Following the recent release of her debut feature film Spent (2017), I was able to ask Lisa Mikitarian a few questions about how she came up with the idea for the film, her influences and her favourite scene to film.
How did you first get into film making?
You grow up loving/escaping to film, and find storytelling has become a part of you. But there’s life. You join the army, get married, have children, settle in rural Virginia. A couple of decades pass. But during those decades you also go back to school and are fortunate enough to have some incredible professors who mentor you in the nuanced art and mechanics of storytelling. A small publisher in Tennessee publishes a collection of your short stories—asks you to make a promo video for it, maybe turn one of the short stories into a short film to help with marketing.
How did you first get into film making?
You grow up loving/escaping to film, and find storytelling has become a part of you. But there’s life. You join the army, get married, have children, settle in rural Virginia. A couple of decades pass. But during those decades you also go back to school and are fortunate enough to have some incredible professors who mentor you in the nuanced art and mechanics of storytelling. A small publisher in Tennessee publishes a collection of your short stories—asks you to make a promo video for it, maybe turn one of the short stories into a short film to help with marketing.
- 2/10/2018
- by Philip Rogers
- The Cultural Post
Stars: Sally Anderson, Darren Barzegar, Erin Harth, Sonya Kalian, Connie Lamothe, Janna Livingston, Nataly Martin, Joe Mayes, Nathan McDonald, Madeline Mikitarian, Nick Nerangis, Hannah Overholtzer, Anna Grace Padgett, Tony Villa | Written and Directed by Lisa Mikitarian
I’m no stranger to the dark comedy genre, I mean come on I am British after all… So when I received Spent, a movie branded with the tagline “Ruthless People meets Fargo” well, there was no way I was letting this one pass me by. Throw in some comedy awards on the indie movie circuit, including Winner Best Comedy at the American Filmatic Arts Awards, and you got me.
Spent is the story of Lonnie Schumacher (Darren Barzegar) and his mother Evelyn (Connie Lamothe), who are having the time of there life, while penny pinching father and husband Herbert lays dying in hospital with a brain tumor. Lonnie has huge plans of buying...
I’m no stranger to the dark comedy genre, I mean come on I am British after all… So when I received Spent, a movie branded with the tagline “Ruthless People meets Fargo” well, there was no way I was letting this one pass me by. Throw in some comedy awards on the indie movie circuit, including Winner Best Comedy at the American Filmatic Arts Awards, and you got me.
Spent is the story of Lonnie Schumacher (Darren Barzegar) and his mother Evelyn (Connie Lamothe), who are having the time of there life, while penny pinching father and husband Herbert lays dying in hospital with a brain tumor. Lonnie has huge plans of buying...
- 12/12/2017
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
"It is my lucky day!" An official trailer has debuted for an ultra low budget, indie dark comedy titled Spent, described as Ruthless People meets Fargo in "a tale of greed, love, and most of all...rat poison." A "delicious homage to '40s dark comedy about a wife and son that live it up while their miser-rat of a husband/father lies in a hospital bed--death by brain tumor imminent." His family goes wild spending his money until he experiences a miraculous 4th of July recovery." The film's cast includes Nick Nerangis, Sally Anderson, Darren Barzegar, Erin Harth, Madeline Mikitarian, Sonya Kalian, Connie Lamothe, Janna Livingston, Nataly Martin, Joe Mayes, and Nathan McDonald. This looks extremely goofy and weird. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Lisa Mikitarian's Spent, direct from YouTube: Poor Herbert (Nick Nerangis)...if only the brain tumor had killed him... A charming dark comedy with a vintage vibe.
- 12/6/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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