jim: my first film was a student film, permanent vacation. i think people like myself are crazy. because of the way i live, you know. jim: nyu film school made a mistake, so i had a $12,000 budget for my first film. anthony: which is enormous for the time. jim: it was huge, for me. but the root of the word amateur is the love of a form. and professional means you are doing it for money. which i still hope i consider myself an amateur, for sure. anthony: what was the budget on your first film? amos: oh man. jim: $12. amos: yeah. well, it depends on what you call first film, but um, blank generation was like $2,200. i started shooting bands, and it was more, how do you shoot music with a silent camera. and then unmade beds was like my first narrative film. it was like about $4,000. jim: i think in unmade beds someone from the new york times called it the cinematic equivalent of kindergarten scribbling. and amos put that on his posters. new york times.
my first narrative film. it was like about $4,000. jim: i think in unmade beds someone from the new york times called it the cinematic equivalent of kindergarten scribbling. and amos put that on his posters. new york times. and that was the most like punk ass move. anthony: so yeah, what do you think now when you walk around the neighborhood, you know, you used to you had to pay some dues to walk down back in the day. and now it s projectile vomiting frat boys with baseball caps on backwards. does this give you a sinking feeling? make you angry? or amos: i wish i would ve bought real estate, that s for sure. jim: the thing that i always tell myself is look at the history of new york city, and it s always about hustling, and amos: change. jim: change. and if you want it to stay the
make films. anthony: and your first film was a student film? jim: my first film was a student film, permanent vacation. i think people like myself are crazy. because of the way i live, you know. jim: nyu film school made a mistake, so i had a $12,000 budget for my first film. anthony: which is enormous for the time. jim: it was huge, for me. but the root of the word amateur is the love of a form. and professional means you are doing it for money. which i still hope i consider myself an amateur, for sure. anthony: what was the budget on your first film? amos: oh man. jim: $12. amos: yeah. well, it depends on what you call first film, but um, blank generation was like $2,200. i started shooting bands, and it was more, how do you shoot music with a silent camera. and then unmade beds was like