Matt Ingwalson
This is the number one question I get asked when my friends, family or neighbors read Sin Walks Into The Desert. It can be a bit uncomfortable. I don't know if I'm a gun nut. But I'm definitely a detail nut.
After I finished The Single Staircase, a police officer told me how much he learned about the characters through their choice of sidearm. So I doubled down for Sin Walks Into The Desert.
Sin sizes up everyone he meets based on their guns. This obsession helps define his character. And there are metaphors embedded in the weapons used by his dad, el Viejo, la Calavera, and their enemies.
I'm a big fan of Michael Mann, who directed Heat, Miami Vice and Collateral. The seemingly inconsequential choices he makes in weapons, cars and clothes create a sense of authenticity that people feel, even if they don't know why. This helps the audience relate to otherwise quiet and distant characters.
I hope the guns in Sin Walks Into The Desert provoke the same emotional reaction.
After I finished The Single Staircase, a police officer told me how much he learned about the characters through their choice of sidearm. So I doubled down for Sin Walks Into The Desert.
Sin sizes up everyone he meets based on their guns. This obsession helps define his character. And there are metaphors embedded in the weapons used by his dad, el Viejo, la Calavera, and their enemies.
I'm a big fan of Michael Mann, who directed Heat, Miami Vice and Collateral. The seemingly inconsequential choices he makes in weapons, cars and clothes create a sense of authenticity that people feel, even if they don't know why. This helps the audience relate to otherwise quiet and distant characters.
I hope the guns in Sin Walks Into The Desert provoke the same emotional reaction.
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