PIFVA MEMBER, ROBERT LARKIN, INTERVIEWED on http://www.moviefanfare.com/

My first indication that editor/filmmaker Robert Larkin was a cool guy (apart from his past patronage of Movies Unlimited) came years ago when I learned he had sold his independent feature film Just Work to Troma (who promptly branded it with the more exploitation-friendly moniker Viral Assassins). What? You sold the movie you made to the guys who put out The Toxic Avenger? Awesome! That’s the fan’s (and friend’s) reaction, of course—though, as any filmmaker could tell you, the behind-the-scenes details of selling one’s film often turn out to be more emotionally (and financially) nuanced......

Lastly, Bob is saddled with the characterization of cool because he’s agreed to spend a little time enlightening MovieFanFare readers about the nuts and bolts of editing and what he brought to the table for director Nick Stagliano's contemporary 2011 ensemble thriller Good Day for It. Stagliano’s picture, which screened as the Closing Night film at this year’s Philadelphia Cinefest and was an Audience Award winner at the Sonoma International Film Festival, stars Robert Patrick as a man with a shadowy past who engineers a secret reunion with his daughter even as a former criminal associate plans to exact revenge on him for a long-ago betrayal. Kathy Baker, Mika Boorem, Samantha Mathis, Lance Henriksen, Robert Englund, and Hal Holbrook are other members of the strong ensemble cast.

Bob served as editor and post-production supervisor for Stagliano’s film, but he was already a pretty busy guy: He teaches editing at the University of the Arts, Temple University, and Filmtech; his indie short Romaine won a post-production grant from the Philadelphia Film & Video Association (PIFVA) and the PA Council on the Arts. I visited him at his home studio to talk about his career so far, his collaboration with Stagliano, and his aspirations for the future......... THE INTERVIEW