{"id":121730,"date":"2013-04-23T11:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T18:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=121730"},"modified":"2013-04-23T11:34:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T18:34:40","slug":"tribeca-2013-interview-mr-jones-producer-ross-dinerstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2013\/04\/23\/tribeca-2013-interview-mr-jones-producer-ross-dinerstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribeca 2013 Interview: Mr. Jones Producer Ross Dinerstein"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mr.\u201cThe Killing Room,\u201d \u201cThe Divide,\u201d \u201cThe Pact,\u201d and loads more in the works, but right now, it\u2019s all about \u201cMr. Jones\u201d for producer Ross Dinerstein.<\/p>\n

The Tribeca Film Festival Midnight Program entry features Jon Foster and Sarah Jones as Scott and Penny. When Scott insists on ditching the big city for a secluded cabin so he can make a nature documentary, she leaves everything behind to support the venture. The place is the ideal no rules, no pressure existence until filming sunrises, local greenery and creatures becomes monotonous and Scott loses all motivation. However, just before giving up entirely, they catch a glimpse of the most interesting thing they\u2019ve seen the whole trip, their neighbor, the famous yet mysterious sculptor, Mr. Jones. What starts as a serene show of nature descends into a suspenseful and nightmarish investigation as Scott and Penny try to creep closer to Mr. Jones\u2019 workshop to get the ultimate close-up with his infamous scarecrows.<\/p>\n

While the narrative is conveyed using a shaky cam technique, rather than calling \u201cMr. Jones\u201d found footage, Dinerstein dubs it a \u201cpoint of view film.\u201d While the term is accurate, \u201cMr. Jones\u201d is also far more than that. Not only is the story told from Scott and Penny\u2019s perspective, but it also functions as a documentary, too, and when that documentary style implodes right along with Scott and Penny\u2019s POV as they\u2019re consumed by the narrative\u2019s nightmare, you end up with something far more thoughtful than a camera crushing-induced cut to black.<\/p>\n

While celebrating the film\u2019s world premiere in New York City, Dinerstein took the time to sit down and talk about his collaboration with writer-director Karl Mueller, the challenge of subverting the found footage stigma, finding the ideal location, and more. Catch it all for yourself in the video interview below and see \u201cMr. Jones\u201d in full at its final Tribeca screening on April 24th at 9pm.<\/p>\n