Unpacked: the Misadventures of an Indie Film Company

A Hill of Beans

Mat and Jason talk about the decision to go out and try to raise capital to take Packed House and Inverted to the next level, and also talk about Jason seeing a classic for the first time: Casablanca.

It's Alive?

Mat and Jason chat for a bit about AI in the indie movie landscape, and also talk about Guillermo Del Toro's Netflix update on a classic: Frankenstein.

Influ-enza

Mat Jason talk about casting (and financing) for an indie film in the age of content creators and influencers, and also wander down memory lane to talk about one of the most successful (best marketed) indie films of all time, The Blair Witch Project.

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Mat and Jason talk about how the best intentions don't always lead to the best result... and talk about trying to avoid the pitfalls of making a bad indie movie by way of the infamous A24 disaster, "Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III".

A Few Brass Tacks

Mat and Jason talk about finally making some portions of the dream a reality... namely building our own funding tool and selecting the first scripts to option. We also talk about one of the greatest indie film maestros of all time, John Carpenter, and, ironically, one of his big studio efforts, Big Trouble in Little China.