Four Eyed Monsters
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Initial DVD release August 4, 2009 Duration Language English | 6.4/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy Music director Andrew A. Peterson Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Arin Crumley, Susan Buice Release date January 23, 2005 (2005-01-23) (Slamdance Film Festival)December 1, 2006 (2006-12-01) (United States) Writer Susan Buice, Arin Crumley Cast Susan Buice (Susan), Arin Crumley (Arin), Brad Calcaterra (Studio Vermont founder), Lindsey Andersen (Couple on subway), Julia Ann Ames (Laundromat Fantasy Girl), Yuan-Kwan Chan (Model)Similar movies Jupiter Ascending , Pitch Perfect 2 , Captain America: The First Avenger , The Last Witch Hunter , The Avengers , Knock Knock Tagline Four glittering eyes, two pink mouths, and eight limbs wrapped around itself taking up two seats on the subway. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Four eyed monsters 71 minute feature film
Four Eyed Monsters, a film by Susan Buice and Arin Crumley premiered at the slamdance film festival in 2005. It roughly follows Buice and Crumley's real life relationship; the couple initially communicated only through artistic means inspired to continue their online digital non-verbal courtship in the analog world. The film is a very low budget digital video production but has gained attention for its use of various web-related strategies in distribution and in its ability to build an audience through the use of online resources, a growing trend among contemporary American indie filmmakers. In 2007 it became the first ever feature film to be released on YouTube.com. In 2010 the film was released on VODO where and placed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike license allowing audience members to redistribute or even alter as they wish. Since then a number of screenings have been utilized taking advantage of this open license.
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- Four eyed monsters 71 minute feature film
- Four eyed monsters trailer
- Plot
- Video podcast
- Awards
- References
The film was shot on MiniDV using the Panasonic AG-DVX100 mostly in Brooklyn and Manhattan, New York, with supplementary shooting in Framingham, Massachusetts and Johnson, Vermont. It was edited on Apple's Final Cut Pro editing software. It debuted on the festival circuit in January 2005 at the Slamdance Film Festival where it was well received. At first the filmmakers hoped to obtain a conventional deal for theatrical distribution on the basis of its success at Slamdance, but nothing was forthcoming. This is when they decided to release what eventually grew into a two season 13 episode online series about the journey of creating the film. This attention eventually grabbed the attention of IFC TV who went on to air the film, release in iTunes and sell DVDs through Borders bookstore. IFC then stopped selling the film and for a period of time it was only available in Canada through Films We Like and UK via DOG WOOF. IN 2009 the film was relaunched on YouTube and in 2010 released on VODO.
Four eyed monsters trailer
Plot
A shy videographer (Arin) and an uninspired artist working as a waitress (Susan) meet on the Internet and spark a relationship. Fed up with the usual dating game, the two decide to not communicate verbally, only through artistic means to see if they can make it work.
Video podcast
Out of their creation of the film, the Four Eyed Monsters podcast was born. It played on various places on the web, and episodes 9-13 debuted on IFC as a featured web series.
Awards
References
Four Eyed Monsters WikipediaFour Eyed Monsters IMDb Four Eyed Monsters themoviedb.org