“Slippery and harper“Be a huge company for the TV series’ author/director/star Cooper Raiff, who also self -financed the show on eight episodes through its small idea production banner. While staying at the Indieview studio, presented by Dropbox, with his “Hal and Harper” crew, Raiff talked about how much of himself he poured in “Hal and Harper” during the six years it took to do so – After devoting his entire creature to the project in a way he said he will never do again.
“(‘Hal and Harper’) have a lot to do with the emotions and relationships in my childhood, and in my present,” Raiff said. “But it was only this story that would not release, that’s what is the biggest inside me, and I feel that I also release it, and it feels really emotionally.”
For raiff, self -financing of the series and shooting it as an independent film was the only way he knew he could stay believed in that story in his head. But he also admits that it is a scary suggestion. In front of “slippery and harper” Sundance Premiere, Raiff, who had the Dream Sundance experience with ”Cha cha really smooth“Selling to Apple for $ 15 million on Sundance 2022, wondering high if a TV series can meet the same way.
“I know how movies go independently; I have had experience of making a movie, and only this thing has been around for so long; TV is so new and scary because you don’t have the system in place, ”Raiff said. “You are trying to make enough sound to get TV buyers to get to this place that they usually only send movie buyers. And then it is a very scary weekend to try to manifest a similar energy and a similar sale, hopefully. “
So what was it like to shoot the 300-page script in 50 days? According to Raiff’s co -star (the named Harper) and executive producer Lili Reinhart, it was like making an indie film on steroids.
“We have said that we could not have done it if everyone was not engaged in (it),” Reinhart said. “When you connect to an indie, you commit to flying at the seat of your pants, be open to change, be a team player, and you just kind of … don’t have the money to do anything else.”
Would Raiff be open for another season after the huge commitment to make eight episode series? Raiff replied, “We will do a second season if you (looking at the camera) want it.”
“Slippery and harper“Had a premiere Sundance Film Festival. It is looking for distribution.
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