Ira Glass
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Ira Glass Still Hates Producing
One of my favorite Filmmaker video interviews is one from 2012 where, spontaneously, This American Life creator Ira Glass goes on a rant about the job of film producer. As you can see and hear above, his jeremiad is both passionate and quite specific — Glass is not going off about a job he hasn’t done. No, anyone whose name sits — or deserves to sit — above-the-line on a call sheet will recognize the laundry list of tediums and indignities that comprise a substantial chunk of the glamorous job of the producer. But, as noted above, Glass gave this […]
by Scott Macaulay on Jun 24, 2017 -
Ira Glass and Daniel Sax: on The Gap Between Your Ambitions and Your Work
The gap between your creative ambitions and your creative output — that’s the subject of a new video by Daniel Sax based on 2012 interview by Ira Glass. Sax was actually inspired by another video, one by David Shiyang Liu, which used animated typography to illustrate the same interview. Sax writes that he watched Liu’s video over and over again, letting Glass’s advice about getting through that period where your work just isn’t good enough ease him past his own disappointment in his endeavors. Glass’s words became motivation, and the result is this clever and, yes, inspirational piece of work. […]
by Scott Macaulay on Feb 9, 2014 -
Hope, Soderbergh, Bowie, Hannah, Bolano and Glass (Google and Ira): Sunday Morning Links
The San Francisco International Film Festival is underway, the first under the San Francisco Film Society’s new head, Ted Hope. In an interview with Casey Burchby at the San Francisco Weekly, Hope tells the story of his move from producing in New York to running the organization in the Bay Area and how it reflects his own evolving ideas on independent media in the 21st century. I especially like this quote about how artists can rethink their process in a time of plenty. Emphasis added below: Burchby: I wanted to connect your vision for the SF Film Society to the […]
by Scott Macaulay on Apr 28, 2013 -
REVISIT IRA GLASS’ HILARIOUS RANT ABOUT PRODUCING “SLEEPWALK WITH ME”
Mike Birbiglia’s feature debut, Sleepwalk With Me, is released tomorrow, so there’s no better time to revisit the wonderful interview This American Life‘s Ira Glass gave to Filmmaker about producing Birbiglia’s movie. And, for good measure, here’s Birbiglia talking to the magazine about his film too.
by Nick Dawson on Aug 23, 2012 -
JOSS WHEDON ASKS YOU TO BOYCOTT “SLEEPWALK WITH ME”
Last week, Mike Birbiglia and Ira Glass released a cute little online short film to help promote their upcoming film Sleepwalk with Me, but their latest web marketing ploy is pure genius. My only question: how many people will realize this is a joke?
by Nick Dawson on Aug 14, 2012 -
Miranda July and Ira Glass Tell the Future of Storytelling
The Silent History is a fascinating new publishing project that merges app distribution with geolocational storytelling. Launched by former McSweeney’s publisher Eli Horowitz and colleagues, the project will launch next month, downloading stories to readers’ iOS devices and then coaxing them out into the streets of nearly 400 cities for more. Here is the trailer featuring the voices of Miranda July and Ira Glass. Horowitz is interviewed by Reyhan Harmanci at Buzzfeed, and he speaks of the project’s inspirations: “I got to thinking about new storytelling experiences — what can these things do, what can these things lead to,” he […]
by Scott Macaulay on Jul 16, 2012 -
SUNDANCE VIDEO: MIKE BIRBIGLIA ON “SLEEPWALK WITH ME”
Yesterday I posted Ira Glass’s amazing rant about producing Mike Birbiglia’s debut feature, Sleepwalk with Me, premiering here at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Now, here’s Birbiglia himself discussing the medical condition that prompted the film, the challenges of transferring material from his comedic monologues to film, and pizza…
by Scott Macaulay on Jan 22, 2012 -
Ira Glass On The Strange Life Of The Producer
When Mike Birbiglia asked This American Life‘s Ira Glass to produce his first feature, Sleepwalk with Me, premiering here at Sundance, Glass thought it sounded like it might be fun. “I’d read a couple of scripts, look at a couple of rough cuts,” he remembers thinking. Glass’s presumption was far from the truth… very far. In this short interview, shot before Sundance while Glass was in the sound studio with Birbiglia, he ponders — hilariously — the job of the producer.
by Scott Macaulay on Jan 21, 2012 -
The Microbudget Conversation: Down And Dangerous
In sticking with our “Do Your Homework” theme, this week on the conversation we dissect one aspect of the micro-budget equation – crowdfunding. As someone who is about to use Kickstarter for the first time, I felt it was best to leave you in the capable hands of someone who had not only successfully met his goal, but who doubled it. Zak Forsman is no stranger to the world of microbudget filmmaking and I love his advice on crafting a great campaign. At IFP week I heard tons of questions from filmmakers on how to wrestle the task of a […]
by John Yost on Oct 19, 2011
