In another time, in another place… the world has been poisoned.
So opines the introductory wall of text inODessa.
Just take that opening insert text and the visions of post-apocalyptic ruins which accompany it.
And then its a great movie, its a classic, but its not that.
And now, 20 years since first dreaming of ODessa, she is living flesh and blood.
Theres countless versions of them.
I think they take you out of our reality, they put you in a strange world.
They also put him in touch with a younger self too.
Theres just something that always brings me back to it.
The filmmaker likens his need to return to that release to a heroin-addict trying to recreate their first high.
In which case,ODessais the biggest hit yet.
Everybodys father is Johnny Cash, Jasper muses.
Hes sort of like the father of American roots music in some weird way.
Hes everyones daddy, Johnny.
Those are godlike figures in my imagination, Jasper adds.
Theyre my myths, those musical American artists all take up a lot of space in my imagination.
Theres also a folk sound that might do Papa Cash proud.
Plus, he knew she could carry a tune and legit play the guitar.
So I would sing these things, and hes like, Oh yeah, thats cool.
Okay, let me try.
And he has an amazing R&B voice.
So we had to completely reimagine the songs as we worked together.
Like he could do more Frank Ocean style stuff.
He also brought a look to the film that, like Sinks ODessa, perhaps bends audience expectations.
Theres a long list!
So that was always just a part of the world ofODessa.
Gender was a blurred experience.
Its a world where ODessa is the gunslinger and Euri her Eurydice.
A punk rock take on the Orpheus myth.
I dont really know, Jasper initially laughs when asked where those colors come from.
Like Captain Beefheart covers and Frank Zappa.
So I loved the way the landscapes looked.
ThinkBlade Runner(1982),Streets of Fire(1982), orBatman(1989).
After years of toil and decades of dreaming, his troubadour is finally hitting the road.
He even jokes about one day releasing a VHS cut of the film.
We will do the opposite forODessa.
Its an amusing image, but not too far from Jaspers real hopes for the film.
As long as it keeps ramblin.
ODessa is streaming now on Hulu.
