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Introducing: Kat Ogden
We are delighted to announce that Kat Ogden will be joining The Servant cast in the crucial co-lead role of Lori.
Kat has worked as an actor, producer, writer, AD, and more. She’s a vital part of the Northwest film community and an incredibly vibrant creative component of any project she joins.
We’re thrilled for you to see her work in The Servant.
Introducing: Conner Marx
We are delighted to announce that Conner Marx will be joining The Servant cast in the crucial role of the “heavy,” Steve.
Conner has worked with Nathan on three short films in the last two years. He’s also worked extensively in film, theatre, and television in the Northwest and beyond.
We’re thrilled to see him hit the screen in The Servant.
Introducing: Paul Budraitis
We are delighted to announce that Paul Budraitis will be joining The Servant cast in the crucial co-lead role of Ray.
Paul has directed award-winning theatre in Europe and the U.S. and has acted extensively in film and on the stage. He brings a tremendous range of talent to the role and our production.
We’re thrilled for you to see his work in The Servant.
We’re having a party…
You are cordially invited to a fundraiser benefiting the production of The Servant, Nathan Williams’s first feature film. The afternoon will include:
-An introduction to Nathan’s work through a short film screening
-A conversation with Emmy-nominated film critic Warren Etheredge
-An inside look at the inspiration and production of The Servant
-A fun round of movie trivia!
-A few surprises
Nictate: Soderbergh on cinema's worth
Excerpted from IndieWire’s coverage of Soderbergh’s “state of cinema” talk at the San Francisco International Film Festival 2013:
“[Soderbergh] admitted to having struggled with the thought of film, and art in general, being wasteful in a world where there is real suffering going on, asking…
“Teachers of Literature are apt to think up such problems as ‘What is the author’s purpose’ or still worse ‘What is the guy trying to say?’”
-Vladimir Nabokov
Making a low-budget indie feature means you spend more time with legal documents in your hands than you do with a script.
Maybe I’m naive and this is the case for any budget. If so, don’t tell me.
“I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.”
–Orson Welles
“I’m trying to reach towards a picture that’s totally emotional, not narrative or intellectual, where an audience walks out and they can’t say anything about it except what they feel.”
–Robert Altman
