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Donald Frick

Donald Frick
Jeremy CulhaneDebut: #3 4 Emerging A24 Directors Over 241 appearance
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"director of "To the Kids that Live in the Trash""

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20:14 (56s)
CHARACTER_INTRO

The A24 Emerging Directors Roll Call

The panel of directors introduces their pretentious A24 projects, including a film about a deep-voiced child and a musical based on a Walt Whitman poem that is actually just 'That's Amore'.

"My name is Timmy Wypall and I am the director of a movie called Husky"

"I have a movie, Crazy Rich Italians: The Musical"

#A24#Indie Film#Film School
22:30 (1m 2s)
BACKSTORY_REVEAL

The Walt Whitman Pizza Pie Connection

Russell explains that her musical is based on a Walt Whitman poem that coincidentally contains the lyrics to 'That's Amore', leading to a discussion on A24's love for 'simple stories'.

"It talks about when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie"

"That's in the poem? That's Amore"

#Screenwriting#Plagiarism#Poetry
24:38 (42s)
CALLBACK

A24's Lethal Third Act Suggestions

Timmy reveals that A24 took his lighthearted comedy about a deep-voiced kid and suggested the protagonist die in a fire in the third act, a choice he calls 'brave'.

"What if in the third act we had him, you know, die in a fire?"

"It was a brave choice and I loved it"

#Studio Notes#Dark Comedy#A24
40:15 (40s)
CHARACTER_INTRO

The Emerging A24 Directors Roll Call

The panel of directors introduce themselves and their pretentious A24-funded projects, ranging from a gritty trash-pile drama to an Italian musical based on Walt Whitman.

"My name is Timmy Wypal, and I am the director of a movie that I made about growing up in the Midwest, but having a deeper voice than all the other kids. It's called Husky."

"I'm Russell Mockintall. I have a movie, Crazy Rich Italians: The Musical."

#Film Festival#Indie Cinema#A24
42:13 (1m 29s)
BACKSTORY_REVEAL

Walt Whitman's 'That's Amore'

Russell Mockentall explains that his musical is based on a Walt Whitman poem that apparently contains the lyrics to 'That's Amore,' written with his screenwriter Ryan Sheckler.

"A couple stanzas in, it talks about when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie."

"No relation to the skateboarder."

#Screenwriting#Musical Theater#Literary Adaptation
2:40 (20s)
BACKSTORY_REVEAL

The Lower Third as a Character

Fran Ford discusses the profound impact of learning the term 'lower third' at USC and how she uses tongue-in-cheek captioning as a sentient character in her films.

#Post-Production#Film School#USC#Editing

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