Filmmaker. Spring 08.

There's a new Filmmaker out and about and what's online are primarily interviews; Jason Guerrasio, for example, meets Christopher Zalla: "Since winning the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, the search for distribution has been a frustrating one that has included a change of the title to Sangre de Mi Sangre (Blood of My Blood) from its original Padre Nuestro (Our Father). And even though IFC will release the film in May, as of press time the company says it doesn't plan to make a formal announcement of the title change. This was partly the cause of Zalla's frustration when we met for breakfast in New York City last month to talk about the film and the ever-shrinking distribution path for indies (especially foreign-language ones)."

Lisa Y Garibay talks with Tom Kalin and screenwriter Howard A Rodman about Savage Grace, screening at Tribeca before opening in May.

With Mother of Tears slated for a June release, Travis Crawford introduces an interview with Dario Argento: "Asia Argento stars as a woman whom the fate of Rome rests on as a group of witches enters the city and causes massive carnage and related depravity. Suspiria screenwriter and actress Daria Nicolodi - Dario's ex-wife and Asia's mother - co-stars in perhaps the most violent film of the director's career and one that summons up the nightmare logic and disquieting decadence of his best work."

Peter Bowen talks with Errol Morris about Standard Operating Procedure.

Howard Feinstein tells the story behind The Visitor.

The international market's getting tighter for American independent films, reports Anthony Kaufman: "Whether it's the result of a worldwide economic dip, a slowdown in moviegoing, widespread piracy or the rise of homegrown product, US-based indie producers and sales agents can no longer count on sweet deals from European TV stations or automatic sales to countries, far and wide."

The gaming industry is finally opening up to indie developers, reports Heather Chaplin. And "with gaming poised to be the dominant form of entertainment of the 21st century, this is good news for all of us."

And Roberto Quezada-Dardon has the latest on the Red One, a high-resolution digital camera that more than a few filmmakers have fallen hard for. Steven Soderbergh, for example, is quoted as saying, "I feel I should call up film and say, 'I've met somebody.'"

Posted by dwhudson at April 21, 2008 12:24 PM