Lots of talk these days on free versus paid downloads of films, etc. and so I found it interesting that Joe Swanberg would release his latest feature or free on Vimeo.

The film is called Marriage Material. I haven't watched it yet, but Joe makes primarily "Mumblecore films", which are definitely an acquired taste.

Here's the film:


Like most "free" things on the Internet this looks to be a marketing play to promote his other work. I'm not saying that negatively either by the way, I actually this it's pretty smart.

Here are a few of the reasons he sites for releasing it for free:

My feature film SPILT MILK was released on iTunes today!  It's been kind of a long journey on this film, so I'm pretty happy to finally have it out to the world. :)

Here's a direct iTunes link:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/spilt-milk/id489101084

You can buy or rent it in SD or HD. And here's the trailer to refresh your memory...



The film stars a lot of great folks including Jake Johnson (currently co-starring on FOX TV's New Girl), Chase Jeffery (Mind of It's Own), Kim Matula (CBS TV's The Bold & The Beautiful), Matthew Tompkins (Phobia), and many others (see IMDb for full cast).

Soon it should be available on Netflix and Hulu too... I'll post here when it's online.

Thanks!
Blake