Comments on: Exclusive Interview: Writer/Director Stacie Passon on Her Sundance 2013 Film 'Concussion'

By: Poll: It’s Great Being a White Male Screenwriter | Guiding Star Cinema

Poll: It’s Great Being a White Male Screenwriter | Guiding Star Cinema — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:15:05 +0000

[...] Lorene Scafaria Tina Fey Katie Dippold Annie Mumolo Gina Prince-Bythewood Leslie Dixon Lucy Alibar Karen Croner Robin Swicord Mindy Kaling Lena Dunham Kourtney Kang Dana Fox Kelly Marcel Julia Hart Kirsten Smith Karen McCullah Dee Rees Elizabeth Meriwether Laeta Kalogridis Vanessa Taylor Nancy Meyers Lisa Cholodenko Sarah Haskins & Emily Halpern Michelle Morgan Melissa Stack Diablo Cody Jennifer Crittenden & Gabrielle Allan Liz W. Garcia Stacie Passon [...]

By: Distributors Pay Top Dollar at Sundance, Has Indie Film Recovered? Plus a Complete List of Acquisitions - NoFilmSchool

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 04:35:58 +0000

[...] who have films playing at the festival, including two that were recently acquired, Austenland and Concussion. There were quite a few distribution deals made at the festival, some for very large sums of money, [...]

By: Daniel Mimura

Daniel Mimura — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:35:42 +0000

I love these real life (thru the phone or internet) interviews instead of linking to other filmmakers’ blogs. Original content is king…

…but someone reposts someone else’s post about another damned camera and 80 people reply about RED/BMCC, colorspace, sensor size, and around and around we go.

By: Exclusive Interview: Writer Darci Picoult on Sundance 2013 Film ‘Mother of George’ - NoFilmSchool

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:46:02 +0000

[...] case you missed them, be sure to check out our previous Sundance screenwriter interviews with Concussion writer/director Stacie Passon and Austenland author and co-writer Shannon [...]

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:56:24 +0000

Maybe, but you could say that with a lot of movies because they have attractive women that can’t find a date because no one can see that’s she’s hot behind her glasses or whatever the case may be. Also maybe she doesn’t have the highest self-esteem which has enabled poor looking men to get hot women since the dawn of the first drink served at a bar. Plus maybe she pays so it won’t come back on her. I don’t know enough about the movie and you are right, in the real world, practical sense.

By: Z

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:45:09 +0000

With all respect to you, that’s the silliest comment I’ve read in a long time. I suspect it wasn’t your brain that made it, but another organ.

She’s not “paying for sex” because she’s unattractive. When you want intimacy without the context of a romantic relationship, the Classifieds and your wallet are there to reach for. That’s surely the point of this movie.

Elliot Spitzer didn’t “need to pay” either. Nor DSK.

Your comment was only one shade less silly than suggesting a woman that attractive doesn’t need to be a lesbian. That’s not what you said, so, uh, kudos, I guess.

I think you need to go refresh your ideas about sex, money, power, control etc.

All the best to you

By: Exclusive Interview: Author and Co-Writer Shannon Hale on Sundance 2013 Film ‘Austenland’ - NoFilmSchool

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:03:31 +0000

[...] Gentlemen Broncos) in her feature film directorial debut, and co-written by Hale and Hess. In our continuing series of exclusive interviews with the screenwriters of Sundance 2013 U.S. Dramatic Competition films, we hear from Shannon Hale [...]

By: Christopher Boone

Christopher Boone — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:25:57 +0000

Also, to clarify further, I don’t believe Stacie Passon was a Sundance Lab grad. She participated in the IFP Narrative Lab. In her response to my interview question, she mentions support from the Sundance Institute, but not what that support was specifically. Since this interview was conducted via email through the film’s PR rep, I wasn’t able to ask her directly.

By: David Blue Garcia

David Blue Garcia — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:21:36 +0000

The major flaw of this film seems to be that a lesbian as attractive as the one featured has to pay for sex. Makes no sense.

By: Christopher Boone

Christopher Boone — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:30:56 +0000

I have to agree with Koo, I don’t understand your comment either.

I certainly won’t begrudge anyone receiving help from Sundance, IFP or any other organization that helps them realize their vision as a completed film. The obstacles to get any film finished are immense, and I’m sure we would all welcome such support and good fortune in our own careers.

By: Z

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:09:57 +0000

What a talented lady! High-fives, Stacie! Excited to be checking out your movie next week.

By: Ryan Koo

Ryan Koo — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:09:46 +0000

Your experience with Sundance Labs grads has been the opposite… of what? Whether she did or didn’t receive notes from someone at Sundance… so what? Writer/directors generally receive notes from a lot of different sources. I just read your comment twice and I still don’t know what is you’re trying to say.

By: Ed David

Ed David — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:40:53 +0000

Fight the system!

By: DIYFilmSchool.net

DIYFilmSchool.net — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:35:09 +0000

Not to discredit her story, but there are a couple of things that are dubious in my experience dealing with Sundance Lab grads: 1) that she leaves out having received or not received notes from Sundance about “Concussion”. It seems Sundance likes to cultivate talent and house projects by people within the auspices of their organization, so I wonder what was going on behind the scenes. 2) The support by Sundance is predicated on the recognition films bring to the organization, as with any other business relationship, so I wonder if the subject matter fits their agenda.

I bring these points up because my observational experience with Sundance Labs grads has been nearly the opposite.