Monday, November 4, 2013
Rogue Cinema inteviews director, producer, actress Cindy Baer
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After their glowing
review of ODD BRODSKY last month Rogue Cinema invited me to do this interview! So
grateful to supporters like them who help us spread the word. Rock on!
Cindy Baer is Jill Tanner in "Butterflies Are Free" at the Matrix Theater in Hollywood. 1999
WINNER OF 23 FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
2-TIME PRISM AWARD NOMINEE **ONE OF THE
YEAR’S BEST FILMS**
-ENTERTAINMENT INSIDERS,
CBS RADIO,
FILMTHREAT,
eFILMCRITIC,
FILM FREAK CENTRAL
THE-REEL-CRITIC.COM
ROGUE CINEMA
"Put the name Cindy Baer on the V.I.P. list of promising new filmmakers."
FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"Amazing! Brilliant! A cinematic gem that demands to be seen."
Todd David Schwartz, CBS RADIO
"An exceptional work"
GRAND RAPIDS PRESS
"Original and unforgettable"
-ENTERTAINMENT INSIDERS
"A remarkable piece of filmmaking."
CREATIVE SCREENWRITING MAGAZINE
A provocative, creative film that explores sensitive subject matter skillfully"
THE CINEMATIC VERSES
"Fascinating to absorband compelling to contemplate"
-EFILMCRITIC
"Rarely have emotions rung as true as they do in this film."
-THE NUMBERS
"One of the best films about troubled teens that I have ever seen."
-Terry Keefe, Editor-at-Large, VENICE MAGAZINE"
"A charming, touching, clever and all-around brilliantly crafted film."
-FILM THREAT
"Powerful...Brilliant.It blew me away!"-Alvin Sargent, 2-time Academy Award Winning Screenwriter"Phenomenal, Spectacular! This film has to be seen!"
-Laura Ziskin, producer (SPIDERMAN, PRETTY WOMAN)
"Brilliant!...I have a relatively short list of independent films I can actually say that about. Cindy Baer’s light is shining as brightly as a beacon in the fog."
-Rogue Cinema
"Terrific! I laughed more during this short, than I have at most American comedies I have seen"
-CINEPHILIA.COM
FOUR STARS! "Actor/Director Cindy Baer does a great job of holding everything together on both sides of the camera to turn a slightly twisted idea into a very funny film with a great ending."
-Pulpmovies Reviews
FOUR AND A HALF STARS! "knee slapping...
funny, funny!"
-Film Threat
"A GREAT movie! Funny, clever, quick"
-Chris Gore
HAIR by Milos Forman
WAITRESS reached #4 at the box office, and grossed over $20M theatrically! The talented D.P. is my husband, Matthew Irving.
About The Blogger
Cindy Baer is a director, producer, actress, activist and entrepreneur. She has directed and produced two acclaimed feature films and several shorts. Her most recent feature ODD BRODSKY is a quirky comedy about following your dreams. After criss-crossing the country screening at 30 film festivals and winning 20 awards, the movie is now available on platforms including iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Vudu, etc.. to watch instantly. The screenplay, which was co-written by Cindy and her cinematographer husband Matt, is also available on paperback and Kindle. Cindy directed a music video for the song "Hands Up" from the movie was well. Cindy's debut feature PURGATORY HOUSE, (written by and starring a 14-year-old girl she mentored in the Big Sisters program) won 11 film festival awards and 2 Prism Nominations, appeared on 5 critic's list for "Best film of the Year" and was distributed by Image Entertainment. Cindy is also co-founder of the California non-profit organization "Patron of the Arts". Their mission is to help filmmakers create new works and connect with audiences.
Matt and Cindy at Sundance 2007
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Photo by Matthew Irving
Cindy Baer is Jill Tanner in "Butterflies Are Free" at the Matrix Theater in Hollywood. 1999
Links
- Contact
- Cindy on IMDB
- Cindy on Twitter
- Vimeo Speaker Bio
- Cindy on Linkendin
- Cindy on Facebook
- Free Dream Pictures
- Patron of the Arts
- ODD BRODSKY Official Site
- CINDYBAER.COM
- Cindy on MySpace
- Mosaic Theatre Company
- SEYMOUR SALLY RUFUS on facebook
- MATTHEWIRVING.COM
- Fans of Matthew Irving (facebook)
- PURGATORY HOUSE Website
- PURGATORY HOUSE Myspace
- MORBID CURIOSITY Website
- MORBID CURIOSITY MySpace
- Audrey Brodsky's Blog
ODD BRODSKY's Fan Box
ODD BRODSKY on Facebook
"Best Screenplay" at the San Diego Film Festival
ACCOLADES FOR MY PAST FILMS
2-TIME PRISM AWARD NOMINEE
YEAR’S BEST FILMS**
-ENTERTAINMENT INSIDERS,
CBS RADIO,
FILMTHREAT,
eFILMCRITIC,
FILM FREAK CENTRAL
THE-REEL-CRITIC.COM
ROGUE CINEMA
"Put the name Cindy Baer on the V.I.P. list of promising new filmmakers."
FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"Amazing! Brilliant! A cinematic gem that demands to be seen."
Todd David Schwartz, CBS RADIO
"An exceptional work"
GRAND RAPIDS PRESS
"Original and unforgettable"
-ENTERTAINMENT INSIDERS
"A remarkable piece of filmmaking."
CREATIVE SCREENWRITING MAGAZINE
A provocative, creative film that explores sensitive subject matter skillfully"
THE CINEMATIC VERSES
"Fascinating to absorband compelling to contemplate"
-EFILMCRITIC
"Rarely have emotions rung as true as they do in this film."
-THE NUMBERS
"One of the best films about troubled teens that I have ever seen."
-Terry Keefe, Editor-at-Large, VENICE MAGAZINE"
"A charming, touching, clever and all-around brilliantly crafted film."
-FILM THREAT
"Powerful...Brilliant.It blew me away!"-Alvin Sargent, 2-time Academy Award Winning Screenwriter"Phenomenal, Spectacular! This film has to be seen!"
-Laura Ziskin, producer (SPIDERMAN, PRETTY WOMAN)
"Brilliant!...I have a relatively short list of independent films I can actually say that about. Cindy Baer’s light is shining as brightly as a beacon in the fog."
-Rogue Cinema
"Terrific! I laughed more during this short, than I have at most American comedies I have seen"
-CINEPHILIA.COM
FOUR STARS! "Actor/Director Cindy Baer does a great job of holding everything together on both sides of the camera to turn a slightly twisted idea into a very funny film with a great ending."
-Pulpmovies Reviews
FOUR AND A HALF STARS! "knee slapping...
funny, funny!"
-Film Threat
"A GREAT movie! Funny, clever, quick"
-Chris Gore
PURGATORY HOUSE hits the shelves of video stores across the country!
Blockbuster
Check out PURGATORY HOUSE
at Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, Netflix, or your local video store.
at Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, Netflix, or your local video store.
Cindy's Press
- The Salt Lake Tribune "Love at Sundance, Just Like In The Movies"
- Backstage West interviews Cindy Baer in the article "Short Film Genre Gives Actors Leg Up "
- Rogue Cinema interview
- The Patriot Ledger "Human nature on screen: For Cindy Baer, filmmaking is about the eternal question, ‘‘what if?’’
- Film Festival Today Magazine "The Future of Independent Distribution" by Cindy Baer
- Film Threat "Back to Purgatory" Interview
- Film Festival Today Magazine "Breaking onto the Festivlal Circuit" by Cindy Baer
- Palisadian Post: Pali Film Fest spends time in "Purgatory"
- The Patriot Ledger "Scenes from an Afterlife"
- Film Threat Interview "Cindy Baer Walks Through Purgatory"
Los Angeles Premiere
Festival Awards
For PURGATORY HOUSE
“Best Film”
“Best First Feature”
Silverlake Film Festival
“Best Actress” (Celeste Davis)
Silverlake Film Festival
“Platinum Award-Feature Films”
“Spirit of Independent Filmmaking”
“Best Director”
North Texas
“Best Screenplay”
San Diego Film Festival
“Best Production”
Blue November
“Best Actress”
North Texas
“Audience Award”
Dances With Films
“Audience Award”
Agen Independent Film Festival (
For MORBID CURIOSITY
"Audience Award"
Valley Film Festival
"Audience Choice Award"
Night Valley Film Festival
Film Screenings
Woodstock Film Festival
Mill Valley Film Festival
San Diego Film Festival
Silverlake Film Festival
Palm Beach Film Festival
Dances With Films (Laemmle)
Vermont Film Festival
Big Bear Lake Intl Film Festival
Waterfront Film Festival (Michigan)
Provincetown Intl Film Festival
Oxford Film Festival
WorldFest Houston
Queens International Film Festival
Pacific Palisades Film Festival
Agen American Festival (France)
Hearts and Minds Film Festival
Kids First Film and Video Festival
MassBay Film Festival
Screen Actors's Guild "Roll Film"
Night Gallery Film Festival (Alaska)
Valley Film Festival
North Texas Film Festival
FAIF (Mann's Chinese Theater)
Fanstastic Fest (Austin)
Blue November (Tulsa & Seattle)
Mill Valley Film Festival
San Diego Film Festival
Silverlake Film Festival
Palm Beach Film Festival
Dances With Films (Laemmle)
Vermont Film Festival
Big Bear Lake Intl Film Festival
Waterfront Film Festival (Michigan)
Provincetown Intl Film Festival
Oxford Film Festival
WorldFest Houston
Queens International Film Festival
Pacific Palisades Film Festival
Agen American Festival (France)
Hearts and Minds Film Festival
Kids First Film and Video Festival
MassBay Film Festival
Screen Actors's Guild "Roll Film"
Night Gallery Film Festival (Alaska)
Valley Film Festival
North Texas Film Festival
FAIF (Mann's Chinese Theater)
Fanstastic Fest (Austin)
Blue November (Tulsa & Seattle)
Gasparilla Film Festival (Tampa)
Santa Fe Film Festival
Liberty Film Festival
24FPS Festival
BareStage Theater
Santa Fe Film Festival
Liberty Film Festival
24FPS Festival
BareStage Theater
Plymouth Film Festival
Hollyshorts
DeReel Film Festival (Australia)
Calgary Underground Film Festival (Canada)
San Fransisco Indie Film Festival
Hollyshorts
DeReel Film Festival (Australia)
Calgary Underground Film Festival (Canada)
San Fransisco Indie Film Festival
Flyway Film Festival
17th Arpa Intl. Film Festival
--(Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood)
Broad Humor Film Festival
Pasadena International Film Festival
Fester Film Festival
BleedFest
La Femme International Film Fest
Silent River Film Festival
FilmShift (Boston)
Cape Ann Community Cinema
24th Annual Women's Festival (Vermont)
SAG Foundation
17th Arpa Intl. Film Festival
--(Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood)
Broad Humor Film Festival
Pasadena International Film Festival
Fester Film Festival
BleedFest
La Femme International Film Fest
Silent River Film Festival
FilmShift (Boston)
Cape Ann Community Cinema
24th Annual Women's Festival (Vermont)
SAG Foundation
PURGATORY HOUSE TRAILER
Johnny Pacar's Purgatory House Interview
"Claire's Prayer" Music Video (from Purgatory House)
Morbid curiosity Trailer
FILMMAKER RESOURCES
In the World Today
1979 Record Album Cover
HAIR by Milos Forman
Favorite Films
- Amelie'
- Something's Gotta Give
- They Joy Luck Club
- Tootsie
- Hair
- Harold and Maude
- The Graduate
- Paper Moon
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- The Last Picture Show
- Beaches
- The Breakfast Club
- Chicago
- The Goodbye Girl
- The Wedding Singer
- Back to the Future
- Rushmore
- A Thing Called Love
- Billy Elliot
- My Family
- Lilya 4-ever
- All I've Got
- In Memory of my Father
- Outrageous Fortune
- Kwik Stop
favorite Things
Matt, Dinner with Friends, Movies, Music, Photography, Golden hour, Journaling, Art, Cooking, Painting, Hiking, Yosemite, Rainy nights, Thunder storms, SpaghettiO's with meatballs, Chocolate oranges, Tennis, Great books, Cape Cod, Purring cats, Singing (Karaoke), Business plans, Being creative, Being free, Embracing life, Making a positive difference in the world.
People I'd like to have tea with (Living and Dead)
Grandma Lil
Grandma Dot
Albert Einstein
Lucille Ball
George Burns
Oprah Winfrey
Ghandi
Drew Barrymore
Donny Deutsch
Grandma Dot
Albert Einstein
Lucille Ball
George Burns
Oprah Winfrey
Ghandi
Drew Barrymore
Donny Deutsch
WAITRESS by Adrienne Shelly
WAITRESS reached #4 at the box office, and grossed over $20M theatrically! The talented D.P. is my husband, Matthew Irving.
BLOGS I'M READING/FUN STUFF
MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
- Office of the President Elect
- KIVA (micro-finance)
- ThingsThatMakeYouGoGreen
- ModestNeeds.org (help families in crisis pay bills)
- DonorsChoose.org (help teachers fund projects)
- GlobalGiving.org (help people in need)
- Network For Good
- Kids Wish Network (Grant wishes to sick children)
- Free Rice (increase your vocabulary to win rice for the poor!)
- HelpOthers.Org (read and post stories of kindess)
- SobrietyTV.tv (the name says it all)
- Random Acts of Kindness Organization
GENERAL RESOURCES
Favorite Restaurants
- Venus De Milo (Somerset, MA) for Baked, Stuffed Lobster!
- The Crustacean (Beverly Hills) for Roasted Crab and Noodles
- Delmonico's Lobster House (Encino, CA) for New England Clam Chowder
- Capriotti's Sandwiches (Las Vegas) for "The Bobbie"
- The Hilltop Steakhouse (Saugus, MA) for "Lobster Pie" and salad
- Chadaka Thai (Burbank, CA) for Thai Food
- Genghis Cohen (Hollywood, CA) for New York egg rolls
- India's Oven (Hollywood, CA) for Indian Food
- Crab Cakes (Yosemite, CA) for Dungeness Crab
- Market City Caffe (Burbank, CA) for "Market City Salad"
- Pitfire Pizza (North Hollywood, CA) for a "Mediterranean Salad"