Indie Game: The Movie

"Indie Game" redirects here. For the type of video games, see Indie game.

Indie Game: The Movie
Against a pale blue background, a SNES game controller hangs from a wire, above a pit of bloodied spikes.
Directed byJames Swirsky
Lisanne Pajot
Produced byJames Swirsky
Lisanne Pajot
Starring
CinematographyJames Swirsky
Lisanne Pajot
Edited byJames Swirsky
Lisanne Pajot
Music byJim Guthrie
Production
companies
BlinkWorks
Flutter Media
Distributed byBlinkWorks Media
Release dates
  • 20 January 2012 (2012-01-20) (Sundance)
Running time
94 minutes (Canada)
103 minutes (International)
LanguageEnglish

Indie Game: The Movie is a 2012 documentary film made by Canadian filmmakers James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot. The film is about the struggles of independent game developers Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes during the development of Super Meat Boy, Phil Fish during the development of Fez, and also Jonathan Blow, who reflects on the success of Braid.[1]

After two successful Kickstarter funds,[2][3] interviews were conducted with prominent indie developers within the community. After recording over 300 hours of footage, Swirsky and Pajot decided to cut the movie down to follow the four developers selected.[4] Their reasoning behind this was to show game development in the "past, present and future" tenses through each individual's story.[5]

  1. ^ "Indie Game: The Movie About". Indiegamethemovie.com. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Indie Game: The Movie by BlinkWorks". Kickstarter. 20 July 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Indie Game: The Movie – The Final Push by BlinkWorks". Kickstarter. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  4. ^ Kelly, Kevin (16 February 2012). "Indie Game: The Movie – The Interview". G4 TV. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  5. ^ Munro, Shaun (19 June 2012). "Indie Game: The Movie Review: Informative, Emotional Documentary". WhatCulture.com. Retrieved 9 August 2015.