LA Screening of All Hail the Popcorn King: Joe R Lansdale Documentary
LA Premiere Screening of All Hail The Popcorn King with Special Guest Performer, Kasey Lansdale.
About this Event
LA Premiere Screening of All Hail The Popcorn King,: The Joe R. Lansdale Documentary with Special Guest Performer, Kasey Lansdale
Hosted by Filmmaker Hansi Oppenheimer and Moderated by Bill Thill.
"Documentary films about authors are few and far between. That's chiefly because the act of putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard isn't anyone's idea of high drama.
Not so with New York-based documentarian and self-professed fangirl Hansi Oppenheimer's All Hail the Popcorn King, a tribute to and examination of Joe Lansdale, the Lone Star State's "writer of the purple rage."
Marc Savlov, The Austin Chronicle
"Lansdale shares stories from his life and career in Nacogdoches, Texas while a wide range of artists and fans, including Joe Hill, Mick Garris, Brian Keene, Bruce Campbell, Don Coscarelli, and more, share what they love the most about the man and his work. All Hail the Popcorn King paints a vivid picture of iconoclastic creator Joe R Lansdale, who isn’t just a talented writer, but seems to be a genuinely good person, to boot. The interviews included here are in such a down-to-earth, conversational manner that you can’t help but just get drawn in by his charisma and sense of humor. I can’t imagine watching this and not being compelled to go grab the first book you can find and dive right in. Hell, I’ve read a fair chunk of his work and this made me want to go back and reread everything while scouring bookshop shelves for the ones I haven’t found yet."
Paul Brian McCoy, Psycho Drive-In