Tag: indie

• Good News: Documentary Will Play Phenom Film Festival

  My documentary, For the Love of Books, has been accepted to screen at the Phenom International Film Festival.  For the Love of Books tells the story of Kathy Patrick and the Pulpwood Queens’ Girlfriend Weekend. The Queens throw a book-loving party each January that features outrageous costumes, great storytelling, and many inspiring literacy projects.  The majority of…

  William Torgerson

  August 2, 2012

  Torg Life

  books, documentary, For the Love of Books, Indiana, indie, Jefferson, Jeremy Vogt, Kathy Patrick, Louisiana, Phenom Film Festival, Pulpwood Queens, Robert Leleux, Shreveport, Texas, Tina Sloan, Winamac

• Torg Has Moved

  I’ve moved into some new digital digs. Please click here to say hello. When you get to the new place, I hope you’ll take the time to subscribe for updates.  Thanks! https://thetorg.com/

  William Torgerson

  July 25, 2012

  Torg Life

  composition, Cusack, documentary, fag, faith, film, god, Indiana, indie, John Hughes, Olivet Nazarene University, Say Anything, Sixteen Candles, St. John’s University, teaching, William Torgerson, Winamac, writing

• False Profit: A Mockumentary Indie Film about the Financial Crisis, the Bailout, and Occupy Wall Street

  “Finally,” CNBC declared about the mockumentary False Profit. “A comedy movie about the financial crisis.” I met one of the producers on this film, Dan Abrams, because we’d both been fans of and guests on a podcast called asymco. It’s host is Horace Dediu and Horace studies Apple and its competitors. It’s an example of…

  William Torgerson

  March 29, 2012

  Torg Life

  Dan Abrams, False Profit, film, For the Love of Books, indie, kickstarter, Louis CK, Love on the Big Screen, Mockumentary, music, Occupy Wall Street, Second City, vimeo, Will Ferrell, William Torgerson, Woody Allen, youtube

• Two Indie Film Documentary Projects: Morel Mushrooms and Pulpwood Queens

  First I thought I wanted to make a documentary film.  Now it looks like there might be two.  The original idea was to be about my dad and his buddies’ morel mushroom hunting obsession.  A second film has jumped out and seemed to be demanded to be made about my recent trip to the Pulpwood…

  William Torgerson

  January 23, 2012

  Torg Life

  documentary, Elfar Adalsteins, indie, Joan Didion, Kathy Patrick, Love on the Big Screen, Morel, Mushroom, Pulpwood Queens, RIFF, Sailcloth, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, Two’s a Crowd, William Torgerson, Year of Magical Thinking

• A Conversation With a Bookblogger: From French Cuffed Z. Cavaricci’s to the Art of Indie

  I never really connected to the whole blogging phenomena, not until I recently attended a Blogger Conference in conjunction with Book Expo America (BEA).  Following a full day of hanging out with the bloggers at the Javits Convention Center in NYC, I left impressed with the community, impressed at their passion for books and need…

  William Torgerson

  June 9, 2011

  Torg Life

  80s, Bill, Cherokee McGhee, indie, Lori Hettler, Love on the Big Screen, retro, St. John’s University, The Next Best Book Blog, William Torgerson