The Cast for "Outpatient"

With a little over a week until production commences for my new film "Outpatient," I thought it would be a nice thing to take the time to announce the cast for the film.

Patrick Aloia

Keenan Lam

Leland Garbus

Stay tuned for more updates.

Announcing "Outpatient"

I'm pleased to announce that my next film, "Outpatient," will go into production early June.

So what is "Outpatient"?

While I can't say what the plot is and who the cast is, I can briefly touch upon the themes of the film. The film is about loneliness, depression, addiction, friendship, and finding happiness in any situation. I had wrote several scripts since "Dormanine," my last film, but none of them I felt were ready to be made at this point in time. I then went into a writer's block period for several months. "Outpatient," was the first script I wrote after the writer's block, and after writing it I didn't know what to make of it, but I felt it needed to be made. It's an original story that deals with its subjects in a unique, dark, and real manner. It's not going to be for everybody, but I do hope it finds an audience somehow. This will be the last film I make while in high school (although I do intend to make another film in July) and I hope to have it finished before late June. Announcements about the cast, synopsis, as well as photos and trailers will follow later on in the month so keep a look out for those.

The Adumbration

My first film ever, "The Adumbration," is now available for viewing on Vimeo. It is the story of creation symbolized by a painter and his canvas. It was an official selection of the 2009 Strictly Students Film Festival.

Stay tuned to an update coming soon with regards to a future project...

The Adumbration from Andrew Garbus on Vimeo.

"Dormanine" Announced as Official Selection Santa Monica Teen Film Festival

Remember my film "Dormanine,"? Well a while ago I announced that I had submitted it to many film festivals across the country. The good people of the Santa Monica Teen Film Festival found the film to be good enough to be screened at their festival. I'd like to take this moment to personally thank the Santa Monica Teen Film Festival for their selection. I am very grateful.

Details for seeing the film at the Santa Monica Teen Film Festival are posted below:

Sunday, May 1 at 2:00 p.m. at the Santa Monica Main Library MLK Jr. Auditorium, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA.

"Our film festival spans 2 days: Saturday, April 30, 7 p.m. at the Miles Playhouse (1130 Lincoln Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA) and Sunday, May 1, 2 p.m. at the Santa Monica Main Library. We announce the festival winners and do an awards presentation on Sunday, May 1, after the film screening," - Santa Monica Teen Film Festival Committee.

So if you're in California and would like to support the film by going to the Santa Monica Teen Film Festival, I encourage you to do so.

I hope to share more good updates about Dormanine's festival run as well as future projects in the near future.

Oedipus Rex Trailer

For my 12 AP Literature class we had to do a project on the Greek play "Oedipus Rex." Rather then taking the conventional route with the project, I went with a much edgier-grindhouse style video to present to the class. A special thanks to Dr. D'Angelo for his surprise cameo in the project. Enjoy.

Oedipus Rex Trailer from Andrew Garbus on Vimeo.

Live Twitter during Oscars

Come next Sunday you can follow my predictions and reactions to the Academy Awards as I will be tweeting throughout the event.

You can follow me here: http://twitter.com/#!/Garbus_film

3 To See At Home Now

I started this segment a while ago and intend to do this on a regular basis. Here are three movies to see at home now.

The Darjeeling Limited: Wes Anderson's best film since "The Royal Tenenbaums." Emotionally endearing, funny, and full of great performances. Also, nothing beats Anderson's signature visual style. There's also a nice short film, "Hotel Chevalier" that is before the movie that is available to be viewed for free from youtube.

To stream from Amazon.com click here.

The short film "Hotel Chevalier":

The Squid and The Whale: Wes Anderson protege Noah Baumbach directed and wrote this film about a recently divorced family. The script was up for an Oscar when it came out in 2005 and the film was found on many top ten lists. A must watch.

To stream from Amazon.com click here.

The Big Lebowski: A Coen Brothers masterpiece and my favorite comedy of all time. The film is about The Dude (Jeff Bridges) and his adventures after his carpet is pissed on.

To stream from Amazon.com click here.