I can't make it to the Mr. Sadman screening in Chicago this Friday, so my friends at FAAIM asked me to do a prerecorded Q&A.
I realized that after all this time this is the first "official" Q&A I've done for the film. I guess the result is kind of fitting then:
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 the [...]
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 check them [...]
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 first [...]
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 good [...]
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.
This is the original promo trailer we shot over a couple of days in November 2006. Seems like ages ago. Though it may not capture the exact tone of the resulting feature, I'd like to think it stands on its own as some kind of odd creature.
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Shot by Chuck DeRosa on a Panasonic DVX-100.
Production sound [...]
The opening photo montage in Mr. Sadman.
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With the late Al No'mani. Music by übertalented composer, Austin Wintory.
Another scene from Mr. Sadman in which Mounir meets his new Los Angeles neighbor, Stevie, played by Scoot McNairy.
Scoot's a crazy talented guy who produced and played the lead in the film, In Search of a Midnight Kiss, which won the John Cassavetes Award at this year's Film Independent Spirt Awards.
Created for the film by my friend, LA artist Michael C. Hsiung.
Download a printable copy here and help us make a poster for Mr. Sadman.
Connect them however you want and color the thing in. Scan and email your creations to info@mrsadman.com, and we'll post the best ones on the film site. If yours ends up [...]
Finally got this Mr. Sadman clip of Mounir trying to play basketball on YouTube with sound. Apparently they have some audio recognition software that senses musical patterns and automatically mutes your audio to nip any kind of copyright infringement in the bud before it starts.
The song is by my friend, C.J. Pizarro.
For the first entry on this blog, I'll post the teaser trailer for Mr. Sadman. It's a start.
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