Chad Hartigan’s This is Martin Bonner won the John Cassavetes Award at the Indie Spirit Awards; it’s a truly impressive American film about life and second acts, as Martin Bonner (Paul Einhoorn) rebuilds his life in a new town with a new job helping prisoners transition to the outside world; Travis (Richmond Arquette) is the new parolee Martin is assigned — not realizing that helping Travis will also help him. Hartigan and I dined at L.A.’s Unami Burger, talking about the challenges of his budget, real independence in film making, the paranoia you can get from winning the Sundance Audience Award, the best places to eat in Reno and his forthcoming projects. This is Martin Bonner can be found on iTunes and Netflix Watch Instant right now.
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