Sundance 2011: Hobo With a Shotgun premieres to 'rowdy' crowd

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Director hopes for fighting during screening

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One of Sundance's most anticipated films premiered last night at an enthusiastic midnight screening that writer/director Jason Eisener proclaimed would 'definitely get rowdy'.

"I'm hoping for kinda the same. Let's tear this place apart!"

But Eisener was equally aware that not everyone would like his violent, gross-out grindhouse feature about a hobo (Rutger Hauer) turning vigilante in a post-apocalyptic world.

"My Mom is in the audience...'Mom, please hold off scolding me til after the screening!'

Mom may have been on the warpath 90 minutes later after watching a series of gross-out offings (death by dodgem, disembowelling, digger, hanging, octopus) plus the torching of a schoolbus full of kids.

Still, Mrs Eisener might have enjoyed the cinematography. "It's beautifully filmed," Rutger Hauer assured Total Film in the pre-screening green room.


Jane Crowther
Freelance Writer

Jane Crowther is a freelance writer and the Editor-in-Chief at Hollywood Authentic magazine, having formerly been the longtime Editor of Total Film magazine. Jane is also the Chair of The Critics' Circle and a BAFTA member. You'll find Jane on GamesRadar+ exploring the biggest movies in the world and living up to her reputation as one of the most authoritative voices on film in the industry.