Wonder Junkie Podcast - Pete Bailey

Welcome to episode 07 of The Wonder Junkie Podcast featuring film director of Captain Fantastic, Matt Ross.  In a time where it feels we're inundated with constant rehashes of old franchises and endless superhero spin-off movies, it was really refreshing to see a totally original film in Captain Fantastic. I went into the film thinking it would be a fairly light-hearted and short film but realized early on it was taking a completely different approach. What Matt has done in this film is hold up a mirror to modern society and question all the things we do every day without thinking.  The central theme of the story line is about how feasible it is for a family to live off the grid in a modern society, I think going off the grid is something we've all pondered at some point or another but Captain Fantastic reveals the harsh realities it would take to actually get off the grid. Clearly, this is something Matt has on his conscious and when we asked how far he could go off the grid, he said that he actually grew up