Mr. Sadman is one of the first 100 films to take part in OpenIndie. It's an independent film community that aspires to create a new way to see films and reward filmmakers directly. It's somewhat similar to eventful.com's Demand It! feature that Paramount used for Paranormal Activity. Filmmakers and film fans can sign up for [...]
We'll be screening Mr. Sadman in Chicago as part of the FAAIM showcase. Much thanks to FAAIM's Tim Hugh and the Gene Siskel Center's Brandon Doherty for all their help and dope ass support. There's a lot of great stuff going on there in terms of film, music and visual art, so click through and [...]
Found an old interview tape that we shot with Al No'mani, the lead actor in Mr. Sadman. I didn't know what had happened to it until I came across it in a box last week. Was a great find. I sure do miss the guy. Below he talks about having to drink boba for the [...]
Been testing out Facebook ads for Mr. Sadman in the Middle East to see what does and doesn't work. I never click on ads, but I understand it's part of how Facebook tries to make money. A few things that I've gleaned after a week and a half. These may be obvious, but it's always [...]
I remember seeing this video for Death Cab for Cutie's "A Movie Script Ending" a bunch of times a few years before shooting Mr. Sadman and liking it. Then I came across it again after shooting and was like, "Wait a second, I know that dude." I've always enjoyed this song.
My friend Joel Quizon posted a list on his blog a few weeks back on "How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Asian American Independent Films". It's pretty funny, kinda sad and very true. The list should probably be much longer. Volumes, perhaps. I have some problems with the term "Asian American film" as I do [...]
I haven't posted anything on this blog since last summer. Have figured out how to put all videos and clips on one page for now, so took down most of the previous video posts due to redundancy and to speed up load time. While I'm at it, though, I'd better get some branding out of [...]
Loading ...