Director's Statement
We basically decided to make "House of Fur" because I had finally gotten my hands on a camera (an XL2) and we wanted to make something feature length. So we extended an idea I had for a talking animal short that was intended to be a much cruder brand of humor than anything that genre had ever seen before.
We had just met Clare Grant (who was just off of "Walk the Line" and "Black Snake Moan") and she said that she was interested in the idea so I put together a script. After reading it, Clare signed onboard and we started shooting a few weeks later.
The only real money we had to speak of was what we paid Clare so every other aspect of the production was pretty much a beg, borrow or steal type of situation. So we were vastly relieved when we learned that our friend Keith Miller would be available to play the male lead for us.
The shoot was an extremely interesting experience, especially when we started shooting with the animals. Most of the characters are cats and unlike dogs, who will do almost anything in exchange for a bone, cats will pretty much only do something if they want to do it. So needless to say we spent a lot of time coaxing and waiting, and I mean a lot of time. But eventually they gave us everything we needed and I was very pleased with the end result.
The thing that I'm most curious about is to see how people respond to the way that I wove in clips of one of my favorite movies "My Man Godfrey" to simultaneously tell that story at the same time, almost like having two movies in one. I wasn't sure if audiences would enjoy it but I wanted to try something new so I gave it a shot.
At the end of the day I was extremely happy with what we were able to produce with a total budget of just a few thousand dollars, and I'm immensely excited to make a feature on a much larger scale. In the meantime I hope you enjoy "House of Fur".
Sincerely,
Adam Cade