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Rebuilding

by Danny Fisher on December 24, 2009

There is something exciting about the process of rebuilding. I have thought of shooting a documentary or reality show of me and my brother Jack, our colleagues including Joel Dovev, Phil Michas and my son Aaron as we gather in my brownstone garden floor pitching ideas to each other. When we get news of some developments we all become excited and motivated – like little children. It’s just a few of us, and we have no departments, no hierarchy, no committees.

In the past few weeks I have been reassembling a distribution operation, and have already been entering into deals for distribution with Amazon, iTunes, Sony Play Station, X Box, and international sales. While I am also discussing arrangements for theatrical distribution and other traditional distribution platforms, I am focusing my efforts on digital distribution. Why? Because my business model is: “it’s the internet, stupid.” Each day I am approached with exciting film projects for production and there are some in which I am beginning to become involved.

I am very saddened by the recent death of Rose Kaufman, wife of director Phil Kaufman, who I have always considered the most underrated American director and one of its very best.  Phil Kaufman plans to direct a movie I wrote together with my brother Jack and Oren Moverman called “Interrupted.”  It is the story of the last few years in the life of my mentor, director Nicholas Ray. I worked with Nick Ray on his last unfinished movie, “We Can’t Go Home Again,” a highly experimental film he made while teaching at Binghamton University, where I met him. I always considered “We Can’t Go Home Again” an unacknowledged masterpiece, and for so many years the movie was generally dismissed. I was thrilled to learn last week that the Venice Film Festival is investing $500,000 to restore and complete the movie for showing in Venice in 2011. The Venice Film Festival speaks of the movie as a masterpiece, and so I feel a sense of personal vindication – I was not crazy all these years after all. What a nice feeling. I also appear in the film – the very first dialogue, in fact. I contributed to the shooting and editing, and the experience of working with Nick was an unforgettable experience.

NICK RAY EYEPATCH

Nicholas Ray

I learned yesterday that at least two television networks are seriously interested in a television series I am developing with John Waters and created by Lauren Merrill. John Waters is a class act – I worked with John Waters on his most recent movie, “A Dirty Shame,” which I executive produced – and produced by my wonderful colleagues Ted Hope and Christine Vachon.

Oh, and I finally got an iPhone, installed iTunes and listening to BB King, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan and Brahms Piano Concerto #2.

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1 trules March 22, 2010 at 11:22 pm

i’m enjoying reading thru your blog, danny,
lots of things resonate with me. brave and honest, literary & personal.
take a look at mine if you’re so inclined.
nice to find you again out there in the universe…….
ET

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