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Taubman Sucks: The Movie! |
In late 2003 I was contacted by Theo Lipfert, an award-winning filmmaker who was searching for an idea for a movie project. He had stumbled across this website, and he wanted to know if I might be interested in allowing him to use the TaubmanSucks saga as the basis for a short documentary. As you might imagine, I was more than pleased to facilitate an effort to tell the story of the nefarious machinations of The Taubman Company and their lawyers via yet another medium. (And the chance to star in a movie about me was definitely a plus.) The movie was a project of The Warren Report, a Seattle-based organization that is basically dedicated to anything having to do with movies. (The Warren Report is the eponymous creation of Warren Etheredge, Seattle's quintessential film buff.) The project, officially known as "New Voices 2004," was undertaken in cooperation with 911 Media Arts Center, whose mission is "to support the expressive use of innovative media tools by providing the access, training, and environment needed to create/exhibit works of enduring merit and artistic excellence." Support for the project was also provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and KCTS, the PBS television affiliate in Seattle. I attended the premiere of Taubman Sucks: The Movie at the Seattle Art Museum on June 19, 2004. I thought it was very well received (not that I'm entirely impartial), and I had a wonderful time. (Not only was it the first movie premiere I've ever attended, it was the first time I've ever attended a movie about me, an unbeatable combination.) I should mention that the film was greatly enhanced by a fittingly dramatic score, which was the creation of Stefan Hakenberg, a gifted composer with whom Theo has worked in the past on other film projects. After the premiere, Theo launched an effort to enter the movie in film festivals, as he's done with his previous works. As of this writing, Taubman Sucks has been screened at more than 30 film festivals and other theaters, has appeared on television about half a dozen times, and is available on DVD from Film Baby. (The DVD-to-Web video conversions for this website were performed by Nina Kleinberg.)
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