Philip Chidel

Director of Cinematic Arts at @marinschoolarts @MSACineArts
Writer/Director of @OuterWildMovie, Subject Two & more creepy fare. #supportindiefilm #stayindie

[Philip Chidel @pchidel]

@arXhiiipower @arttavana The substance. Frankenstein. Sinners. Horror not taken seriously??

[Philip Chidel @pchidel]

@JoeyMagidson Dude. He’s 20. He’s not there yet? WTF? He’s a lot further than just about anyone else. Where is there anyway? Why do we push a destination which only stems from someone’s own preferences? Not there yet? Where is he? Are you there? Are you close to there? What’s it look like?

[Backrooms Movie Updates @KaneHypeGuy]

Kane Parsons was asked on The Tonight Show what he would bring to survive the Backrooms, to which he answered:

“Hydrogen Bomb, a really big magnet, and a toaster.”

[Philip Chidel @pchidel]

@CvatikPhoto He didn’t have the money or connections. He worked hard, dedicated himself to his craft, had a great concept and made it extremely well - and generated enough of an audience online to make it go viral. Talented with both creative and business acumen - and Hollywood found him.

[Philip Chidel @pchidel]

@PondTalk I love it how you speak with such authority as if you’re right and everyone agrees with you. People in droves love this movie too.

[Philip Chidel @pchidel]

@CruiseCrave You can say the same about most stars who were huge at one point. It’s HARD to make consistently strong and relevant movies /roles year after year. Hard pressed to think of examples of those that actuallly do this. Leonardo maybe?

[Philip Chidel @pchidel]

@PondTalk Wrong.

[Philip Chidel @pchidel]

Absolutely. And let’s not forget Tarantino, Smith, Linklater, and Rodriguez of the early 90s. Every 20-30 yrs or so, film shifts in a seismic way. Kane and Curry are spearheading them all this time around. This is a legit sea change. But…

[Paul Dergarabedian @PDergarabedian]

What’s striking to me is that the film school generation of the easy riding raging bull mavericks, including Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Brian DePalma & John Milius, who were underestimated by the old guard some 50 odd years ago have parallels with what is happening today with a new generation of @YouTube @YouTubeCreators /filmmakers. Mark Fischbach (Markiplier), Curry Barker, Kane Parsons (Kane Pixels), Chris Stuckmann & Danny and Michael Philippou (aka RackaRacka) are, in my opinion, the modern era version of this phenomenon. Is my comparison valid?

[John Podhoretz @jpodhoretz]

BACKROOMS is an astonishing box office achievement. So Is OBSESSION. But consider this. American Graffiti cost $750,000 in 1973. It earned $144 million. In today's dollars, American Graffiti made $1.2 billion on a $5 million budget. Nothing will ever come close.

[Philip Chidel @pchidel]

@codyclarke I can’t speak of Barker - but I know Kane. I was there when it started. He did not manufacture any grassroots effort. He truly was discovered by building his own channel with his own content and hard work and great talent. In my classroom. Don’t mistake your cynicism for truth.

[Philip Chidel @pchidel]

@basche42 There’s always a self congratulatory aspect w/ film articles. An inherent slant that film is the pinnacle of everything. It’s not. The success of Curry and Kane are proof - but now they get a larger spotlight. Film is not the end all be all but articles don’t recognize that.

[patrick. @imPatrickT]

i think this is exactly what young audiences are feeling at the cinema this weekend

[Philip Chidel @pchidel]

@robertlasagna1 The cynicism here and in some replies is startling. If you don’t like or get it, fine but can’t deny its uniqueness and inspiring backstory. A teenager pulled this off and made history! To just dismiss it as ‘terrible movie’ with such seeming authority is sad & shortsighted.

[Philip Chidel @pchidel]

@NewYorker Why call them precocious? Why not just recognize that they’re very good at what they do? Don’t be cutesy with them because they’re young.

[Philip Chidel @pchidel]

When I first saw @backroomsmovie weeks ago I equated Kane & Curry Barker with marking a new film era.

Like Tarantino, Rodriguez, Smith, Linklater in 90s.

Or Coppola, Spielberg, Scorsese, Cimino, Lucas in 70s

Or Welles and Lean in 40s.

It’s amazing this is now true.

[Philip Chidel @pchidel]

@VeiledKing He was my student too! I cant get enough of all this. Not just a success story but an historic one on any level. So proud.

[Philip Chidel @pchidel]

Not just boosting this because it involves Kane. But posting because his words are true and inspirational.

[Mark Duplass @MarkDuplass]

Some good news...

[Philip Chidel @pchidel]

Okay #backrooms fans: question: you know that funny breaker switch that shouldn’t be there? Why was it there - when we’re not yet inside the backrooms?
Or ARE we? Theories welcome. Go.

[Philip Chidel @pchidel]

@Gosleepriya Take the lower left of the 6 and move it to the gap in the upper right of the 6. It’s 49.

[Philip Chidel @pchidel]

@WowzaCxwza2003 @Lulamaybelle @BeyondFest @A24 @BackroomsMov Thank you! I wish I can take all the credit! But I do agree that he is a creative genius. And I never throw that genius word around lightly. :)