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But From Nothing Came Something: Jonathan, Just Because

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When Kirsten Major and her friends decided to make a short film she had written, she asked if they could find time to shoot in the next few days, even though that would mean taking time off from work. The four of them just looked at each other in the coffee shop and realized that, as a matter of fact, they were all unemployed and free every day for the foreseeable future. Ms. Major described the plot for “Jonathan, Just Because” as a simple romantic film: two men take a chance on each other. “Both characters are heartbroken,” she said. “They have no money, they don’t have a lot to give. Everyone’s a little desperate.”

They named themselves the W.P.A. Players and worked with a budget of exactly nothing, but from that nothing came something. Artwork fueled by unemployment may be very good or painfully bad, but it will do something for all the people who make it.

Includes photographs and the short film, “Jonathan, Just Because.”
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4 comments // But From Nothing Came Something: Jonathan, Just Because

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    • sweet, and a very interesting project, although I am puzzled, as always, by the stabilization of relationships (and not just those relationships that are under fire) through the scripts that we write and recite.

      It is immensely compelling to see people administer Freud's 'talking cure,' as it were, to their own lives and come out on the side of catharsis.

    • 2 years ago
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    • Hi sickinjersey,

      Thanks for your comment. I found the story (and their short film) to be quite touching in these times.

      Best wishes to you.

    • 2 years ago
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