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Big Whiskey Studios Big Whiskey Studios specializes in micro-documentary projects that emphasize engaging personal narratives.

Somewhere along the way, most of us reach a point in life at which we come to terms with who we are and how and where we fit into the varying communities in which we live. Part and parcel with this understanding comes a level of comfort and confidence. And every once in a while, often when we least expect it, in what would otherwise be the most mundane of circumstances, somebody randomly interacts

with us in a way that forces us to gaze upon ourselves through the lens of how others see us and that can forever alter our perception of how we fit into the world. Through an innovative blend of documentary audio and mixed media visuals, Seven Ways From Sunday compellingly chronicles a series of these unexpectedly startling moments of personal revelation, resulting in a powerful meditation on how seemingly fleeting moments of human contact can have profound long-term repercussions. Seven Ways From Sunday started out as a traditional talking head documentary, but during production it became clear that wasn’t how we wanted to tell these stories as that style didn’t relate the overwhelming loss of control our narrators told us they felt during the interactions the film recounts. And so we chose not to show anyone and instead use unique metaphorical stand-ins for each narrator and a rapid-fire visual style that was particularly influenced by imagist poetry so as to convey what Ezra Pound describes as “that which presents an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time.” In the end, Seven Ways From Sunday is as much an experimental film as it is a documentary in that it intentionally subverts documentary conventions so as to allow viewers to actively imagine what the all too real events described in the film were like for those who experienced them.

In the Cold Open  #51, Robert Sickels and Kynde Kiefel celebrate Sofia Coppola's magnificent new film, Priscilla.
12/03/2023

In the Cold Open #51, Robert Sickels and Kynde Kiefel celebrate Sofia Coppola's magnificent new film, Priscilla.

Listen to this episode from The Cold Open Podcast on Spotify. In the Cold Open # 51, Kynde Kiefel and Robert Sickels wax poetic about the many reasons they both adore Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla. Our intro and outro this week are Spectrum’s “How You Satisfy Me” and Dan Deacon’s “The Crysta...

In The Cold Open  #50 (!), Kynde Kiefel and Robert Sickels dissect the four Wes Anderson short film adaptations of Roald...
11/19/2023

In The Cold Open #50 (!), Kynde Kiefel and Robert Sickels dissect the four Wes Anderson short film adaptations of Roald Dahl short stories now playing on Neflix: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Rat Catcher, Poison, and The Swan.

In the Cold Open # 50, Kynde Kiefel and Robert Sickels dissect the four Wes Anderson short film adaptations of Roald Dahl’s short stories now playing on Netflix: The Wonderful Story of Henry …

New Pod on Oppenheimer and Barbie!
08/02/2023

New Pod on Oppenheimer and Barbie!

In The Cold Open #49, Kynde Kiefel and Robert Sickels discuss all things Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. Our intro and outro this week are Ludwig Göransson& #8…

In The Cold Open  #48, special guest star Zac Bentz, Kynde Kiefel, and myself break down Wes Anderson's Asteroid City!
06/30/2023

In The Cold Open #48, special guest star Zac Bentz, Kynde Kiefel, and myself break down Wes Anderson's Asteroid City!

In The Cold Open #49, Kynde Kiefel, Robert Sickels, and special guest star Zac Bentz dissect Wes Anderson’s 11th feature film: Asteroid City. Our intro and outro this week are Tex Ritter& #821…

In the second half of our two part pod on really long movies, Robert Sickels and Kynde Kiefel break down the best and wo...
01/12/2023

In the second half of our two part pod on really long movies, Robert Sickels and Kynde Kiefel break down the best and worst parts of James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water.

Listen to this episode from The Cold Open Podcast on Spotify. In The Cold Open #47, Kynde Kiefel and Robert Sickels discuss all things Avatar: The Way of Water. One of us quite liked it. One of us really, really didn’t. Our intro and outro this week are Simon Franglen’s “From Darkness to Light...

In the first half of our two part pod on really long movies, Robert Sickels, Matt Reynolds, and Kynde Kiefel have a free...
01/12/2023

In the first half of our two part pod on really long movies, Robert Sickels, Matt Reynolds, and Kynde Kiefel have a freewheeling conversation about Damien Chazelle's Babylon.

Listen to this episode from The Cold Open Podcast on Spotify. In The Cold Open #46, Kynde Kiefel, Robert Sickels, and Matt Reynolds, in his triumphant podcasting return, do a spoiler heavy deep dive into writer/director Damien Chazelle’s Babylon. Our intro and outro this week are “Welcome” and...

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