Review Fix Exclusive Queens World Film Festival Coverage: Pat Campo Talks ‘Swiss Cheez Brain’

Review Fix chats with filmmaker Pat Campo, who discusses his award-winning film, “Swiss Cheez Brain” at this year’s Queens World Film Festival.

Review Fix: What was the inspiration for your film?

Pat Campo: Volunteering at convalescent homes, I talked to a few patients with early onset Alzheimer’s. The ones whose condition was not as extreme told me their life story. And that inspired the foundation of the movie.

Review Fix: What did you learn about yourself while making?

Campo: I learned that I can rely on myself much more than I thought I could. That I don’t need a huge budget to see my idea come into fruition. And that there are an endless amount of resources through extensive research and asking good friends

Review Fix: What was the most challenging part of making it?

Campo: The actual filming itself. I have a full-time job as well as a part time on top of that. It made it difficult to find time shoot the movie. Any downtime in between jobs were an opportunity for the camera to roll.

Review Fix: How do you want it to be remembered?

Campo: I want to move people through normalcy and regularity. I want people to see my stuff and say “that was so simple, but I’ve never seen it in that way before.”

Review Fix: How does it feel to be a part of the festival?

Campo: Wonderful! Katha and Don were the two most extraordinary, warmest, kindest people I’ve ever met. They also put on a festival with great purpose and structure. Other festivals need to take notes from this festival to see how it’s supposed to be really done.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Campo: Collaborating with a friend on a full feature script, as well as working on a 13-episode thriller comedy project.

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?

Campo: Humility is underrated.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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