http://blog.spout.com/2008/02/15/filmcouch-57/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:18:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://blog.spout.com/2008/02/15/filmcouch-57/#comment-78740 Karina Longworth Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:42:46 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/02/15/filmcouch-57/#comment-78740 Two things: 1) Watching "Build a Ship Sail to Sadness" wasn't a lonely experience because I don't have a boyfriend, it was a lonely experience because there was *no one else in the theater*, and because no matter how much I champion it, its distribution prospects are nil. I tried to make that clear in the interview, but it still seems like it's being framed as "poor sad lonely Karina only likes this movie because it speaks to her loneliness," and I don't think that's true. I think I would love it no matter what. 2) I didn't go to Milos Forman thing. I stayed home and worked. Two things:
1) Watching “Build a Ship Sail to Sadness” wasn’t a lonely experience because I don’t have a boyfriend, it was a lonely experience because there was *no one else in the theater*, and because no matter how much I champion it, its distribution prospects are nil. I tried to make that clear in the interview, but it still seems like it’s being framed as “poor sad lonely Karina only likes this movie because it speaks to her loneliness,” and I don’t think that’s true. I think I would love it no matter what.
2) I didn’t go to Milos Forman thing. I stayed home and worked.

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