Review Fix Exclusive Queens World Film Festival Coverage: Jamil Lahham Talks ‘Dirty Laundry Day’

July 10, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Film 0

Review Fix chats with filmmaker Jamil Lahham who discusses his film “Dirty LAundry Day,” set for at a run at this year’s summer screening session of the Queens World Film Festival.

For more on the film and the festival, click here.

Review Fix: What was the inspiration for your film?

Jamil Lahham: Dirty Laundry Day came out of a one liner joke from the late George Carlin. The joke went as follows: “I put a dollar in a change machine but nothing changed.”

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

Lahham: Every filmmaker MUST have some sort of a reason, a drive or a “flame” towards the story they try to tell. Keeping that initial “flame” fresh throughout the filmmaking process is probably the hardest thing I had to live through while making the film. Questioning myself and my decisions every step of the way. all these internal conflicts I think were and are the toughest part of the filmmaking process.

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

Lahham: I have no idea how I’d like to be remembered ..but I do know that I DO NOT wanna be remembered as a bullshitter.

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

Lahham: It’s a very unique position and a feeling really.

Making a film and unsolicitedly sharing it with the world is about as uncomfortable of an experience as it gets. It’s a shot in the dark, and you’re alone in this. Soon as you realize someone out there accepts and enjoys your shot as is, the lights go on, and you see these people, and you interact with them and quickly realize how much in common you have, and the feeling evolves from “colleagues” and “industry friends” to a second family. A family that doesn’t piss you off over Thanksgiving dinner.


Review Fix: What’s next?

Lahham: As they say in the industry, “one for me and one for the audience” my next film is more on the mainstream side compared to my last film. It’ll be done in CG and it’ll deal with more of a light-hearted subject matter. I don’t wanna give too much away but you can definitely follow some of the process on my blog: http://jblogger-animart.blogspot.com/.

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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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