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When the trailer for a low budget film called After Last Season debuted on websites last March many people assumed it was a prank. More specifically, rumors started doing the Internet rounds that the trailer was the work of director Spike Jonze and was part of a viral marketing campaign for his forthcoming adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are, which opens Oct. 16.

Jonze certainly enjoys a good joke. The filmmaker co-produced and appeared in both Jackass movies and once picked up an MTV Award in the guise of a fictional choreographer named “Richard Koufey.” And the trailer does look like some kind of gag. The footage features a star-free cast flatly reciting dull, disconnected dialogue in spartanly-decorated rooms. One part of the trailer consists of a man announcing down the phone, “They’ve got, uh, printers in the basement you can use.” The footage also boasts some extremely basic...

After Last Season director Mark Region is as mysterious a presence as his film is within today's independent moviemaking community. After Filmmaker wrote about the film a couple of months ago, I've tried to get more info on him and his film. However, after the trailer went viral and the film seemed a new cult hit, the production company, Index Squared, has taken a very low-key approach to promoting the movie. But I was able to get in touch with one of the lead actors, Jason Kulas. I asked him some questions about the film over email, and he sent me the below response a few days ago. It gives us a lot more info on the film, which opens today in Lancaster, CA, North Aurora, Il, Rochester, NY, and Austin, TX. I haven't seen the film, so I...