![]() ![]() Everyone who made something in the class got something to play there, and it was a pretty piece of shit movie. I remember I had a movie play in our high school film festival. I wasn’t like, ‘This is what I want to do with my life.’ I slowly got to that by actually making stuff. Film was different though, because I wasn’t in love with it immediately. But I knew there were certain things I liked, like photography and writing. But it wasn’t in an aimless sort of way, but more like every three months I felt like I knew exactly what it was that I wanted to do and then would realize three months later that I was entirely wrong. In high school, I didn’t know what I wanted to do. Both of my parents are Bosnian refugees and they settled there pretty randomly. Split Tooth Media: Can you tell me a bit about yourself? Where did you grow up and what led you to filmmaking?Īdi Jahic: I grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles. We spoke with Jahic about the making of Things We Like and what he learned while creating his first feature in true micro-budget fashion. They fumble for words and miss the meanings of each other’s jokes, all while grappling with the hopes and disappointments that have guided them to the present moment. Jahic focuses on the hesitations and what lurks beneath his characters’ stammers as they try to gauge how much to say and what to hide from their companion. Their interactions and conversations flow with skillful, jagged rhythms. Things We Like takes great care in easing into the drama of Georgia’s and Peter’s evening together. ![]() Ross’ Audrey the Trainwreck (2010), Jahic doesn’t follow any influence too closely and shows confidence by doing his own thing. While walking in the footsteps of films like Andrew Bujalski’s Funny Ha Ha (2002), Mike Gibisser‘s Finally, Lillian and Dan (2008), and Frank V. When Georgia arrives, their night together develops in ways neither of them saw coming. But with little success to show for his efforts, his ambition has stalled and left him in an uncertain place. Peter, on the other hand, has a sense of direction as an aspiring musician. With the opportunity to meet Peter in person, she hits the road without a particular plan in mind. She rents a room from an older couple in the suburbs and desires some form of change. Georgia has been stuck working a cubicle job for years. The film follows 25-year-old Georgia (Emma Kuhlman) as she drives from Vermont to Boston to meet Peter (Jahic), a young man she knows exclusively through interacting on the internet. Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' SpecialĮpisode: ".Produced during the pandemic and shot largely over weekends, Things We Like is the sensitive and promising debut feature from Adi Jahic. Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Tales from the Whoop: Hot Rod Brown Class Clown Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The MovieĬalafia, the Queen of California / Narrator She won the Academy Award for the Best Supporting Actress for the film Ghost (1990).Ĭitizen: I'm Not Losing My Mind, I'm Giving It AwayĪn Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn She has won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards. ![]() The following is her filmography throughout her entire acting career. Whoopi Goldberg is an American actress, comedian, and singer. Goldberg at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. ![]()
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