Coming off a holiday weekend, maybe you were in too much of a hungover haze to do some deep reading on the film industry. Not to worry, because we’ve compiled some of the week’s most interesting reads for you to peruse at your alcoholic convenience.
Good Reads for the week of September 1, 2014
How NOT to Negotiate a Distribution Deal (via Peter Broderick for Film Independent)
Some pointers on how to not screw yourself while selling your film.
Directors Like ‘Whiplash’s’ Damien Chazelle Drum Up Attention With Short Films (via Peter Debruge for Variety)
How short films can act as a launching pad for a feature-filmmaking career.
A Love Story: His and Hers and Theirs (via Larry Rohter for The New York Times)
How a first-time director is coming out of the gate with a three-part film starring Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy.
FilmDrunk Has Arrived At TIFF! 10 Films We’d Like To See (If They’ll Let Us) (via Vince Mancini for FilmDrunk)
Skip to the bottom section, where Mancini explains what it’s like to cover a prestigious film festival for a “less-than-prestigious” website. Unless you count dick jokes as prestige, which I often do.
The Movie Press’ Oscar Obsession Is Ruining Fall Film Festivals for Everyone (via Jason Bailey for Flavorwire)
Which campaign will kick off first, Clinton 2016 or Boyhood 2015?
The long cons of Rian Johnson (via Nathan Rabin for The Dissolve)
A look back at Johnson’s breakout film Brick and his under-appreciated follow-up The Brothers Bloom.
In case you were ignoring us (aka blatant self-promotion)
SAGindie’s September Movie Picks (via SAGindie)
It’s right there in the title.
RSVP for our Low Budget Contract Workshop on September 11 in NY and LA (via SAGindie)
Come get educated.
How ’bout you? Read anything good this week?
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