“Fantastic Fungi,” a captivating and revealing new nature documentary from Moving Art, makes the case that the very essence of the world, humanity, of life and death, can be reduced to mushrooms. Cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg directs the docu, which is narrated by Brie Larson.
Released in late 2019, the documentary available on Apple TV and Prime Video, received a surprising second life when the coronavirus pandemic forced cinemas to shut down, the filmmakers pivoted to virtual cinema and introduced the film to a new audience.
Below, filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg and distributor Kirt Eftekhar (Area 23a) discuss how they found a new way to distribute a film during a pandemic.
The film has gotten this second life because of the pandemic, can you talk a little bit about how that happened?
Louie Schwartzberg: We were going strong in the fall as the number one doc in theaters. We had a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Released in late 2019, the documentary available on Apple TV and Prime Video, received a surprising second life when the coronavirus pandemic forced cinemas to shut down, the filmmakers pivoted to virtual cinema and introduced the film to a new audience.
Below, filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg and distributor Kirt Eftekhar (Area 23a) discuss how they found a new way to distribute a film during a pandemic.
The film has gotten this second life because of the pandemic, can you talk a little bit about how that happened?
Louie Schwartzberg: We were going strong in the fall as the number one doc in theaters. We had a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.
- 9/23/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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