Episode 026 - Writer/Director Lukas Kendall - SKY FIGHTER

The Viewfinder Podcast with Chris Hadley

On the first Viewfinder Podcast of 2020, writer/director Lukas Kendall talks about the making of his suspenseful new sci-fi short film SKY FIGHTER. The futuristic, thought-provoking thriller co-stars Tom Maden (MTV's SCREAM: THE TV SERIES), Jess Gabor (SHAMELESS) and Erik Palladino (ER, U-571, NCIS: LOS ANGELES, THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, SUITS, etc.) and can be seen exclusively on YouTube channel DUST at this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1SQILFvd6Q

Details about the film, courtesy its publicity materials:

"In the 26th century: humankind fights a war in space against an unstoppable alien adversary. A pilot, John (played by Gabel), awakens on the deck of his two-man fighter-bomber spaceship—with no memory how he got there. His copilot, Mo (played by Gabor), tells him he was hacked (via his cybernetics) by the aliens, and she tried to save him...yet evidence on the ship points to HER being the one possessed by the enemy. Should he trust her...or the little memory he regains?"

Director's statement:

“This is a take on space warfare I’ve always loved (Star Wars, Robotech, Battlestar Galactica) with a Twilight Zone/Black Mirror/Memento twist. (Robotech fans: you’ll recognize the voice on the radio.) Hopefully there’s something to make you feel, make you think—and give you some candy for your eyes and ears. It’s bread-and-butter suspense storytelling, grounding the fantastic in relatable human behavior. There is a moral to the story...but I can’t give it away without ruining the ending.” —Lukas Kendall

About Lukas Kendall, again courtesy of SKY FIGHTER's publicity materials:

"Lukas Kendall is the writer, director and executive producer of Sky Fighter, a crowdfunded sci-fi short film and proof-of-concept for a feature. Kendall co-wrote and executive produced the indie suspense drama Lucky Bastard (2014), “a clever thriller set in the world of porn” (The Los Angeles Times) noted for “humanizing the people behind the objectification, with lives beyond the smut” (The Village Voice). He is the founder and publisher of Film Score Monthly, a magazine, website and CD label devoted to movie music, which he created as a high school student on Martha’s Vineyard in 1990. Since 1996, he has produced and/or released more than 400 CDs of classic film and television music for the collector’s market, including albums from the Star Trek, James Bond and Superman franchises."

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