Director and writer David Palamaro, ‘Murder Made Easy’
In this post we wanted to highlight two recent interviews that The Movie Buff staff writers Daniel Prinn and Arpit Nayak conducted for the site’s interview show, The Movie Buff Show. In the first interview, they were able to speak with David Palamaro about his multi-genre murder mystery “Murder Made Easy,” which has comedic, thriller and some horror elements.
The film stars Jessica Graham (who also produces and was integral to this project, as the Buff learns) and Christopher Soren Kelly as Joan and Michael, respectively, who host a dinner party for their friends. That’s when a murder mystery structure ensues, but this is a film that makes interesting use of the dinner party structure, and also impressively subverts expectations with every direction Palamaro’s film takes.
In the Buff’s conversation with David, David talks about being a “Star Wars” fan and generally being drawn to filmmaking, the inspirations for this story, staging the film and structuring it, the cinematography and how they shot the film, and much more. Find the conversation directly below on our YouTube channel (please consider subscribing!), and you can also click here for viewing options for “Murder Made Easy.” As well, Arpit Nayak’s review of the film can be found here.
Writer and director Ajitpal Singh, ‘Fire in the Mountains‘
For the other conversation featured in this article, Arpit Nayak and Daniel Prinn spoke with filmmaker Ajitpal Singh, the writer and director of a film called “Fire in the Mountains,” which was his first feature film at the age of 44. The film’s about a mother who saves her money to build a road in a Himalayan village, as her son is wheelchair-bound and for every trip they have to make into town for appointments, it’s exhaustive. However, her husband believes the remedy for their son’s infliction would be a shamanic ritual, so he attempts to steal her savings to do what he thinks is the right choice.
In the conversation, Ajitpal talks about the dynamics between the characters in the film, what it was like filming in the mountains, and creating a feature film for the first time at the age of 44. During that discussion, Ajitpal talks about feeling younger when it comes to filmmaking because he didn’t discover his passion until later in life. You can find more about what he talked about in the conversation above.
About the film, it premiered in January 2021 as part of the Sundance Film Festival, and has been on its festival circuit with three stops (at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, and the Jerusalem Film Festival). This space will be updated once it’s known how larger audiences can view the film.
