Barry_Green
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Thanks for all the updates Jack!
~ A Little Mouth to Feed ~ SLAMDANCE,TORONTO AFTER DARK, etc.
- Thread starter Jack Daniel Stanley
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"I sell the dead with a little mouth to feed."
"I sell the dead with a little mouth to feed."
OK ... back to some stuff I was talking about the other day before life interrupted.
Larry Fessenden (dir of WENDIGO), bar wench whom I don't yet know of but probably should and Dominic Monaghan (LOTR, LOST) in Glenn McQuaid's I SELL THE DEAD
OPENING NIGHT
OK. So as I said we were screening before a cool feature called ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE UNDEAD. But we got moved to an AS COOL feature and even better for us.
For one thing there's the screening time. Opening night. Slamdance kicks off Thursday night the 15th with a party - no films yet. The films begin Friday Jan. 16th with the fest officially opening at 9pm with the Red Carpet Opening Night Film. That's us ... well sort of. That's us by virtue of the fact that we're screening before the opening night red carpet film.
But this is the only red carpet, super press covered walking down the runway thing of the fest, so that's reason one that it's good. Barry and David and I will be shopping a feature project while we are there. Not sure how much I can say about that yet, but more soon hopefully. Anyway we might get talked to (out of obligation since we are wearing filmmaker badges and screening, not cuz we're cool) and we can hopefully use that footage of us on the red carpet at Slamdance before the screening of our film (sort of) as a part of pitch packages to investors etc.
The other cool part about being in front of a feature, and being scheduled for the opening night film, means more exposure early on and more focused discussion after our film. When you screen in a shorts block at Slamdance, there are four or five of you and you all go up after everybody's films have played and the audience asks you questions all at once, or one after the other I'm sure. But when you screen in front of a feature, well you go first, and because it wouldn't make much sense to have the short and the feature discussed at the end together, especially since everyone would likely just want to talk about the feature, they hold everything and you go up and discuss your film before they move on and discuss the feature.
*gulp*
So yeah I am excited about this and this is a great opportunity, but I am also pricing and fitting adult diapers. Think about it. You, like me, have been making films here on DVXuser. Hiding behind the internet. Talking low stakes with friends for the most part. Ron Perlman and Dominic Monaghan and Larry Fessenden are in I SELL THE DEAD, which again is screening after me. They might actually be there ... Matt Lillard (SCOOBY DOO, SLC PUNK) and Norah Zetner (BRICK, HEROES) are in a film called SPOONER at Slamdance. Dustin Hoffman's kid Jake Hoffman is in R&C ARE UNDEAD. All of these people, including Dustin Hoffman, could be sitting in the audience waiting to see I SELL THE DEAD (since it's the opening night event) and wondering why the hell they are wasting 20 minutes listening to people asking questions (hopefully) of this unknown internet director who makes movies about zombie dads decomposing in sheds and blue mutants with nipples on their heads. Going to try not to think about this one much, though I will have prepared answers - like budget, director's statement from the press kit, one or two stories, etc.
I SELL THE DEAD
I mentioned that the feature we've been moved in front of is even better for us than R&C ARE UNDEAD. This is mostly because the tone of the two films seem to match and because of some of the people involved.
I SELL THE DEAD is about 1800's grave robbers. It's structured around an interrogation scene. Grave robber Monaghan's been caught and he's now to be interrogated by Ron Perlman, who appears to be a monk or cleric of some sort. Though the movie is set in 1800's (Ireland?) it was shot entirely in Brooklyn. As a currently, though not for long, Brooklyn based filmmaker that's one cool connection. The film is also incredibly and heavily art directed by actor/producer Larry Fessenden's better half Beck Underwood. I won't say LMTF is art directed as well as I SELL THE DEAD, but probably as heavily. I SELL THE DEAD is a period film, LMTF is almost a period film, has a period feel. Both films have some gore and some camp and some laughs.
This goes back to my posts a few days ago. Festival directors and programmers think about these things and this is partly why some good movies may not get in or screened in festivals. Hopefully the programmers are choosing between good movies and picking the one that curates best with the prevalent themes or motifs of that year's festival, rather than choosing between a sucky movie and good one and picking the sucky one anyway because it matched the other programming better. When pairing shorts before features, programmers think about what short would be the best opening act or warm up film for the feature, and when programming shorts blocks, programmers thinks about what pieces might go together into a screening that feels coherent.
(See post below for a cut and paste from Slamdance Director Drea Clark's blog about pairing shorts and features.)
LARRY FESSENDEN & GLASS EYE PIX
This is maybe the coolest thing about being paired with I SELL THE DEAD. You likely know who Ron Perlman and Dominic Monaghan are. You may not know Larry Fessenden but you probably should because he's a super cool alternative horror filmmaker. A real New York underground icon type of guy. His horror films include THE HABIT, in which he also stars as a guy who thinks maybe his girlfriend is a vampire; WENDIGO, one of my favorite horror films, a mercurial art house release that's all mood; and THE LAST WINTER, a horror thriller about global warming, yes you heard me right, starring Ron Perlman and set in the polar ice caps (which you can watch streaming on Netflix).
So he's a real indie auteur that's made his own way and has started Glass Eye Pix, a production company that's dedicated to helping other filmmakers make their low-budget, but very interesting, non-run of the mill, horror films like I SELL THE DEAD. I SELL THE DEAD is director Glenn McQuaid's first feature based on his successful 2005 short, "The Resurrection Apprentice".
So anyway, these are some cool guys that are doing something I'm really in to and respect. Google Larry Fessenden and read some of his interviews and thoughts on horror and your ideas of the genre will be expanded. He's very sharp and unique individual and I hope to get to hear him rant about filmmaking in person in Park City. He hates to travel but often does so to promote his films.
GLASS EYE PIX
Check them out
http://www.glasseyepix.com/
CREEPY CHRISTMAS
As if Fessenden wasn't already cool enough, he put together an online film fest this year called Creepy Christmas:
http://www.creepychristmas.net/
With a twisted very short horror film for each day of the advent calendar. Like all fests there are some misfires in here, but Fessenden's is pretty cool; it's December 8th's. Also December 9th's, Beck Underwood's, is interesting as well. There are other good ones but didn't have time to watch them all. Definitely head over and check out those two though. Warning: these are experimental films. May not be safe with some medications.
"I sell the dead with a little mouth to feed."
OK ... back to some stuff I was talking about the other day before life interrupted.
Larry Fessenden (dir of WENDIGO), bar wench whom I don't yet know of but probably should and Dominic Monaghan (LOTR, LOST) in Glenn McQuaid's I SELL THE DEAD
OPENING NIGHT
OK. So as I said we were screening before a cool feature called ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE UNDEAD. But we got moved to an AS COOL feature and even better for us.
For one thing there's the screening time. Opening night. Slamdance kicks off Thursday night the 15th with a party - no films yet. The films begin Friday Jan. 16th with the fest officially opening at 9pm with the Red Carpet Opening Night Film. That's us ... well sort of. That's us by virtue of the fact that we're screening before the opening night red carpet film.
But this is the only red carpet, super press covered walking down the runway thing of the fest, so that's reason one that it's good. Barry and David and I will be shopping a feature project while we are there. Not sure how much I can say about that yet, but more soon hopefully. Anyway we might get talked to (out of obligation since we are wearing filmmaker badges and screening, not cuz we're cool) and we can hopefully use that footage of us on the red carpet at Slamdance before the screening of our film (sort of) as a part of pitch packages to investors etc.
The other cool part about being in front of a feature, and being scheduled for the opening night film, means more exposure early on and more focused discussion after our film. When you screen in a shorts block at Slamdance, there are four or five of you and you all go up after everybody's films have played and the audience asks you questions all at once, or one after the other I'm sure. But when you screen in front of a feature, well you go first, and because it wouldn't make much sense to have the short and the feature discussed at the end together, especially since everyone would likely just want to talk about the feature, they hold everything and you go up and discuss your film before they move on and discuss the feature.
*gulp*
So yeah I am excited about this and this is a great opportunity, but I am also pricing and fitting adult diapers. Think about it. You, like me, have been making films here on DVXuser. Hiding behind the internet. Talking low stakes with friends for the most part. Ron Perlman and Dominic Monaghan and Larry Fessenden are in I SELL THE DEAD, which again is screening after me. They might actually be there ... Matt Lillard (SCOOBY DOO, SLC PUNK) and Norah Zetner (BRICK, HEROES) are in a film called SPOONER at Slamdance. Dustin Hoffman's kid Jake Hoffman is in R&C ARE UNDEAD. All of these people, including Dustin Hoffman, could be sitting in the audience waiting to see I SELL THE DEAD (since it's the opening night event) and wondering why the hell they are wasting 20 minutes listening to people asking questions (hopefully) of this unknown internet director who makes movies about zombie dads decomposing in sheds and blue mutants with nipples on their heads. Going to try not to think about this one much, though I will have prepared answers - like budget, director's statement from the press kit, one or two stories, etc.
I SELL THE DEAD
I mentioned that the feature we've been moved in front of is even better for us than R&C ARE UNDEAD. This is mostly because the tone of the two films seem to match and because of some of the people involved.
I SELL THE DEAD is about 1800's grave robbers. It's structured around an interrogation scene. Grave robber Monaghan's been caught and he's now to be interrogated by Ron Perlman, who appears to be a monk or cleric of some sort. Though the movie is set in 1800's (Ireland?) it was shot entirely in Brooklyn. As a currently, though not for long, Brooklyn based filmmaker that's one cool connection. The film is also incredibly and heavily art directed by actor/producer Larry Fessenden's better half Beck Underwood. I won't say LMTF is art directed as well as I SELL THE DEAD, but probably as heavily. I SELL THE DEAD is a period film, LMTF is almost a period film, has a period feel. Both films have some gore and some camp and some laughs.
This goes back to my posts a few days ago. Festival directors and programmers think about these things and this is partly why some good movies may not get in or screened in festivals. Hopefully the programmers are choosing between good movies and picking the one that curates best with the prevalent themes or motifs of that year's festival, rather than choosing between a sucky movie and good one and picking the sucky one anyway because it matched the other programming better. When pairing shorts before features, programmers think about what short would be the best opening act or warm up film for the feature, and when programming shorts blocks, programmers thinks about what pieces might go together into a screening that feels coherent.
(See post below for a cut and paste from Slamdance Director Drea Clark's blog about pairing shorts and features.)
LARRY FESSENDEN & GLASS EYE PIX
This is maybe the coolest thing about being paired with I SELL THE DEAD. You likely know who Ron Perlman and Dominic Monaghan are. You may not know Larry Fessenden but you probably should because he's a super cool alternative horror filmmaker. A real New York underground icon type of guy. His horror films include THE HABIT, in which he also stars as a guy who thinks maybe his girlfriend is a vampire; WENDIGO, one of my favorite horror films, a mercurial art house release that's all mood; and THE LAST WINTER, a horror thriller about global warming, yes you heard me right, starring Ron Perlman and set in the polar ice caps (which you can watch streaming on Netflix).
So he's a real indie auteur that's made his own way and has started Glass Eye Pix, a production company that's dedicated to helping other filmmakers make their low-budget, but very interesting, non-run of the mill, horror films like I SELL THE DEAD. I SELL THE DEAD is director Glenn McQuaid's first feature based on his successful 2005 short, "The Resurrection Apprentice".
So anyway, these are some cool guys that are doing something I'm really in to and respect. Google Larry Fessenden and read some of his interviews and thoughts on horror and your ideas of the genre will be expanded. He's very sharp and unique individual and I hope to get to hear him rant about filmmaking in person in Park City. He hates to travel but often does so to promote his films.
GLASS EYE PIX
Check them out
http://www.glasseyepix.com/
CREEPY CHRISTMAS
As if Fessenden wasn't already cool enough, he put together an online film fest this year called Creepy Christmas:
http://www.creepychristmas.net/
With a twisted very short horror film for each day of the advent calendar. Like all fests there are some misfires in here, but Fessenden's is pretty cool; it's December 8th's. Also December 9th's, Beck Underwood's, is interesting as well. There are other good ones but didn't have time to watch them all. Definitely head over and check out those two though. Warning: these are experimental films. May not be safe with some medications.
From the Blog of SLAMDANCE Exec. Director DREA CLARK
From the Blog of SLAMDANCE Exec. Director DREA CLARK
"You Might As Well Live With Cute Couple"
COMMENT AT THE SLAMDANCE BLOG HERE
http://www.slamdance.com/blog/permalink/2008/12/22/201505.html
COMMENT AT SLAMDANCE'S MYSPACE BLOG HERE
myspace.com/slamdancefilmfestival
From the Blog of SLAMDANCE Exec. Director DREA CLARK
"You Might As Well Live With Cute Couple"
Drea Clark said:
You Might As Well Live With Cute Couple
We pair most of our features with a short film, like a pre-entree amuse-bouche (a term I learned from Top Chef, although I'll never have a refined enough palette to understand the appeal of a dish prepared specifically to consist of one single bite). This is one of the most fun things we get to do right after the films are selected, and this year involved me, Paul Sbrizzi (chair of shorts programming) and Sam Roberts (director of film competitions and chair of doc programming) talking about the films we had all selected and figuring out possible pairings based on tone, what mood would be ideal for an audience to be in before the feature, complementary genres, etc.
Anyhooty, once we do pair them up, they always get entered into the schedule with this format: Feature w/ Short Film. And sometimes this leads to awesome, and obviously unintentional, statements in our program; I like looking at these combined titles and thinking of the story that new title would be about. These are some of my favorites from this year and the last couple of years. I'm going to spell them out as if they were sentences, because it makes it funnier for me. And that's what the holidays are all about: making things funnier for me.
Eat your heart out, McSweeneys.
You might as well live with cute couple. (Really, you just might as well.)
Unwanted witness with Theo. (Theo is either the bad guy or that boring.)
City rats with a short ride. (From the creators of Ratatouille and Cars!)
I sell the dead with a little mouth to feed. (Either Dickens or Delicatessen.)
Son of the sunshine with moon lady. (This would go over big with turquoise wearers.)
Weather girl with feelings and stuff. (I would see this 8 times.)
Portage with a moment to breathe. (For your more outdoorsy friends.)
Just add water with new business. (Self-help!)
The project with broken english. (5th grade social studies assignment.)
More shoes with covered tracks. (Wants to be part of a haiku real bad.)
Tijuana makes me happy with rover's return. (Everyone needs a dog in Mexico.)
Murder party with the listening dead. (A party I'd kill to be at. Get it?!)
Off the grid with fat cake. (Yum. Fat cake.)
Crime fiction with Lola. (This airs on syndicated tv in the midwest.)
You are here with the package. (Self-explanatory.)
Crashing with paralegal. (Cronenberg sequel.)
Things to do with homecoming. (This titled a notebook I owned in 11th grade.)
We go way back with no ordinary sun. (Hippies.)
The actress with us. (Description for your +1.)
The great happiness space with grand luncheonette. (Ensemble piece.)
Neo ned with full metal slacks. (This, combined, is actually pretty close to the original.)
... And here's my new, all-time favorite:
Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank with the first kid to learn English in Mexico.
Posted by Drea Clark Mon, Dec 22 2008 8:15 PM
COMMENT AT THE SLAMDANCE BLOG HERE
http://www.slamdance.com/blog/permalink/2008/12/22/201505.html
COMMENT AT SLAMDANCE'S MYSPACE BLOG HERE
myspace.com/slamdancefilmfestival
Michele Seidman on Blog Talk Radio right now
Michele Seidman on Blog Talk Radio right now
Michele Seidman being interviewed right now on
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/themortalvampire
until 10:00 Eastern I think.
Michele Seidman on Blog Talk Radio right now
Michele Seidman being interviewed right now on
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/themortalvampire
until 10:00 Eastern I think.
Brandon Rice
Distributed Producer
Jack, all this sounds so exciting!!
All the best on your showing, and trip to Utah!
All the best on your showing, and trip to Utah!
Simon Höfer
Veteran
Exactly. This sounds so exciting! Keep us updated! Can't wait to read more about his Jack
cinealma
Veteran
Jack:
Slamdance? I'm out of it for a little while and everybody gets delusions of grandeur. :happy:
Seriously, congrats to you, my good man. :beer:
Very cool. Yes, definitely awesome you got the front end of a feature. It's always hard to do unless you've shot 35mm to go with a 35mm feature. Looks like Lady Luck shined your way (oh, and obviously the talent shined, too :thumbsup.
You know what I think about this film and your direction; you definitely deserve it.
Cheers!
Slamdance? I'm out of it for a little while and everybody gets delusions of grandeur. :happy:
Seriously, congrats to you, my good man. :beer:
Very cool. Yes, definitely awesome you got the front end of a feature. It's always hard to do unless you've shot 35mm to go with a 35mm feature. Looks like Lady Luck shined your way (oh, and obviously the talent shined, too :thumbsup
.You know what I think about this film and your direction; you definitely deserve it.
Cheers!
Mark Harris
Pain in the ass
Jack flew out today for Park City. I think Michelle flew out today as well. Not sure about Barry.
But everyone stop by and kick out some love for Jack and his team!
Good luck guys! Get some asses in the seats for your screening Friday!
But everyone stop by and kick out some love for Jack and his team!
Good luck guys! Get some asses in the seats for your screening Friday!
Brandon Rice
Distributed Producer
kick butt everyone!
Zak Forsman
Major Contributor
Exactly. This sounds so exciting! Keep us updated! Can't wait to read more about his Jack
Yeah sorry I haven't been around. We're moving to Austin the second I get back from Slamdance and there's so many new things to keep up with and do. Said it before but don't know how Forsman does it. Even though it's running me ragged, trying to do it all because it's all stuff I should be doing anyway / have meant to be doing for a long time like blogging, so trying to get it done now no matter what, which brings me to:
Yep, so the updates will be coming. Thanks for inviting me to guest conrtribute Zak. Hang tight folks. Things get underway tomorror. Will try to have some podcasts on it!
Jack:
Slamdance? I'm out of it for a little while and everybody gets delusions of grandeur. :happy:
Seriously, congrats to you, my good man. :beer:
Very cool. Yes, definitely awesome you got the front end of a feature. It's always hard to do unless you've shot 35mm to go with a 35mm feature. Looks like Lady Luck shined your way (oh, and obviously the talent shined, too :thumbsup
You know what I think about this film and your direction; you definitely deserve it.
Cheers!
Thanks man. Your feedback in the Hallows Fest thread for the film were heavily featured in the Audience Response section of our Press Kit :beer:
Thanks man :beer:
Will try to get some stuff going here for you guys.
Oh yeah ... got a call from another major U.S. film festival last night.
Another one of our films will be part of a special new program at that fest, but I can't say more until the festival officially makes there announcements.
So stay tuned for for Slamdance stories short term-like and more on the other festival / short down the road ...
Another one of our films will be part of a special new program at that fest, but I can't say more until the festival officially makes there announcements.
So stay tuned for for Slamdance stories short term-like and more on the other festival / short down the road ...
Brandon Rice
Distributed Producer
Thanks Zak. Pretty cool :beer:
mentatDUKE
Veteran
Good luck Jack and crew! I hope to work with you once you get to Austin.
Jeff Anderson
Custom Title!
Good luck JDS and team! And congrats on the phone call you can't tell us about
Michael Anthony Horrigan
More Cowbell Pictures
Awesome, Jack! Can't wait to hear all the juicy details.
Best of luck!
MAH
Best of luck!
MAH
Thanks all!
Heading out to check in at Slamdance to get our passes, etc, and ask for advice on were to put our thousands of postcards and poster.
POST CARD:
Heading out to check in at Slamdance to get our passes, etc, and ask for advice on were to put our thousands of postcards and poster.
POST CARD:
Mark Harris
Pain in the ass
They come out okay?
Mike Manning
Well-known member
Yo what up Jack! I'm at Sundance as well.. at the Def Jam House of Hype all weekend and the PUSH premiere... good luck with the screening! I don't think I can make it because of my partying responsibilities... but if you find yourself around our venue (the Pheonix gallery..508 Main St) shoot me a text and I'll come out and say hi.
-M
-M