#107. John Brownell On Making His Crypto Comedy COIN

<p>John Brownell’s <em><strong>Coin</strong></em> is a crypto comedy that sees two slacker friends who, through a series of events, manage to misappropriate political campaign funds in order to launch a cryptocurrency so they can save their local park from developers. Things don’t quite go to plan and the pair find themselves pursued by a hitman.</p><p>A sort of modern day take on the type of films where Kevin Smith made his name, <em>Coin</em> is an energetic and entertaining comedy with a likeable central duo. Also - it just gives you enough detail on cryptocurrency - if you’re a crypto coin Luddite and know nothing about that sort of thing. . </p><p>John Brownell joins this episode of the <em>Movies In Focus</em> podcast ahead of <em><strong>Coin</strong></em>&#39;s launch at the Dances With Films festival. The filmmaker talks about self-financing the comedy, keeping a low budget film on schedule, his passion for film and much more.</p>