I too am looking forward to it. Gareth's a Minch.

Saw it at the LA Film Festival a couple months ago. Nothing's made me as excited for the future of what indie movies can be than that film.

Talked to Gareth for a bit after a screening - one of the most interesting things he mentioned was  the insane schizophrenic relationship you develop with yourself when you're directing and doing all the effects on something, where you can't really externalize the forces cutting favorite shots and sequences, or demanding 20 hour days for months straight.

Benefits of working at that scale though, is that you're more or less guaranteed success and with minimal involvement. Some people were commenting that they couldn't wait to see him make a movie with a serious budget, but I think that's totally missing the point. Such a beautiful, intimate movie with those kinds of closing scenes would never exist with a 7+ figure budget.

Yeah, absolutely. It's a tremendous, face-melting, Herculean accomplishment. Since it's not properly released yet, guess I'm more inclined to talk about what it means rather than what it is. Cuz spoilers?

They're doing that with the Freakonomics movie, too.

From what I've heard, if you've read the book, skip it. Interesting nonetheless.