Four-Eyed Monsters Do It Outside the System
2006-Apr-7 by Laughcalvin
Remember these guys from this old HIT post? Their film "Four-Eyed Mosters" was shunned until they took matters into their own hands.This is the way to do it folks! This is what everyone is talking about.
The Four Eyed Monsters (FEM) story is almost classical: a couple of young artists, Susan Brice and Arin Crumley, get eaten up by the system. So they start fresh, relying on themselves, on grassroots, to reach out and find their audience. They succeed, but more importantly they did it with style.
In late 2005, a New York Times article on the Four Eyed Monsters film had this to say: “The movie was well received at its Slamdance Film Festival premiere in January and screened at 16 other festivals. But like so many independent labors of love, it has yet to attract a theatrical distributor.” It was incredibly depressing message to aspiring filmmakers. There had to be another way.
Go here to their site and to the best-named blog I have run across, Ticklebooth, for an excellent interview by Ajit.



