Camp Casserole , directed by Anthony Pedone who is here with us tonight live from the Brooklyn Arts Film Festival, documents the making of Steve Balderson s Casserole Club , a feature about suburban housewives in 1969 whose dinner party casserole-themed evenings discount hawaiian vacation packages take them and their husbands into dark and twisted parts of their own psyches, framed by Judy Garland discount hawaiian vacation packages s death, the Apollo moon landing, and the Manson killings.
Anthony traveled to Palm Springs where Balderson had rented two houses discount hawaiian vacation packages as work/live discount hawaiian vacation packages spaces that functioned both as sets and dormitories. Creativity incubates and erupts as cast members create short films on their own, as well as bringing Balderson s vision to life. Jane Wiedlin supplied music, worked as driver, set dresser and all around Gal Friday; Anthony s wife Kelly Pedone is one of the actors; and mothers discount hawaiian vacation packages and fathers came in to cook and look after the production. Watching discount hawaiian vacation packages this collaborative, co-operative process unfold with no egos, no conflicts, is refreshing and inspirational, a return to true passionate filmmaking.
Camp Casserole reveals the creative process of indie/DYI filmmaking and delves into the joys and difficulties of making low budget features outside the studio system, heck outside of Hollywood, while express the exuberance discount hawaiian vacation packages and wonder of creating.
Please stay on topic/s–in this case tonight's film Camp Casserole; Anthony Pedone and his film festival organization ExChange, the making of Casserole Club, Palm Springs, DIY, or swapping casserole rescipes. If you'd like to discuss today s other newsworthy matters, please discount hawaiian vacation packages find a post elsewhere on FDL to do so. Thank you. And yeah, I tpye badly…
I was taking an acting class with Susan Traylor (Sugar) s sister as the instructor. Susan saw me in a play at our class theater and thought I would be a good fit for the film. She told Steve Balderson about me. Steve gave me a call and sent me the script. I immediately was drawn to the story, and the rest is history
I was then involved in some of the pre-production discount hawaiian vacation packages for Casserole Club. I was originally going to be a crew member. Then I was offered the Ned role (played by Stuart Bennett). Then offered the role of Leslie.
We did the world premiere of Casserole Club with the Screening of Camp Casserole at Raindance Film Festival, and shot another film while we are all there. The film is called Culture Shock and is out now on the festival circuit.
Things are moving discount hawaiian vacation packages really fast for both Steve and I and we have lots of stuff happening, so the idea of a tour is hard since Casserole Club is on Dvd and ON Demand right now, but Camp Casserole is a good tool in the festival circuit to push the film.
To watch Casserole Club followed by Camp Casserole would be a great night of viewing. You d be able to see that the chemistry in Casserole Club is actually real, even though the couples were imaginary.
I ve known steve for about 17 years now, and we d been looking for a project to work on for awhile. Then he saw me in a play in NYC in 2010 and asked me to look at the role of marybelle. And that s how I met all these jokers.
Steve always shoots without discount hawaiian vacation packages permits. A lot of Casserole Club is shot indoors, but for the exteriors we just shot really quickly. I know we actually drove out to a mountain to film my scream. I literally discount hawaiian vacation packages jumped out of a vehicle, screamed, then jumped back in and we left. lol
Did everyone contriubte casserole recipes to the making of the film? And was their chicken divan which features left over chicken, discount hawaiian vacation packages thawed frozen broccoli, curry powder of course, discount hawaiian vacation packages cream of mushroom soup?
Well, for people not familiar w So Cal culture, Palm Springs discount hawaiian vacation packages is a major gay party town, and I m pretty sure HOWEVER discount hawaiian vacation packages rowdy we may have gotten, it was nothing compared discount hawaiian vacation packages to the boys renting houses discount hawaiian vacation packages during White Party!
Peasant had a pot luck white trash party at Club Lingerie and casseroels were encouraged. I free-formed discount hawaiian vacation packages a tuna casserole with all generic brand noodles, the necessary cream of mushroom soup, crushed bbq potato discount hawaiian vacation packages chips and for the vegetable: OKRA. It got eaten. as m mom used ot say, Done or raw, it fills the craw.
Have you seen the Voncent Price Treasure of Great Recipes? It is beautiful. also the Larousse Encyclopedia of Cooking? Both feature color photos that are a little off, and the latter has a recipe for avocado and strawberry salad, which is basical a tower of the slice two ingredients.
My mom s best/worst dish: macaroni Campbell s Cream of Mushroom soup with hot dog slices. Makes me queasy just thinking about it. But it also reminds me of my happy childhood (food abuse not withstanding).
The funny thing is, that during this shoot I was exposed to a bunch of new modern ways to think about eating. I d never eaten Kale (Daniela) or heard about Paleo (Michael, Mark, Susan). It ended up changing discount hawaiian vacation packages my life!
Wow, that is a classic. My grandma made one with rice a roni (beef flavored), tuna and bell peppers. My mom s were kinda good: Enchilada pie Layers o hamburger cooked in enchilada sauce and canned corn, cheese layered with flour tortillas.
I am at the first stop tonight. Art of Brooklyn discount hawaiian vacation packages Film Exchange. We are screening 3 films here tonight, a short film called The Strange ONes, Pillow and Camp Casserole. In fact Jen grace and I are headed to the Q A now. be right back!!!!
I always loved the hot dog slices in Spaghetti-Os. But the meatballs even more. I would save all the meatballs for the end, as they were my favorite. I wonder if anyone has ever made a Spaghetti-O casserole?
Michael, you re freaking me out! I would do the same thing with the Spaghetti-O s meatballs! discount hawaiian vacation packages My mom would get annoyed and say I don t understand why you can t eat it all together . lol I never liked the plain or the hotdog slices spaghetti-O s though, only the meatball one.
When I went to see it (1999), afternoon in a small screen quadplex (originally discount hawaiian vacation packages a single screen shopping center theater), I was the only one in the theater, sitting in the back, and the movie wasn t starting, well after the time. I figured the projectionist couldn t see me, so I moved up and gave a Hey! up to the booth. When Janis Joplin s Summertime came on the soundtrack (on Diane Lane s radio first), discount hawaiian vacation packages my eyes overflowed, the dam burst.
The picnic scene was, the shooting of it, was Balderson to the MAX(pun intended). It was supposed to be Sugars secret hideaway, where shed go to think, to convene with nature and sure it looked discount hawaiian vacation packages that way BUT just on the otherside of the bushes was the main draG og palm springs and we had no permits and it was a sex scene AND
I was a sort of Jill-Of-All-Trades for the films, and found the location where we shot the Sugar/Max picnic/sexscene. It was so funny because we were about 100 feet from City Hall, and about 20 feet from the busiest street in Palm Springs. But shot from a specific location, it looked like a quiet peaceful oasis. discount hawaiian vacation packages Kudos To Michael Susan for pulling off that scene considering we were so EXPOSED .
what were each of your characters. I learned about you in real life (though I knew Iris before this) thorugh Camp Casserole, but what were you screen characters stories/personalities? (yes I am ordering Casserole discount hawaiian vacation packages Club and DVD!)
Next week on Aug 13 we have JOBRAITH AD with director Kieran Turner , which debuted at Outfest, and is screening for Angelenos at Cinefamily as part of Allison Anders Don t Knock the Rock Fest. You can see the trailer here
I am so happy to be talking w my beautiful talented friends. Mark, I missed your input, and just wanted to point out, you are NOTHING like Leslie, which makes your performance, in my mind, ten times more powerful. You are a master at why you do.
Well, you re basically living together, so it s a lot like summer camp (if you ever went as a kid). The first day your parents (or in this case an airplane) drops you off, and you don t know really where you are, or where you ll be sleeping. It starts off with everyone just kinda getting used to being around one another, but by the last day everyone is comfortable.
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