Steve discusses the dual nature of the TOTL story, what attracted him as an actor to the project and to the lead role of Stan, and the benefits he saw in director (and Pan Left member) Steev Hise's use of the Mark Travis directing technique.
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Most of the time, Pan Left member projects are documentaries. This is what Pan Left Productions is known for. The desire to passionately present truths and true stories previously unheard or underheard has been the fundamental drive of the organization.
For the last six years of my filmmaking career that's been my priority as well, and I don't think I'll ever stop making non-fiction films. However, my experiences and
I'm in perhaps the most exciting yet frustrating stage in my work on the documentary about war tax resistance that I'm making. I'm basically trying to make sense of all the footage and figure out how to present it in a compelling way - the big question is: what is the story? I've been struggling with this for about 4 years, ever since I started thinking about the challenges of making a film about this subject - Put another way, how do I tell the story of war tax resistance in a way that's interesting and exciting?