With the 2010 Sundance Film Festival only a few days away, folks are scurrying to figure out their schedules and book interviews and buy snow boots. It's so insane and so hectic, I heard 10 seconds with Kristen Stewart was going for five grand on eBay (but that's just a rumor). Amidst the swag booths and celebrity firepower, though, are the smaller films in competition -- most of which feature actors, actresses, writers and directors you've probably never heard of before. One of those writer-directors on the verge of breaking out is a guy named Drake Doremus, whose film Douchebag is screening in U.S. Dramatic Competition at this year's fest.
Doremus has been around the festival scene for awhile now; first with his short film The Shirt, and then with a feature called Spooner. But now he's finally upgraded to a prime spot at Sundance, and I see no reason why...
Doremus has been around the festival scene for awhile now; first with his short film The Shirt, and then with a feature called Spooner. But now he's finally upgraded to a prime spot at Sundance, and I see no reason why...
- 1/15/2010
- by Erik Davis
- Cinematical
Welcome to a new series here at Cinematical where we'll shine a spotlight on different films premiering at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in January.
A couple years ago I was fortunate to catch a short film called The Shirt by an up-and-coming director named Drake Doremus. At the time I remember my friend telling me that Doremus was destined to go on to bigger and better things, and one look at the somewhat dry, awkward-yet-endearing sense of humor in The Shirt was enough proof to suggest my friend was right. Cut to 2009 and Doremus' new feature film Douchebag was just accepted to screen in competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival -- this coming only one year since his last film, Spooner, premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival. Needless to say, Drake Doremus is a name you're about to become a lot more familiar with.
One thing I love about Drake...
A couple years ago I was fortunate to catch a short film called The Shirt by an up-and-coming director named Drake Doremus. At the time I remember my friend telling me that Doremus was destined to go on to bigger and better things, and one look at the somewhat dry, awkward-yet-endearing sense of humor in The Shirt was enough proof to suggest my friend was right. Cut to 2009 and Doremus' new feature film Douchebag was just accepted to screen in competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival -- this coming only one year since his last film, Spooner, premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival. Needless to say, Drake Doremus is a name you're about to become a lot more familiar with.
One thing I love about Drake...
- 12/14/2009
- by Erik Davis
- Cinematical
Not long ago I wrote about a movie premiering at the Slamdance Film Festival called Spooner, starring Matthew Lillard, and during said post I mentioned that Spooner director (and Cinematical friend) Drake Doremus had previously written and directed an awesome short film called The Shirt back in 2006. Unfortunately at the time The Shirt was not available to watch online, but earlier today Drake read the post and was cool enough to throw the short up on YouTube so that you fine Cinematical readers can enjoy its beautiful absurdity. What's it about? It's about this dude who's trying to find the kind of shirt that will change his life. We'll let you know how Spooner turned out a bit later in the week, so for now check out The Shirt below and the trailer for Spooner (find info on how to purchase Slamdance tix over here) after the jump.
Warning: This...
Warning: This...
- 1/18/2009
- by Erik Davis
- Cinematical
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