Stars vs. Zombies
The soul-sucking reality of indie movie distribution, and the sweet triumph when it works.
By Jessica Zafra
You love the movies so you become a screenwriter. You write scripts for Star Cinema, the number one movie studio in the country. It’s an arduous process, like giving birth to a baby that is raised by total strangers so that when you see him again you barely recognize him. But you keep at it and you end up writing some of the biggest box-office hits of Star Cinema.
Then you get together with other writers and start making your own movies outside the studio system. You scrape together the funds from grants and generous friends. You make the sort of movies you want to watch. One becomes a small hit, one not, but these babies are truly yours. You learn that finding the money to make your movies is a trip to purgatory, but putting them in theatres and getting people to watch them is a tour of the Nine Circles of Hell.
This is the life of the Indie Filmmaker.
Read Stars vs Zombies in interaksyon.com. A hair-raising, totally true story.
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“Ayus, a. Beinte-uno ka na sa pecha abeinte-uno.” (sabi kay Remington ng kainuman niya sa isang eksena sa Z1:PSSSR)
Tomorrow, 21 September, Zombadings 1: Patayin Sa Shokot Si Remington goes into its 4th week in theatres!
On its 4th week in theatres, Zombadings is showing at 21 theatres:
1. SM Manila
2. SM Centerpoint
3. SM North EDSA
4. SM Fairview
5. SM Megamall
6. SM Mall of Asia
7. SM Southmall
8. SM Novaliches*
9. Gateway
10. Robinsons Galleria
11. Glorietta
12. Trinoma
13. Festival Mall
14. Lianas Alabang
15. Lianas Pasig
16. Gotesco Grand Central
17. Gotesco Ortigas
18. Lyric Vigan*
19. JTC Vigan*
20. Sunstar Theater Sta. Cruz, Laguna*
21. Silverscreen Ozamis*
*opens tomorrow
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
September 21st, 2011 at 00:15
It’s going to screen in my little hometown? It has become civilized? That’s great! Or… siguro marami talaga doon na natatakot sa multicolored ray gun at kailangan na silang hikayatin lumabas at magparamdam.
I’ve been posting your articles about Zombadings on my FB. Hmmmmnnnnnn…Maybe some of them will watch it.
September 21st, 2011 at 00:41
Ang husayyyyy talaga!!! Parang Pretty Woman lang nung 90s, inabot ng buwan sa takilya!
Congratulations sa lahat ng bumubuo ng Zombadings. Naka-waiting list na po ako sa original na DVD hehe :D
September 21st, 2011 at 23:15
Waaaaaahhhhh!!! Na-laugh-sung ako ng bonggang-bongga ditey!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqINpY2oJg4
September 22nd, 2011 at 11:34
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but meron bang legit DVDs of Maximo Olivares and other indies available? I lucked out on Tulad ng Dati at Powerbooks before but never saw it again. How I wish that I could open a company like Criterion and release DVDs of these indies (with director’s commentary and special features), para pwede ko panuorin kahit kailan.