Minute 131 – What An Excellent Day For The Exorcist III: LEGION!
On this episode of the Exorcist Minute, we read some more of the credits and then cover BOTH versions of The Exorcist III/LEGION!
Kynan Dias is an actor and award-winning screenwriter, born in Honolulu and raised in Las Vegas. Inspired at an early age by great American playwrights such as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and Edward Albee, Kynan taught himself to write feature-length screenplays as a 14-year-old high school student. He earned a B.A. in film from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he pursued acting, screenwriting, and directing. Later, Kynan earned his MFA in screenwriting from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he developed a love for writing TV sitcoms that were further nurtured during his time studying improv comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade.
As a writer, Kynan’s films tend to live within the thin space between the humorous and the tragic, in sarcastic dramas and in comedies that hurt. As an actor, he is often hired to cry in comedies. With Lester Ryan Clark, Kynan co-hosts a series of film history podcasts on the TruStory.FM network that are meticulously researched yet lean heavily on improvised comedy.
Teaching at UNLV FILM since 2008, Kynan has developed a wide variety of courses in film production, directing, acting, screenwriting, and film studies, being especially proud of building classes such as Women in Comedy and Queer Cinema. His research interests include animation history, studio system economics, queer coding in classic film, and foregrounding previously unsung collaborators within major film authors’ historiographies.
On this episode of the Exorcist Minute, we read some more of the credits and then cover BOTH versions of The Exorcist III/LEGION!
On this episode of the Exorcist Minute, we continue our special credits episodes by talking about EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC! With returning guest, ALEX BLEDSOE, author of DANDELION, which was partially inspired by this film!
On this episode of The Exorcist Minute: Some special announcements! The last 13 seconds of this film! This is NOT Casablanca. It’s Cujo, with lions!…and more!
You’ll never look at birds… or malls, mansions and wedding games… in the same light again. Listen now… if you dare! Just keep some spare ammo and a med pack handy just in case. It’s survival horror on Sitting in the Dark.
On this episode of The Exorcist Minute: Do you like lunch, Father? The Misadventures of Karl Engstrom. What’s the deal with happy endings? So how about that Gom Jabbar?…and more!
On this episode of The Exorcist Minute: A craggy, schmaltzy sleuth! That’ll do, Chat-GPT. That’ll do. Forgive our Lestering, we were trying to Kynan. Chat-GPT, it’s not your fault…and more!
On this episode of The Exorcist minute: Don’t be homophonophobic. Sometimes Hakuna Matata is not the answer. Oh, Karl, I think I’ll miss you most of all…A NEW SEGMENT!…and more!
On this episode of The Exorcist Minute: The Devil does lots of commercials! We’re coo coo for callbacks! “Please, call me Mrs. MacNeil.” Is Poltergeist white trash Exorcist?…and more!
On this episode of The Exorcist Minute: Why do they call it “luggage?” Everyone wants to wipe Chris MacNeil’s windows. Is THIS where ghosts come from?…and more!
On this episode of The Exorcist Minute: Keep your friends close, but your furniture closer! Hollywood’s whitewashing. Don’t slap your actors! Or your priests!…and more!