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Anonymous asked:
Who is the actor that you saw in something before they were famous and knew they’d be a big deal?
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He probably doesn’t even count but Adam Driver.
Had a great time doing a Q+A for The Little Theatre’s Lost Films revival of Spontaneous tonight. Having been a part of a few movies over the last few years, I know how unusual it is that anyone wants to keep talking about a movie, especially over a year after the release, so it meant a lot to get to see actual humans watching it in an actual movie theater (something Starmer and I never have gotten to do). It’s more or less been a straight year of promoting this thing (and I think I have some events in November for it), and I don’t necessarily know why I do it still, maybe just to spite the studio, but it has been lovely to see it really grow into a movie that gets passed around from person to person. There was a tiny parental thrill to see it up in lights like this, like our little movie had survived somuchbullshit and yet, a year later, people still wanted to share it and talk about it. Anyway, means a lot.
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Anonymous asked:
Have you seen Six Feet Under? Thoughts?
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Love.
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Anonymous asked:
Where did that commentary you said you recorded end up going?
SPONTANEOUS is now streaming on Amazon and Hulu. To celebrate my almost-freedom from the movie (recording a commentary later this month and then I’m a free elf until the inevitable Criterion blu), I uploaded a bunch of crap for you.
Here’s the very first draft of the script and the very last (Goldenrod) so you can see how much did or did not change, some alt scenes, storyboards for the car sequence (where you can really see where our budget and schedules bit down on us hard), a look book, my director’s statement for the press and even a letter to Sufjan Stevens.
Thanks for going on the long road with us. Looking forward to talking about giant monkeys and creepy aliens soon.
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ifilm656 asked:
You started out in the screenwriting scene with comedy scripts like "Your Bridesmaid Is a Bitch", but then went more into horror, sci-fi and even westerns. Did you ever have pushback from reps and the like wanting you to stick closer to certain genres? If so, how did you fight against that? I really enjoyed Spontaneous, by the way!
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I honestly didn’t get any pushback. I wrote a lot more in my younger days too so I think there was enough material any given year that if I wanted to take a crack at something different there was no real problem with that.