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Michael Doherty

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
78 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

And it starts off, it's all first person point of view.

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

So I said, oh God, you're going to turn it into like, you know, a VR first shooter type thing, video game.

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

But actually it gets really interesting because you're sort of, you're putting yourself in his shoes.

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

How would I get out of this?

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

And there are rules he has to obey.

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

And if he disobeys them, he ends up staying in the box and it's frustrating.

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

And there's all sorts of metaphors about

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

life and being on the wheel and all the hamster wheel of life and it works very well it's a it's very simple tale but it's very effective and it's kind of a psychological horror drama that works

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

Yeah, the Rose of Nevada in question is the name of a boat.

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

It's directed by Mark Jenkins, who's a Cornish director, and he has made, this is his third movie.

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

And he's famous for, you know, having no budget, no stars.

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

And he uses an old style camera, 16 millimeter, which only works for 20 seconds, 27 seconds at a time.

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

So he shoots all his movies like silent movies and then adds all the sound afterwards.

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

Now, he did that for his first two movies where he was like, his budget was 50 quid.

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

Now he has quite a big budget.

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

Complete artistic choice.

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

Now, obviously, when you have a low budget, it's a bit of necessity.

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

Now, for this one, he has a bigger budget and he has stars.

Brendan O'Connor
The Watchlist

He's got George McCready and he's got, he has... Irish actors in it?