nofilmschool » kylepatrickalvarez http://nofilmschool.com read, discuss, learn: free film school for all Sun, 19 May 2013 01:45:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Exclusive Interview: Writer/Director Kyle Patrick Alvarez on Sundance 2013 Film 'C.O.G.' http://nofilmschool.com/2013/01/interview-kyle-patrick-alvarez-cog/ http://nofilmschool.com/2013/01/interview-kyle-patrick-alvarez-cog/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:37:56 +0000 Christopher Boone http://nofilmschool.com/?p=40914 As the Sundance Film Festival continues in Park City, we continue our series of interviews with the writers of the Sundance 2013 U.S. Dramatic Competition films. Today, we present our interview with Kyle Patrick Alvarez, writer/director of C.O.G., based on a short story by author and storyteller David Sedaris. C.O.G. (which stands for “Child of [...]

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]]> As the Sundance Film Festival continues in Park City, we continue our series of interviews with the writers of the Sundance 2013 U.S. Dramatic Competition films. Today, we present our interview with Kyle Patrick Alvarez, writer/director of C.O.G., based on a short story by author and storyteller David Sedaris. C.O.G. (which stands for “Child of God”) marks the first adaptation of a Sedaris story to film – or more importantly, the first time Sedaris has given a filmmaker permission to adapt one of his stories to film. During our interview, Alvarez describes adapting a story from one of the most distinctive storytellers of our time, how his experiences with his first feature film shaped his approach to this project, and what Sundance means to him now after getting rejected with his first feature film. (more…)

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