland
• Jeremy Saulnier
• The moral of the story?
• Physical comedy
• Airplane
• Echo and the Bunnymen
• Blair Brothers Music
• Twine Time (KUTX 98.9)
• Heavenly Creatures (with Melanie Lynskey)
• Netflix
• HellCity comic
• Louis Fowler, writer
• Joe Flood, comic book artist

Watch the trailer below! 

SEMI-RELATED!! Macon’s wife Lee and me in a play together in 2011. Also, Adriene Mishler is in there!