Stompbox: OMAR AND CEDRIC: IF THIS EVER GETS WEIRD – Toronto Theatrical Premiere!

TORONTO THEATRICAL PREMIERE!

A film that charts the artistic and personal relationship between Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At the Drive-In / The Mars Volta) told almost entirely through hundreds of hours of intimate self-shot footage filmed by Omar over the last 40 years.

“If this ever gets weird, promise me we can just stop, as nothing is more important than loving you.” These were the words of Omar Rodríguez-López to his childhood friend Cedric Bixler-Zavala in January 2000, on the eve of recording a breakthrough album that would change their lives forever. For a decade they stayed true to this pact, until it was spectacularly broken in a haze of deception, Scientology, death and betrayal. The friends then spent the following ten years trying to heal those wounds.

This is a documentary film about the artistic and personal relationship between Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At the Drive-In / The Mars Volta). It is also the story of two immigrant outsiders and their desire to create their own place in the world. The documentary charts the duo’s intense and profound journey of friendship, brotherhood, love, fame, self-discovery, and sacrifice, while creating a unique musical style that seamlessly fused jazz, punk rock, Latin influences and experimental sounds into something utterly electrifying.

A story like no other, the film unflinchingly tackles the greater themes of success, addiction, death, grief, tragedy, betrayal, forgiveness, and redemption head on. An intimate portrait of a lifelong friendship and a look at the world through a whole new creative prism.

Part of the Stompbox series!

Cast/Crew Info
Director: Nicolas Jack Davies | Cast: Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Jim Ward, Ikey Owens, Jon Theodore, Rick Rubin