"It's Like Funny Ordinary People": Jay Duplass on See You When I See You

"I was a struggling filmmaker. I was trying to find myself and it wasn't happening. I was ready to give up on filmmaking as I was about to turn 30. I didn't feel like I could do this to myself, my family and friends any longer. I was living in South Austin making the minimum amount of money, eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and making bad art. But then Sundance gave me my career with this $3 short film that we submitted to the festival on a lark."

"David Zellner, the [renowned] filmmaker, edited that movie. So when I got a call that November from Cross saying this is one of their favorite short films of all time, I swear to God, I thought it was the Zellners playing a prank on me."

"Some of my highest highs have been in Park City showing labors of love to the best audiences around,"

Jay Duplass returned to the Sundance Film Festival with See You When I See You, a darkly funny dramedy about coping with PTSD and family. He previously made a seven-minute short, This Is John, for three dollars that premiered at Sundance in 2003 and effectively launched his career. Duplass nearly abandoned filmmaking before that selection, living in South Austin and struggling financially while making work he considered poor. David Zellner edited the short. The Duplass Brothers attended Sundance three years running and released their first feature, The Puffy Chair, in 2005. Park City is hosting Sundance for the final time before the festival moves to Boulder.

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