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Welcome to a new series here at Cinematical where we’ll shine a spotlight on different films premiering at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in January.*
A couple years ago I was fortunate to catch a short film called *The Shirt *by an up-and-coming director named Drake Doremus. At the time I remember my friend telling me that Doremus was destined to go on to bigger and better things, and one look at the somewhat dry, awkward-yet-endearing sense of humor in The Shirt was enough proof to suggest my friend was right. Cut to 2009 and Doremus’ new feature film ***Douchebag ***was just accepted to screen in competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival – this coming only one year since his last film, Spooner, premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival. Needless to say, Drake Doremus is a name you’re about to become a lot more familiar with.
One thing I love about Drake is it’s completely obvious that he’s a hopeless romantic. While a bit frenzied and hilarious, all of his films feature a love story at their core, and *Douchebag *appears to be no different. We caught up with Drake shortly after the Sundance lineup was announced to ask him a few questions about his film.
Cinematical: Give us the “dude on the street” description of your film?
Drake Doremus: Two brothers who hate each other’s guts go on a road trip to find the younger brother’s fifth grade girlfriend.