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Joel Potrykus on His Deadly Bummer Trip Comedy ‘Vulcanizadora’ and Only Approaching Indie Filmmaking With a ‘Band Mentality’
'Vulcanizadora' director Joel Potrykus talks his new slacker comedy, approaching indie filmmaking like a garage band and making a sequel to 'Buzzard.'
The first half follows Potrykus’ co-protagonist and a frenemy ( Joshua Burge, the director’s regular muse) marching into the woods, carrying odd metallic masks, a limited Gatorade supply and makeshift firecrackers. Hangout movies are usually branded as crowd-pleasers (and Potrykus has plenty of such jokes in store), but these men will bare their unflattering souls before their mysterious mission is complete. The film’s shell-shocked second act, adrift back in civilization, is somehow more harrowing — and completely aligned with Potrykus’ knack for spinning gallows humor without compromising a lingering, existential gloom.
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