Vincenzo Natali, director of “Cube” & “Splice” (Starfest-2010)

NataliAs much as I enjoy talking with the actors that appear in front of the cameras, I LOVE it when I get a chance to speak with the people BEHIND the camera.
Denver Starfest 2010 gave me another chance to do just that with Vincenzo Natali.

Mr. Natali is the writer and director of the phenomenal direct-to-video film Cube and is now taking his latest project Splice to the big screen.

Starring Adrien Brody & Sarah Polley as genetic engineers who have secretly spliced DNA into a human hybrid. The result is ‘Dren’, an amazing, strangely beautiful creature that exhibits uncommon intelligence and an array of unexpected physical developments.

Part one:

and Part two:
We talk about his beginnings in film, his work on Cube and a future project that he would love to do.

[Interviews edited by Steve Crump]