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I’m just going to say it. There’s a lot of pretentiousness in the theater world. I’m sure lovers of theater look down on us common movie folk. Sure,...

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A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAY EIGHT OF "THE STAGG DO"

Between Day 7 and 8 of THE STAGG DO was a day off. Being filmmakers, we obviously all got drunk the night before the off day, then spent that day hung...

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A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAY SEVEN OF "THE STAGG DO"

There's a lot of things you can do wrong as a film production, and if you've been paying attention to our coverage of THE STAGG DO, you'll notice that...

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A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAY FIVE OF "THE STAGG DO"

On Day 5, it stopped raining. For the length of the production, the out-of-town chunk of the production (myself, Ben Moseley, AD Jennifer Hegarty,...

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A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAY SIX OF "THE STAGG DO"

It's easy to think of quitting as a singular action, a "fuck you" to whomever you feel has wronged you. After all, no one quits because they're slightly...

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A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAY FOUR OF "THE STAGG DO"

One good thing about a justified bit of yelling is that sometimes things get fixed. Gone are yesterday's flimsy garbage bags. Today we've got new,...

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A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAY THREE OF "THE STAGG DO"

For the first time in A Year Without Rent, I took zero pictures. Yes, zero. You'll see 2 pictures in this post. Someone else took them. But why? One word:...

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A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAY TWO OF "THE STAGG DO"

Few things in micro budget indie film are easier than being the gaffer when shooting a field far away from electricity. There's really no way you can...

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A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAY ONE OF "THE STAGG DO"

In the original planning for A Year Without Rent, I wasn't supposed to leave the country. It just wasn't in the budget. And sure, there were jokes about A...

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A YEAR WITHOUT RENT: DAWN MIKKELSON ON "SMOOCH"

It occurred to me recently that A Year Without Rent was missing an opportunity by not letting the filmmakers we profile speak for themselves. So, we're in...