by Lisa Derrick
FDL Movie Night Preview: Camp Casserole
9:53 am in Uncategorized by Lisa Derrick
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On Monday night we are going DIY, new-tech and meta in a huge way. Our movie, Camp Casserole directed by Anthony Pedone, is a documentary about the making of Casserole Club, a feature length narrative which
focuses on a group of mod 1960′s era suburban housewives. Close-knit and neighborly, they are all bent on one-upping each other, trying to prove that each is “the hostess with the mostess.”…Set in America during the NASA moonwalk, the moon is a metaphor for the film’s tragic heroines, who are filled with mystery, secrets and the untapped potential of people who exist without really living.
Camp Casserole takes us on a busman’s holiday, a working vacation to Palm Springs where Casserole Club director Steve Balderson rents two houses and put the cast and crew together in a live/work environment which spawns even more creativity, as Jane Wiedlin and Pleasant Gehman write and direct commercials about Pyrex for fun. Like Cassavetes and other auteurs, Balderson has built up a creative group who mesh seamlessly. We learn how an indie cast and crew work in a DIY environment; and as the shoot draws to an end, they reflect on the state of filmmaking and creativity in the 21st century.
And now for the really high tech part: On Monday night, Anthony will be screening Camp Casserole at the 2012 Art of Brooklyn Film Festival during Movie Night, and is inviting the audience to jump in the FDL on-line discussion while the film is running and after during the Q&A. He’ll be participating from the theater while interacting with audience members and our readers.
Also joining us will be cast members Iris Berry, Jennifer Grace, Starina Johnson, Michael Maize, Kelly Pedone, Susan Traylor, and Jane Wiedlin.
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