A Horse with No Name (film)

A Horse with No Name is an independently produced feature film by Matthew and Barnaby OConnor. Its two key distinguishing factors are the budget, which was 10,000 considered very small by Hollywood standards and the fact the film was written as it was made something none of the actors in the film knew was happening. As far as the cast were aware the script had already been written and they would receive dialogue on the day to keep it fresh. This whole process was documented in the feature length behind the scenes documentaryStates which was described by one review as behind the scenes carnage the likes of which you have never seen before.

As the behind the scenes documentaryStates shows, production of the film was plagued with difficulties, with several instances where the filmmakers appear close to collapsing from exhaustion and stress. This was mainly due to the fact there was no script and the filmmakers were trying to keep this a secret from the other people involved in the production. Many of the actresses they approached initially were wary of becoming involved, perhaps because they sensed that all may not be what it appeared. Aside from this, the production was very underfunded, given the notoriously expensive costs of living and working in New York City. In the end, all internal scenes were actually shot in Syracuse, some 300 miles from the city but still part of New York State as costs of hiring locations within the city proved prohibitively expensive.Despite the low budget nature of the film, a number of well known musicians contributed their music to the film and documentary. The opening song Do you like it? by Sam Taylor, who was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall Of Fame in 1997 is one example. Others include Ronald I. Becker 1985present, also known as KC Beck, a US Soldier turned country singer who features Thats Just Me as the title track for the documentary. Perhaps in keeping with the spirit of the production, all musicians contributed tracks on a deferred payment basis, where the musicians are not paid until the film has been sold and recouped its costs. ........

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