Sci-Fi & Squeam

24 Nov 2014

Monster Fest 2014 : Astron 6’s Matt and Conor

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The Squeamer-Sonja Hammer has the Astron 6 boys ( well 2 of them) Matt Kennedy and Conor Sweeney in the JOY 949 studio to chat about the ..‘Theater of the Absurd’, the B Grade 80’s centric collective of crazies who make thrilling and ingenious low budget cinema wonders in the genres we love! Oh, and they star in them too, mostly!

we love the Canadian Invasion!

“Q: So… what’s Astron-6?
A: Astron-6 is the banner/brand we go by and it is no coincidence that “Astron” sounds a lot like “Vestron.” The name is meant to evoke a certain nostalgia for obscure VHS movies of the ’80s. We met at a local film festival and decided to make movies together. We all take turns writing, directing and acting. And most importantly: our movies cost nearly nothing to make. We are financed by pure, naive passion and ignorance alone.’

Left, above : Matt Kennedy, Right, above : Conor Sweeney of ASTRON 6

Matt and Conor talk about the new film The Editor…‘ An absurdist giallo film’ , which played for the first time in Oz at this years Monster Fest and an intriguing chat about icon Udo Kier who is in The Editor!

Review here on The Editor !

They also spoke about the banning and censorship of their film Father’s Day, banned and then trimmed for Oz and still TOTALLY banned in NZ !

ASTRON 6 and their awesome Youtube page !