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“BASS ACKWARDS” COMING TO YOUTUBE TOMORROW

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IndieWire
Three new American independent feature films from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival will debut on YouTube even before audiences get a chance to see the movies at the festival in Park City, UT. Among the three films launching this Friday for VOD rental online is Linas Philips’ “Bass Ackwards.” Also available are Michael Mohan’s “One Too Many Mornings,” Todd and Brad Barnes “Homewrecker,” and last year’s Tze Chun’s “Children of Invention” and Louie Psihoyo’s “The Cove”. YouTube, which is sponsoring the Festival’s new NEXT section for lower-budget indie films, reached out to filmmakers and signed non-exclusive revenue share deals with the filmmakers, making their movies available only during the festival for a $3.99 three-day rental price.

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FILMMAKERS LYNN SHELTON AND LINAS PHILLIPS HAVE A CHANCE TO SHINE AT SUNDANCE

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The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times covers the journey of local filmmakers Lynn Shelton and Linas Phillips from Seattle to Sundance Film Festival. Lynn Shelton, who was very successful at last year’s film festival with her feature film, “Humpday”, is back again this year with “$5 Cover: Seattle.” A project with MTV Films, “$5 Cover: Seattle” focuses 13 local bands in the web series. Shelton will show a sample of this series on Saturday at Sundance and the program will air in its entirety on MTV this spring. A Volkswagen van gave Linas Shelton the idea for his project, “Bass Ackwards,” in which he captures his 10-day cross-country move from Seattle to New York. The film will be screening in the festival’s new Next category and Phillips has already set up an on-demand DVD distribution plan to sell his movie to the public immediately after the festival. To read the full article, follow the above link.

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“BASS ACKWARDS” DIRECTOR LINAS PHILLIPS ON HIS NON-ROAD MOVIE ROAD MOVIE

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Indie Wire
Director Linas Phillips is back with a new Seattle-based feature, Bass Ackwards, screening in Sundance’s new NEXT section. He previously directed and starred in the documentary “Walking to Werner,” which screened at HotDocs and the Austin Film Festival, and he also has a few acting credits under his belt. His latest follows a man, played by Phillips, driving a ‘76 VW van across America. When humble Linas, kicked off of his friend’s couch and spurned by his lover, finds a forgotten van on a llama farm outside Seattle, he begins lurching east with nothing to lose. Sundance beams that “his utterly original, lyrical, and visually exciting adventure has such a light touch that it quietly sneaks up and tugs you into an overpowering appreciation of being human.” Click the above link to read IndieWIRE’s interview with Phillips.

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