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'I Never Left The White Room' has what I like to call the 'magGot effect'. After my first viewing it left a cloud inside my head. For the next 2 days I had a hard time shaking it.... paranoia was running high.... I had this constant urge to look over my shoulder and had no intention of walking around outdoors after dark. What I find interesting is the lack of thought in my brain. Normally films make me think..... White Room did something much more important..... It made me feel. Please share your initial reactions

I dig that man, have always strived to create something as you've described... Much like Cronenberg has created what is known as 'Cronenbergian'... Who wants to sandwich in with the rest of them? Even with Cronenberg's more straight films of recent times, his stamp is still clearly at play. For a director that is not physically involved with the creative process, he really affects those around him... He's not a director that shoots a lot of his work, or anything... Yet you can't help but take notice. Having the same crew behind him helps immensely too. They know him in and out. He's freed up as a story teller and he's a master of his craft for sure.

Cheers to 'The magGot Effect'...heheh...may it live long and feverishly.

The magGot effect is definitely in your work, there is no doubt. Whether you look at a short film like The Kranny, a co-production like August Underground's Mordum or a movie that is all you like I Never Left The White Room, you can't help but feel that you are there (and I don't mean because you are in front of the camera). This is something that makes me really curious about your upcoming films too, as they seem to be a new kind of magGotism, but I know in my heart that it will very you.

My initial reaction of I Never Left The White Room is something you can read in my original review of the film (I will copy parts of it here, as I am going to redo the review now that I have received the Sick Films release of it, just so I can update my opinion on it). In my original review I said:
"There is something about films by Michael T. Schneider that is so extreme, over-the-top and totally fucked up that the first thing you think after watching one is "What the hell has happened to this man's sanity?". I know I'm not the only one who did when I first saw "August Underground's Mordum". Truth is, after this film, I'm wondering that more than ever. Schneider is the master of messing with the human psyche. I'd go as far as saying he is the Ed Gein of underground cinema. Why? Because it's not the body count, it's what he does with them."

"If you want your mind to go nuts for a while, watch this nightmare of a movie. It has alot of weird things, sweet gore and beautiful editing. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone normal, but if you're on this site, you're probably not normal to begin with."

Alot has happened since that (close to two years ago). I've gotten to know Margaret (Maggot ) alot more, and I've talked with him about the film as well as dissected it a bit myself, but there you have my genuine first reaction to it.

Awesome man... Truly keeps the blood boiling to hear stuff like that.

It's also so great to see a film made ten years ago finding it's audience. Having properly cut it in 2007 was the healthiest thing I could've done. It allowed me to let it go and for it to be seen for what it was... I'd only had a week to cut it originally, then later polished it quickly in another two weeks (prior to leaving Toe Tag while cutting Mordum and Grotesque Fantasies.) Since I was balancing those other two, it was just another quick sketch of it's possibility. When you know what something is, it hurts terribly to allow it to lie and rot. No way would the original cut (either of those earlier quick cuts) have lasted this long. Editing can make or break a film. This was my first passionately created feature, where I made what I wanted. For years, I had to stomach what it 'could've been'... Nothing hurts worse, aside from having your own film released as someone else's.

The new films are a culmination of everything anyone has ever seen me be a part of. I now have tools to do things much better, have learned so much working on other films. Much of what not to do, more then anything. Ten years of knowledge is about to spew from my gut. For better or worse. It's what I've learned. It's what I've enjoyed, suffered and lived. Coming out the tunnel...and we're staring at the blinding light...

yeah there is no denying when you see a maggot flick you know instantly. As far as my initial reaction , i was awestruck i had never seen anything like that it was exactly what i had been looking for the whole look and feeling was just something i could really get into and i knew i had to tell everyone who would listen about what i had seen and still do and I knew right then that I had to be a part of it

Should add that, and I've said it before, I Never Left The White Room is one of the most inspirational films I have seen. Honestly. It helped me find what I wanted to make. I had never made a serious film before seeing it, only odd parody-ish films, but after seeing I Never Left The White Room I got an interest in trying out the oddest of things.. So I made Video Geisteskrank.

I'm not sure if you know how inspiring that is in return. To know that you can affect someone that strongly... Inspiring them to further explore things that have been otherwise locked up. That's such an exciting thing.

You've grown as a filmmaker in leaps and bounds in such a short time. It's exciting to have been there through that process. Looking forward to being on set with you man!

The same can be said of nahtblis... Seeing you continue to dig in and hone your craft, achieving the right sound...is just so awesome.

There hasn't been a more inspiring film than White Room in that way, because it helped me dare, and that's really all I needed to start.

Thanks man!

That rocks so much!

It is so awesome when you find a group like us that can feed and grow off each other , and I can definitely credit maggot as a main reason for me getting back into playing music again after a bunch of things I wont talk about I lost all confidence in myself and what I was doing and being asked to do a song on devils night was what ignited that fire again thanks man. Before that it was just talk and wishful thinking while I decayed in a corner for about 6 years. This business would be great if more people were like that.