"Feel his wrath...minus one arm." Those six words have been stirring a buzz all over the country, with the release of Wrath of the One-Armed Man, a film from the makers of last year's Marblehead: Town of the Damned. What do these two films have in common? Of course, you've already figured out by this article's title, the villian, Yuri Mednikov. Yuri, also the guitarist of the experimental band, "The P.A.T.s", sat down with me to talk about the movie.

PREMIER: Thanks for being here today, Yuri.

YURI: My pleasure.

P: In your film "Wrath of the One-Armed Man" you play the one-armed man. How was this role different from the
    "Townie" in "Marblehead: Town of the Damned"?

Y: Well, the "one-armed man" is obviously a much more, umm, complete character than that of the "townie." I
     gave the "one-armed man" a heart, a soul, that wasn't there in the script. While you are scared of him, you also
     feel sorry for him, because he has his vulnerabilities, just like any other man.

P: You're right. The loss of his left arm must make life incredibly hard.

Y: I'm not talking about his left arm. I'm talking about his humanity, his shortcomings as a person.

P: ........................

Y: What? What is it?

P: You lost me. I don't get it.

Y: You see, this is why he is the one-armed "man" and not the one-armed "space monster." He is a mere person,
    with personal issues that unfortunately break out to the all the innocent people he kills.

P: I still don't...

Y: He's fucked up in the head, is what I'm saying!

P: Ohhh, I get it! See, this is the kind of journalism that wins awards! Thank you, Yuri.

Y: I...uhh...yeah...

P: What are you like on the set?

Y: I'd like to think of myself as a fun guy whenever I'm "working." I make sure I give off a kind of, positive energy
    to everyone around me.

P: That's a good idea, seeing as how the "Russian thing" can scare some people.

Y: What the hell are you talking about?

P: Please excuse me, I'm both dumb and naive.

Y: I noticed.

P: Now, "Wrath" had an unusually long shooting schedule. Why was that?

Y: Uh...we weren't really shooting the movie then...

P: What do you mean?

Y: We were...shooting the trailer.

P: You shot the trailer first?

Y: It's so embarrasing. There was even a script made just for the trailer! It took us awhile to shoot it, because of a
    load of conflicting schedules. It was made for the purpose of publicity. I mean, frankly, no respectable person
    has ever heard of the team behind "Wrath of the One-Armed Man," so it was kind of necessary. The movie itself
    was shot in considerably less time.

P: The critics are calling the "One-Armed Man" the scariest screen villian since "Hannibal" in Silence of the Lambs.
     Rex Reed has called you "luscious." What do you think of all this attention?

Y: I think it's a sad world, indeed.

P: What do you want people to take away from this "film?"

Y: I want them to see that every person has a soul, a series of complexities. In fact, the modern teen crowd wouldn't
    take anything away from it, so screw them. I want people to think while they are watching it. I want them to
    feel what the "One-Armed Man" is feeling. I'd also like people to be nicer to all the amputees in the world.