Join us for this weeks The Filmmakers Podcast as we chat to director and writer Bizhan Tong and screenwriter Stephen Belber to talk about their latest feature film TAPE.

Tape is an adaption of Stephen's written feature (also called TAPE) back in 2001, directed by Richard Linklater.

They chatted with Giles Alderson about how they collaborated and made TAPE, They talked about Regrets, Not forgetting those who helped you along the way. Why you need to ask for favours

Getting the rights to remake a movie, Adapting a Linklater movie and getting his blessing.

Raising finance, Rehearsals, Releationships, Trauma in filmmaking and around it and why it is very important to keep an open mind to ideas on a film set.

TAPE is released on digital this Friday 19th September.

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