Shooting at the Moon (film)

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Shooting at the Moon
Directed by Jesse Richards
Nicholas Watson
Written by Jesse Richards
Nicholas Watson
StarringMatthew Quinn Martin
Leila Laaraj
CinematographyJennifer Martin
Jennifer B. Katz
Music by Billy Childish
The Earls of Suave
Distributed byNew Haven Stuckists Film Group/Remodernist Film and Photography
Release date
  • 2003 (2003)
Running time
10 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Shooting at the Moon is a short Super-8 punk/Remodernist film directed by Jesse Richards and Nicholas Watson, starring Matthew Quinn Martin (billed as Matthew Martin) as Buddy and Leila Laaraj as Lana, and features music by Billy Childish. It was shot in the summer of 1998 and its final cut was completed in 2003. The film premiered at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival in November 2003. On March 8, 2008 the film made its London premiere at Horse Hospital during their FLIXATION Underground Cinema event.


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