Burning Annie: A Cautionary Tale with Randy Mack and Joanna Rudolph
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My interview today is with Randy Mack and Joanna Rudolph. Randy produced the coming-of-age comedy Burning Annie back in the early aughts, and Joanna came on as an executive producer early on in the distribution phase. Burning Annie tells the story of a college student, obsessed with the Woody Allen movie, “Annie Hall”, trying to navigate the waters of romance and friendship. As we discuss in the interview, the journey of releasing Burning Annie in the aughts was a long and difficult one, but in 2017 Randy and Joanna connected again to re-release the film in connection with Sundance’s Creative Distribution Initiative. Meanwhile, Randy went on to make Laundry Day, a dark comedy crime thriller set in New Orleans, and Joanna is in production on a documentary about the first non-segregated housing co-op in New York City. In the interview, Randy and Joanna reflect on their experiences with Burning Annie and their other projects, with lots of great insights about the changes the industry has seen over the past two decades.
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