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We made a feature length film called Four Eyed Monsters. The film tells the true story of how susan and I met online and I stalked her at her work and then we ended up dating but with a rule to never speak in person. Then our lives and minds begin to meld and our fantasies and fears manifest as we become a living breathing Four Eyed Monster.
We premiered the film at Slamdance and then took it to dozens of film festivals and picked up awards including the Sundance Channel Audience award from the unidscovered gems showcase and 2 Spirit award nominations.
We also created a heart map that collects information about where people are that want to see our film and this has been used for over 40 screenings of our film world wide and every city with over 100 requests has had a screening. Anyone is welcome to set up a screening of the film.
The film was also the first feature length movie to be uploaded to YouTube in it’s entirety. The blogosphere erupted when that happened since most of the time people are trying to get their movies off of youtube. Through this opportunity though we raised over 50,000 dollars through sponsorships and advertising along side the films YouTube & MySpace release.
We’ve also self distributed the film on DVD and it can currently be ordered anywhere in the world. However, there is now a new version of the DVD coming out that will be released in stores which is a multi-disc set. It also contains episodes 1 to 13 which we created as an extension to the story. The episodes collectively are longer the film it’s self and delve deeper into what is brought up in the last moments of the feature film.
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September 13th, 2006 at 4:37 am
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October 11th, 2006 at 2:45 pm
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October 12th, 2006 at 11:32 am
[…] Digimart m’amène à me poser plusieurs questions fondamentales sur le marché et la distribution du cinéma et de la télévision. J’attends ces conférences avec grand intérêt, particulièrement ça et ça. Plusieurs cinéastes tirent avantageusement profit du net, sans attendre les réseaux de festivals et les télé-diffuseurs. J’ai découvert avec enthousisame des projets tels que Four eyed Monsters ou The Tribe. […]
October 16th, 2006 at 9:13 pm
[…] A year after their unique courtship began Four Eyed Monsters started to take hold. Art often imitating life, the premise mirrored the filmmaker’s experiences while becoming a couple. They are self-distributing their film to the audience they built with their video podcasts. Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas je vous conseillerais d’abord l’écoute de la bande-annonce et d’ensuite de passer au travers de leurs videocasts qui sont à mon avis le summum du genre, du bonbon quoi. Mais, c’est comme vous voulez hein. Demain soir, 20h00. […]
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November 25th, 2006 at 1:09 pm
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December 1st, 2006 at 4:50 pm
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December 3rd, 2006 at 1:28 pm
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December 8th, 2006 at 11:09 am
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January 3rd, 2007 at 2:57 pm
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January 8th, 2007 at 10:08 am
[…] For those interested in web video, social networking and indie film, Four Eyed Monsters is getting a lot of buzz. Here’s the the trailer, which will show that significant bits were shot with low-grade equipment. Here’s the NYT review. I haven’t seen the movie yet, but it seems worth seeing. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. […]
January 17th, 2007 at 5:28 am
[…] The ‘casters discuss the open sourcing of the Second Life client, the Four Eyed Monsters premiere, styrofoam peanuts, iPhone, and New Years resolutions. Standard Podcast [56:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download podPressPlayerToLoad(’podPressPlayerSpace_91′, ‘mp3Player_91_0′, ‘300:30′, ‘http://www.secondcast.com/podcasts//secondcast-ep49.mp3′); […]
January 25th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
[…] Four Eyed Monsters (Monstruos de cuatro ojos) es una tierna autobiografía que cuenta la peculiar relación que tuvo esta joven pareja donde para mantenerla emocionante decidieron nunca hablarse, solo comunicándose por medios alternativos (cartas, videos, mensajes de texto, sexo). Incluso, ellos (Susan y Arin) protagonizan la película interpretándose a si mismos, además de hacerlas de guionistas, directores, editores, productores, etc. El género podría catalogarse como un experimental/drama/romance/comedia. ¿Por qué exprimental? Por un lado, intercalan animaciones propias de un videoarte y utilizan tomas con cámara rápida (time lapse). Por otro lado, la ya mencionada historia en la que triunfan borrando la línea entre la realidad y la ficción (si alguna vez existió). Esto se debe, en gran parte, a que mientras vivían la historia empezaron a filmar la película, cosa que perjudicó gravemente a su relación. […]
February 3rd, 2007 at 10:10 pm
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February 10th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
[…] I’ve been very interested in, for the past month or so, a new podcast that I found in iTunes. It’s a podcast made by independend film makers Arin and Susan. Their podcast tracks the trials and tribulations of their most recent project, a movie titled “Four Eyed Monsters”. Being an independent film and all, it’s hard to get it recognised by the public and media. It’s also hard to get bookings from places that actually want to play your film. Arin and Susan have promised that if your area gets more than 150 requests to play their movie, they will get it showing in your city at some local venue. […]
February 22nd, 2007 at 12:40 pm
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February 24th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
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March 8th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
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May 15th, 2007 at 12:36 am
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May 24th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
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May 29th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
[…] ce film me rappelle beaucoup Four Eyed Monster comme projet. Low-fi et crafty avec de belles petites animations. Megunica Trailer. Ça sort quand, […]
June 8th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
[…] tarde, un pequeo resumen. Buice y Crumley rodaron, con dinero de su propio bolsillo, el largo Four Eyed Monster en 2004. Pronto, el modesto filme en video digital, se convirti en un favorito en el circuito de […]
June 8th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
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June 9th, 2007 at 12:25 am
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June 9th, 2007 at 12:53 am
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June 9th, 2007 at 6:44 am
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June 9th, 2007 at 7:38 am
[…] Four Eyed Monsters, a movie developed out of a video blog, has debuted on YouTube in what is believed to be the first full length feature film on the Google owned mega-site. […]
June 9th, 2007 at 10:13 am
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June 9th, 2007 at 10:37 am
[…] Four Eyed Monsters es una película realizada para un video blog y probablemente el primer trabajo de este tipo en colocarse por completo en YouTube. […]
June 9th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
[…] Four Eyed Monsters became the first full length feature film to stream on YouTube. The film is available on youtube for only one week. The film was created by Arin Cumley and Susan Buice through visusals such as drawings, vlogs and scribbled notes. […]
June 9th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
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June 10th, 2007 at 5:06 am
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August 11th, 2007 at 10:26 am
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August 24th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
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September 2nd, 2007 at 3:40 pm
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September 27th, 2007 at 7:04 am
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October 21st, 2007 at 11:45 pm
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October 27th, 2007 at 4:07 am
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December 25th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
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December 26th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
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December 26th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
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January 3rd, 2008 at 2:11 am
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January 4th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
[…] mindössze annyi történt, hogy ellátogattam a film hivatalos honlapjára. Majd végignézve a video podcastokat lassan összeállt kép, ami egy kegyetlen nagy meghajlást és tiszteletet eredményezett az […]
January 17th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
[…] Talking of good films, as some of you know i am a youtube addict, although my account asn’t been very active lately, but while surfingidling one day, i came across a low-budget film called Four Eyed Monsters. Well, i’m sure to the amazing directors it was low budget but when compared to that of feature films, low-budget can only describe it. It shows how the directors of the film came together and fell into a relationship. The film is not only funny, but hard hitting and heartwarming, heres the link : http://www.foureyedmonsters.com/feature_film/ […]