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Francis Worry is an accomplished filmmaker renowned for his versatile
expertise in producing and directing across Europe and the US,
and he's on the line with us here to talk
about his new film called Crazy Texas. How are you today?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Very good, very good, Thank you very much for having me.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
So, how would you describe this film, Crazy Texas? In
a sentence or two?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
I will say it's a psychological thriller that will make
you think and try to understand what happened, what's going on.
It's a very interesting movie, let's say the least.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Yeah, that does sound very interesting. And what ways does
it make you think? Without giving too much away.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Yeah, you're trying to follow the plot line and you
think you got everything figure out, and then it totally
changes everything. And then when you think you have everything
figure out, it changes again. And then when all is
said and done and you are like, Okay, this is
really what happened, then it leaves it a little bit
open to think if it really happened, if it didn't happen,
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it's kind of like an indie version of like a
Shutter Eyeland kind of movie.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
So what was it that inspired you to initially create
this film.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
That's a really good question. Well, I do commercial filming.
I do typic commercials and social media. I've been doing
that for twenty years, and talking with some of the crew,
we've been talking is like, hey, let's do a movie.
Let's do a movie. Let's do a movie. And then
certain things happen in my life. I'm surround by different people.
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So you have people here in Texas, the Christian Belt
where they're very religious, and then people that they're very
not religious, and then often they fight with each other.
So it was like, it would be great if I
can put these two super crazy Christian girls with this
super crazy anti religion guy in a room and have
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them talk about religion. How can I do that? And
then I connected more dots and pretty much that's how
the plot of the story started.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Now, what was some of the biggest challenges that you
faced during the production of Crazy Texas.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
So many challenges. I'm going to say the biggest challenge
is our main location, this church, abandoned kind of looking building,
had no electricity, so we had to run from We
had to run with generators for all the shooting, including
all the extra noise that the generators caused. But it
was really cool. We were shooting on the thirties fine haey,
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like zero celsius. It was really cold. Everybody was trying
to to stay warm. It was yeah, it was. It
was very cold. And then we did some scenes that
when people watch it, there's like a little underworld or
between worlds element there where we were shooting outdoors, and
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again it was like seer degrees. So when the when
the actresses is breathing and you can see the smoke
coming out of her mouth, it's it's real. It was
really cold. And yeah, we we have problems with our
difficulties with just the weather. Let's say weather was our
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biggest one.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
What would you say were some of the most difficult
days on set? Were there any in particular or was
it more of a general thing.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
I think a general thing that that Underworld day it
was like close to freezing your rain that the floor
was wet, so so yeah, it was. It was very challenging,
and especially coming from Texas when the weather here can
be one hundred and fifteen degrees like forty six celsius
and then we were shooting just the week that it
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was like below freezing, so it was challenging.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
What was the casting process for this film? How did
you go about finding the right actors for it?
Speaker 2 (05:19):
That's a really good question. So we have a guy
called Mark Isaac that he's a casting director and a writer,
so he was excellent to put this together and he
had a very unique way of doing the cast in
so we had we have a really good turnout of
people that we thought that would be great, and he
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will mix them all together. They will be two of
the actors for the same role. But he will not
be saying like, Okay, you're going to act like this
or you're going to say these lines. So he will
be like, okay, both of you are planning a bank
robbery and you have this thing in your hand and
you have money in your hand. Action. And then while
they will be talking, he will bring in another person
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and then another person. I was like, okay, you are
now the bank teller and you are now an innocent bystander.
And then what will be done with one of them?
He will send it away and then bring another one
create a whole new scenario. It was a lot of fun.
I actually really enjoyed the casting process.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
To talk about your career for a moment. You have
worked in both the US and Europe, So what's the
difference like between the two and what have you learned
from working in those different places.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
That's a really good question as well. I'm gonna say
the especially living in Texas. Everything is bigger in Texas
is the same. The way of doing things is more grandiose,
more bigger, more, more and more and more. The way
that you or that I shot personally in Europe or
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Israel or any other there's always been very lean cruise
and this for this should there were days that it
would It's like maybe twenty twenty five of us.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
It's hard to picture the damage high blood pressure can do.
So imagine a balloon, the pressure building, causing increased strain
on your heart, damaging it and other major organs, and
putting you at risk of a stroke. The pressure building
until it's too late. Two in three adults over fifty
have high blood pressure, and half don't know it. Once detected,
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it's easily managed. Get your blood pressure checked by your
GP or local pharmacy before damage is done. A message
from the Irish Heart Foundation.
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It was a larger crew, and I think that people
here in Dallas or in Texas are more open to
do this kind of projects with limited budgets that if
you will do something like this and let's say Spain
where you will have to pay the regular rate to everybody.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
You've also worked in various genres like thrillers, comedies, and
more so, how do you approach switching two different tones.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
That's a great question. So this movie was a psychological
thriller horror, and the way that it was set up
it was with intention. When you are doing a low
budget film doing horror, he lets you get artists that
they are less famous and less celebrity, and people are
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more understanding when you watch a movie with somebody that
is not somebody known. So that's what we decided to
go with horror. Now, with that experience and knowing how
hard it was and all the conditions and all the
shooting days, the principal photography was ten days, I decided
to shoot a second movie. So right now it's an
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editorial and it was a comedy, and it was very
It was a very big switch from one to the other.
And I think both of them have they're good things
and they're bad things. I think both of them are fantastic.
I like the drama and the mysteriousness and the underworld
and the makeup and the blood and on the crime
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and all that is beautiful. But at the same time,
doing something like a comedy where people just laugh and
you have an instant gratification of knowing that it was enjoyable,
and the crew is like laughing too, and it's like
everybody's like a whole different mood. So both ends are fantastic.
In both ends, they have their good things. If I
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got to say, shooting something like a horror, it brings
people more, it's more intense, people are closer. When you're
doing comedy is just it's fun, but it's not the
same thing.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
From when you're working on the script to you know,
once it's finally in post production and released. What's your
favorite part of the whole filmmaking process.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
I'm gonna say that the shooting part. The shooting part
is when when you are with boots on the ground,
you're with an artist or with a talent, with an actor,
and you have the script in front of you and
they will be like, what if instead of saying the
line this way, I will say it this other way,
or what if I will do this other thing instead.
And having the flexibility of being on the spot and
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being able to change the script without having to consult
with a writer, with how without having to go and
so with somebody else. The story is yours. You're able
to do certain things that make you more flexible, and
all that is fun. It's fun to incorporate new ideas.
It's fun to adapt because ninety percent of the work
on set is adapting to the conditions the weather, rain, battery,
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no working a camera, failing a memory card or something.
An actor doesn't show up or extras don't show up,
your assistant director doesn't show up. That thing happens, and
you can adapt quickly that is the most important thing
on set, and I think that I'm really good at that.
A triachh of solving problems on the spot and that
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makes it fun. And don't tech me wrong. On the
post production and the marketing, distribution or even trying to
find money. It's all part of the process and you
need all of it to have a complete film. But
I do like the boots on the ground.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Well in terms of this film that you've got at
the moment. Once the reaction been like so far.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
So far, so good. We did like a little private
screening with the actors and cast and crew and it
was it was a lot of fun and it was
great to see everybody saying such a positive things. I
was really surprised with Randell. He's one of the actors
that plays Rocky on the movie and all what he
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was saying it was like super nice words and it
was like, this movie is a nine point eight in IMDV.
This a masterpiece. And it's like, okay, well, thank you,
thank you. It's not that, but but I do appreciate
encouragement and the good words and everything. So yeah, everybody
so far has been super super supportive.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Well what's next for you? After this film, are there
any more exciting projects on the way.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Yes, So I have this other comedy that is an
editorial right now. But my goal is to shoot another
comedy by the end of this year. So my goal
is to five movies in five years. That's that's what
I'm trying to do.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Well in the meantime, where are we going to be
able to find this film Crazy Texas? And also just
keep up to date with everything that you're working on.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Yes, Crazy Texas you can find right now on Amazon.
It will be great. If anybody will like to watch it,
please leave a review. If you love the movie, just
five stars. If you don't love the movie, don't tell anybody,
don't review anything.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Well, many thanks for joining us today. It's been great
having you on the show.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
It's hard to picture the damage high blood pressure can do,
so imagine a balloon, the pressure building causing increased strain
on your heart, damaging it and other major organs, and
putting you at risk of a stroke, the pressure building
until it's too late. Two and three adults over fifty
have high blood pressure and have don't know it. Once detected,
(14:52):
it's easily managed. Get your blood pressure checked by your
GP or local pharmacy before damage is done. A message
from the Irish Heart Foundation.
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