Demetri Martin was in a reflective mood at Wednesday night’s Los Angeles premiere at the Arclight Hollywood of his comedy-drama “Dean” — and not just because he was a day away from his 44th birthday.
The screening took place 13 months after the film won the top U.S. feature award at Tribeca and was bought by CBS Films — and six years after he began work on the project, which he produced, directed, wrote and starred in. The shoot took 21 days on an $800,000 budget with another $150,000 in post-production and re-shoots.
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“I feel like I beat the odds, just getting domestic distribution at all,” he said. “The reality of doing a low-budget film hits you pretty hard once you start so by the time I got to Tribeca, all I wanted to do was just not be embarrassed.”
The genesis of “Dean” stems from Martin losing his own...
The screening took place 13 months after the film won the top U.S. feature award at Tribeca and was bought by CBS Films — and six years after he began work on the project, which he produced, directed, wrote and starred in. The shoot took 21 days on an $800,000 budget with another $150,000 in post-production and re-shoots.
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Film Review: ‘Dean’
“I feel like I beat the odds, just getting domestic distribution at all,” he said. “The reality of doing a low-budget film hits you pretty hard once you start so by the time I got to Tribeca, all I wanted to do was just not be embarrassed.”
The genesis of “Dean” stems from Martin losing his own...
- 5/25/2017
- by Dave McNary
- Variety - Film News
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