Producer John Kaiser, whose work includes “Through The Wormhole” (with Morgan Freeman) and “Marriage Boot camp: Reality stars” talks about his journey from the son of an umpire on the East coast to a working producer in Hollywood. He talks about taking an internship for Lawrence Bender and talks about having to bounce, at a huge industry party thrown by Bender, the Shamwow guy because he was more then the plus one invite allowed. He also talks about meeting the great Tarantino at said party. It is a great talk about the ins and outs of establishing a career in the business as a working producer. Also, John Kaiser is a great guy with tons of stories that are guaranteed to tickle your Hollywood curiosities. Also, several comments on the art of shooting on film vs. digital.
Episode #138: Naz talks about his experience with Tommy Wiseau of "The Room" /
While not talking about the film itself so much, Naz talks about his brief experience with Tommy Wiseau, writer, director, and star of the amazing cinematic masterpiece known as "The Room". Naz talks about his first experience with Tommy and his second, which resulted in Naz riding with Tommy in his Mercedes to pay a small crew with Subway sandwiches. Naz makes a case for "The Room" being one of the greatest films ever made.
Episode #137: "Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2", MARVEL MEGACAST /
On our first ever ultra epic Marvel Megacast, Jesse Sanchez and Interdimensional Alex join Naz to talk about James Gunn's "Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2" and the Marvel universe in general. The guys give their basic thoughts before having a discussion on the film and how it fits into the rest of the amazing world of Marvel. Scores are given on a scale of ten ice cream cones with the top score being an ice cream Sunday. A new addition to the official Naz Red Podcast rating system is a banana split, which is when the film gave you mixed feelings. Wonder who gave the film a banana split? Find out on the first of many MARVEL MEGACASTS, which will happen whenever a new film in the Marvel universe come out.
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Episode #136: "Your Name" review and true stories of encounters with Mamet, Saget, and Curtis /
Due to schedule conflicts, the "Into The Badlands" season finale recap with Jason was not able to happen, so instead Naz makes up for it by telling his true Jamie Lee Curtis story along with the stories of meeting on separate occasions David Mamet and Bob Saget, all at his families tailoring shop. Naz also gives a review of the anime film "Your Name" which has beaten "Titanic" and "Spirited Away" at the Japanese box office. Naz tells the story of Jesse telling the couple behind them to shut up during the beginning of the film, and also recommends three horror films he saw over the weekend: "Pieces" which is a Spanish giallo style flick, "Sleepaway Camp", an eighties slasher flick with an amazing ending and "Tales From The Darkside", an anthology horror film much like one of Naz's favorite horror movies "Creepshow".
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Episode #135: "Debbie and The Devil" Update #1 - The Road Thus Far /
Naz gives the first of many updates on his film "Debbie and the Devil" which he began shooting last month. Naz talks about shooting the first scene, how the film "Excision" inspired him to write "Debbie and The Devil" and how the script has gone through various iterations in the many years since he came up with the title. He talks about where the journey has gone and where it is leading and how on the podcasts rating system of ten ice cream cones, "Debbie and The Devil" will most likely be either an ice cream Sunday or a banana split.
Episode #134: Alex and Naz review "Unforgettable" and "Pontypool" /
On our 34th episode, Alex and Naz review the film “Unforgettable”. Naz chose “Unforgettable” to review because he thought it would be fun to see a crazy Katherine Heigl and it would inspire fun conversation. Shortly before viewing the film, Naz realized that the film was directed by Denise DiNovi who was once a customer of Naz’s family business, a tailoring shop. Naz did his best to remain objective in reviewing the film despite the time honored rule of tailoring that one must always honor the past and present customers. Alex and Naz also review the film “Pontypool” which Alex had suggested to Naz several years ago. The two discuss the low budget Canadian gem and give it a mini review.
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Episode #133: Naz reviews "The Fate Of The Furious" and praises the glory of "Cutie Honey" /
Naz reviews “The Fate of The Furious” and rates the film on a scale of ten ice cream cones. Naz talks about what makes a good Fast and The Furious movie and the logic and intelligence level of the franchise in general. He also talks about the action movie presence of Vin Diesel and the controversy surrounding the fact that The Rock and Vin Diesel reportedly didn’t get along when shooting. Naz talks about who he thinks would win in a fight and how Tyrese is funny in the films when he says variations of “Hell no.” Naz also talks about “Cutie Honey” which is not just a film, but a beautiful way of life! Naz talks about the Christ like beauty of "Cutie Honey" and how it is the greatest thing ever committed to celluloid. He talks about how the film of “Cutie Honey”, made in 2004, has stood the test of time in the ten plus years it has been made. Naz talks about the anime/manga origins of “Cutie Honey” and it’s transition into the beautiful film of “Cutie Honey”. Naz talks about finding the DVD in a magical DVD store more then ten years ago and talks about how his life was forever changed having seen the beautiful, amazing film known as “Cutie Honey”. “Cutie Honey” forever. Honey Flash!
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Episode #132: Naz reviews “Ghost in The Shell”, says goodbye to “Vidiots”, and reviews "Life" /
Naz reviews “Ghost in The Shell”, the Hollywood interpretation of the famous anime of the same title. Naz, being someone who is technically Asian American, decided to be the arbiter of the matter of the film “white washing” the source material by casting mostly white actors like Scarlett Johansson in the lead role of the major. Naz talks about the casting of his hero Beat Takeshi and how he is the coolest guy ever and shoots a gun like nobodies business. Also, Naz gives an obituary to Vidiots, a video store he used to go to in Santa Monica that unfortunately closed down to move to a more centralized location. It is perhaps the sadness of losing Vidiots that leads Naz to quickly review the film “Life” with a bit of an attitude. We at Wild 7 would like to apologize for that attitude, this is no excuse, but Naz was ten minutes late to "Ghost in The Shell" which made him sad and angry, hopefully that will never happen again because when that happens it is the worst thing in life and it causes us to review films with a bit of a mean spirit.
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Episode #131: Jason and Naz review "Power Rangers" /
Jason and Naz review “Power Rangers”. Jason explains what he liked and disliked about the film and the series overall, and Naz mentions seeing a woman freebase crack or something outside his house before going to see the film. The two also touch on the older show and it’s various iterations like mighty morphin and power rangers RPM and talk about other Saban productions like “VR Troopers” and “Big Bad Beetleborgs”. Also discussed is the original tokusatsu show which the show of power rangers took footage from called “Super Sentai”. They also bring up “Kamen Rider”, the footage of which was used for “Masked Rider”, an unfortunate show which had the lamest, wimpiest main character ever which is such a shame because Kamen Rider is pretty awesome. They also do a quick review of “John Wick 2”.
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Episode #130: The birth of Naz Red in twin towers correctional facility and the Wild 7 manifesto /
On our very special 30th episode, we break format to present the Wild 7 manifesto by detailing how Naz Red became Naz Red by being incarcerated in the greatest jail on earth! Naz details his 3 week hellacious stay at twin towers correctional facility, where Naz Red was born 8 years ago. He details the hellacious check in process, talks about what brought him there, being choked by guards twice and connecting to fellow inmates through the power of cinema, not to mention witnessing numerous inmate beat downs and all around the terrible, dehumanizing conditions of the worlds largest jail. He also talks about getting his chin split open by an angry cellmate who punched Naz down some stairs. It was all around an eye opening experience and Naz details how the experience has informed the way he lives his life now. Naz also talks about shooting the first scene for his horror film "Debbie and The Devil", how his production company Wild 7 gives ten percent of it’s proceeds to Children’s incorporated, and gives a mission statement for Wild 7, a company dedicated to creating exciting and original films and other content. Renegade cinema basically.
Wild 7 forever.
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Episode #129: Naz reviews "Logan" /
Naz reviews "Logan" (2017, dir. James Mangold) and talks about how it is a blessing to cry at films (though not in an annoying fashion) and also gets into how "X-Men Apocalypse" was a tad disappointing for someone who was a fan of the Saturday morning cartoon and comics. Naz also talks about the vague similarity between "Logan" and Paul Thomas Anderson's "Hard Eight" and George Miller's "Mad Max: Fury Road". He also talks about watching the original X-Men trilogy backwards and Marvel in general and smoking an entire cavicone (a joint dipped in hash) before watching "The Wolverine" which caused him to go to sleep during that one.
Spoiler discussion begins at - 10:30.
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Episode #128: Naz recommends "The Handmaiden" and talks about Chan-wook Park's filmography /
Naz talks about Chan-wook Park’s “The Handmaiden” and talks about Park’s other films including “Joint Security Area”, “Old Boy”, “Sympathy For Lady Vengeance”, “I’m A Cyborg, but that’s okay” and “Stoker”.
Episode #127: Jesse and Naz review "The Lego Batman Movie" /
Jesse Sanchez returns to review "The Lego Batman Movie" with Naz. Wonder what the two thought? Tune in and find out!
Episode #126: Naz talks about "XXX: Return Of Xander Cage" and it's beautiful stupidness /
Naz talks about watching "XXX: Return Of Xander Cage" and talks about how it was a beautifully stupid slam bang popcorn delight and how the character that Vin Diesel plays is much like Naz. EDIT: Naz mistakenly refers to Ice Cue as Cuba Gooding Jr. at the beginning but redeems himself at the end by calling him his real name, it was because both names have "cue" in them.
Episode #125: Alex and Naz talk about Conan The Barbarian, Conan The Destroyer, Red Sonja, and He-Man /
On our super special colossal Conan episode, Alex returns to nerd out over Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Destroyer, and Red Sonja, not to mention He-Man, Masters of the Universe. Recorded on Monday, January 30, 2017, the subject of President Trump's recent ban on immigrants from Muslim majority countries (one country of which, Iran, Naz's parents are immigrants from) had to be discussed at the beginning, just to address the elephant in the room to get it out of the way so an epic conversation on Conan could take place.
Episode #124: Naz talks about "Train To Busan" /
Naz recommends "Train To Busan" (2016, directed by Sang-ho Yeon) and talks about making unapologetic un-ironic pulp, how in real life zombies are just people who are full of hate and anger and can only channel those feelings through violence, how the original Godzilla (Gojira) is a deeply sad film, and in the middle of the podcast a friend gives Naz a shirt that totally made his day. Naz also talks how zombie movies have basically been in since after 9/11 and about how another zombie film "World War Z" would have been the zombie movie to end all zombie movies had it been allowed to be gory, and brings his disappointment from "Monster Trucks" back up, which was discussed on the previous show.
Episode #123: Naz talks about "Monster Trucks", the first flop of 2017 /
Naz talks about "Monster Trucks", a film that cost 125 million buckaroos and is being touted as the first big flop of the season. Naz speculates on the film being a possible parable for ISIS and the refugee crisis and reveals if the film is truly or awful or a new gem.
Episode #122: Producer/Writer/Director Aaron Godfred talks about making a film and viral content /
Aaron Godfred is a writer/director/producer whom Naz met more then ten years ago on a short film and the two have been friends ever since. Aaron talks about making his first film"Little Blue Pill”, putting it on the market, working behind the scenes on Don Cocarelli’s “John Dies At The End” and working at Omaze where he has produced content starring the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Idris Elba, Channing Tatum, and Seth Rogen to name a few. Aaron gives advice to young filmmakers everywhere and talks about what it feels like to have content go mega viral.
Episode #121: Alex and Naz talk about "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" /
Friend of Naz and the podcast, Alex Rogers returns to talk with Naz about the new Star Wars film "Rogue One A Star Wars Story", the conversation was, like the Star Wars franchise, epic, tune in to get it on the greatest conversation on a galaxy far far away.
Episode #120: Producer Dave Szamet talks to Naz about the art of film production /
On our special 20th episode of the podcast, Producer Dave Szamet drops in to talk about the art of producing, the challenges of shooting a western in Texas in August, shooting on 35mm film, what the market looks like to a producer like himself and the nuts and bolts of what a producer does in the production of a film, among other things. Overall it was an eye opening talk that reveals what a producers job entails and what the market place looks like today. Two recent films that Dave had served as producer on are discussed, both of which are available on demand on iTunes and Amazon. The first film discussed in terms of the production was “Echoes Of War” (2015) and the second was “The Pretty One” (2013). Both films are highly recommended for the enrichment of the listening to of the conversation, and just as good movies to watch and be entertained by.