Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird

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

Cast

Omar Rodríguez-López

as Self

Cedric Bixler-Zavala

as Self

Jim Ward

as Self

Ikey Owens

as Self

Jon Theodore

as Self

Rick Rubin

as Self

Flea

as Self

John Frusciante

as Self

Tony Hajjar

as Self

Paul Hinojos

as Self

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