That one of Hollywood’s leading venture capitalists was funding almost half of a mainstream Aussie movie’s budget is concrete proof that thinking internationally can charm the finance wizards. The VC investor is Seattle real estate empire heir Michael Benaroya.
All throughout the screening of Felony at TIFF, I couldn’t help but be aware how American this film is. I felt as if I was watching a pretty good independent U.S. genre movie. That it could have been made in an American metropolis by an American director.
