Your Independent Movie Guide
Interviews
By | February 2001
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So you made The Chase which gets some attention... ^ The Chase was made for a very small amount of money as an independent film, but it was released by...
You had a long term relationship with a woman named Valerie Breiman whose film called Love and Sex, stars John Favreau and Famke Jensen in a really quirky...
The year 2000 closed out for Boston-based actor/director D.R. Farquharson in a place he least expected: the hospital emergency room. It seemed that a few...
Where did the idea of Standing by Yourself originate? And how did Adam and Josh feel about having you tail them all the time with a camera? ^ Well,...
How did the Slamdance audiences react to Standing by Yourself? And what did you get out of attending Slamdance? ^ It seemed to go really well with...
[ How did you two meet and what are your respective backgrounds? ] ^ [ James Portolese: ] We met in April of 1998 when I was directing my first feature...
Did you see The Phantom Menace, and what did you think of it? ^ Yes, it was the first chapter of a book, and as such it was an introduction to the larger...
So, what's the thing you're working on right now, what are you editing? ^ It's called "Takeaway." I was living in Berlin for six months on an artists in...
Did you do anything different to make it a horror movie, anything more effecty, more producing? ^ Um, it was interesting cause the entire thing was...
Has there been a big change in you over this time. I notice the consistency in your mode is the big theme, but in this new one you've got more of a...
