Question 1

How did the director secure the rights to use Duran Duran's 'Hungry like the wolf' in the film?

Accepted Answer

Writer and director Alex Israel secured the rights because he had just produced artwork for Duran Duran's 2015 album 'Paper Gods', having met them through his friend and film producer China Chow.

Question 2

What real-life club shares its name with the bar where Ash performs in the film?

Accepted Answer

Ash performs at a bar called The Viper Room, which shares its name with the real club where actor River Phoenix tragically died.

Question 3

How did a wetsuit from the film become a contemporary art piece?

Accepted Answer

The wetsuit Camilla makes on the pier was replicated as a 2015 artwork titled 'Self-Portrait (wetsuit)' by director Alex Israel, created by 3D-printing his body in aluminum and covering it in stucco.

Question 4

What personal connection does the director have to Hollywood culture that influenced the film?

Accepted Answer

Writer and director Alex Israel is a contemporary artist whose work riffs on Hollywood culture and the cult of celebrity.

Question 5

What love triangle forms the central conflict of SPF-18?

Accepted Answer

Eighteen-year-old Penny Cooper, who pined for surfer Johnny Sanders Jr., becomes torn when mysterious country musician Ash Baker arrives on the beach after high school ends.

SPF-18

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