Director Rian Johnson spent his childhood making movies, using his neighborhood buddies as his cast and crew.
He’d bounce from comedy to western to action picture. The young film fanatic couldn’t settle on just one film genre.
His mashup sensibilities eventually earned him raves for his feature debut, 2005’s “Brick.” Johnson set his film noir homage in the not-so-adult world of high school.
Now, he’s at it again, cross-pollinating the con man flick with a romantic comedy in “The Brothers Bloom,” which opened the 31st annual Starz Denver Film Festival Nov. 13.
“Maybe I’m just continuing to do this,” he said of his genre-hopping film which opens in limited release next month.
