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Writer/Director Andrew Bujalski On Selling Out, 10-Year Retrospectives and 7th-Grade Influences

09.8.12 @ 2:17PM Tags : andrewbujalski, listen, mumblecore, nerdistwriterspanel, podcast, screenwriting, sellingout, watch

The Nerdist Writer’s Panel podcast, hosted and moderated by Ben Blacker, typically focuses on television writers. Since NFS focuses primarily on film, I haven’t featured this podcast here, but highly recommend it as a lot of fantastic narrative writing is happening in television today. In a recent Nerdist Writer’s Panel podcast, however, Blacker and his guest (and friend from seventh grade) writer/director Andrew Bujalski discuss how to make a living as an independent filmmaker today and over the past decade. During their wide-ranging conversation, Bujalski touches on the economic need to sell out, the tenth anniversary screening of his first feature film Funny Ha Ha, and the influential films of his youth. More »