Amit Kumar’s ten year long journey culminates in a midnight screening at the 66th Cannes Film Festival. Amit first pitched Monsoon Shootout to the UK Film Council in 2003 but waited for eight years to start shooting in 2011. In an exclusive interview to DearCinema.com, Amit Kumar talks about his film, working with international co-producers and his decade long struggle to make Monsoon Shootout happen.
How does it feel to have your film in the official selection at Cannes?
It’s a great honour. Waves of excitement interspersed with tonnes of work!
For the two years while I was hunting for finance, it was by and large the same story- okay we love your short film and your script but…let’s cast some star in it. I just wanted to work with good actors; I wanted to make a certain kind of film. So, it took much longer
How...
How does it feel to have your film in the official selection at Cannes?
It’s a great honour. Waves of excitement interspersed with tonnes of work!
For the two years while I was hunting for finance, it was by and large the same story- okay we love your short film and your script but…let’s cast some star in it. I just wanted to work with good actors; I wanted to make a certain kind of film. So, it took much longer
How...
- 4/22/2013
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Entertainment One has always stepped it up a notch with regard to the Twilight Saga DVD releases, and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2's was no exception. This time, they gathered seven ladies E1 deemed to be the U.K.'s biggest Twilight fanatics - including the instantly familiar Nutty Madam, Emma Clarke - and played a little game of mall theater involving both the wolfpack and the Volturi. Attached is the video E1 released of the occasion. Here's how they described it: Some of the biggest 'Twi-hards' in the UK were invited to Westfield London thinking they were about to receive a special thank you gift for their ongoing support of the saga. ,,, or The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1's release, then before that it was a real-life wolf delivery of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse DVDs and then a wolf premiere for The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
- 3/14/2013
- by thetwilightexaminer
- Twilight Examiner
As expected, Stephenie Meyer hit London, England today for part two of her European signing tour in support of The Host, following her stay in Madrid, Spain yesterday. According to The Independent, it was an eventful appearance indeed as well-known Twilight fanatic Emma Clarke - also known as "Nutty Madam" for her YouTube videos - finally got to meet Meyer for the first time. She posted on Twitter about it, "Stephenie Meyer has heard of me. Still processing that one!!" and "I was crying and I don't care." 'The Host' Photo credit: Little Brown Books The wait time was reportedly as long as thirteen hours for some of Meyer's fans. Photos from her ....
- 3/5/2013
- by thetwilightexaminer
- Twilight Examiner
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