Echo Chamber: DWFLA - Goodbye Tango
Our @EchoChamberFP coverage of Dances With Films Festival (22nd June - 2nd July 2023) continues, and today we have a comedy Short.
We conversate with the writer, director to find out how he was able to balance the comedy, pacing, and detail of the film, and get such great performance from the cast.
'Goodbye Tango' is written & directed by Jason Laurits. The sudden death of Ruth’s (Joan Shangold) beloved hamster reveals a decaying marriage with her curmudgeonly wife, Connie (Marilyn Busch). Ruth must either accept the death of things or keep spinning the wheel.
Watch the conversation: HERE!
Today we have:
Goodbye Tango - Poster
Goodbye Tango
Watch Review: Here.
Dances With Films
Saturday, 24th June 2023 at 14:45pm World Premiere, Competition Shorts Block 2
TCL Chinese 6 Theatres
Buy Tickets: Here.
Woods Hole Film Fesitval, Woods Hole (MA), 4th August 2023, 16:00pm.
OutSouth, Durham (NC), 12th August 2023, 12:50pm.
Director: Jason Laurits
Cast: Joan Shangold, Marilyn Busch, Jeanette Bonner, Louis Rocky Bacigalupo, Michael McEnery
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Running Time: 15.00 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Website: Here.
Watch the conversation: HERE!
Jason Laurits
Jason Laurits
Writer, Director, Script and Continuity Department
I dropped out of film school to be a rock star. Though stardom never ensued, I did learn how to silkscreen, to make posters for my various gigs (including at legendary rock clubs like CBGBs and the Continental). I started a small, silkscreen t-shirt line (Paste), featuring my one-of-a-kind graphics. I sold the tees at local fashion markets around NYC, then to stores, and eventually built a career as a graphic artist, collaborating with the likes of the Guggenheim Museum, CB2, Bloomingdale’s, Papyrus, Urban Outfitters, Hankyu (Japan) and the NYC airports.
In 2014, I opened a small shop inside Artists and Fleas Chelsea Market (still open to this day) and started to shift toward a career in film and writing. I have since written a novel and several award-winning screenplays. In 2020, I wrote and directed my first short film, Cocktail Hour, which played at film festivals and won multiple Best Short awards. For 2023, I’ll be debuting my second short, Goodbye Tango, and my new feature script, Loves Company.
I live in Brooklyn, NY with his husband Sa’ar and my dog Bea Arthur.
Follow Jason via:
IMDb: Here.
Linkedin: Here.
Website: Here.
Facebook: Here.
Instagram: @pasteusa
Vimeo: Here.
Paste: Here.
Dances With Films - Poster
26th Dances With Films
Dances With Films (DWF:LA & DWF:NYC), now in its 26th year, champions the unflinching spirit at the very core of the independent film scene. While the vast majority of film fests rely heavily on celebrity, we have relied on the innovation, talent, creativity and sweat equity that revolutionized the entertainment industry. And that reliance continues to prove successful with alumni moving on to write, direct and produce celebrity-studded vehicles, star in blockbuster movies and television series, produce multi-million dollar films and create hit TV shows. Oh…. and we even have several OSCAR® nominees… In a world of homogenized, formulaic film festivals, DWF:LA continues to defy the rules.
Film Information: Here.
Film Programme & Tickets: Here.
Panel + Special Events: Here.
Website: Here.
Twitter: @danceswithfilms
Facebook: Here.
Instagram: @danceswithfilms
*(Music)
'I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You' by Black Kids - 2008