Everybody Dies Trying to Make a Masterpiece (2023)
A fictionalized documentary about a group of artists in residence at the Yaddo Foundation, one of the oldest artist residencies in the USA, located in Saratoga Springs, Upstate New York. Through this film, the group made a collective experiment that deals with the individual experience of the process of creating a masterpiece. As the movie unfolds, the characters go crazy with their own questions, revealing the anguish of artistic creation.
Director:
Gustavo Von Ha
Writer:
Gustavo Von Ha
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Phoebe Legere as Phoebe Legere |
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Cassie Shao as Cassie Shao |
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Elana Herzog as Elana Herzog |
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Alexis Okeowo as Alexis Okeowo |
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Lacy Warner as Lacy Warner |
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Mark King as Mark King |
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Dan Bellm as Dan Bellm |
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Masha Sha as Masha Sha |
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Daesha Harris as Daesha Harris |
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Daniele Wilmouth as Daniele Wilmouth |
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Eva Warrick as Eva Warrick |
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Kim Beck as Kim Beck |
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Peter Murkett as Peter Murkett |
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Eli Goldblatt as Eli Goldblatt |
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Michael Blake as Michael Blake |
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Jason Emerson as Jason Emerson |
| Production | Johnny Luxo | Consulting Producer |
| Production | Carolina Ferraz | Consulting Producer |
| Production | Gustavo Von Ha | Producer |
| Writing | Gustavo Von Ha | Screenplay |
| Sound | Nasi | Music |
| Directing | Gustavo Von Ha | Director |
| Editing | Gustavo Von Ha | Editor |
| Editing | Filipe Rodriguez | Editor |
| Crew | Ana Cordeiro | Post Production Assistant |
| Crew | Alvaro Bautista | Post Production Assistant |
| Production | Filipe Rodriguez | Post Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Kaike | Music |
| Sound | No Porn | Music |
| Sound | Danilo Sevali | Music |
| Sound | Phoebe Legere | Music |
| Sound | Thacio Palanca | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Danilo Sevali | Music Arranger |
| Editing | André Neves | Supervising Editor |
| Sound | Phoebe Legere | Music Arranger |