1/5/2024 0 Comments Mikey alfred![]() MW: I grew up in a house where we just watched a ton of movies, all the time. How did you become interested in producing, Malcolm? I met a woman at the carnival who was the waitress at my 4th, 5th, and 6th birthdays and she’s still a waitress at the same restaurant on Riverside and North Hollywood. Most of the people who live in Toluca Lake and North Hollywood don’t leave. There’s this carnival we went to as a kids and it’s like a time machine. ![]() MA: I moved out when I was like 10 or 11 and when I go back now it still feels the same. And then there’s yoga places, which I don’t like. ![]() MW: I’ve seen more health conscious stores coming into the neighborhood. Has Toluca Lake changed much since you guys grew up there? We wanted the Omar video to capture the nostalgia we feel for this neighborhood. Toluca Lake is kind of like its own special place, it’s not the LA everyone sees on TV and in movies. MA: Obviously it’s a really important neighborhood for both us. So the video with Omar is set in Toluca Lake. MA: I had been trying to produce and direct and Malcolm wanted to do the same thing. How did you decide to started working together? We walked up to my house and we still hadn’t made the connection until my mom walks into my room and was like, “Malcolm! I was just talking to your mom on the phone,” and then we realized who each other were and the whole thing connected. I get Malcolm’s number and later that week we met for lunch and I told him to come to North Hollywood. Then out of the movie comes Spike Jonze and Jonah Hill, and they joined our circle and we all talked for like 2 hours. One day Lionel brought Malcolm and I didn’t recognize him but we start talking after the movie. Every Sunday myself, Lionel Boyce, Tyler The Creator, and Frank Ocean would go to the movies on Sunday. Then fast forward to about a year and a half ago. We knew each other as little baby kids and then Malcolm moved out of North Hollywood and out of Toluca Lake and we didn’t talk for our whole lives. MA: Me and Malcolm lived on the same street growing up.
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