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Never mind splashy screenings for the likes of Baby Mama and Speed Racer. Tribeca '08 will largely be a forum for the Little Films That Can. And many won't. Some projects may have the money for a reasonably slick marketing push; some won't have enough coin to fly the director's family out for the premiere. Regardless of the camp into which they fall, we thought it only fair to allow the people in charge of these films, the directors, to appeal to our readers themselves.
We posed the same five questions to every filmmaker accepted into the festival and offered them the chance to reply. Below are the responses we've received, virtually unedited. (We've made a few snips for clarity; that's it.)
Paul Andrew Williams, director of The Cottage
1 Why should someone watch your movie, in 100 words or less? (Don't just paste in your marketing blurb. Persuade our readers.)
To all the black-colored-clothes-wearing, living-in-their-parents-property, Internet-porn-addicted, single men (a.k.a. male horror fans) and the ostracized, lip-pierced, dating-a-prison-inmate, combat-boot-wearing hot women (a.k.a. female horror fans—also subject of lustful thoughts from male horror fans), celebrate your fantastic love for blood and murder by watching The Cottage. Maybe have a British laugh in there too!
2 Without spoiling your plot, describe a scene in your film that audiences will love.
If you like the film, the farmhouse scenes; if you hate the film, the credits.
3 If your protagonist were an animal, what would he/she be and why?
A unicorn. Because they're not real either.
4 What will surprise me about this movie?
That it was made by adults.
5 How would describe your filmmaking style or philosophy? How is that reflected in this project?
Do the job, start going out with the nurse, find the guy who deals amphetamines out of the crew, order everyone around and most of all pretend to know what you're doing. I always carry a folder—it fools everyone.
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