Between showings at the Enzian on Thursday night (02/13/97) Curdled producer and co-writer John Maass participated in a question and answer session with the audience. While most of the questions posed focused on budget, John took the opportunity to chronicle Curdled's evolution from a short to a feature. John found working with Miramax (who funded the 2.5 million dollar budget) was easier than one might expect. While Miramax execs. did ask for a few changes in the script (most of which were ultimately not implemented), they were reportedly easy going and not very pushy. John attributes this to the relatively low budget. Production went smoothly over the five weeks of shooting though some of the principle players behind the cameras were asked to wear many hats. John likened this to making the original in that money was scarce but commitment and team work helped pull the project together.

The feature length version has stayed fairly true to the original with extra moneys being spent on named actors and on an excellent, Latin music-based, sound track. The transition to feature was made possible by a chance encounter with filmmaker Quentin Tarantino who executive produced the film.

J.D. Ashcraft Born in 1880 to a coal miner and an alligator wrestler, I came to Orlando after the great depression to take part in the new media revolution that was television. Now, some 50 years later, I am still active in new media via The Slant. Der wiesel ist in der flub!. Other Articles I've Written