Julio Torres

“The protagonist of Where Is the Friend's House? Might be one of my top five most relatable protagonists in movies up right next with WALL·E...”

“Way higher stakes in Amores perros trigger warning I cannot attest as to the human society's involvement in this movie maybe they were I don't know maybe they were all puppets I don't know sad things happen and they often involve dogs you feel in the movie like you're constantly shuffling behind the protagonist and you're like okay what's Happening Here what's Happening Here what's happening there and you feel like a ghost in their world and like that you want to help...”

“After Hours beautifully shot again sort of like Where Is the Friend's House? Just a person on a mission it's one of those movies that you're watching that I'm living in New York I'm watching on my couch and I'm like I should just be out there living life and I should just be out there like when was the last time I was up all night looking for someone in SoHo...”

“Y tu mamá también is a movie that I discovered when I overheard controversy when I overheard that parents were up in arms I knew it was probably good and sexy but they were also up in arms about The Simpsons which is good and it's sometimes sexy but not like Y tu mamá también just like a quintessential scene of queer Awakening the Diego Luna not to give away any spoilers is just one of those where you're like oh didn't know movies could do this and it's so like easy and careless...”

“House I'm very allergic for when you see something and you feel like the outline and you feel like it's going somewhere because it's supposed to House doesn't do that House is this free flowing completely art for the sake of Art and I'm seeing here it's only 88 minutes which feels mindblowing because it really feels like a whole world onto its own...”

“The last one I want to do is Virgin Suicides actually I think that Virgin Suicides was the first DVD that I ever bought that DVD came and went lost in a move probably but now I get to have it again it cemented what is in me a lifelong allegiance to Sofia Coppola I will watch anything she makes she was definitely one of those directors who was in my adolescence the Gateway into this world her eye and her ear are so powerful...”

“I am specifically attracted to Yoyo which has a lot of what we in the comedy industry refer to as gags specifically one scene where the protagonist walks a dog while seated inside his car and the dog just sort of marches next to the car if you haven't seen it watch it and I will rewatch it...”

“So the Koker Trilogy the protagonist of Where Is the Friend's House? Might be one of my top five most relatable protagonists in movies up right next with WALL·E the protagonist is this little boy who accidentally took his friend's notebook so the whole movie is he's deeply worried that the friend doesn't have the notebook to do his Homework so he has to go find where is the friend's House and the way that for him the stakes are so high but to the entire Village is so heartbreaking...”