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Cinematic Eccentricity on a Budget: Joe Badon on Directing 'The Wheel of Heaven'

Would you make a film before you fully knew the story? Joe Badon did. Okay, fair warning—this is a bit of an unconventional interview. We've spoken with writer/director Joe Badon here at NFS once before, ahead of his short, The Blood of the Dinosaurs, showing at Fantastic Fest. Even back then, it was billed as a "prologue to The Wheel of Heaven," and it set the tone for a very eccentric, surreal world hailed as "weirdly wonderful" and "chaotic yet considered." Follow us here. Badon gave us the opportunity to watch the completed Wheel of Heaven (which has been chopped into episodes, as a wacky, otherwordly miniseries) and to also participate in it as a character. We decided, sure, but since we'd be on a Zoom call already, why don't we have a conversation with Joe about making the movie? Two birds, one stone, etc. Read More...

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Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 29 June, 2023

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