Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden Pay A Cinematic Mix Tape Homage To Oakland, California In “Freaky Tales”
In perhaps their most creative production to date, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck blend action, comedy and even the supernatural in what is essentially a love letter to the city of Oakland, California, circa 1980s. Freaky Tales is an anthology-style film made up of four individual, but connected, stories, and features punk rock kids, neo-Nazis, rap artists, a basketball player-turned-superhero, and hitmen in a chaotic adrenaline rush of pop culture and gore. You might not be entirely sure what it’s about just based on the trailer, but you know you’d like to find out.
The title references rapper Too Short’s track of the same name, and the film stars Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn and Jay Ellis, featuring a number of cameos. I spoke with Boden and Fleck about their career and the real-life events that underlie the elaborate stories depicted in the film.
Read our full interview with Anna and Ryan HERE.