![]() “I’ve been writing this saga of three films since the third grade - a fantasy adventure epic with a few different worlds in it,” he says. “I’m making films that are stepping stones to get there. What’s indisputable is his talent and ambition. “It’s the name I go by” is all he’ll divulge. The tongue-in-cheek yet oddly sincere tone of his debut, which is repped by Mister Smith Entertainment, makes one wonder if Razooli is his real name. About half of those are action-adventure stories similar to ‘Riddle,’ but I’ve got romantic thrillers and a hard R-rated crime thriller.” There’s also a high school movie set in the same fictional Wyoming town as “Riddle,” with different characters but “a similar vibe.” I had a lot more fun making it than I could have anticipated, and I'm personally quite pleased with it both as a game and as an ending to the series, even though it's most likely more. “I have four scripts written before ‘Riddle’ and several other ideas. I don't know if I'd be able to write a description for this game without spoiling something, but Riddle School 5 exists due to a spontaneous rush of inspiration. My vision is like an ancient, magical world that’s almost a portal to this other world that art is coming out of.”īut first things first, as Razooli - who cites Hayao Miyazaki, Akira Kurosawa and François Truffaut as influences - plans to make more features and get representation after his Cannes premiere. But we’ll also do a clothing line, create books and objects and pieces of art that we can sell. “My goal is to build it into a production company where we develop my scripts. “It only exists with one person, and that’s me,” he laughs. ”Īfter founding Psychic Films in 2015, he renamed it Anaxia, which is credited for the film’s editing, costume design and humorous subtitles. In the cut I submitted, the sound wasn’t finished, it wasn’t colored and I think it was too rough. ![]() “The goal was Sundance, but it was very hard to edit. What’s odd is that this Park City native isn’t premiering the film in his hometown festival. I love to work in as many mediums as I can.” That includes acting - he has a small part in “Riddle” and some of his shorts. The location itself was my fantasy world, and then I started playing a lot of Dungeons and Dragons, creating a whole story and LARPing - which is like writing a movie.” Gifted with a video camera on his 10th birthday, he explored stop-motion animation and make “tons” of comedy and action shorts with his friends.Īt California College of the Arts in San Francisco, he studied illustration, graphic design and fashion “so that I could apply them to my movies. ![]() “My friends and I would play ‘capture the flag’ and paintball wars. “These vast forests were natural places for daydreaming and playing games,” he says. Razooli’s attraction to filmmaking developed from his childhood in Utah, where “Riddle” was shot on vivid 16mm film. “I was making a movie for myself, but it’s for all ages. ’Riddle’ contains a piece of all my other scripts: it’s kind of a motorcycle movie, a fantasy film, a party movie and a folklore movie.” “There’s this tone that I call a ‘dark ’70s sci-fi fantasy vibe’ in children’s films that get a bit scary, which I think is important for an adventure film,” Razooli says.
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