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YEAST-Mary Bronstein, Greta Gerwig, Amy Judd, Ronald Bronstein
Highlights:
YEAST is a film about a maddeningly un-self-aware, tyrannical and emotionally stunted young woman trying to negotiate two toxic friendships. With a physical aggressiveness and emotional violence that is surprisingly, yet undeniably, feminine in nature, YEAST explores the grinding mechanics of friendships that have run their course. Relations between these young women aren't just a little bit ripe, they are Ebola-infested, maggot-filled and bursting at the seams. Conceived and made by an actor with no concept of the language of filmmaking, YEAST takes traditional dramatic structure and throws it out of the window to be swept away by the street cleaners.
Mary Bronstein and the cast discuss the film which explores how toxic friendships and hard to end. The director and her team talk about the freedom and pleasure they shared in developing their retched characters, taking the idea that we hurt the ones we love the most to a whole new level, and the undeniable pleasure in connecting with terrible characters.
Happenings:
Mary Bronstein (ne Mary Wall), co-starred in 2007's award winning and critically acclaimed film, Frownland. Yeast is her first stab at direction. Mary is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied acting, and also holds advanced degrees in psychology. In addition to acting in various projects, she runs a therapeutic play program for hospitalized children. She lives in Brooklyn and is currently looking for parts while planning her second, third and fourth turns at directing.
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Stay tuned for interviews with Harmony Korine (MISTER LONELY, JULIEN DONEY-BOY), Jim Sturgess (21, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE), Brendan Sexton III (THE MARCONI BROS., WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE), Kevin Corrigan (THE TOE TACTIC, RSO, THE DEPARTED), Mark Webber (EXPLICIT ILLS, DEAR WENDY), Lou Taylor Pucci (EXPLICIT ILLLS, THUMBSUCKER), Greta Gerwig (YEAST, NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS, HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS) and many, many more.
Also join us as we follows filmmaker Josh Weinstein at his first film festival with his first feature documentary, Flying On One Engine. We'll be with the young New Yorker as he navigates Austin, Texas, attempts to rally a posse around the film and, of course, take South by Southwest by storm. Will he survive the festival madness? Will he ...
Mary Bronstein (ne Mary Wall), co-starred in 2007's award winning and critically acclaimed film, Frownland. Yeast is her first stab at direction. Mary is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied acting, and also holds advanced degrees in psychology. In addition to acting in various projects, she runs a therapeutic play program for hospitalized children. She lives in Brooklyn and is currently looking for parts while planning her second, third and fourth turns at directing.
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Stay tuned for interviews with Harmony Korine (MISTER LONELY, JULIEN DONEY-BOY), Jim Sturgess (21, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE), Brendan Sexton III (THE MARCONI BROS., WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE), Kevin Corrigan (THE TOE TACTIC, RSO, THE DEPARTED), Mark Webber (EXPLICIT ILLS, DEAR WENDY), Lou Taylor Pucci (EXPLICIT ILLLS, THUMBSUCKER), Greta Gerwig (YEAST, NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS, HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS) and many, many more.
Also join us as we follows filmmaker Josh Weinstein at his first film festival with his first feature documentary, Flying On One Engine. We'll be with the young New Yorker as he navigates Austin, Texas, attempts to rally a posse around the film and, of course, take South by Southwest by storm. Will he survive the festival madness? Will he fill seats? Will he sell the film? FIND OUT HERE DAILY.
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