S04E31 Dion Costelloe

Dion Costelloe @dion_costelloe is an actor featured most recently in God’s Time, which we showed in January before its IFC theatrical release. May 2 at Alamo Drafthouse, we’ll show his first short as director, Waking Up, as well as a rough cut of his latest, Haters. Dion’s a Bensonhurst guy, where my family’s from, so I’m especially invested in his voice. We talk about these characters that are going to disappear if we don’t continue to make art of their lives. I recently rewatched Once Upon a Time in America and read Tough Jews (it doesn’t let me underline), so I’ve been thinking a lot about Bensonhurst lately. We really need a modern Brooklyn movie. A real Brooklyn movie, by real Brooklyn people. Not east Brooklyn. That’s Whole Foods. South Brooklyn. Legit Brooklyn. We talk a lot about the dynamics of being a working actor, collaborating, when one gets to be creative, how much control to expect. Hope to see y’all next week at Alamo Drafthouse. https://reunion5223.splashthat.com