How Did This Get Made: A Conversation With Barry P (Production Assistant, Dreamcatcher)
By Blake Harris/Oct. 24, 2016 9:00 am EST
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Typically in this space, we speak with the director, writer or producer of a film, but sometimes it can be valuable to see things from a different point of view. Especially when that point of view is such a common one in Hollywood: the perspective of an outsider—of an ambitious young filmmaker—who takes a high-pressure, entry-level job (at an agency, studio, production company, etc.) with the hopes of one day becoming an insider.
It’s a tale as old as Hollywood, isn’t? But this one comes with a little twist. Because when Barry P. gets a job working for one of his heroes—Lawrence Kasdan, the guy who co-wrote Empire Strikes Back! Who directed The Big Chill!!—he learns not only how the sausage is made but, more importantly, who gets to cook the sausage. And, in the process, the strange reality of how a legend like Kasdan ends up directing a very un-legendary movie like Dreamcatcher. How Did This Get Made is a companion to the podcast How Did This Get Made with Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas and June Diane Raphael which focuses on movies This regular feature is written by Blake J. Harris, who you might know as the writer of the book Console Wars, soon to be a motion picture produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. You can listen to the Dreamcatcher edition of the HDTGM podcast here. Synopsis: After hanging a dreamcatcher outside of their cabin, four friends encounter a strange breed of parasitic aliens.Tagline: A circle of friendship. A web of mystery. A pattern of fear.
How Did This Get Made: A Conversation With Barry P (Production Assistant, Dreamcatcher)
By Blake Harris/Oct. 24, 2016 9:00 am EST
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Typically in this space, we speak with the director, writer or producer of a film, but sometimes it can be valuable to see things from a different point of view. Especially when that point of view is such a common one in Hollywood: the perspective of an outsider—of an ambitious young filmmaker—who takes a high-pressure, entry-level job (at an agency, studio, production company, etc.) with the hopes of one day becoming an insider.
It’s a tale as old as Hollywood, isn’t? But this one comes with a little twist. Because when Barry P. gets a job working for one of his heroes—Lawrence Kasdan, the guy who co-wrote Empire Strikes Back! Who directed The Big Chill!!—he learns not only how the sausage is made but, more importantly, who gets to cook the sausage. And, in the process, the strange reality of how a legend like Kasdan ends up directing a very un-legendary movie like Dreamcatcher. How Did This Get Made is a companion to the podcast How Did This Get Made with Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas and June Diane Raphael which focuses on movies This regular feature is written by Blake J. Harris, who you might know as the writer of the book Console Wars, soon to be a motion picture produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. You can listen to the Dreamcatcher edition of the HDTGM podcast here. Synopsis: After hanging a dreamcatcher outside of their cabin, four friends encounter a strange breed of parasitic aliens.Tagline: A circle of friendship. A web of mystery. A pattern of fear.
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
It’s a tale as old as Hollywood, isn’t? But this one comes with a little twist. Because when Barry P. gets a job working for one of his heroes—Lawrence Kasdan, the guy who co-wrote Empire Strikes Back! Who directed The Big Chill!!—he learns not only how the sausage is made but, more importantly, who gets to cook the sausage. And, in the process, the strange reality of how a legend like Kasdan ends up directing a very un-legendary movie like Dreamcatcher.
How Did This Get Made is a companion to the podcast How Did This Get Made with Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas and June Diane Raphael which focuses on movies This regular feature is written by Blake J. Harris, who you might know as the writer of the book Console Wars, soon to be a motion picture produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. You can listen to the Dreamcatcher edition of the HDTGM podcast here. Synopsis: After hanging a dreamcatcher outside of their cabin, four friends encounter a strange breed of parasitic aliens.Tagline: A circle of friendship. A web of mystery. A pattern of fear.
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So, if I had to guess, I’d say his mindset was more like: if this is a piece of s***, this is my ticket back to doing bigger budget movies.
