
Best Served Cold: How a Revenge Film was Buried for Decades
AUG 15, 2026 · DIR. ERIC ZALDIVAR
A feature length cinema documentary on how THE FARMER (1977) became the most-requested cult film of the new millennium, and it's a crazy tale that involves an actor incarcerated for manslaughter, serious on-set injuries, banana-man costumes- as well as surprising links to Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese. The film also broadens its scope to explore the overlooked, eclectic and often ultra-violent sub-genre THE FARMER belongs to - The Returning Veteran film. A film type that hit its stride in the 1970's with hard hitting character studies such as WELCOME HOME, SOLDIERS BOYS (1971), THE NO MERCY MAN (1973) and ROLLING THUNDER (1977).
Cast

Gary Conway
Himself
Stratton Leopold
Himself

Paul Schrader
Himself

David Morrell
Himself

Steve Railsback
Himself

Elliott Street
Himself

Haskell V. Anderson III
Himself
Steve Cattani
Himself

Michael Dante
Himself

Topo Swope
Herself
Johnny Popwell
Himself
Paul Talbot
Himself
Crew
Writer
Eric Zaldivar
Director of Photography
Michael A. Martinez
Director of Photography
Brandon Michael Hinsley
Director of Photography
Lina Chavez
Editor
Eric Zaldivar
Producer
Mike Malloy
Producer
John Joseph Dunn
Producer
Eric Zaldivar











