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Flying Lotus on How John Carpenter, David Lynch & the Old ‘Silent Hill’ Video Games Inspired His Sci-Fi Film ‘Ash’
Flying Lotus explains how John Carpenter, David Lynch and the old 'Silent Hill' games inspired 'Ash,' his sci-fi/horror film.
Prior to that, you may have missed his directorial debut, Kuso, a 2017 body horror flick starring Hannibal Buress; hell, even if you saw it, you might not have known he was involved, as the director was credited simply as “Steve” (his real name is Steven Ellison) on the project. Flying Lotus is the director, executive producer and composer of Ash – plus, he acts in the film, alongside stars Eiza González and Aaron Paul, as one of the crew members on a blood-soaked mission to set up life on an alien world in a future where earth has become unlivable (hard to imagine, right?). Melding surreal science fiction, slasher, whodunnit and psychological suspense, Ash is a tightly executed thriller that also grapples with some weighty question: Is there a future for humans on other worlds?
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