What are the 4Q’s?

• Name your favorite film 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

Russell Brown’s feature film Search Engines won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Film at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2016.  He came in for a Discover Indie Film podcast interview and I made sure to get him to answer the Four Questions before he left.

Here are Russell’s answers:

• Favorites: Harold & Maude, Music Room, My Dinner With Andre
• Underrated: Capernaum
• Overrated: (everything nowadays)
• Seek Out: The Hours And Times

Here are Sean’s answers:

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Search Engines, from writer/director Russell Brown, won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Film at the 2016 Sherman Oaks Film Festival.  Russell is a filmmaker who appreciates and makes the most of the film festival circuit.  Every now and then, he even sends a programmer like me an email that updates me about his newer projects.

With out last email exchange I realized it was long past due for Russell to be on the Discover Indie Film podcast.  He didn’t disappoint.  In fact, I can honestly say that I learned a lot listening to Russell share his film festival experiences and his experiences distributing independent films.

You should absolutely watch Search Engines.  It’s available on Amazon Prime Video and iTunes.

As far as I can recall, there’s not too many spoilers for Search Engines in the interview, so I’m not going to urge you like crazy to watch it before listening.  But watch it!  It’s a great example of an indie feature that came together in just the right way.

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What are the 4Q’s?

• Name your favorite film 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

This episode we get to hear those four questions answered by Charlotte Barrett & Sean Fallon, the team that made the fantastic short film A Bad Feeling.  These two met at day one of the NYU film program, so no wonder their 4Q’s answers display some deep knowledge of the classics.

Here are Charlotte’s answers:

• Favorites: Philadelphia Story, Shop Around The Corner, City Lights
• Underrated: Defending Your Life
• Overrated: Giant
• Seek Out: Rebels of Red Gap

Here are Sean’s answers:

• Favorites: Singing In The Rain, City Lights, Star Wars (1977/despecialized)
• Underrated: Ricky And The Flash
• Overrated: An Affair To Remember (1957)
• Seek Out: Lovers On The Bridge

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Filmmaker Benjamin Caro’s short film Cathedrals took the Sherman Oaks Film Festival by storm in 2018.  The Filmmakers Jury gave it three awards, including Outstanding Short Film, Outstanding Directing, and Outstanding Acting – Individual.

Ben came in for a Discover Indie Film interview so of course we added on a Four Questions.

What are the 4Q’s?

• Name your favorite film 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

Here are Ben’s answers:

• Favorites: Adaptation, Close-Up (Iran. Dir. Abbas Kiarostami)
• Underrated: Annihiliation
• Overrated: Mother (Dir. Aronofsky)
• Seek Out: Mother (Dir. Bong Joon-ho)

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