Last weekend I watched a few movies that are beloved in the indie-film world - El Mariachi, Paranormal Activity & Reservoir Dogs. My sister and I watched the flicks to inspire & educate ourselves after taking Dov Simmens' 2 Day Film School in NYC and reading a few great books about being independent producers and filmmakers. We're starting our own production company and are still in the initial research stages.
I noticed that many "low-budget" indie flicks are action or horror and while I appreciate them, I'm more interested in making our first movie a comedy. But before we start, we like to do our research and find others that have already made their first movies on low budgets in the comedy genre.
At first it seemed impossible!
Until Jen put out a box of VHS tapes on the curb and discovered a long-forgotten favourite - Bottle Rocket. It was Wes Anderson & the Wilson brothers' first film, which started as a short & they later developed it into a feature film. We love these guys, and Bottle Rocket was an all 'round awesome movie. So, my assignment for this week's self-directed Film School is to find a copy of Bottle Rocket and watch it again. Woohoo! I am seriously loving film school.
Do you know of any other great first movies in the comedy genre? Ideally, they would cost less than $20,000 so we can see what others have done with similar budgets. Please share your thoughts below.
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