#MARK WEBBER ACTOR FATHER MOVIE#

They were very upfront and clear about what the movie is and how it should be distributed.

We talked almost on a daily basis to discuss strategy. I got really lucky in finding Gravitas Ventures and Variant Films, two companies that really embraced the change of how movies are being seen nowadays. I’ve been a part of so many indies that have great premieres, but then end up with a company where the filmmakers go through a torturous period. It’s like, “We’re going to take your baby and we’re not even going to tell you what the poster will look like.” “We’ll let you design the poster, but we’re keeping all the money and we’re going to lie about where that money is going.” It’s sad when stuff like that happens. But the conundrum with independents is that you try to get people to buy your film and you turn it over to some corporate entity that strips you of all your rights. You get to tell the kind of stories you want to tell. It has been interesting! You have a lot more control when it comes to independent films. What has the journey been like having premiered the film at Sundance last year and now getting it up on the big screen? We caught up with Webber via phone in a follow-up conversation to the one we had at the Sundance Film Festival last year where the The End of Love made its world premiere. The film features cameos by Michael Cera, Jake Johnson and Amanda Seyfried. Endowed with a raw but vibrant truth, The End of Love is a story about the universal pain of loss and the courage it takes to change. Having cast his real life son Isaac opposite himself in this stark, yet intimate film, we can’t help but bear witness to the most private moments between father and son. When he meets Lydia (Shannyn Sossamon), a young mother, he’s no longer able to live in the comfort of denial.

Their fates, now intertwined, hang in the balance as Mark grapples with his ability to grow up. When the mother of his two-year-old son suddenly passes away, he’s forced to confront his shortcomings. In Mark Webber’s second directorial feature The End of Love, Mark (played by Webber) is a struggling actor who’s stuck between the life he once knew and the one that’s waiting for him.

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