The first feature by Susan Seidelman (Desperately Seeking Susan, et al.) plays like a time capsule of downtown NYC in the moment after punk broke and people were still picking up the pieces. Feisty but talentless Wren (Susan Berman) uses what few social graces she has to ingratiate herself with various downtown types - an artist who lives in his ( Read more... )

It’s a rare and wonderful thing when you see a film by a first-time director, made by people with no money and no moviemaking experience-and yet the passion they feel for what they do makes those limitations meaningless....
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Among the books I picked up during a one-dollar spree at The Strand a while back is a nifty little volume entitled Off-Hollywood: The Making and Marketing of Independent Films. The emphasis is as much on the marketing as it is the making - that is, the process of finding money for the project, the logistics of creating it, the often knotty problems ( Read more... )

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