Shorts Column | Matthew Modine on Fifteen Years of Making Short Films

Two weeks after Matthew Modine's most recent short film, "I Think I Thought," made its North American premiere at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, the actor/writer/director spoke to indieWIRE about his decade-and-half-long career making shorts. Having embarked on his first short film endeavor while acting in Robert Altman's "Short Cuts," Modine continues to make shorts that not only speak to ideas he's passionate about but also are extremely entertaining. With "I Think I Thought" being released on iTunes later this month, "To Kill an American" on Metacafe, and "Cowboy" set to play CineVegas next month, Modine's career as a short filmmaker is taking center stage. Here, in his own words, Matthew Modine reveals what inspires him to pick up a camera and make short films.
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5 Questions for Jennie Livingston, Director of "Paris Is Burning" and "Who's The Top?"

When I first saw "Paris Is Burning" in Los Angeles in 1991 it blew me away. Not counting Michael Moore's "Roger & Me," it was the first true documentary, in this case a portrait of a group of New Yorkers who were part of the ball scene, I had ever seen in a movie theater. After it came out on video, I watched it many more times with friends and have always admired Jennie Livingston for creating such an incredible look inside a world that my friends and I found eye-opening. Listening to Cheryl Lynn's "Got To Be Real" today still takes me back to the first time I saw the film.
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