Authors — Jason Guerrasio

THE SKY IS JUST FINE, THANK YOU

For those who enjoyed the excerpt we put up of Scott Macaulay‘s roundtable discussion on the current state of independent film from the Fall issue, one of the participants, Ted Hope, was on NHPR’s “Word of Mouth” this week and continued the thinking that he voiced for the magazine and at his keynote address at the Film Independent Filmmaker Forum: the truly free filmmaking community will survive.
by Jason Guerrasio on Oct 30, 2008
FALL ISSUE NOW ONLINE + NEW WAY TO READ MAG

Over on the main page, select stories from the Fall 08 issue is now on the site. They include great interviews, including Charlie Kaufman on his debut feature Synecdoche, New York; Bruce LaBruce talks about his latest zombie thriller Otto; or Up with Dead People; and just in time for its release this weekend, Zack and Miri Make a Prono‘s Kevin Smith discusses his latest raunchy comedy. There’s also a piece on the Red camera workflow; director Jon Reiss writes how he pulled off the two-month theatrical window with Bomb It; Scott Kirsner talks about his new book and the […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Oct 27, 2008
BALLAST LEADS NOMINATIONS AT THIS YEAR’S GOTHAMS

IFP announced today the nominees for this year’s 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. Lance Hammer‘s self-distributed first feature Ballast received the most nominations with four, including for Best Feature and Breakthrough Director. The awards will be handed out on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at New York City’s Cipriani Wall Street. Full list of nominees are below. Best Feature BallastLance Hammer, director; Lance Hammer, Nina Parikh, producers (Alluvial Film Company) Frozen RiverCourtney Hunt, director; Heather Rae, Chip Hourihan, producers (Sony Pictures Classics) Synecdoche, New YorkCharlie Kaufman, director; Anthony Bregman, Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze, Sidney Kimmel, producers (Sony Pictures Classics) The VisitorTom […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Oct 20, 2008
NYFF 46 FILM SERIES

Here Jamie Stuart examines the New York Film Festival with a irreverent brand of narrative/reporting that features the indie stars attending the festival while weaving a twisted tale starring Stuart himself.
by Jason Guerrasio on Oct 14, 2008
NYFF46 PART 4

In Jamie Stuart‘s final episode from his New York Film Festival series, Mickey Rourke reflects on the bad time in his career while Jamie learns the present is the best place to be. Running time: 9:00. Download the short here by right clicking and choosing Save Target or Save Link. (63.5MB) Please visit Jamie’s site at www.mutinycompany.com. To see all the videos in this series please go to https://filmmakermagazine.com/nyff46.php.
by Jason Guerrasio on Oct 13, 2008
$27,117,737

This is the amount producers of David Fincher‘s upcoming film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button will receive by cashing or selling off tax credits in Louisiana according to The New York Times today. It’s no secret that for the last five years or so many states have been welcoming films with enticing tax incentives to keep them from packing up their sets and heading up north to Canada. It worked, but with the current economic climate (and some shaddy dealings) many states are beginning to rethink their incentive plan. An excerpt from the NYT piece: As the number of […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Oct 12, 2008
NYFF46 PART 3

Jamie Stuart drops a bomb in this episode from his New York Film Festival series. With special appearances by Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Clint Eastwood and many more. Running time: 7:48. Download the short here by right clicking and choosing Save Target or Save Link. (69M) Please visit Jamie’s site at www.mutinycompany.com. To see all the videos in this series please go to https://filmmakermagazine.com/nyff46.php.
by Jason Guerrasio on Oct 7, 2008
PLEASURE PROMO

As you might have noticed from Scott’s post yesterday, we really like Joshua Safdie‘s The Pleasure of Being Robbed. So we have no shame in letting you know again. Head over to our Filmmaker Videos section where Evan Louison and David Woolner of Coin-Op Pictures have sent us a promo they co-directed for the film. It opens today at the IFC Center in New York. But in all honesty, Robbed was one of our favorites from this year’s fest circuit and hope it does well.
by Jason Guerrasio on Oct 3, 2008
A PLEASURE IN RED

Coin-Op Pictures’s Evan Louison and David Woolner direct this short promo for Joshua Safdie‘s debut feature, The Pleasure of Being Robbed, which is out in limited release this weekend. Click here to see video.
by Jason Guerrasio on Oct 2, 2008
TRUST NO ONE

The plot thickens in Jamie Stuart‘s second episode, NYFF6 Part 2, from the New York Film Festival. In this short, Jamie finds his contact at the festival, sits in on the Steven Soderbergh press conference and rescues a woman being harassed in a dark alley with some slick Bourne Identity moves. Tune in next week for Part 3.
by Jason Guerrasio on Sep 30, 2008

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