183. Curtis Matzke “The Orchestra”

Curtis hopped onto a Zoom chat for his DIF interview

Award winning filmmaker Curtis Matzke brought his film “The Orchestra” to the 2019 Sherman Oaks Film Festival, and took the Grand Jury Prize for Best Horror Short back with him to Chicago.  We had hoped many times for an in-person DIF interview during his next trip to L.A., but we think you know what happened.  The great news is that you can watch “The Orchestra” right now in Season 4 Episode 7 of the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video!

Curtis and I hopped onto Zoom to talk about his his career, what guided him into being a filmmaker, and what he has coming next.  Stay tuned because the film he made entirely by himself during lockdown is a killer!

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182. 4Qs with Natalie Peracchio & Ted Von Bevern

Natalie & Ted demonstrate how she directs her DP between setups

What are the 4Q’s?

  • Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3)
  • Name a film you think is underrated
  • Name a film you think is overrated
  • Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out

Writer/director Natalie Peracchio and cinematographer Ted Von Bevern collaborated on the film “Beast” that won a Grand Jury Prize at Dilm Invasion Los Angeles 2019.  You can watch this wonderful film right now in Season 4 Episode 5 of the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video!

If you want to learn more about these promising filmmakers, listen to their interview but ALSO check out their websites at natalieperacchio.com and tedvb.com.

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Here are Natalie’s 4Qs answers:

  • Favorites: Erin Brockovich
  • Underrated: Blinded by the Light
  • Overrated: All films made by men, especially Quentin Tarantino
  • Seek Out: Destroyer, Jennifer’s Body (both by Karyn Kusama)

Here are Ted’s 4Qs answers:

  • Favorites: Apocalypse Now
  • Underrated: Hustlers
  • Overrated: Quentin Tarantino
  • Seek Out: Le Samouraï (Jean-Pierre Melville)

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181. Natalie Peracchio & Ted Von Bevern “Beast”

Natalie and Ben right before recording their DIF interview

Writer/director Natalie Peracchio and cinematographer Ted Von Bevern collaborated on the film “Beast” that won a Grand Jury Prize at Dilm Invasion Los Angeles 2019.  You can watch this wonderful film right now in Season 4 Episode 5 of the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video!

If you want to learn more about these promising filmmakers, listen to their interview but ALSO check out their websites at natalieperacchio.com and tedvb.com.

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180. 4Qs with Scott Cassidy

Writer/Director Scott Cassidy takes my direction to “do the director looking up and thinking” thing

What are the 4Q’s?

  • Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3)
  • Name a film you think is underrated
  • Name a film you think is overrated
  • Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out

Scott Cassidy hopped onto Zoom to talk about the Film Invasion Los Angeles 2020 Official Selection  “Passenger Man” and while I had him online he answered the 4Qs above.  And on’t forget!  You can watch Scott’s wonderful film “Passenger Man” right now in Season 4 Episode 9 of the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video!

You can learn more about Scott and his work at the Scott Cassidy Film website.  And in the meantime listen to this filmmaker, who almost became a film studies PhD, list his favorite films and more!

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Here are Scott’s 4Qs answers:

  • Favorites: Vertigo, A Brighter Summer Day (1991, Hong Kong), All That Jazz, Rififi (Du rififi chez les hommes)
  • Underrated: Leviathan (Russia, 2014)
  • The Hate is Overrated: Breaking Bad (TV series)
  • Seek Out: Black Caesar (1973)

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179. Scott Cassidy “Passenger Man”

Scott Cassidy calls in for his DIF interview

Scott Cassidy sat down, in front of his computer’s webcam, to talk about his film “Passenger Man,” one of the wonderful films from Film Invasion Los Angeles 2020 that became a part of the Discover Indie Film TV Series.  You can watch this wonderful film right now in Season 4 Episode 9 of the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video!

Scott is an original, thoughtful writer and director who took one of the more interesting paths to becoming a filmmaker.  You can learn more about him by listening to this podcast and you should also check out his work at the Scott Cassidy Film website.

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