Interview with director Brendon Rathbone (MARAUDER)

Brendon Rathbone’s short film “MARAUDER” was the winner of “Best Musical Score” at the Action/Thriller Festival in February 2017.

Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?

Brandon Rathbone: A lot of the shorts that I had made before Marauder had been thrown together for 48 hour film fests and even though I’m happy with how they turned out, I was looking for a project where I could apply some craft to it and challenge myself. So the idea for Marauder came about during a road trip from Calgary to San Francisco. On the way home, after 5 days in the car the podcasts, albums, and conversation ran dry and my producing partner and I started kicking around an idea for a road movie. Driving through Alberta’s badlands, it’s hard not to think of the post-apocalypse.

MT: From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take…