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August 26, 2005
Effing artists scare their parent companies: John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus
Yet another report on the winding road John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus has taken to exposing a foot of film. One of the performers remarks, "Most people get self-conscious being naked in front of other people, but we're really concerned with the story, what's going on within these characters... The fact that we're naked having sex in front of each other, it's just a variable that's very easy to deal with. It wasn't so easy for potential financial backers to deal with, though. Mitchell says he initially approached about 50 to 60 investors, with little luck. Even envelope-pushing HBO, which filmed parts of the audition process, eventually backed away from the project. "Regular financing companies were scared because they have parent companies... A lot of investors said they were interested, but they didn't trust their guts."
Posted by pride at August 26, 2005 01:54 PM
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