Bob Love, Steph the Zombie and eating brains on Max Ink Radio

Bob Love made a movie, but the only love in this movie is probably the love that happens

while eating your brains.

It's a zombie movie, a time to die is written and directed by local filmmaker Bob Love

and filmed in Madison with local talent along with a few cameos from local music seamstors.

The film premieres this Friday, March 29th at the Overture Center in Madison, Bob Love

and Zombie, Steph Quinter, are here in the studio tonight.

Bob and Steph, please don't eat my brains.

Welcome to Max Ac radio.

Well, all I can say is Steph was the zombie, so it could happen.

I'm just happy there's glass between us now.

But, you know, is there, like, is there a history to, like, zombies eating brains?

Why do zombies eat brains?

Well, as a director, I can't really speak to that, but I think I resident zombie.

I've actually done a little bit of research on this.

Oh, really?

A little bit of a method actor, so I tried to study all of that.

There is a philosophy that the endorphins that kind of flow through the brains keep the

pain down from the decompt of the body, so I kind of, kind of, staving off the pain

and the suffering, I suppose.

I mean, does it really hurt a zombie?

Do you feel pain when, like, their arm falls off?

You know, I was really fast.

So I never really felt pain.

I was in a lot of people with me.

I did see the trailer, and I saw you, you know, taking care of business a couple of

times.

Wow.

Bob, you formed Jinx Films three years ago when you left the video game industry to make

independent films.

Is that like quitting your job to join a band?

That is exactly what I think a job to be in a band.

Yeah.

I had climbed the mountain about as far as I was going to get as a writer, director, and

video games.

I love or even software.

I love the people there.

I got to work with a list actors, and I'm directing MoCAP in these huge studios, but

I wanted more.

So I got an independent film, and I get to work with talented actors right here in Madison.

Wow.

That's a great story.

A time to die is a horror movie, but also a comedy.

Tell us a little bit about the movie.

How different is this zombie movie from other zombie movies?

For our price range, we're a $20,000 budget, and we blow everybody else out of the water

that's in our price range, and I'd even put us up against something that was 10 times

our budget.

Our actors are great.

Our writing, of course, is fantastic.

Of course it is.

We got it all.

And our fight scenes are phenomenal.

The actors they trained for that.

How do you raise money for the budget?

You haven't seen me out on state street with the sign saying, we'll direct for money.

Sure.

I've seen you.

That was you.

That was one of five.

No, we did a Kickstarter for that.

And there are several cameo appearances of local musicians and music.

Sunspot is featured.

Anti-Christian, from Lords of the Trident, he plays a guard.

Kyle Henderson from the producer's isn't in this, and our own Terry Barr is a newscaster.

Am I missing anyone?

Mike Rip actually is doing lead guitar on one of our songs in the soundtrack.

Wow.

So all kinds of...

Yeah, trying to get the local music scene involved.

And then Steph Quennell, I heard you took fight classes, and I heard other actors were

taking a lot of fight classes to make this movie.

Yeah, so over at, what was it, Infinity Martial Arts near the west side, we actually held

a lot of group practices and also some individual practices with Brandon Tracy.

He's one of the teachers over there, or I forget what the word for the teacher is in...

Sensei?

Sensei?

Yeah.

The sensei for that.

So he was really great, a lot of his free time went into kind of taking us under his

wing, so...

Very appreciative.

Did you kind of take to it?

I mean...

I would have a baby T.J. about that.

Well, I hear in the movie that you are the one who takes down Thai Christian.

No, no, she takes down Taylor Brzynski.

Oh, Taylor Brzynski?

Yeah, no.

Carlos is fired.

Taylor had to come in.

Yeah, Taylor...

He's a huge, he's a huge guy, and their fight scene is just so good.

We worked eight hours, we shot, for two and a half minute fight scene.

Wow.

Three hours of shooting, and she was phenomenal, Taylor was phenomenal.

We're so great.

This is...

Go ahead, rocker.

I was just going to say, what's the most interesting thing about filming a fight scene

like that?

That people don't know?

It's really more about selling it than throwing it.

You really got to be able to do the reaction without actually getting hurt.

Okay.

But it is the coordination and being able to read each other, so I really found that

interesting who I blended well with in those moments and who we kind of collided with

at times, so.

Did anybody get hurt on scene in the fight scenes, like hurt, like, majorly hurt?

Not at all.

Oh, no, no, majorly, no, no.

There's always a few bumps and scrapes, but then you'd have to eat the victims.

That's how it works, right?

In real life, are there real zombies out here?

Is there...

I can't talk about that.

We've been told.

We can't...

Men in black told us we can't talk about that.

They taught us to sign something that said they can't talk about it.

I'm not going to get like zapped here with a bright light.

No, they can only give us something for a moment, please.

Some information you can share with us, though, is how we can all come see this movie.

So we're playing at the Beautiful Overture Center, which it's just, I'm speechless and

that's rare for me.

It's across the street from us.

It is across the street.

I'm looking at it right now.

Over in the Promenade Hall, you can get tickets if you look on jinxedfilms.com, J-Y-N-X-E-D

Films.com, or just look me up, Robert Love on Facebook, you'll see me standing in front

of Carmageddon, and tickets are $10 a piece, and we're selling them at the door.

Come on and see us.

This coming Friday at seven o'clock.

There's a great date night movie.

It is.

It is.

It is.

They say in dolphins from movies like that, actually, you can make people think I'm not

even kidding.

Like what they said in the movie speed is true.

If you watch it, that's why people like to go scary movies for first dates, because you

think it's a little zing between you.

Wow.

I appreciate the backup there, KJ.

Thank you very much.

You know what, man?

Now, is the cast there?

Will we be able to meet the cast?

Yes.

The cast will be there.

And afterwards, we're going to have merchandise posters and DVDs for sale, and they'll sign

them.

And if you're lucky, stuff will sign.

And he's a little particular about that.

Why is that stuff?

Why are you being particular?

A particular job?

I was just kidding.

She's not.

She doesn't want you to make money on eBay for her signature.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, too late.

It's already happened.

Robert, congratulations to you.

I know you've been working on, we've known each other for a couple of years now since

the universities too.

Yep.

Yep.

And I can't believe it's actually going to happen for you.

You have to be numb with excitement.

There were times I didn't think it was going to happen, but because of actors like

Steph and all the rest of the crew, the cast and the crew, we just kept working and working

and working.

And it took us three years, but gosh darn it, we did it.

Wow.

And thank you so much for supporting us with this.

You're welcome.

Steph, congratulations to you too.

I know you've worked your tail off for this, and it's going to be fun watching your

movie on the big screen while you're sitting there in the Overshire Center.

Oh, absolutely.

It's kind of a dream come true.

It's awesome.

Great.

Congratulations to you both.

Once again, a time to die.

The premiere is happening next week at the Overshire Center.

What's the website?

We can get more information on too.

jinxedfilms.com, J-Y-N-X-E-D Films.com.

I'm not sure of this the right song, but I don't want to be a ghost.