Richard Kind on Making a Short Film About Making a Short Film | Proof of Concept | The New Yorker

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  • Опубліковано 31 жов 2024
  • Ellie Sachs and Max Cohn’s short film, “Proof of Concept,” offers a humorous meta-riff on the movie business and a tour of the Upper West Side.
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  • @elliesachs
    @elliesachs 9 місяців тому +184

    Hi! We’re Max Cohn and Ellie Sachs - the writer/directors behind Proof of Concept. We’ll be looking out for your questions about the movie and look forward to answering some of them! Thanks for watching

    • @thesoundofcoolness
      @thesoundofcoolness 9 місяців тому +4

      Other than meaningless shots on a beach during golden hour, are their any other overused short film tropes you've noticed?

    • @Eddi121212
      @Eddi121212 9 місяців тому +3

      Does a short film need a whole 3 act structure, with complete character arcs that undergo a profound change?

    • @theovenengen4067
      @theovenengen4067 9 місяців тому +3

      What I am waiting for is a short film about the making-of of this film.

    • @elliesachs
      @elliesachs 9 місяців тому +3

      @@Eddi121212 Apparently not! :) But a clear beginning middle and end is always good. If you can also incorporate profound character arcs with a short runway, do it!

    • @elliesachs
      @elliesachs 9 місяців тому

      @@theovenengen4067 We do have a ton of BTS footage…

  • @nivellrayda8117
    @nivellrayda8117 9 місяців тому +51

    Now I need that feature film about how hard it is adopting a short film into a feature film

  • @fran7759
    @fran7759 9 місяців тому +24

    Brilliant. Very cool cast. Richard Kind; need more films with this wonderful actor in it.

  • @jabbermocky4520
    @jabbermocky4520 9 місяців тому +26

    I love Richard Kind! Thanks, New Yorker.

  • @williamcarman7118
    @williamcarman7118 8 місяців тому +4

    Great narrative and very inciteful. Love the writing and the actors too! Someone fund her!

  • @t.j.johnsonthewriter
    @t.j.johnsonthewriter 8 місяців тому +8

    And this my dear friends is why I love the New Yorker. These little shorts put outmacking humour out of the mundane. In the magazine, my favourite thing is the Shouts & Murmurs section: I even sent a piece to them, but it was declined.

    • @FollowTheJohn
      @FollowTheJohn 7 місяців тому

      It is a shame that the New Yorker laid off the entire film department in December 2023. They did it for "budget" reasons.

  • @ginasantonas2065
    @ginasantonas2065 3 місяці тому +1

    Great short! Richard Kind is the best.

  • @Ryousake
    @Ryousake 9 місяців тому +7

    This is so interesting! The fact that there was meta meta-ing of short films. Its a interesting point of view. I'm not one for watching a lot of movies but I do enjoy a short film, but its so rare to hear about them in general. Traditional Hollywood really does have a grasp on the film industry as a whole, doesn't it? Interesting. It's a little how I feel about the music industry and the ability to be your own version of creative while still under a label, let alone to be found by a label with so many talented people out there.

  • @nowthenzen
    @nowthenzen 9 місяців тому +4

    Super good and funny! I enjoyed every minute of it! Literally.

  • @WhatARook
    @WhatARook 8 місяців тому +1

    I love it! Awesome! You know who you should get? Richard Kind. He's compelling. That would definitely impact the production value.

  • @jumper553
    @jumper553 9 місяців тому +4

    Bravo! Well thought out and surreptitiously brilliant! Having attended many indie and "mainstream" film festivals, this would rate much higher than the vast majority. And, for myself, this leads to several other topics which could also be educationally humorous! Perfect casting too. And just out of curiosity, I didn't bother to study the credits, so could you tell me how many people it took to produce this gem?

  • @jimmorrison5796
    @jimmorrison5796 9 місяців тому +3

    So true it hurts. Nicely done.

  • @ml9867
    @ml9867 9 місяців тому +3

    This is so trippy.
    I love it!!!

  • @j.wilcox3547
    @j.wilcox3547 9 місяців тому +3

    Well done and highly enjoyable.

  • @Matt-ex4ex
    @Matt-ex4ex 9 місяців тому +4

    Love it! Will share with our teenage son - an aspiring director.

    • @joanneweiss3864
      @joanneweiss3864 8 місяців тому +1

      Best of luck to him....and to you, as the mom of a comic😂

  • @flyingo
    @flyingo 9 місяців тому +2

    Wow what a concept for a conceptual short examining the importance of a short as a proof of concept for a feature about the financial and creative struggles of making a short.. on film, no less. Count me in.

  • @teach100
    @teach100 7 місяців тому +1

    Loved it! Needed a bit more staring at twigs for me. 😉 Thanks New Yorker.

  • @HollyHargreaves
    @HollyHargreaves 9 місяців тому +2

    As a short filmmaker, i felt this.

  • @ChaseWoolner
    @ChaseWoolner 9 місяців тому +2

    This is SO Funny! Great job!👏👏

  • @enolaholmes3309
    @enolaholmes3309 9 місяців тому +2

    This was great, on every level!!

  • @michaelrfx7
    @michaelrfx7 8 місяців тому +1

    Very cool concept, watched it on my Apple Vision Pro.

  • @dennispeery5166
    @dennispeery5166 9 місяців тому

    Absolutely brilliant.

  • @kevinsengara1882
    @kevinsengara1882 9 місяців тому +1

    This is fantastic!

  • @js7dragon
    @js7dragon 9 місяців тому +2

    A perfect short

  • @manuelbermeo8903
    @manuelbermeo8903 9 місяців тому +1

    Me encantó el corto 🤩🤩🤩🤩!!!. Saludos desde Colombia.

  • @CashMoneyMoore
    @CashMoneyMoore 7 місяців тому

    Love the Barney Greengrass feature haha

  • @ExitSeraphim125
    @ExitSeraphim125 9 місяців тому

    Wonderful, very funny and very true!

  • @sonicextremities9570
    @sonicextremities9570 9 місяців тому +2

    YOOO THATS FINN DETROLIO!!!!

  • @GeorgeChipo
    @GeorgeChipo 9 місяців тому +1

    OMG That's Finn from The Sopranos!

  • @aknetworkedit
    @aknetworkedit 9 місяців тому +1

    Short films are like the R&D of the film world. Yet you never see short films from the major players of today unless its a commercial. And the costs of making one are still quite high.

  • @zoltancomedy
    @zoltancomedy 9 місяців тому +2

    Hilarious 😂

  • @RealhumanMaz
    @RealhumanMaz 9 місяців тому

    When will you be moving into your experimental phase? Great short!

  • @sebastiananderson4486
    @sebastiananderson4486 8 місяців тому

    Now that... was meta ;)

  • @FollowTheJohn
    @FollowTheJohn 7 місяців тому

    I dig this.

  • @ttaylor1808
    @ttaylor1808 9 місяців тому +4

    What was the actual budget?

    • @ml9867
      @ml9867 9 місяців тому +1

      Probably around 2 million

    • @tstraubster
      @tstraubster 7 місяців тому

      😂

  • @lfried
    @lfried 9 місяців тому

    Yes!!

  • @impmoviechannel3052
    @impmoviechannel3052 9 місяців тому

    Artist Marcel Duchamp talked of "fighting the religion of art". What is being shown here is "the language of the cult of films". It is this kind of thinking that is bringing about the demise of film narrative as an artform, leaving the door open to AI content replacing "art". Movies were the Industrial Age and we're now in the Information Age. Time to adapt, which the last actor's strike failed to address.

  • @djr3386
    @djr3386 9 місяців тому +1

    A short film within a short film about short film. 😳 Take that Christopher Nolan.

    • @CatatonicImperfect
      @CatatonicImperfect 9 місяців тому

      and i was able to make out every line of dialogue, too! didn't even need subtitles.

  • @AmbientWalking
    @AmbientWalking 9 місяців тому +1

    💖💖💖💖

  • @process_junkie
    @process_junkie Місяць тому

    1:04 - He seems to REALLY want a Gaffer.

  • @KennethHolmDahlin
    @KennethHolmDahlin 9 місяців тому +3

    Did you do it for 7?

  • @cuylerballenger
    @cuylerballenger 9 місяців тому

    good job

  • @zebibabr
    @zebibabr 9 місяців тому +1

    hilarious, delightful, inventive!

  • @MaxTyco
    @MaxTyco 8 місяців тому

    cute, loved it

  • @Jazzlover2324
    @Jazzlover2324 9 місяців тому +1

    Pretty sure Chloe is a huge fan of Hong Sang-soo

  • @BobMori
    @BobMori 9 місяців тому

    Funny & all too real. 🎬 Those film festival entry fees are SOMETHING ELSE. A cash cow for those own & run the festivals.

  • @oneyee
    @oneyee 4 місяці тому

    Richard Kind = national treasure

  • @kpatukas
    @kpatukas 8 місяців тому +1

    Oh, the irony…. I can’t bear it. It’s like being stuck in an el vat or with Antonin Artaud, Jean Paul Sartre, and Anita Bryant. On Thorazine.

  • @tstraubster
    @tstraubster 7 місяців тому

    Haven't seen an answer to the driving question: What was the final cost of making this short?

  • @diapergrinch
    @diapergrinch 9 місяців тому +4

    When you can’t think of an actual idea, go meta!

  • @knudsandbknielsen1612
    @knudsandbknielsen1612 9 місяців тому

    Woderful!!!

  • @bjb7587
    @bjb7587 9 місяців тому +1

    Simple as ABC - Always Be Closing.

  • @vidiot9000
    @vidiot9000 9 місяців тому

    excellent film, but Uncle needs a mic!

  • @MickGenuine
    @MickGenuine 9 місяців тому +2

    very meta

  • @nnnimroddd
    @nnnimroddd 9 місяців тому

    What did u end up eating at Zabar's during the shoot?

  • @NDFlyFisher
    @NDFlyFisher 9 місяців тому

    The real proof of concept would be to do a short film on setting up a proof of concept film festival.

  • @corabean6773
    @corabean6773 Місяць тому

    Will Janowitz 👌

  • @DangerousMuteLunatic
    @DangerousMuteLunatic 9 місяців тому

    I'm loving this, though I'm also very much the target audience for this

  • @mashi_rsa
    @mashi_rsa 9 місяців тому

    nah this was great, the hell

  • @lightsone2159
    @lightsone2159 9 місяців тому

    Bwahahahaaa! Great ending! Silly film!

  • @qphotonyc7708
    @qphotonyc7708 7 місяців тому

    Where's that toy store?

  • @okjoe5561
    @okjoe5561 9 місяців тому

    This film is like something Andy Kaufman would make, only his version wouldn't make any sense.

  • @magtak
    @magtak 9 місяців тому +14

    In this first comment I will explain how to be the first commenter.

  • @stanactor1007
    @stanactor1007 8 місяців тому

    👍❤️😎👏🎬🎥

  • @jasonluong3862
    @jasonluong3862 9 місяців тому

    This short film puts Inception to shame for its audacious self-actualization.

  • @jebidiahkorn
    @jebidiahkorn 9 місяців тому

    very funny

  • @jd899
    @jd899 9 місяців тому

    Great satire.

  • @pepealexandre
    @pepealexandre 9 місяців тому +2

    Loved it!
    Here, have my Oscar: