AN INDIE LIFE – 2010 – February

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VIDEO UPDATE: NY LATELY screening at the Annapolis Pretentious Film Society

Peri and his wonderful team (Lisa and Victora) at The Annapolis Pretentious Film Society (APFS) put together this well crafted video about our NEW YORK LATELY screening this month. You can see the TLC he puts in to not only this video, but his screening series as a whole. It was an amazing experience and I cannot highly recommend attending or screening there — wish I could do both more often. Thank you Peri, Lisa, Alex, Victoria, David, Nicole from [...]

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“SCHERMANN SONG” Kickstarter Update

***UPDATED on FEB 25th*** As of today we have 72 amazing backers and are extremely close to 25% funding. This excites and humbles me (as well as the actors) to see such generous support from everyone. Remember: at 25% funding we have a 94% chance at fully reaching our goal!! As a thank you, Joe Schermann, Christina Rose and I recently got together to film a few things — and here’s the first of the clips. This video is now [...]

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The Films That Inspired WHAT’S UP LOVELY

In some way, shape or form these films influenced me as I was making WHAT’S UP LOVELY. Some in pre-production, others while shooting and even more during the editing process. Meshes in the Afternoon (1943) Persona (1966) Chungking Express (1999) Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Mullholland Drive (2001) Ratcatcher (2006) The Girlfriend Experience (2009) READ MY DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

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a DIY Film Tour

Based on the article “The D.I.Y Book Tour” by Stephen Elliot, this idea fascinates me: “I asked if people wanted to hold an event in their homes. They had to promise 20 attendees. I would sleep on their couch. My publisher would pay for some of the airfare, and I would fund the rest by selling the books myself.” I’m not sure how it could work with film, but in theory it could almost be a similar model. And we’re [...]

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WHAT’S UP LOVELY – Sneak Preview in Los Angeles (May 14th – 8pm)

“It’s poetic, visually arresting …. I can’t help but be excited for this film.” – DVD SnapShot “This looks like an indie with the kind of intimacy you don’t normally see…” – /FiLM Hey Los Angeles! Would you like to see WHAT’S UP LOVELY this summer before anyone else? Jenn Dees (lead actress/co-writer) and I will be bringing the film for a sneak preview at the THE CINEFIST QUARTERLY SCREENING SERIES on Friday (May 14th) at 8pm – followed by [...]

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NEW YORK LATELY hits The Auteurs

Another very proud moment in my life — NEW YORK LATELY hits The Auteurs website. Too incredible for words. See my earlier post on why. Much appreciation to Andrew James of ROW THREE for the amazing writeup on the film. I’m truly humbled by them: Gary King’s feature film debut is a unique exploration into the drama of interpersonal relationships and their various stages. With New York Lately, King has created a charming piece of cinema that is as tantalizing [...]

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$5000 milestone reached! Still more to go!

Just wanted to take this moment to thank all our 46 amazing backers. We are now 17% funded with $5070!! This is amazing and I am truly humbled by the showing of support from everyone. The actors and I are still planning to bring you some fun updates in the near future — so this post is more of a very important message of my appreciation to everyone who has contributed and also spread the word of our film musical. [...]

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A Pretentious Screening

Over this weekend I had the honor to have my first feature film NEW YORK LATELY screen at The Annapolis Pretentious Film Society — an emerging film screening series curated by the selfless Pericles (Peri) and Lisa Lewnes. What’s unique about the series is that they are choosing alternative/non-traditional venues to screen the films. We played at the Rams Head On Stage and I don’t think there could have been a more appropriate place. It was a matinee screening and [...]

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It’s Been One Week….

We are one week into our Kickstarter fundraising campaign and are 33 backers strong with countless others spreading the word. I truly appreciate everyone’s support. It’s been nothing short of both humbling and amazing. We are now at 5% funded. Everyone involved with the project is so thankful for your support and belief in us. There’s an interesting statistic from Kickstarter that their data shows to date: if a project manages to get to 25% of its funding goal, it [...]

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LOVELY on THE AUTEURS

Growing up as a kid — back in the day when LaserDiscs were the joint and not DVD’s — I remember discovering the Criterion Collection. They were curators of top notch arthouse films and modern classics — concentrating in both foreign and domestic films. They were very selective in what they would choose for their film catalogue and brought little known or hard to find films to audiences with pristine presentation and supplements. Suffice it to say that much of [...]

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Want to see WHAT’S UP LOVELY in LA?

Hey Los Angeles! Would you like to see WHAT’S UP LOVELY in May? Attend the CINEFIST screening of “The New Year Parade” on Feb 12th and vote for our trailer that plays before it (you must be in attendance to vote!). If we get the most votes we will play there at the next quarterly installment! THE CINEFIST QUARTERLY SCREENING SERIES – Friday (Feb 12th) – 8pm With the emergence of new models of production and distribution comes a new [...]

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First Milestone Hit!

It’s Superbowl Sunday!! Don’t we wish we had a little advertising money to get one commercial spot during that event! Actually, I think we’d be able to make about 20 films with the advertising costs! QUICK UPDATES: We had 10 backers contribute to the “How Do You Write A Joe Schermann Song” fundraising campaign yesterday. It was an amazing day! A special thanks to everyone who helped contribute and to those who shared the project. We couldn’t do it without [...]

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My New Feature Film Musical Project and Fandependent Filmmaking

HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG | a feature film Musical | KICKSTARTER VIDEO from Gary King on Vimeo. A MESSAGE ABOUT THIS SPECIAL CROWDFUNDING — OR FANDEPENDENT — FILM PROJECT CLICK HERE TO VISIT OUR KICKSTARTER DONATION PAGE “How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song” is a new feature film musical that I am planning to helm in the summer of 2010. It will not be your typical “song and dance” musical as the goal of [...]

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One For Them — One For Me

If you are ever given the opportunity to be a “director-for-hire” — would you say “yes”or “no”? I personally know quite a few talented filmmakers who stick to their guns and will only direct their own work. They are true believers in their art. I commend — and envy — them. However, one of my favorite living directors Steven Soderbergh has seemed to perfect the balance of being an artist/filmmaker and walking the line between art (The Girlfriend Experience) and [...]

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