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6/16/09 Podcast:

The Jon Moritsugu Interview

A conversation with award-winning indie filmmaker
Jon Moritsugu – director, writer, and co-producer of Fame Whore

Fame Whore – Clip

(6/16/09)    (Total time – 26:49)

What’s inside The Jon Moritsugu Interview?

• How do Jon’s films “scorch eyeballs”?  (1:40)
• Film as “live performance”?  (2:15)
• Who is Jon’s audience?  (3:30)
• How Jon’s film “Fame Whore” became an Oscar contender  (3:52 & 4:31)
• “Fame Whore” – raw energy and “savagery”?  (7:38)
• Fame as commodity  (8:32)
• How fame warps us  (9:22)
• What’s Jon’s message?  (10:00)
• Finding the balance  (10:38)
• What makes “Fame Whore” so funny?  (10:53)
• How can filmmakers move past “living for the reviews”  (12:27)
• “Fame Whore”, Indieflix, and the future of distribution  (14:14)
• How wife Amy Davis  has influenced Jon’s filmmaking  (16:44)
• “Love at first sight” – truly  (18:12)
• What qualities Jon admires in Amy  (20:58)
• What’s next – New Mexico, punk horror film, and more  (22:08)
• What does Jon want?  (23:12)
• Today, when Jon fills in the blank ” ______ Whore”, what is Jon a whore FOR?  (24:10)

STILL FROM FAME WHORE

Play “IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle” (6/16/09):

Play “IndieFlix Name That Voice” (6/16/09):

Meet Indieflix Podcast Host: Lois Fein

Lois Fein is IndieFlix Filmmaker Interviewer,
Podcaster, and Host for IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Lois is a recording artist, songwriter, and performer.
Her songs “It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon”
are featured on IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast.
Listen to more of her music from her debut CD
Step Into the Water at: www.LoisFein.com

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Podcast Music Credits: “As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfield);
“It Ain’t Easy” and “Chasing the Moon” (Lois Fein)

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Today’s edition of IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast was recorded with
audio-technica’s AT2020 USB Cardoid Condenser Microphone,
Skype™ and CallBurner; and edited and mastered with
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH™’s WaveLab Studio 6.

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This edition of IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle and
IndieFlix Name That Voice is sponsored by IndieFlix -
“Connecting people through movies.”

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6/02/09 PODCAST ANSWERS:

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Podcast Puzzle (6/02/09) is
“Ocean City”

THE ANSWER to IndieFlix Name That Voice (6/02/09) is
“Ryan Gielen – director and writer of The Graduates”

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6/16/09 Edition – IndieFlix Play It Again Podcast