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This is the third in a series of episodes where I'm covering movies from the South by Southwest

2021 Festival.

On today's episode, I am talking about three films, The Spine of Night, Swan Song, and Alien on stage.

First up, The Spine of Night. It's a sci-fi fantasy film featuring the voices of Patton Oswald,

Lucy Lawless, Richard E. Grant, and many, many more. It's kind of a throwback to rotoscoped films

of the past, like Heavy Metal, or Ralph Baxh's Lord of a throwback to rotoscoped films of the past like heavy metal or

Ralph Baxh's Lord of the Rings. The first time I watched it, I had no idea what was going on.

I was just watching the animation and kind of letting the movie just wash over me.

Going back and watching it a second time, I realized that it's got got pretty good story about an evil force that goes through several time periods.

I had the pleasure of speaking with co-directors Morgan Galen King and Philip Gillott about the spine of night.

Morgan, I'll start with you. How did you get involved in filmmaking?

I went to college thinking I would make art and films.

And I did a lot of, like, you know, it was right in the transition from like VHS or SVHS over to like digital, not linear timelines.

So I actually did one semester where we're still literally cutting tape,

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