Review Fix Exclusive: Inside Low

Review Fix chats with Low Director Daniel Bogran, who lets us know what inspired this unique piece of film and what’s next for him. 

Review Fix: How difficult was this film to put together?

Daniel Bogran: This was pretty difficult to put together because I’d never done anything like it before. I’d made goofy school project videos with friends and all that in the past but this was different. This was my first time working with a crew or professional actors. It was the first time I produced anything or had anything resembling a budget. It was a trial-by-fire but that was the idea. I needed to experience what it was like to actually make a film.

Review Fix: What films have inspired it the most?

Bogran: There were a lot of different films and filmmakers that I was basically trying to rip-off. I was partially going for a mini-mosaic thing with the characters, like Altman and PTA. At the same time, there’s a lot of 70’s stuff that influenced it. I looked at movies like ‘Le Samourai’ and ‘Taxi Driver’. We even ended up using an old 70s Nikkor lens to achieve a particular look. It’s not the sharpest image but I loved the look we got.

Review Fix: What have you learned about yourself through this entire process?

Bogran: I’ve learned to have more patience. I think it’s really a necessity for directing because it can be a very tedious process sometimes but you have to be okay with that because the alternative is letting your emotions get the best of you or making a bad film. You can have all the mood-swings you want during the writing but I think it’s probably best to switch gears when it comes to directing.

Review Fix: What was the feeling like on set?

Bogran: It was great. I was initially nervous but once we got going it actually went pretty smoothly. It was also an incredible feeling seeing something that was in my head at one point suddenly being acted out in front of me. It’s hard to put into words just how strange and great a feeling that is.

Review Fix: Why is the topic of this film important today to you?

Bogran: Honestly, I usually don’t know what I’m doing when I’m writing and it’s only later that things kind of make a little sense to me or start to add up to something I think is interesting. And that’s just the stuff that came out, so I guess it must be important to me. I’m not sure if that answers the question.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Bogran: ‘Low’ just started its festival run so hopefully that continues going well. As for me, I just finished my first feature film script and I’m about to start writing another. I’m definitely looking forward to going back to writing.

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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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