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Producer Eden Wurmfeld was handed an unenviable task: grab the producer reins of a small, $1 million movie being made in New York with two unknowns in the lead... and make it good. And Wurmfeld delivered. Here she talks to Chris Neumer about the difference between shooting in New York and LA, what having no money means and how making indie films can influence your friendships.
CHRIS NEUMER: There’s a lot of interesting stuff out there, it’s just exciting and vibrant, and bold. It seems pretty synonymous with the way you go about things. It’s a different color scheme, and a different style of shooting, and …
Mark Bowden is one of the foremost journalists in the United States today. Having written the stories behind
Money for Nothing,
Killing Pablo and
Black Hawk Down, Bowden sat down with Chris Neumer to talk about the truth, creating narratives where there aren't any and how money plays a part in writing.
Chris Neumer sat down to watch director Steven Spielberg's iconic film,
Raiders of the Lost Ark and took notes. Get inside what made Marion Ravenswood drinking contest win so damn impressive, why the film doesn't have a bad guy, one of the best stunts of all time and just how strange of a dude Rene Belloq is in this running commentary.
The artistry of author Michael Crichton’s fiction was the level of almost insane detail he included in it. It wasn’t just that he would come up with interesting plot lines, but he’d then research them down to the finest detail …
Todd Solondz is one of the film world's most off-beat writer/directors. He is the only filmmaker Chris Neumer has ever spoken with who professes an utter disdain for his line of work. "Some people love the process of making a film," Solondz states in his near trademarked, high-pitched voice, "I just don’t happen to be one of them." Neumer investigates.