Mark Duplass & Katie Aselton Discuss Magic Hour & Share Their Tried and True Indie Filmmaking Advice
10For over 20 years, the husband-and-wife team of Mark Duplass and Katie Aselton have been symbols of American independent cinema, dating back to their 2005 mumblecore dramedy, The Puffy Chair. Since then, Duplass, along with his brother, Jay Duplass, defined a subgenre of independent film with their low-budget and intimate character dramas.
While Duplass and Aselton have starred in mainstream shows and movies, their hearts lie with the spirit of independent filmmaking. With Magic Hour, the upcoming film written and directed by and co-starring Aselton, the pair have returned to their roots, all while providing Aselton a chance to prove her chops as an autonomous artist. The film stars Aselton and Daveed Diggs as a couple escaping to the desert to navigate complicated feelings in their relationship.
At SXSW 2025, Steve Weintraub sits down with Aselton and Duplass at Collider Media Studio at the Cinema Center to discuss Magic Hour, imbuing personal reflections into the story, and the struggles involved in independent filmmaking.
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