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Erzulie gossip and how we survived a very difficult set. What it takes to bring an idea to fruition with nothing but blood, sweat, tears, and an incredible team of creative individuals. Adam talks about what his favorite and least favorite moments on set. For more information on Erzulie, visit erzulefilm.com
Transcript
Christine Chen 00:00
Hi everyone.
Adam Rani 00:03
I look awful, I look like a goblin. Let's just do it. Who cares?
Christine Chen 00:21
Let’s Do it.
Adam Rani 00:22
Do it Riley style. Fuck it. Let's do it live. Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to another brand new I thought it was a 50th episode turns out the 49th So next week 50th episode, the 49th episode of the Get Reelisms podcast, ladies and gentlemen, I am Adam Chase Rani.
Christine Chen 00:35
And I'm Christine Chen.
Adam Rani 00:36
Oh boy oh boy guys, you know, I was I was a little I was a little heated this morning. But it's okay, because I sat on my glasses again for the second time during the pandemic, which makes it the third time in a span of three years, which is insanity. I never thought that would come to fruition.
Adam Rani 00:49
How much are your glasses like 150 bucks?
Adam Rani 00:52
Well, here's the thing. I'm buying, I have prescription lenses, but I have like the cheapest fucking frames like I'm buying from Amazon and shit like that. And I'm just putting on the lenses myself. So, and they're blue filtering lenses to plus prescription. So, I'm just like, you know what, if I'm going to be making this investment with the lenses, I don't give a fuck about the frames, because the frames are the ones that do me dirty, the most.
Christine Chen 01:11
I like the frames. They're nice.
Adam Rani 01:12
Thank you. Well, these are they didn't have the ones that I wanted. And they're like, Well, how about this one? And I'm like, well, I'll probably look like a schmo even more but who cares? I you know, these are actually not bad. I like them. I like them.
Christine Chen 01:19
I like them.
Adam Rani 01:19
Thank you.
Christine Chen 01:20
Yes, you look snazzy. It looks like you purposely wanted to look snazzy. So that's good.
Adam Rani 01:24
Yes, I Yes. Without showering the last two days. So, you know, it's I'm doing the best that I possibly can. And I appreciate you for the compliments. Christine, and look who got one once somebody stepped up their fucking microphone.
Christine Chen 01:36
So, it's a surprise for Adam today. He always gives me so much shit because like, I can't clearly don't take it as seriously as he does not because I'm purposes because I'm never in the same place for more than two days. And finally, I've been in tree port for like two weeks. And this is what happens. You start shopping. You start shopping. And so, I'm wearing my originally pot Lave au crew.
Adam Rani 01:54
Yes, that's right, ladies and gentlemen. Yes. As you know, we're still we're still heavy into season three of Erzulie.
Adam Rani 02:00
And wait, nobody. Nobody's seen this yet. But also, my Erzulie chair that Reese and Hannah gifted it to me it's the back that they made which is awesome. It has my name on the back that's the coolest thing in the world. makes me very happy.
Adam Rani 02:14
Shout out to the prop master truly masters They are masters in Prop and art department, Hannah and Reese. God, God bless them both. I mean, they are they are the funniest, most awesome. Most creative people I've ever worked with. Aside from of course like our family and stuff like that. They hand down or are insanely talented. So, shout out to them. We love them. I love them. Maybe Christine doesn't love them.
Christine Chen 02:31
I love them. And also, I'm i.e. I'm trying to show you my impressive also my microphone.
Christine Chen 02:36
I know, your microphone you got the background you got son of a bitch yeah. No, I have this and even I even wrote a note to myself in the on this whiteboard. I don't know if you can see it on Instagram or Facebook. But no, it says Adam needs background.
Christine Chen 02:52
Oh, Adam needs background.
Adam Rani 03:04
So, I put that in my background.
Adam Rani 03:51
I love it. Needs background.
Adam Rani 04:23
That's my background.
Adam Rani 04:24
Yes.
Christine Chen 04:24
You're supposed to be representing art department. Well okay, at least lights that from the Erzulie production.
Adam Rani 04:32
Yeah, and I put those up and those were fun, but then I was like, you know what, this is gonna be the most maximum effort we're gonna put in for the next month. I'm kidding. No, I don't know. I just haven't gotten around to it. I've been writing like fucking crazy.
Christine Chen 04:44
That's good.
Adam Rani 04:45
I just haven't been I haven't been like taking care. You should see my desk. I actually don't want to show you, my desk. There's lots of bongs and pipes. But you know, it's a mess. It's truly a fucking mess and You know; this side of the fucking office is an absolute truth shows. There's my laundry over there. Yeah, I'm just my life is in shambles right now. But it seems like I'm fucking grooving.
Christine Chen 05:11
Yeah, well I'm going the opposite my life is now finally settling a little bit.
Adam Rani 05:16
That's great.
Christine Chen 05:17
Yes, I got to it was like in shambles, up to the point where I was like alright, I made to the end of Erzulie for the editing.
Adam Rani 05:25
Congratulations, Christine, you made it.
Christine Chen 05:27
I am excited.
Adam Rani 05:28
You are fucking doing its dude.
Christine Chen 05:29
Thank God it was it was after that, that I felt like I deserve to breathe after that. So, my schedule was I'd wake up and go directly to the computer, and then not shower, not do anything and just start the treadmill and then just start editing. And then it would be dark again. And then I'd just go back to sleep. And then wake up again and do the same thing. This was like continuous. Oh, over and over again.
Adam Rani 05:55
You do at least get more than three hours of sleep?
Christine Chen 05:59
I did sleep. But it was just like it was, but the great thing was investing that treadmill was the best thing ever because I was walking like 25,000 30,000 steps a day. So yeah, working out plus editing.
Adam Rani 06:16
I want to know something. I don't know if I don't know what it is. But like your essence like showered into my mother because my mom also wants to get a treadmill. She was talking about it like it was the day after the podcast. She's like, hey, what do you think about a treadmill? And I'm like, Are you serious? And I'm like, you know I kind of want to get an exercise bike a little more like I want to get one of those pelotons and she was like, no, those are fucking lame. Let's get a treadmill. I am like okay, all right, so now she's shopping treadmills.
Christine Chen 06:48
Oh, well the peloton would have been cooler, but my bye was a treadmill was the fact that it could actually go underneath the desk and I could be standing and walking and exercising at the same time and still managed to edit. So, like I don't think I could edit while I was biking. No think that would be possible.
Adam Rani 07:07
No. But as I mean like I said in the last episode, I would pay hundreds to see you on a full speed treadmill trying to try to edit on your MacBook. It'd be like a little it'd be like the American3 Ninja Warrior like competition.
Christine Chen 07:25
No, that that I would just eat it. That wouldn't work. Like
Adam Rani 07:29
No that's the point. Christine. I wanted.
Christine Chen 07:32
How long I would last editing.
Adam Rani 07:35
Yaa, my, by the way, am I am I too loud? I'm sorry.
Christine Chen 07:39
No, you sound fine. My, me. Am I too out?
Christine Chen 07:43
No.
Christine Chen 07:43
Because I know. I was I was loud the last time when we were recording a little like.
Adam Rani 07:50
yeah, no, no, it is all good now.
Christine Chen 07:52
I edited it and was totally fine. So yeah, I spent last time being Oh, no, that's not good. And like adjusting everything and playing with the.
Adam Rani 08:01
Might act like we're not serious about the podcast and let me tell you some ladies and gentlemen, we are we absolutely are serious about our audio and the podcast and the production of our podcast as little as it is. We still this is gonna be our little podcast. It's gonna it's gonna grow into something.
Christine Chen 08:22
Therapy session.
Adam Rani 08:24
Therapy session away. Yeah. I guess Yeah.
Christine Chen 08:27
I know Christine's therapy session. It's what should be called.
Adam Rani 08:32
It is like my co therapy session, I already have therapy and the fact that like I can do this and still talk about not have shame about it is all the better? Because these are just hilarious fucking stories at this point. You know, and I'm just a I'm just a silly dude who's just been through truly unfortunate situations, including in, in in never mind. Let's move on. That's a topic for a different.
Christine Chen 09:00
we want to start off with, I guess we can. Let's do a real quick summary. So, the summary is that if you guys did not know, we just wrapped. What is it? It's like four weeks now. Three weeks or Four weeks?
Adam Rani 09:12
Yeah. No. Three weeks, three
Christine Chen 09:14
Three weeks. Okay. We just wrapped three weeks.
Adam Rani 09:17
No, you're right. Four weeks.
Christine Chen 09:18
It's been four weeks now. It's been four weeks since we wrapped on our feature film originally. That's crazy. Four weeks.
Adam Rani 09:24
It was last weekend we shot, what are you talking about.
Christine Chen 09:28
I know. It's crazy. And everybody was dead. Like yeah, last week, we came back from the dead. We were like I guess we should start back or podcast because maybe people are dead.
Adam Rani 09:45
yeah. Yeah. i and to be fair, like I was I was just in super-duper recovery and stuff like that like and also, I was itching to get back to writing. So, it was it was sort of my fault too. Because I already had, like so many ideas that I wanted to write down, but like, I just didn't have the time to do it while in Holden, Louisiana.
Christine Chen 10:11
Yeah, nobody had any time to do anything. Yeah.
Adam Rani 10:14
Well, I mean, yeah. And the time that we did have, I'm so exhausted, I don't want to use my arms, I'd rather just like, you know, just hang out, or then eventually, like, lay horizontal for like, 24 hours. But, um, anyways, so getting back home, I was just itching to get back to writing. And I just, I completely disregarded my phone. And even my dad was just like, hey, you don't bother to call me so felt like a relationship with this podcast that I also pushed to the side, and I am sorry about that.
Christine Chen 10:45
That's okay. You don't need to apologize. I was the same way. I was like, I don't want to talk to anybody for a very long time. I mean, I phone other places. I had to like to run away and go to.
Adam Rani 10:57
I have a whole fucking movie to edit.
Christine Chen 10:59
Yeah, so my co-writer, CO production designer. Hmm, okay. Camille, her parents was out of town for like, a weekend. And like, I was like, I need to be in all caves a literal cave.
Adam Rani 11:16
And that's where you shot the podcast last week.
Christine Chen 11:19
Exactly. So, I went there and camped out basically because I was like, I cannot like I don't, I can't talk to anybody. Like I have to really focus and get to the end. And of course, that's also the weekend, we're like, all I'm hearing is screaming, like, is screaming, screaming, screaming for like, two hours, like not for two days, two straight days of screaming, because I was trying to get through the finale. And yeah, knows, it's, it feels nice to be like, hey, we made it to the end. And now I'm forcing myself to take a break from it. So that I can when I do open the project, again, I can look at it like a new person. Because at this moment, if I were to open it, it would all look the same still, you know, I'm saying just because I've been staring at it for so long. And so now I've given it to certain people to give notes. So far. Everybody's been like, whoa, this is awesome. It's funny and everything. So, I think the biggest comment I think people have been the most surprised by how funny it is. Which makes me very, very happy because it is funny. Yes,
Adam Rani 12:23
Yeah, no. Yeah. I mean, well, just by reading the script I've known and also what we've shot and everything. It's yeah, it's, it's definitely it's a fun ass movie. It looks It looks fun. I mean, you know, that that being aside, of course, you know, behind the scenes was, was ideally stressful. That's just put it Yes.
Christine Chen 12:48
That's like a, you know, I asked my friend who worked on Game of Thrones, he was a special effects artist on it. And he spoke.
Adam Rani 12:56
Wow, what a flex.
Christine Chen 12:59
He was it was the worst set Ever. Which sucks because it's Game of Thrones. Amazing. But he said he hated it. Like he said it was off cold. It was like shitty conditions. They were working really late nights in the freezing snow.
Adam Rani 13:16
You know, that makes sense. Yeah.
Christine Chen 13:18
So yeah, it's like, Wait, it's nice. When on screen. It translates like, everybody's having great time. But yeah, behind this. I mean, we weren't not having good time. It was just hard and stressful. That's all. Yeah, I was talking to a friend when they're asking, like, how was it? And though the way I could, I mean, my default answer is it's, it was hard.
Adam Rani 13:40
It was really hard.
Christine Chen 13:42
She'd been on some sets before, with me, that were shit shows and I was like, it wasn't because it was a shit show. I was like, we were operating at maximum efficiency. It was just the level number of things that we had to accomplish in the amount of time that we had was out what's crazy. And so, if we were not operating at the way that we were having worked with each other know each other's quirks. And like if I was with any other any other team, I don't think it could have been done. You know?
Adam Rani 14:23
And I appreciate you saying that. That means that means a lot and I'm sure it means a lot to the crew, too. Yeah, because I mean you know, we will always get your back for anything, Christine because we're all what you make is truly something special. We wouldn’t do it if it was otherwise and also if you are terrible to work with and you are not.
Christine Chen 14:48
I hope I am not terrible.
Adam Rani 14:49
You are not at all.
Christine Chen 14:51
I just get stressed out at times.
Adam Rani 14:52
But yes, you do develop. You do develop a thing that I have, which is like tunnel vision where You are just you've become so focused and so aware of what you're doing that it's hard for you to communicate it to every single person in every single department and every single fashion. When you only got that much time. You know it, there's just no fucking time. And God damn you, you realize, like, every time I forgot, it's so funny because I was, I was talking about this with my therapist. And she I said, I forgot how little hours are in the day. Inn throughout just shooting in general. Like, like we have so little time, it takes hours to set up. It takes hours to do to well, not hours, but like, you know, blocking rehearsal, all that jazz, and then shooting it. And then, you know, moving on to the next scene, but I don't know, it's really hard to put into words for people who aren't in the film industry. But I'm sure this is also just the more interesting for people who aren't in the film industry because it is truly work. It is truly, truly work it half of its magic and half of its work.
Christine Chen 16:09
I would say not even half of it is magic. It's like 70% of his work.
Adam Rani 16:17
Yeah, right. Yeah.
Christine Chen 16:19
And 30% of it is magic. You'll have these moments where like, Oh, it's beautiful. It is worth it. And you're like, oh, fuck my life. Ah,
Adam Rani 16:28
Yeah, it's an uphill battle. Ladies and gentlemen.
Christine Chen 16:30
What you're talking about with the tunnel vision is absolutely true.
Adam Rani 16:36
Yeah, because I have it too.
Christine Chen 16:39
This is how scary it is. It's like you blacked out, you literally almost blacked out. And how I can attest to this is I am right now. Now that I've settled, and I'm in one location for more than one week, I've started to catch up on like, business stuff. So, you know, accounting and everything. And one of the things I'm in charge of is accounting for get reelisms and business stuff. And I'm realizing I hadn't done any accounting since January. And we've made all the sales that I know we've sent out that I literally have no recollection of, like 00 memory of the sales. Like I'm looking through, I'm like, well, I know. I'm sure I sent this to Kelly to send it out and stuff like that. But I literally don't remember anything, anything about it. Yeah, any of this stuff, like literal blackouts. And I will get this way too when I'm like super focused. That's why I can never remember where I park for anything. Because I'm always like, like going to or
Adam Rani 17:45
Where you leave your keys or where you.
Christine Chen 17:46
I literly blackout like just there's a section that it goes don't remember happening. That's it's kind of nuts how that is?
Adam Rani 17:58
Well, yeah, but it's an amalgamation of so many goddamn things. All right, like it's not just one particular factor that makes you I wouldn't say forgetful, because you're not forgetful. It's just not you misplace shit. And then you know it's misplaced.
Christine Chen 18:14
I am not forgetting it's that literally that never happened.
Adam Rani 18:18
Well, okay. Yes, in your mind, but I'm saying like, forgetful in a way that is like, the thing I always joke about how you don't listen to me for like, after two minutes of me talking, you just check out of the conversation. But I know that's not true. But I'm saying like, you're not forgetful in that sense. You still listen, you still pay attention, you still understand? And you're aware? Absolutely. But you know, like I said, sometimes when tunnel vision ensues, and then you're, you're in work mode. Shit, dude. It's really hard to come out of that hamster wheel. It's really hard, especially with the lack of sleep. Ah, ladies, gentlemen, it's so many. There are so many goddamn things. It's so hard.
Christine Chen 19:02
Yeah. Um, we had two questions from our Instagram, folks.
Adam Rani 19:09
What's going on?
Christine Chen 19:12
So, first question is Mr. Spanky pants would like to know who's the cute guy in the jeep. which was him. Spanky pants. Brad, made a cameo appearance along with his, friend of a podcast he came in was actually he's in it. He's very much in the film. He's our opening of the film. Sadly, his jeep literally got totaled after the set. So, the last memory of that jeep is in our film, so
Adam Rani 19:53
May it rest in peace. The beautiful white Jeep,
Christine Chen 19:57
a beautiful white Jeep in our film. So, trivia little Film trivia that our little intro Jeep was totaled. It sucks. Yes. Second question is it’s a good. It's a good question. I was asking about what it's like to work with water. Don't
Adam Rani 20:16
Don't. Yeah.
Christine Chen 20:18
So, Alison asked what would the what the prep was for working water and we did have prep. Actually.
Adam Rani 20:26
We did have prep and I have stories.
Christine Chen 20:28
Okay, so, do you want me to or you?
Adam Rani 20:32
No, you go ahead.
Christine Chen 20:33
Okay, how I started prepping with the water was when we first tested the tail in my friend Darrin Herman and Christine's pool, which will also be shooting pick up son in anyway. Uh, we went in the pool and the first thing we noticed was oh, shit, like the paints like falling off of the tail. So that's so we I'm glad we learned that the other prep that we learned was oh, when she's in the tail when Leila is in the tail. Like you can't do anything like your legs are stuck together. She can't like maneuver herself. And then I then wore the tail.
Adam Rani 21:12
So, she had to like to get in and out and swing. Like fish.
Christine Chen 21:15
She had to be a fish basically. So, I went and wore fish tail. Ah, somebody asked if you have been working out.
Adam Rani 21:25
Skyler? Uh, no, I feel like I'm getting fatter. Honestly, I did lose five pounds on the set. But I think.
Christine Chen 21:32
Oh, well. There you go. That's how you work out.
Adam Rani 21:35
Yeah, no, but that five pounds just went absolutely away. It's been four weeks, ladies and gentlemen. And there's been there's been a couple of pizzas that I slammed. So, it is what it is. I mean, I've been in writing mode and writing mode. I'm just gaining weight, like a, like a son of a gun. So going back to going.
Christine Chen 21:57
So going back to Yes, go back to the tail. So, I wore, and I realized like, it's so heavy to and that at least I'm so thankful we thought to test out the tail weeks before. Because if we had it, we wouldn't have known to cut a slit on the side of the tail. To allow for Leila to step outside of the tail even though she was wearing a tail. Like that would have been such a disaster. Yeah, that was interesting, huge thing that we did for Prep was test the tail.
Christine Chen 21:59
Working with prosthetics and action.
Christine Chen 22:06
We also tested the makeup, but it was during prep week, the week before we were shooting. And thank God that work because I don't know what would have happened if like, I mean, Rossi clearly did a lot of research and stuff. But I also had a freakout moment when it was like a few days before we're leaving for Prep week to go on site. And I was like, oh, God, the makeup is gonna melt in the water. Like, Roxy, what are we gonna do? Everything's gonna fall off like, it's just not gonna work. And she's like, Girl, like, do you think this is my first rodeo? Essentially what she said, and I was like, she was like I got the most waterproof shit. That's why it's so expensive. And I was like, ah, yeah, so that's one of the higher costs shooting in water. So, we tested that. What did you guys’ test?
Adam Rani 23:41
So, we Okay, so it's not the fact that I tested any. Okay, so let it be known that I'm not gonna I'm not gonna share their stories because well, maybe well, no, Reese needs to be on the podcast too. I think we should have I think we should have Reese and Kelly on the podcast at some point because we got, we there's you guys got stories. Believe me. I know. I know. Anybody you if any of you are watching right now, I think Kelly's watching right now. Get on the podcast because we got, we got stories to share dudes. I know they test my sterile. There's one so uh, we I then I can't remember if Reese or it was Reese and Kelly that tested the barrel, but I think yeah, it was it was those two that that test of the barrel but those two were in the water the most. And I was just very grateful apparently to just be outside of it, but I was also running shit up and down and I was grabbing props and I was I was doing a whole bunch of shit. So that being said, I they were in the water for a good majority of the time but me a few, Kelly.
Christine Chen 25:00
Yeah, there's videos of Kelly. And Reese, like hugging this barrel trying to get it to sink. Because that's a whole thing. Like we had this thought that hey, how do you keep the barrels secure? They're these like plastic float floating barrels and like, this river is moving. It's giant current, like, how do you make sure that a barrel?
Adam Rani 25:23
Well, hang on. No, it's not a giant current. It's not like it's not like we great water rapids. No, it's just a steady. Yeah, it's a steady, it's a steady current. It's a fast, steady current, like four, maybe five miles an hour, maybe
Christine Chen 25:38
Enough to be concerned.
Adam Rani 25:41
Enough to be concerned. Yes. And a couple of times. Let them save for the story because I'm not doing this justice by just talking about it. So, bits and pieces like this, because I know I know, Reese and Kelly. They were there in the action in the water. And there's a couple of close calls. And it was it was just a number but my story, my story that no one was a witness to, so it feels like I made this shit up. I am fucking did it. Okay. So, we are setting I was setting up the pool. We were it was during? I think it was during prep, like I'm not sure. Yes. Yes. Okay. Yeah. Well, there's one point there was one point I was by myself. And I don't know if it was during prep week because I was with Kelly, like, almost the entire time. So, I don't know, maybe the first week I'm not sure. Maybe there's a couple things we need to set up or you had a couple things you wanted. And I said whatever. Uh, there was one time where I was at the pool, and I was by myself and Jeannie crew. The Gaffer, no, yeah. Sorry. Yeah. Roy and Play Roy and Elay were there. Genie, the head men, and they were just they were just leaving. So, they left, and I they were saying something, and I didn't I was setting up I was going to set up these lanterns and I had these glass lanterns that I had in my hands. And I was I looked behind me and I said, Alright, bye. And I stepped back. And I stepped right into the water and just fell right into the fucking water, and I got half my body soak and crushed my nuts on the fucking side of the pool. Like I fell you guys like I just like I hit the but for some reason, like the rebound of me hitting the water in my arm, I was able to get my bodyweight back up over the pool. It was just literally look like half my body was just covered in water. Thank God. And I had to, and I thank God, I didn't break the glass lanterns, too, because my fat ass could have easily crushed them. And I set them down, ran back to my place to change and then had to come back. Let my shoes dry. So, I had to be by the pool with my shoes, just like just drywall.
Christine Chen 28:06
I had no clue.
Adam Rani 28:11
and well, here's the thing. Here's the thing. I did say something. But nobody listened. I told Reese. I told Kelly, I told two other people. I can't remember who I think it was. It was someone in production. And I thought it was you at some point, but I don't think I talked to you. But I talked to a few people and they're like, ah, and then they just kind of like moved on. I was like, you wouldn't believe I fell into the pool. And they're like, okay, and then they just like, moved on. Every person I talked to me was like, I fell into the pool and then they just moved on. Everybody wasn't workload to be fair, but the fact is, I was almost invisible to the fact that is like, I fucking fell into the pool. Oh, and nobody witness to, so it feels like I made this shit up and I didn't
Christine Chen 29:08
It’s just people were like, stressed out.
Adam Rani 29:11
I know everybody was stressed out. Everybody was tired. We were it was like it was like our ninth or 10th hour and it was just like we were pushing it. We were really like, okay, we're exhausted. But yeah, my dumbass ass fucking didn't watch where I was going took a step back and fell right into the fucking pool. I have baptized myself in the John Schneider studios. How fun is that? In the in the in the chlorine ridden pool.
Christine Chen 29:43
I had moments where me.
Adam Rani 29:46
think I'm thankful. It's not it wasn't the river. But at the same time, at least I would have had witnesses.
Christine Chen 29:53
Yeah, well. Kelly did, Kelly and both Kelly and Reese. Oh Kelly Reese. They made into the river multiple times. Hey, my, I'm like thinking of something else is suddenly out here like splash and I'll look, and I'll be like, oh, there's Kelly in the river. Yeah. Splash Oh, there's Reese. Yeah. So, they're just getting in the river at night.
Adam Rani 30:18
And those guys, I don't know, I don't know how they did it I offered multiple times. Just to be clear, ladies and gentlemen. So just for anybody in the fucking comments that were gonna be like, Wow, this guy's an asshole. You said you worked in art department; you didn't get into the water? I offered? They said no. They're better than I am ladies and gentlemen, and believe that I'm just a schmo, a tool at best. So that being said, yes, we Kelly Reese. MVPs. Please join the podcast for God's sakes, both of u of yours.
Christine Chen 30:52
Yes, we will. Now I'm sure the art department had many moments when they wanted to kill everyone.
Adam Rani 30:57
Yes. Yes, they did.
Christine Chen 31:01
Yes, Kelly says because.
Adam Rani 31:03
I know Kelly says because we had to. I understand that, Kelly. I understand that. But I had to address it for me. And as the cohost of the podcast, so I don't look like garbage being the representative of the art department.
Christine Chen 31:20
Uh, yeah, it's remembered those stupid barrels like coming loose at night. You can it's hard. It was hard to see at night. Like oh shit, what is that? Oh, wait, is it an alligator? Oh, no, it's not it's a barrel.
Adam Rani 31:34
We were Yeah, shit was just lost to the river.
Christine Chen 31:37
Nodding around and you just see Reese, just be like, ah
Adam Rani 31:44
Run, dive.
Christine Chen 31:49
Oh, man. Yeah. Filming was hard. But I watched the footage and I'm thoroughly impressed with us.
Adam Rani 32:02
I know. No, I am. I'm very. Yeah, I'm very you know, you're in good company when the art department is represented by or led, I should say, excuse me, led by Kelly and Reese. You know, and of course, you know, with Camille. You guys, you guys absolutely just rocked the house. And I'm just, it was an absolute honor and a privilege to work with you guys. But aside from that, uh, I don't have any other water stories, except for except for I mean, like cleaning the car. Like I had to clean the picture car and my dumbass like tripped on my stepladder and I just dunked my entire elbow in arm in carwash. Like, like the entire bucket to like I stepped on my I was trying to kneel on my lap, like on my step stool, and, and my steps will just like fucking collapsed on me. And I just like dunked your arm in the water. only like five people saw me, which is great. Ah, so yeah, no, there's, I'm sure there's gonna be more stories for sure. But you do you have any more stories? Or any other questions for that matter?
Christine Chen 33:27
Ah, no, those are like about Prep with water. Just testing and it's very important. I think the biggest thing that we didn't account for which for anybody who needs to do stuff with water I mean we did but not to the extent that we probably should have is the how cold it would be at night with people going to the water right I mean, we it was built into the schedule and somehow my live producers, Carly, production coordinator and stuff did an incredible job making sure we had the stuff because like space blankets came out and all this other stuff was like wow, we did we got that stuff like I was.
Adam Rani 34:19
Don't fuck with production Christine, they know what the fuck they are doing. They're not fucking around. They came prepared.
Christine Chen 34:27
No, they came they came prepared. I mentally it was just like, Oh, God.
Adam Rani 34:32
Jacket. What's that?
Christine Chen 34:34
Yeah, there. It was cold. It was really cold.
Adam Rani 34:38
At night got freezing, for sure. Yeah,
Christine Chen 34:40
I think you know; you make a film during the summer. And you don't really think like, hey, but at night might the temperatures are gonna drop significantly, you know? So that's, that's something. We prep. We prep but it still wasn't enough. So just, you just have to know to think through all those things. The other one would be just any time. Don't avoid writing something for a natural body of water it just unless it's a lake, but even that, you just don't know if it's gonna flood, or if it's going to increase in height. Or
Adam Rani 35:24
Unless you're working with a big budget in a studio that can provide one then sure.
Christine Chen 35:28
Or there's going to be snakes or alligators or anything like that.
Adam Rani 35:32
Yeah, it's Yeah, anything like that? Well, because there's, there's, there's even a couple of times where we would like I would be in on a gig that would shoot in the wilderness, and there'll be like the woods and stuff like that. It's like, oh, yeah, you just got to watch out for coyotes. And I'm just like, Excuse me, like, why? Why should I be worried about that? You know, like, I'm just like, I don't want to I don't want to Yeah, you know, they come around this time. There's just like, great. I'm glad we prepared this you guys like, fantastic. I'm gonna lose my life on a short film. You know, it's just one of those things where it was like, Yeah, safety is always going to be the utmost of concern. But like, yeah, there's just sometimes where there's things you can only prepare for so much. And yeah, like the Knights became bitterly cold. Like I remember now. Like, it's crazy. Yeah, you wouldn't think that for Louisiana.
Adam Rani 35:49
That yeah, that I wasn't. I wasn't super mentally prepared for that. But my team was, yeah, they came with everything. And I was like, wow, yeah, look at my team. They're awesome. Yeah, they had a whole squad to carry a mermaid around. They had space blankets for the for the girls. They had cars running with heat in it like, dude, they had they had some like heaters that it didn't know where those came from. But apparently, we had heaters. Yeah. I was just yeah.
Adam Rani 37:06
There were heaters. Yeah. And yeah, there was there was the hospitality was there. We might have not had a ton of resources. But man, were we a team. Holy shit. This this crew. This crew unites for sure. Especially production, you guys, you guys fucking rock the house and stuff like that art department? Not so much. I'm kidding. No, no. Everybody was a fucking star and the crew. Christine, you did a phenomenal job and picking and picking all of us. I'm sure. I'm sure it wasn't hard, but just the fact that you got me into this whole entire thing is an absolute blast. S
Christine Chen 37:48
We did it. It's great.
Adam Rani 37:49
We are fucking did it. We absolutely did it. Um, there was a couple of thoughts that I had that I wrote down, but we basically addressed it.
Christine Chen 37:59
Oh, yeah. I guess my question for you. Because yeah, so what was the last set you're on before mine
Adam Rani 38:12
The last set I was on was a short film for a UT student. It was like a student film and the guy like had it was a straight up because he said it's a commercial, but it felt like a short film. I don't know.
Christine Chen 38:32
What was last feature you're on.
Adam Rani 38:34
The last feature. Oh, shit. I think it was fugitive.
Christine Chen 38:39
Was it fugitive? That was a while ago. Yeah, uh, you were a PA on it.
Adam Rani 38:47
It was a fugitive, and I was a PA.
Christine Chen 38:51
Yeah. So, knowing that and now having a full feature as a set dresser. And everything. How do you feel? And I guess what are you going to take with you on the next feature?
Adam Rani 39:06
Oh, that's a good question. Um, I think the
Christine Chen 39:13
Because I'm a proud parent. I'm sorry. I have a private proper. I knew you when you were like little, little, little. You don't know what, what the art department was. And now you've grown up into a set dresser.
Adam Rani 39:25
Yeah, I've gotten into set dressing. And yeah, I've made set dressing a thing for me. And you know, nothing against PA gigs. By the way. There's nothing against being a PA. There are so many PAS that are so much better than I am. I've worked with that. I'm like, oh, you are like you are born for this job. You are You are absolutely like in tune with everything. You jump in any moment and stuff like that.
Christine Chen 39:59
Yeah, shout out. to Nikki to Shayla to cam to, I mean, Kaler was a second, but a second is kind of a he, Francis. Yeah. So yeah, shout out to all our PAs
Adam Rani 40:17
They absolutely rocked the house and they're much better at it than they are the perfect example of them being the best at what they do, because I couldn't have done that, you know, I mean, like working the art department is amazing just in of itself. And I, the things that I learned from, from you from Kelly, are always going to be things that I practice, like, like until the day I die, because you guys, you guys are absolutely the best teachers growing into this film career that I'm starting with, you know, in getting into the art department, I realized that like, there's so much detail that I wasn't aware of like each and every set and every set, like this set, I read. Like discrete like fugitive dreams, I full disclosure, I didn't read the script going into this, I was a PA. So, I didn't read the script. I didn't bother it. But I read Erzulie front and back, I read the breakdowns, I studied them, I highlight like I took like, I had an iPad, or an iPad, I had my iPad with like the highlighter tool like on like for each and every prop. Just to make sure like, in the Zoom meeting that we were we had like there was already a checklist and all that, like I was so mentally prepared for this set, more than any other set that I that I've worked for. That being said it was I prepared environmentally, not so much. But I was happier nonetheless, in in terms of my productivity as set dresser, or at least art department. And I took that with this set. And I think the lesson that I learned that I'm going to take on the next set I think it's not the fact that like, the mistakes that I made were terrible. The mistakes that I made, were honest. And they were you know, shit just happens, you know? And I realize in this set, especially with intense therapy, this is more philosophical than anything, but I learned this that more than anything on any other set is to not punish myself so easily. Meaning like not just like go immediately to the worst-case conclusion and be like, oh yeah, they hate this. Like I don't even know why I fucking do this in the first place. Like this is this is insane. Like I shouldn’t not have been independent and made up my own decision and do the things even though A they I don't know that and B, they probably appreciate the fact that like I just jumped on any moment. You know, I mean, instead of just like.
Christine Chen 43:22
That is everything No, that's not just film like he needed to be forgiving. Yeah. To yourself.
Adam Rani 43:29
And I was never forgiving because like there was there was like so many goddamn mistakes that I made even just that year, like on even just being the only representative of art department in a short film that I made with Payton shout out to Payton friend of the podcast, she wrote and directed
Christine Chen 43:47
And co-produced.
Adam Rani 43:47
my gosh, she Yeah, yes. CO produced Gosh. So, she, uh, that was the set that I had all of the art department responsibilities. And I made so many mistakes to the point where it was like I was I developed tunnel vision. But I was also like not, I was also not being proud of at least the fact that I'm in the position that I am. Does that make sense?
Christine Chen 44:18
Mm hmm.
Adam Rani 44:20
And I wasn't thankful enough. And I felt ashamed of that. Going out of that off that set, and I should have been prouder. And I am I've with a lot of therapy and a lot of journaling and a lot of real self-realizing that. Oh, yeah, no, that was an opportunity that I should be more thankful for. And I wasn't because of the fact that I was under a lot of stress. And I felt like I didn't do the job that I was supposed to do. And so, for a long ass time, I was thinking to myself, oh, I'm just not cut out for this. I'm just not good at this. And I just have this weird, pseudo imposter syndrome. But mixed with like, but you're not good. You think you're good but you're not. You're bullshitting. Everybody looks around. Like, there's people who are better than you. And you know that and you're still acting like as if you're, you know what you're doing. And it turns out no, I do know what I'm doing. I actually I actually am aware, and I am I am relatively good at what I what I do. Am I the best? Fuck no, I'm not the best. There are so many goddamn people. I can't be better than a Jedi Master. I'm barely a Palawan. Yeah, are out of your mind. But I understand to not be so harsh on myself to realize that oh, yeah. No, the work that you do. Adam is like, is justified people. Love your work and people, appreciate your work, be appreciative of those people. Don't he don't be just dwindling in your sadness. Because you're like, no, this isn't my best work. And I'm actually ashamed of what I did. Just like, don't jump to that. And I learned how to set and I'm gonna take that to the next set.
Christine Chen 46:03
Yeah, because, like, we're always learning. We're always learning. Yeah, we're our own worst critics for human. And I think I think artists are always for the most are all hard on them. I think everybody, I think.
Adam Rani 46:18
I'm sorry, if I brought us all down. I don't mean to bring us all down this
Christine Chen 46:22
reality. Yeah, I think that's the reality of that is part of filmmaking is that as artists, we are our own worst critics, and we want to be the best. But there is constantly, we're constantly being compared to everything and everyone around us. It that's because that's how you consume media and how you were judging the Oscars that's comparing movies to movies, that's, you know, compared, and it's hard to be gentle with yourself, when publicly you're always being compared to everybody else. And I think I get into those moments all the time. I find it happens the most when there is silence.
Adam Rani 47:16
Imposter syndrome.
Christine Chen 47:17
Oh, yeah. Yeah, I think I get to it when there's actually when I'm not hustling bustling, like 24/7. And there's some silence. And then those thoughts come and settle in the chaos. They come when the chaos is over, and their silence to reflect. That's when those thoughts come.
Adam Rani 47:42
But the chaos within you.
Christine Chen 47:44
Right.
Adam Rani 47:45
And that's just like, oh, God, Christine, get to work get to work.
Christine Chen 47:49
Right? Yeah. And I think it happens with everyone in life, it comes with this, especially with people who really care about what they do that who really love what they do. And I think in those moments, it's just you have to remember, you had to keep asking yourself, did I do the best that I could? And the answer is that you've done the best that you could in that moment, then why should you second guess what you've done? You know, I have to keep reminding myself that to actually, I was talking about this about with my roommate, and I think one of the things I've been trying to get better at is taking care of myself as well. I come from an upbringing, where fun equals you're not progressing. Fun equals you're not working hard, you're not going towards a goal, you know, whatever. And, and but what is it that we're doing this for? If you're not having the time to stand back and look at what you've accomplished? And appreciate that, right? What is it all worth? And.
Adam Rani 49:04
Absolutely nothing If you're not enjoying it.
Christine Chen 49:05
Yeah, nothing if you're not enjoying it. And that's why I do appreciate some of I went back to a question that you asked last week, which was what are your favorite moments and the literally some of my favorite moments was when there was silence and like we're eating, and I could sit and reflect and look at all the beautiful faces of all the tired people who have been busting their ass and working so hard and being like, wow, like, look at the magic that they're doing. You know, like, look at the beautiful setups, the lighting, the art, the sound like everything is coming together and like being able to sit and reflect and be like, hey, this is something that was an idea. I never thought that I would be here, you know, and I should appreciate that. We all worked hard to get to where we are. So, yeah, it's hard in the moment. Because you care so much about what you do and about the quality and everything to be hard on yourself. But in the end, the only thing you can ask yourself is did you do the best that you could? You know.
Adam Rani 50:28
And that's always the important part. Because you do you so easy to lose yourself. So easy. It's so good day music because that's when I start spiraling. That's when they start developing tunnel vision. It just becomes chaos. And, and I realized, you know, just taking a step back. And just appreciate the fact that, like, I had this opportunity. And I and I, and I did it. And I saw it to its natural end. You know, that's like the best thing like, oh, I could say I was part of that team. That's crazy. Yeah.
Christine Chen 51:12
I mean, when did I meet you? Like, two years ago? Three years ago?
Adam Rani 51:18
Three years ago? Yeah. years ago, maybe just a month after I moved here to Austin,
Christine Chen 51:24
Right? You didn't know anything? Adam.
Adam Rani 51:27
I knew shit.
Christine Chen 51:29
Exactly. Think about that. That did not know anything three years ago. And look, you are part of an art department team on a feature length film.
Adam Rani 51:42
Yeah, no, I know. And
Christine Chen 51:46
A Creature Feature.
Adam Rani 51:47
And that's, that's fucking amazing. Because that just like, I mean, Jesus Christ. That's like, that's, that's the that's a that's a dream come true. The fact that I was part of a creature feature that I was part of, like a, like a horror flick. Like that's, that's, that's amazing. I've always like horror is part of my DNA just as much as music video game, like any anything in part of my culture. That's also part of it. The fact that I, I got to be part of that is awesome. It's so goddamn rad. So that being said, I learned to appreciate myself a little more. And then I've also learned to, to, to, you know, a pack a little lighter. I should have packed lighter. I gotta, I gotta understand to just pack essentials, you know, I mean, and I packed essentials don't get me wrong, but it was just like, it was so much to fucking carry. But in fairness, it was a feature that we were shooting. So, it was it was kind of a little. We were there for a while.
Christine Chen 53:06
I'm the opposite of you. Every time I go on a long feature film thing because I travel so much. I'm like, I need to pack more.
Adam Rani 53:14
i It's just like, I need to figure out a way like especially when it comes to like getting laundry done to which is a completely different topic. I know. I understand. Yeah. But like, just packed like just carrying a whole bunch of shit is just annoying. It's so It's so annoying. And I know I'm used to it now be working art department. You're just you actually have to get used to it. Actually, any department. You have to get used to carrying a whole bunch of fucking gear. But you know, the fact that like, the shit that I packed like, I wish I could just fit in a backpack. You know? I mean, like the clothes that I have and stuff I need to pack away I'm not saying like art department stuff. I'm not saying that saying like, my personal shit if I can all fit in a backpack. That's the best I love. I love that. It's like I can fit in a backpack fucking Let's go. Let's do it. I hate luggage. duffel bags. I feel like a hitman or something.
Christine Chen 54:18
Teach your own. your own.
Adam Rani 54:20
I know. I know. But I also think like do you have oh man, I have unpopular opinion. For sure. Like I don't we don't have to get into it. But we can go into it for another episode. But okay, I have so many unpopular opinions that I like so many things, so many things, but one in particular is traveling.
Christine Chen 54:44
Okay. What about traveling?
Adam Rani 54:48
Man, you get to get so mad. I feel like traveling is overrated.
Christine Chen 54:52
Oh no.
Adam Rani 54:53
I feel like traveling is overrated. That's just how I feel.
Adam Rani 54:57
How are we friends now?
Adam Rani 54:59
I know, but here's the thing. I feel like traveling is overrated because I feel like tourism is overrated. If you're gonna if you're if you're going to be at a place, I feel better
Christine Chen 55:13
We're looking for a new cohost.
Adam Rani 55:15
Yeah, that's fine. That's fine. Yeah, I just I love LA. I love I love the places that I traveled. I love Hawaii. I love you know; I've been to I mean, here. I love Texas. I love and Louisiana. I love Louisiana. I mean, the last couple experiences were not like the absolute best experiences of Louisiana when I was there, but I still appreciated it. Nonetheless, you know, I still I still like that I you know, it's just the whole notion of like, going to a place and then and then just going the full touristic thing. It's just like, it's just, it's so daunting. It's just like, I want to go to the cool shit or like I like people already know, they're like, oh, instead of doing that, how about you just do this? You know, the non-touristy shit. I like that. But when it comes to like doing like the whole like fucking every time, I'm in Hawaii, I see the snorkelers and it's just like, okay, like snorkeling is great. But yeah, man, the tourists and all that I just.
Christine Chen 56:21
Travel is about experience is about.
Adam Rani 56:25
It is but I also love what I have already. Yes. Okay. That's very true. I also love what I have already. But that's also that's also not to say that I will never ever travel. I'm not saying that. I never said that. I will never ever travel. I will always travel, especially when it comes to work. Are you kidding me? Yeah, I'm gonna travel no matter what.
Christine Chen 56:47
Kelly is like his not a hipster.
Adam Rani 56:50
Kelly. I don't because hipsters love to travel. And hipsters are just like, I live in a cardboard box. And I and I moved from Denver to Austin. Like, what are you talking about music capital of the world? That's hipster to me. But anyways, for me, I'm just like, I love this. This is great. This is amazing. But you know, why do i Why do I have to go to Paraguay? You know, I don't know. It's just like, I don't need to go to some of these places. It's insane. Like, I don't need to be there. If I don't need to go. I don't want to go.
Christine Chen 57:25
We're looking for a new podcast.
Adam Rani 57:29
Guy., I feel you're not listening to me. But it's, it's fine. It's fine. Meet me halfway and none of you guys are friends. So, fuck you guys, I hate you all. I hope you find a new cohost.
Adam Rani 57:43
I want to go to Paraguay.
Adam Rani 57:46
Listen, if somebody offers me a ticket and say, hey, let's go to Paraguay. I'm like, Okay, how long? If it's gonna be like a month excursion? No. If it's gonna be like, we're just different. We're different. I can't do because here's the thing, Christine. I can be in a marshmallow bed. I can be in the most comfortable bed in the world. It's not my bed. It's not where I live. It's not my bed. It's the weirdest fucking thing, but I can only get my full sleep if it's my bed. It's so I sound like a prima donna. But it's true. I if I'm anywhere else I am getting five hours less than every time anywhere I travel.
Christine Chen 58:29
You can aways pack your bed.
Adam Rani 58:32
I'll just I'll just put my bed. Oh, my back and I just carry on. American Airlines will be like, are you fucking out of your mind? No. Just put on the top of the plane. What do you want? Yeah, no, no, we're not we're not doing that. But uh, anyways, yeah, that's my unpopular opinion. You got one Christine. Tell me your I told you mine and that was that was
Christine Chen 58:57
I don't have any unpopular opinion. I don't know. I don't know what I'm just
Adam Rani 59:03
Am I the only schmuck? Great. Awesome.
Christine Chen 59:08
I'm sure I do; I am just not aware of it. I mean, the amount of the amount that I work is probably unpopular.
Adam Rani 59:15
Do you hate people who chew? their mouths open.
Christine Chen 59:19
Yes. That's an unpopular belief.
Adam Rani 59:23
Yes, that's true. Fair enough.
Christine Chen 59:25
I um, another thing a pet peeve of mine is I don't like people who talk about something they don't do it. But that's
Adam Rani 59:35
Oh, right. Yeah, so that's that Well, I mean that but that's like I grew up with those people you know, I mean, like I'm just so used to that that I just like I it is a pet peeve of mine but also like, it won't stop me from not continuing the conversation. I sometimes do check out though when they start like on a whole bunch of shit and they Don't even it's completely out of their control or at the, you know, whatever. I just don't like them gloating about themselves. But yeah, I'm gonna be doing this and we'll be doing that it's like, Alright, we'll see. And then also I do the same thing by saying I'm writing a script and not as well. C
Christine Chen 1:00:19
No, you are actually writing a script. That's the thing. I mean, by talk, I mean, like people who are like, I'm going to do this and this and this and never do, like, have some accountability. That's my pet peeve.
Adam Rani 1:00:30
Oh, right.
Christine Chen 1:00:31
It's only good to talk about what you're doing. If you're actually doing it. Yeah, but it's annoying when you're just talking to talk but like, you never do it. You know? Like yeah, just I very much an if I if I'm going to say something and make a point to let you know. It's happening
Adam Rani 1:00:55
It's happening. Yeah, absolutely.
Christine Chen 1:00:57
It's happening. I'm not just going to tell you something just to tell you Hey, I'm going to make a move. It's happening. It's happening. Yeah. So that's, that's just me. That's my pet peeve. Maybe it's an unpopular belief, but I just I just really believe that if you put your money where your mouth is that the is that the term?
Adam Rani 1:01:13
Put your money where your mouth is, but yeah, you. You're I guess you're just a better human being than I am. I don't know why I have I have these unpopular opinions. I am a monster for not liking traveling, but I still do it. I still do it. Fuckers. God, I still go to, you know, I'll go back home to California Travel there. Fuck, I'll do it. Not saying that. I'm gonna absolutely enjoy. It's not gonna be the best fucking time. But, you know, there's plenty of places that I've explored that I'm just like, oh, okay, and then. I'm underwhelmed. I'm sorry.
Christine Chen 1:01:48
You're just not easily impressed. There you go.
Adam Rani 1:01:51
I'm not easily impressed. But it's, I don't know. It's just like, I went to the there was one time when I was 14.
Christine Chen 1:01:57
Kelly's not easily impressed either. maybe that's an art thing.
Adam Rani 1:02:00
Maybe? I went to the Grand Canyon when I was 14.
Christine Chen 1:02:04
I think well, I love Reese. Everything is exciting. Yeah, like I love I love. He's like experimenting with like glow sticks. And like that.
Adam Rani 1:02:15
I get excited too, Kelly gets excited, we get excited. It's just
Christine Chen 1:02:21
Kelly gets excited about like the most random stuff.
Adam Rani 1:02:25
Seem here, dummy. How dare you? Sorry, called You dummy. But I took offense to that that because I get excited on the smallest shit to like, if somebody has, like, if I'm ordering food. I am. So, if somebody says hey, you want to get food, I'm like, where, uh, you know, I'm just like, I'm excited. I'm just so happy. I'm just like, let's go. Let's just go now. I'm, I'm always happy about the dumbest, smallest fucking thin.
Christine Chen 1:02:53
Then that's the thing. There's nothing that's dumb. It's all about perspective. It's just right. We're all different, you know.
Adam Rani 1:03:00
I went like I was saying, I when I was 14 years old, I went to the Grand Canyon. And I had to pretend I was overwhelmed. Because my mom and my sister and my sisters, two best friends all went with us. And it was just like, I was there. And I'm just like, I Well, Kelly, you're not dragged into it. She just said Why am I getting dragged into this? I'm like, you're not. You're not I promise. It's my fault. It's my fault. I just don't, I guess I'm just not into it as much as some people is with traveling. But when I saw the Grand Canyon when I was 14 years old, I was there for three minutes. And I was already sick of it. I was I was already sick of it. It was hot. I was tired. My ass hurt from sitting in the car for like, 13, 15 hours. I was just I was sick of it. I was over it. And my family. Were just like, wow. And I'm just like can we go like, it's great. It's awesome. By let's just go now, please. You know, it's just like, and then my dad will take me to spots and my dad would be like, you take me to sites. Like he took me to like Monterrey one time to see like seals or whatever. And he was like, isn't this beautiful? And I'm just like, smells like shit. I don't like it. It smells like garbage. It smells like it smells like trash. Like I don't know why we're here. If we're gonna go to a beach. Let's go to a beach smell better at the beach. Like, why are we here? You know? There's just so many things. It's just like, I like beaches, but it's just.
Christine Chen 1:04:33
Hey its Reese. Now the art department is now complete.
Adam Rani 1:04:43
The master of props. Master of props, likes the Metallica album cover. And he has he has the finger puppets. Like yeah, um,
Christine Chen 1:04:58
Yeah. Look Reese, I'm sitting in your chair in the
Adam Rani 1:05:07
Excited to see her not me fine. Son of a bitch. Just only worked with you for like 23 days or over that. You know, whatever. Um, no, I'm glad you're here, buddy.
Christine Chen 1:05:22
Uh, now we're singing your praises.
Adam Rani 1:05:26
We were singing your praises, man.
Christine Chen 1:05:28
We're, uh, we're talking about level of being impressed. And apparently, Adam is not easily impressed, followed by Kelly, but you're the most easily impressed.
Adam Rani 1:05:38
Just responds with Fuck you, Adam. Fair enough. Yeah, I'm the I'm on the same boat with Reese. No, I just whatever surely is overrated ladies and gentlemen. I'm sorry. Come at me on the comments come at me on the fuckin whatever the chats, I'm sure. I'm sure you won't make me want to reconsider traveling.
Christine Chen 1:06:07
That is impressive to you. That's all. It is not.
Adam Rani 1:06:13
Would love to go to Tokyo? I would love to go there
Christine Chen 1:06:16
You go. So that's what it is. It's just you haven't been to someplace that has impressed you. That's all it's not that you're unimpressed by traveling. Is that that? You've been to places that haven't been impressive to you?
Adam Rani 1:06:27
Well, no. It's just like the fact that you're traveling to a place you're supposed to be impressed. You're supposed to because it's like it's like a journey. And it's just like, oh, I don't like it. Like I'm already like, my ass hurts. I have a headache and
Christine Chen 1:06:39
I traveled to Houston and was not impressed.
Adam Rani 1:06:42
Oh, well. Yeah. Okay, fair enough. But, you know, I'd still very unimpressed by, by buy a lot of shit. And I'm also I'm sure I'll be impressed by like places like I said, like, you know.
Christine Chen 1:06:56
London and Tokyo. Yes.
Adam Rani 1:06:57
England. Yeah. I'm sure it'd be it'd be fun, but I want to do it on my terms. I don't want to do the tour shit.
Christine Chen 1:07:03
It's okay. That's fair. That's very fair.
Adam Rani 1:07:06
That's how I am. I'm very, I'm very controlling when it comes to that. It's like we're gonna get a fantastic Hotel. We're not going to live in a hostel. You're out of your fucking mind. I already lived with a bunch of boys, and I live with my mother. That's enough hostel that I need to begin with. I have standards. Sorry for living a fancy life for balling on a budget ladies and gentlemen, sir trying to live my best life. So sorry, Christine. And I'm so sorry ladies’ gentlemen, fans of the Get Reelisms podcast.
Christine Chen 1:07:41
Now you just a standard. That's all that's there's nothing wrong with that. But yes, traveling on your own terms is it makes a huge difference. That's how I felt when I went to Kona Hawaii not too long ago. Yes. Or it was like I was with my family. I was to have my I had my own agenda. And it was
Adam Rani 1:07:59
You wanted to make a documentary on your time. That was just the funniest part. It was just like the episode. It was a great it was awesome episode. She was fantastic. By the way. Allison was awesome. And it was just the funniest fucking thing because the date the I'm sorry, the, because you told you said on the podcast that you're going to Hawaii and you're going to take this writer's thing and like, you're gonna you're gonna get this retreat, and you're gonna have a good time. And while you're there, you're just like, well, I still have to work. So, you just hopped on this documentary?
Christine Chen 1:08:37
Yeah. Why not? Had my camera?
Adam Rani 1:08:42
Although it's just but that's but you just set it yourself. You. You did it on your own terms. Imagine if you brought your family, you will be out of their minds. There'd be like, you're not gonna shoot a fucking document on a vacation. Are you crazy? Yeah. But it turns out we are crazy. And yeah, we're gonna shoot shit when we want to. And Adam has standards. I don't want to stay at a hostel I don't want to stay at somebody's Airbnb, or living in the basement of like, shut up. I don't want to do unless it's a separate home that's adjacent to that home and I don't have to interact with them. Beautiful. Love it. If I have to interact with him once. Amazing. I'm so happy with that for people person. Yes. Absolutely. So, whatever. Anyways,
Christine Chen 1:09:35
Spring in for a landing shall we.
Adam Rani 1:09:37
We should bring it in for landing with my unpopular opinion. Apparently, Christina is a better human being than I am.
Christine Chen 1:09:42
I never said that.
Adam Rani 1:09:44
Who knew Christina is so fucking great?
Christine Chen 1:09:47
No, Bernie you I said that. It wasn't that you're unimpressed. The traveling is just you've been to places that haven't impressed you that doesn't fit different.
Adam Rani 1:09:56
Fair enough.
Christine Chen 1:09:57
It doesn't have the standard of accommodation that you would like to be impressed by.
Adam Rani 1:10:03
No because I live a very bougie lifestyle apparently.
Christine Chen 1:10:07
it's okay if you're a Bougie traveler.
Adam Rani 1:10:11
Basic Bitch What do you want for me? Alright ladies and gentlemen, which has been the Get Reelisms podcast as you heard in the intro, please go Getreelisms.com and purchase your book, get your stickers get it get a T shirt, get stuff, guys come on get Getreelisms.com, Erzulie.com Do we have any updates for Erzuliefilm.com?
Christine Chen 1:10:39
Yes. So, we Yeah, no, I added all the podcasts that are related/But I think the biggest thing is that we are done with our first draft. We're about to have our first PSA test audience screening on July 1 in Shreveport, mini city view, Shreveport people who are listening.
Christine Chen 1:11:04
On July 4.
Christine Chen 1:11:05
July first July 1. Okay, first, yes. And then there'll be a series of other screenings. Reese is coming. Yeah, that we'll have just getting feedback and stuff like that. So, I think we have one in Gainesville at the end of July and then Peyton's right now scrambling to get something happening in Austin. So
Adam Rani 1:11:28
Tune into that ladies and gentlemen Yes Erzulie.com, Getreelisms.com ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much.
Christine Chen 1:11:38
And you have any questions? So, ask us about the process.
Adam Rani 1:11:46
Yes anybody. Anybody on the podcast, can ask questions to either of us or to the Get Reelisms Instagram page, just simply Get Reelisms And ask us questions. Their DMS hit us up to us on our DMs because we're alone and we need friends too. So, we want to talk to everybody. ladies and gentlemen, we got this as the 49th episode almost 50th we now got real audio. Real audio. That's clear, concise and delicious. Uh, alright, guys. That's been the Get Reelisms podcast Tune in next week. Uh, maybe not same time. Maybe not same day, but we're gonna be here and a tune in next weekend.
Christine Chen 1:12:42
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Adam Rani 1:12:57
We also update the audio only like on Spotify in in those in those channels too. So, catch those episodes as well if you're if you're an audio fanatic, like I am, and yeah, thank you guys so much for tuning in. Uh, shall we say goodbye? \
Christine Chen 1:13:16
Yeah.
Adam Rani 1:13:17
Bye Facebook. Thank you so much and Instagram.
Christine Chen 1:13:20
Bye guys.