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John Gulager Feasts on More Beasts
The "Project Greenlight" director releases the third installment of his cult franchise
When John Gulager won season three of “Project Greenlight,” the hit reality TV series about making movies, he probably had little idea how much mileage he would get from his debut feature film, Feast. The wild horror-comedy whose tumultuous making was featured on “Project Greenlight” has now spawned two sequels. The third entry, Feast III: The Happy Finish, re-teams Gulager with writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan (Saw IV-V) I for more frightening fun, as the terrorized survivors from the previous movie must yet again ward off bloodthirsty beasts. Among those returning for battle are Jenny Wade (No Reservations, Feast) and Martin Klebba (Feast II, Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy).
Just before the movie’s DVD release on February 17th, MM spoke with Gulager. Topics under discussion included the impact “Project Greenlight” has had on his career and what we can look forward to feasting on in the latest serving from the Feast franchise.
Kyle Rupprecht (MM): Is Feast III: The Happy Finish the final installment in the series? How does it fit in with the previous Feast films?
John Gulager (JG): SEVERE SPOILERS AHEAD!
Well, everybody dies in this one. Like Hamlet. There I did it… I compared Feast III: The Happy Finish to Shakespeare. If there was another one it could start from scratch. Some people think the Bartender is the lone survivor but he’s actually dead in the Super 8 opening footage at the same spot that Feast III ends. I guess he was killed after the film ends.
Feast III is basically a continuation of Feast II. There is a little recap of the previous installment and then we get to heart of the Feast films by dispatching the star of the film in the most heinous, filthy and stupid way possible. And this is after spending the previous film trying to make the audience go from being pissed at this character to wanting her to triumph. Originally I wanted the two films to be completely separate but we could not muster the resources to actually make two separate films so we jettisoned the second script and added to Feast II. The giant robot foot was always in the script. I think when executive types read the end they assumed it would be changed. Oops.
Instead of The Happy Finish it could have been called All of Your Questions are Answered because, of course, we make fun of the expectation that all questions will be answered and wrapped up in a bow. It does make some folks pretty angry when we sort of punk the audience. It’s been pointed out to me on more than one occasion that what I think is funny or cool, “…is NOT, man!” Oh. Even when we were making the first Feast I’d go, “Some people are going to love this but some are REALLY going to hate it.” When those people really do hate it… it bums you out. On the other hand, you wear it like a badge cuz I’m no corporate stooge. No offense to company stooges.
Feast II and Feast III were made for Dimension Extreme. They were always meant for DVD. Our mandate was extreme, not generic or run of the mill. I think we were successful in that respect. These movies were meant to be offensive and goofy but I find them kind of poetic and tender. Go figure.
MM: The Feast trilogy features performances from your father (Clu), brother (Tom) and wife (Diane). What are the benefits of working with family? The pitfalls?
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- Comment by Fred Kacinic on 3/08/09 at 7:34 pm
The original Feast may be the worst movie I’ve ever seen. Terrible script. Terrible directing. Terrible everything. Yet, it must have made money—which is even sadder. There’ll always be an audience for exploitative, boring trash, I suppose.
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