Baghead

Baghead: An interview with directors Mark and Jay Duplass:

Mark and Jay spent almost 2 years on the festival circuit promoting The Puffy Chair. During this time, they were confronted over and over again with one consistent element… desperate actors. Those poor, slightly pathetic characters always waiting outside in the cold to get into a party that doesn’t want them. The ones who approach you as if you’ve been best friends for years, and hand you a bulky DVD with their “reel” and poorly designed business card. At first, Jay and Mark were (like everyone) disgusted and turned off by these actors. But, over the course of
time, the Duplass Brothers had a change of heart and fell in love with the desperate actor (after all, the desperate filmmaker is a not-so-distant cousin of the desperate actor). Although highly tragic, these people showed enormous persistence. Almost like the classic hero structure… they prepare for a battle, knowing they are going to lose, but they
go in anyway. Mark and Jay eventually found the humor and heart there that would form the backbone of the characters in BAGHEAD. Four desperate actors head off into the woods to write the next great American screenplay, without a clue as to how to get it done. The perfect human vehicles for their unique blend of tragicomedy.

Mark and Jay joined us at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival to chat about the film, avoiding the studio system and making films family-style.

CHECK OUT THE INTERVIEW HERE

Don"t miss our review of the film HERE 

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Baghead opens Friday July 25th. 

Posted on 07/26/08 by: FCFeatures 12:51 PM