Watch my feature MARIANNE for free for one week (through Ain't It Cool News)

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Jawa Ex Machina

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Hey guys,

I haven't been around much lately, due to being in pre-production on my next film, but not that it's Halloween I'm pulling a bit of a publicity stunt for "MARIANNE" with Ain't It Cool News.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/59294

I'm having it available online for free for one week starting 3pm Central time today. More information is on the link.
Enjoy.
 
Liked this thread to Facebook. This has been a long time in the making. Thanks for the free view.
 
May I be so bold as to ask what is the native language here? I know it's European, I'm getting a bit of German/Dutch/Italian/French in spots which makes it frustrating. There are so many common nuances in different languages. I imagine I'll be embarrassed to hear the answer for not knowing but , I have to ask. :)
 
Very good. I don't think you'll have any problem getting distribution in Europe or on a few select channels in North America. Exactly the kind of movies I grew up on. Best wishes and I know you will do well with this.
 
Gord.T said:
May I be so bold as to ask what is the native language here? I know it's European, I'm getting a bit of German/Dutch/Italian/French in spots which makes it frustrating. There are so many common nuances in different languages. I imagine I'll be embarrassed to hear the answer for not knowing but , I have to ask. :)
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What was the nationality of that chef from the muppets?

The relatively famous actor Peter Stomare plays a cameo in this; and he is Swedish, so I'm guessing thats the language.
 
Thanks guys.

I've actually had great trouble finding distribution outside Sweden with this. Not even distributors in the other Scandinavian countries have taken it on.
It's a hard sell, being not straight genre, foreign language, kitchen sink/documentary style and during this bad economy.

This also despite having played 15-20 festivals during 2011 and 2012 (including some bigger ones, like Fantasia and it'll play at the 54th Nordic Film Days in Lübeck next weekend) and being nominated for the Méliès D'argent (Leeds), Best International Indie (Edmonton) and won the Jury's special prize at the Mauvais Genre festival and Best Actor (Thomas Hedengran) at the Astoria/LIC fest in NYC. And despite starring Peter Stormare, Tintin Andersson (who has won a Guldbagge, which in Sweden is like winning an Oscar) and Thomas Hedengran, and it's recieved some great reviews.
It's been over a year since the world premiere at Fantasia August 2nd 2011, and it's been over 6 months since the DVD release in Sweden on April 11th.

Selling a film is really tough these days, a lot harder than it is to actually produce it. I keep telling people that.
 
I'm in the middle of something, so incredibly short on time, but I hope to see this film if I manage to get a couple of hours free time before the offer expires... I just saw about 10 minutes so I should shut up and not comment until I've seen the whole thing... but I may not have a chance so I'm just throwing this out - feel 100% free to disregard my remarks as uninformed. I was happy to see something of the premise get shown within the first 10 minutes - if it took longer, I would regard that as a flaw, so good for you. The other remark - feel free to ignore - it has the indie/beginner flaw I see in 95% of indie/beginner films: the takes are too long... it is critical for a director to be able to judge inherent interest in the frame and this is extremely hard; a shot/sequence conveys information, mood etc. - but it has inherent visual interest and psychological impact, and if you go on too long or too short you risk alienating the audience. Most beginners tend to overestimate the inherent interest in the frame, because they are so involved in the process - a director who has slaved over some sequence or shot cannot understand that the audience doesn't find the same interest in his baby (same problem parents have: your baby is not as fascinating to others as it is to you!); for indies, the problem is compounded, in that their resources are more limited and when they manage to get ahold of some piece of gear they want to play with it - but the audience doesn't care. The ability to detach yourself from your own work and judge the inherent interest in a sequence is very hard, but it comes with time and experience. It's also no easy - fractions of a second matter, and there are tons of factors that can impact it... f.ex., the 100% exact same sequence with a different actress is fascinating in one case for 10 minutes and boring with a different actress in 10 seconds (I'm exaggerating) - and so on for a hundred different factors. Anyhow, I've only seen about 10 minutes, but I ***of what I've seen*** my remarks apply: your takes (not ALL of them!) are too long for the inherent interest. YMMV, and it's just my opinion (which of course can be completely wrong!).
 
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