Comments on: 5 Filmmakers Who Deserve an Economic Bailout

By: Amy Krodel

Amy Krodel — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:56:09 +0000

ANNOUNCEMENT-Shane Carruth is currently in pre-production on his next film. We, a team of producers, are working on raising money to finance the film. That will allow Shane to make the movie he wants to make without the changes a studio production would require.

If anyone is interested in investing, please contact me at amy@sprecruiting.com or call Amy Krodel at 972-690-4220.

By: Stephen Macauley

Stephen Macauley — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:59:28 +0000

I Actually Got To Meet Shane Curruth At The Waterfront Film Festival (waterfrontfilm.org) A Few Years Ago, And He Was A Super Nice Dude. I F***ing Love “Primer”. I’ve Been Waiting To See If He Would Do Another Film.. One Of The Interesting Things That He Said Was That He Just Wanted To Try Making A Film, To See If He Could Do It. Not “I Wanted To Make A Good Movie” Necessarily, But Just To See If He Could Make A Film At All. And Now To Think That This Guy Made One Of The Best Mind-F*** Movies To Date, It Would Be Interesting To See What Else He Could Put Into The World If He Set His Mind To It..

Cheers!!

By: Olivia

Olivia — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:18:20 +0000

There’s a whole scene of indie comic filmmakers that go unnoticed because comedies without big stars rarely get attention. Films like Never Say Macbeth come to mind. (www.neversaymacbeth.com)
And if I was going to give money to a filmmaker who can make a great time travel movie, I’d give it to Nacho Vigalondo (Timecrimes)

By: Cody

Cody — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:42:03 +0000

The notion that the director of the unforgivably awful “Doom Generation” should be given more money is one of the most asinine things I’ve ever read.

By: Water

Water — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:40:36 +0000

Just wanted to point out that Aronofsky made (imo) his most accomplished film “Requiem For A Dream” between “Pi” and “The Fountain” (even though it didn’t make all its money back either). Great list. Superb choices. Always glad to see Carruth recognized.

By: lambman

lambman — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:41:03 +0000

Love that you posted to clarify that The Fountain was only disappointing in the box office, it is an amazing film

This was a great article, as a fan of Greg Araki I am interested in looking up the films of the others mentioned.

By: Christopher Campbell

Christopher Campbell — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:10:06 +0000

Sorry, GrandOmega, when I say “disappointment” I mean in terms of box office. Not the quality of the film itself.

By: bart

bart — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:03:01 +0000

Shane Carruth is definitely deserving of some of the big Hollywood money. “Primer” is an incredible film, but one of the reasons it works so well is that it doesn’t dumb things down for the audience (hell, half the time it doesn’t even explain it very clearly), but uses the correct jargon for what is going on. I would love to see him working with a couple million but before Hollywood is going to do that, they’d make him change a lot of what made “Primer” such a special film. I’m sure Carruth could manage it if they did, but it would be nice if they gave him the same kind of respect they gave Christopher Nolan, who is certainly making more commercial fare than before, but I think has grown artistically since “Following” and “Memento.” I absolutely can’t wait to see what Carruth has in store for us next!

By: GrandOmega

GrandOmega — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:41:25 +0000

The Fountain a disappointment? I didn’t have to read any further.

By: Spoon

Spoon — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:07:15 +0000

Yes, if there’s someone in the world right now who needs to be given lots and lots of cash, it’s fucking Shane Carruth. Specially if that gets his movie made within the decade.