That internet movie legend is false: filmmaker Noah Baumbach’s debut feature, “Kicking And Screaming,” was never almost accepted to the Cannes Film Festival and then rejected because the director refused to cut fifteen minutes from the film as requested.
“Maybe we should print that [though] because it sounds good,” Baumbach joked. While the filmmaker says his recollection of making the movie is somewhat fuzzy, there’s other difficult elements of the disenfranchised post-college picture that’s burned into his memory. “If you asked me if certain scenes were in the movie, [I might not] remember. But if you ask me the machinations of its release in festivals, I can tell you exactly what happened. The anger and bitterness that fueled whatever part of the brain remembers those things,” he laughed.
Released in 1995, the witty indie comedy about a group of college friends paralyzed by postgraduate ennui, is celebrating its 17th anniversary this year.
“Maybe we should print that [though] because it sounds good,” Baumbach joked. While the filmmaker says his recollection of making the movie is somewhat fuzzy, there’s other difficult elements of the disenfranchised post-college picture that’s burned into his memory. “If you asked me if certain scenes were in the movie, [I might not] remember. But if you ask me the machinations of its release in festivals, I can tell you exactly what happened. The anger and bitterness that fueled whatever part of the brain remembers those things,” he laughed.
Released in 1995, the witty indie comedy about a group of college friends paralyzed by postgraduate ennui, is celebrating its 17th anniversary this year.
- 6/29/2012
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
The fourth annual BAMcinemaFest kicks-off tomorrow and runs June 20 - July 1. This exciting festival showcases emerging voices in American independent cinema with NY and North American premieres of films from Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, SXSW, Berlin, and beyond. The fest from BAMCinematek in Brooklyn starts things off with its opening night screening of "Sleepwalk With Me" by director Mike Birbiglia. Starring Birbiglia himself and Lauren Ambrose, the film was co-written by "This American Life" host Ira Glass and centers on a burgeoning stand-up comedian who struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore (read our SXSW review here).
Later in the week, they've got the highly celebrated "Beasts of the Southern Wild" indie by wunderkind Benh Zeitlin, director Ry Russo-Young's "Nobody Walks," “For Ellen” starring Paul Dano, “Liberal Arts” featuring Elizabeth Olsen, and a repertory...
Later in the week, they've got the highly celebrated "Beasts of the Southern Wild" indie by wunderkind Benh Zeitlin, director Ry Russo-Young's "Nobody Walks," “For Ellen” starring Paul Dano, “Liberal Arts” featuring Elizabeth Olsen, and a repertory...
- 6/19/2012
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
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