BOMBLive! Tom Kalin interviewed by Bette Gordon, Clip 1

Tom Kalin is a filmmaker, teacher, writer, and activist, based in New York. His film credits include directing Swoon, executive producing I Shot Andy Warhol, and Co-Writing with Cindy Sherman Office Killer. Kalin has also created short film and video pieces which are held in the collections of Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris and MoMA, New York. His critical writings have been published in a wide range of publications. Bette Gordon is a New York based filmmaker, and teacher at Columbia.
Kalins 2007 film Savage Grace, tells the tale of socialite Barbara Daly Baekelands infamous 1972 slaying and the incestuous family dynamics surrounding her murder. Kalin discusses the film with his colleague and BOMB contributing editor Bette Gordon, in front of an audience of Columbia University film students. A Q&A session with the director followed the interview.

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Some "artists" love to babble endlessly about their thought processes and intentions but, in the end, it's only the movies that actually matter. Gordon is a terrible filmmaker and Kalin is maybe so-so. So what do they do in addition to making bad movies? They teach younger people to make bad movies and they babble on panels.