Anish savjani biography

Prologue

I’ve come to embrace the story of Blue Ruin as one of smashing success. My initial attempts to diminish or deny this reality seemed more and more like false modesty as the fairytale unfolded.

We sold our film to RADiUS-TWC two hours after its Cannes premiere.

Anish savjani biography

We played Sundance, Toronto, Rotterdam and dozens of other festivals. Reviews have been generous. Hollywood has called. I’m that shithead who won the Indie Film Lotto. But if it weren’t for a series of lucky breaks, the story of Blue Ruin could easily have been one of utter disaster.

Film science anish savjani

Truth be told, our production was perpetually on the hairy edge of collapse. That, of course, was kept a secret—until now.

Part One: Dead in the Water

In January of 2012 I wrote a script, which some people liked, a few people loved, and nobody wanted to fund.

Part Two: an Epiphany

But the script was there.

I believed it to be a fresh take on the revenge genre, with an inept ‘everyman’ protagonist who, rather than dishing