No Money, No Problem: The $10K Toronto Movie That Turns a Housing Crisis Into Dark Comedy Gold
That just takes more time away from being a creative person,” the filmmaker says of Toronto, the setting and inspiration for his madcap dark comedy...
Key points
- That just takes more time away from being a creative person,” the filmmaker says of Toronto, the setting and inspiration for his madcap dark comedy Toronto Apartment, about a tenant who subleases his place by the hour to make rent.
- Wheeler spoke to THR after the film world premiered at the Mammoth Lakes Film Festival in California in May and just before its Canadian premiere Wednesday night at Toronto’s Paradise Theater as part of the Bleeding Edge showcase.
- And I was thinking about every day waking up and having to struggle to figure it out.” That struggle included Toronto Apartment being directed by Wheeler on a budget of $10,000, using a $200 camera with the collaboration of local DIY filmmakers over 11 shooting days on weekends.
- “It’s both you can’t screw up a film day because we don’t have the money for a reshoot, but also it’s only $10,000.
What happened
That just takes more time away from being a creative person,” the filmmaker says of Toronto, the setting and inspiration for his madcap dark comedy Toronto Apartment, about a tenant who subleases his place by the hour to make rent. Wheeler spoke to THR after the film world premiered at the Mammoth Lakes Film Festival in California in May and just before its Canadian premiere Wednesday night at Toronto’s Paradise Theater as part of the Bleeding Edge showcase. And I was thinking about every day waking up and having to struggle to figure it out.” That struggle included Toronto Apartment being directed by Wheeler on a budget of $10,000, using a $200 camera with the collaboration of local DIY filmmakers over 11 shooting days on weekends. “It’s both you can’t screw up a film day because we don’t have the money for a reshoot, but also it’s only $10,000. He also had creative freedom when making Toronto Apartment. “It’s both you can’t screw up a film day because we don’t have the money for a reshoot.
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