We recently connected with Amanda Jane Stern and have shared our conversation below.
Amanda Jane, appreciate you joining us today. We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.
In summer of 2021 I produced my first feature film, the psychosexual revenge thriller Perfectly Good Moment. I also wrote and starred in this two-character movie. The story follows a couple, David and Ruby, who have been together on-and-off for eight years. When they first met, she was 19 and he 34, the film picks up with their reunion, but Ruby may have other things in store. We had a very successful year on the festival circuit and are excited to come out sometime later this year.
Amanda Jane, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
I actually started acting professionally as a child, predominantly in independent films. I got my first role in the comedy Martin & Orloff when I was 8. Over the years I discovered I also loved writing, so I started working on screenplays. I took off a few years from acting to go to college where I studied film history and theater. When I graduated, I got back into acting, booking a role in a Lifetime original horror movie called Amish Witches.
In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?
I think a lot of people like to discredit how important the arts are in society, but art drives so much. Art can influence the way people think or feel, art can resonate and help you process experiences in new ways, and it can serve as a much-needed escape. I’ve always believed we should have more government funding for the arts, and not just the arts that serve the country, but all art. For example, in France and Canada there is funding for people to make films, and it’s not just films that make the country look good, but any kind of film (horror, romance, drama, etc…) The arts should not have to be a fever dream for so many, it should be a viable career path.
What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?
I’m a big fan of genre films: thriller, horror, erotic dramas, film noir, and a lot of those films have been told from overwhelmingly male perspectives (especially erotic thrillers). I like to play with the conventions of those genres and flip the narrative, who’s telling the story and why?
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