Director Joel Potrykus and DP Adam J. Minnick breakdown how they created an entire apartment set in their friend’s garage for their SXSW ‘18 feature ‘Relaxer’. There might not be a more destructive filmmaker working than Joel Potrykus. Best known for his DIY indie-punk features Ape, Buzzard and The Alchemist Cookbook, the Grand Rapids, Michigan based writer and director has found a his niche making tight, smart and brutal indies well outside the Hollywood or New York mainstream systems that are equal parts horror thrasher flicks as heady character studies into the limits of the human condition. Relaxer, which premiered at SXSW in 2018 but is just now coming out March 22nd, 2019 (the 29th in NYC) was the third feature collaboration between childhood friends Potrykus and the Austin-based DP Adam J. Minnick. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 22 March, 2019