Apr 1, 2017
Movie Meltdown - Episode 389
This week we are joined by
director Rob Spera. He's not only been directing
film and television for the past thirty years, but he's also
currently teaching filmmaking at The American Film
Institute. We talk about his early days working with Roger
Corman and shooting low-budget horror and thriller movies. And then
we'll find out just how that led him to direct the genre favorite
Leprechaun in the Hood. And we'll cover how he moved into
directing high-profile network shows like Supernatural,
Army Wives and Criminal Minds. And how all that
led him to his latest film, The Sweet Life starring Chris
Messina and Abigail Spencer.
And while we figure out the best way
to capturing your audience, we also cover... Corman's technique,
acting in New York, the Supernatural cast, how to teach filmmaking
in an ever-changing medium, Bus Stop, Warwick Davis, shifting the
axis, Al Pacino, driving two characters to their death, they point
to the symptom, teaching, becomes your editor, this is something I
want to put out... this is something I believe in, great good
will... in the first fifteen to twenty minutes, putting your stamp
on it within their box,expectations in movies, working in someone
else's' sandbox, the reward for success there was less money, less
time, Jared Rappaport, anytime they would give me the toys,
character-driven, it got close to getting made a few times, the
audience will find the drama, TV vs. film, over-intellectualizing a
script, shy and withdrawn, Ice-T, Monica Lewinsky, these
sixty-three pages... are gone, Long Island, rewriting, and then
it's your job to know what the disease is, Francis Ford Coppola and
this other disembodied thing that's driving the story.
"You don't have the money to
make the movie you want, but you can kind of feast on a particular
facet, and then make sure you learn as much as you can about it.
And take that into future projects."
The Sweet Life will be
released on iTunes and OnDemand on April 11th!
Check out the Facebook page for more info and the trailer:
https://www.facebook.com/sweetlifemovie/
And here is the link for the iTunes pre-order: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-sweet-life/id1215915496