Joaquin Montalvan is the Writer, Editor, and Director of "Cannibal Corpse Killers" and also plays the craziest character in the film, the "Psychotic Drifter".
Known as the "Salvador Dali of Horror" by his fans, he is oft quoted as saying that "A film without Blood, is like a marriage without Sex".
Upon having finished the Cult, Grindhouse film "Legend of the Hillbilly Butcher" he wanted to make a film with that aesthetic on a larger scale in an Apocalyptic landscape, with a Western flavor, Horror elements, and this group of 5 people going around the landscape, killing...
At a recent Son of Monsterpalooza panel Q and A, he was asked about his cinematic inspirations for the film, and he answered, "It was a kind of a mash-up, a genre mash-up, you mentioned Apocalyptic, Horror, Western, so, basically, it's like "Apocalypse Now", "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly", and "Dawn of the Dead."
Montalvan was Born in Alhambra, California and raised in Pasadena, California.
Video posted @ Decay Magazine on Flipboard: flip.it/Anz5C Congrats on the production.This is one brutal looking trailer, nice accent with the "grindhouse" filters. Will be watching this release!
Well, TRON, Blade Runner, and Hot Wheels can't be wrong. I like Dyan Sublett's comment about Mead being meant for the 18th or 19th century, but being pulled forward into the 21st century -- so... does that make him Steampunk? A lot of Mead's own personal comments about dreaming are really inspiring, too.
Definitely! And sometimes equally in the past. We do live in slightly strange in between times, not quite going here or there, who knows. Syd does have an incredible skill like many other artists out there, giving a glimpse into their visionary thoughts. These sometimes translate into a more touchable reality via films or transport etc. but he reminds me (with his work) that when I sleep I can experience these places truly, and I am there in the future or past or wherever you prefer to call it?
Not enough models being offered for kids to build that are on SId's level. When I was a kid you could build models of birds and knights...and they had great detail. Up to you to mess them up with your amateur painting skills. And how many of us failed at installing clear plastic headlights and windows by right at the end getting glue on them from your finger? Well, that was life in the late fifties....
His use of colours is one of the things that make him stand out, I think. It seems as if he gives priority to hghly saturated, bright primaries, giving his work a more exciting ambiance than a lot of designers out there.
Syd Mead is an American Treasure. He's a genius on par with, say, Frank Lloyd Wright. To me, there should be some kind of permanent archive/exhibition area where people can go to view his works of art. I don't know if there is already such a place, but there definitely should be one. His visions of a technologically optimistic future are amazing. I never get bored looking at his works of art.
