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 [...]
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 with [...]
Ted Hope, Ira Deutchman, Tilda Swinton and others are part of a new independent film production company called DF Indie Studios. Here's a link to the indiewire.com and Variety articles. Off the top of my head, here are a few reasons why the venture might or might not work.
Might:
Reputation of all those involved
Implied vertical [...]
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From Ted Hope's twitter feed. Industry executive Barry Diller talks about charging for online content.
An excerpt:
"Anything of any value…is going to get paid for" online, Diller said during the event, which was co-hosted by Internet juggernaut IAC and Digital Hollywood.
Diller said the switch to more paid offers is "absolutely inevitable" in order for content producers [...]
The changing face of media distribution has gotten everyone in the film business (both studio and "independent") scared. If you think about it, media as we know it is quite young and has been constantly evolving over the past century. As this evolution accelerates in the digital era, everyone naturally tries to frame the future [...]
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 [...]
This brief article in The Economist summarizes the benefits of VOD for independent film distributors, such as IFC.
VOD is a cheap, easy way for distributors to put films out into the world, but unfortunately it still leaves filmmakers in the unenviable position of giving up the rights to their work for several years for [...]
The opening photo montage in Mr. Sadman.
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With the late Al No'mani. Music by übertalented composer, Austin Wintory.
Layoffs at the new William Morris Endeavor Entertainment giant is symptomatic of the overall contraction going on in the industry and traditional media in general. Some may smirk, some may wince, but what will the trickle down effect be (directly or indirectly) for everyone else?
Link to the article in Variety.
This past week's episode of KCRW's "The Business" lets you know that you are not alone. Listening to the show just might make you feel better. Then again, it might make you feel worse.
The first half is about NBC's upcoming slate, but around the 16:45 mark, screenwriter-turned psychoanalyst, Dennis Palumbo, starts dropping some [...]
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.
Don't ask why. Make of it what you will…
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Shot with an old single-chip dv camera and its crappy onboard mic.
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