Things I Do for Money

Things I Do for Money is a 2019 Canadian crime film, directed by Warren P. Sonoda.[1] The film stars Theodor Aoki and Maximilian Aoki as two cello-playing brothers in Hamilton, Ontario, who become embroiled in the criminal underworld when a bag of money belonging to a criminal hitman accidentally ends up in their possession.[2]

Things I Do for Money
Poster
Directed byWarren P. Sonoda
Written byGary R.D. Nolan
Warren P. Sonoda
Produced byEmily Andrews
Avi Federgreen
Laura Nordin
Jen Pogue
StarringTheodor Aoki
Maximilian Aoki
CinematographyChristoph Benfey
Edited byAnna Catley
Kat Webber
Music byMaximilian Aoki
Theodor Aoki
Production
companies
Federgreen Entertainment
Filmcoop
Shoot Good Films
Distributed byRaven Banner Entertainment
Release date
  • December 6, 2019 (2019-12-06) (Whistler)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film was the first-ever acting role for both Theodor and Maximilian Aoki, real-life sibling cellists from Hamilton who also composed the film's score.[3] Their father, Edward Aoki, also has a supporting role in the film as another hitman;[4] the film's cast also includes Yodit Tewoderos, Rhett Morita, Jennifer Lynn Walton, Dax Lough, Danilo Reyes, Colette Zacca and Ali Kazmi.

The film's soundtrack includes a cello-based re-recording by Jay Semko of "Things I Do for Money", a 1987 single by Semko's band The Northern Pikes.[5]

The film premiered at the Whistler Film Festival in 2019,[6] and was commercially released to video on demand platforms in August 2020 after its planned theatrical release was scuttled by the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[1] The film did, however, receive a special theatrical drive-in screening in Hamilton on July 22, 2020.[1]

Faustine Pelipel received a nomination for Best Sound Editing in a Feature Film at the 2020 Directors Guild of Canada awards.[7]

References
  1. Jordan Pinto, "Warren P. Sonoda on doing ‘everything you’re not supposed to’ on his 11th feature". Playback, August 11, 2020.
  2. Liam Lacey, "Things I Do for Money: Kooky Canuck Family Crime Drama Saved by Blissful Music". Original Cin, August 12, 2020.
  3. Graham Rockingham, "Director Warren P. Sonoda returns to Hamilton to film crime drama with city’s cello-playing Aoki brothers". Hamilton Spectator, August 17, 2020.
  4. Volkmar Richter, "The movies have a summer after all with Russell Crowe, Jamie Foxx, and a singer’s tour of the real Africa". National Observer, August 14, 2020.
  5. Matt Olson, "Creative Isolation: Jay Semko steps toward the silver screen". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, August 17, 2020.
  6. Volkmar Richter, "Greek tragedy goes modern with Antigone, black family life in Waves and a film artist’s self portrait". Vancouver Observer, December 6, 2019.
  7. Greg David, "Nominees announced for 19th Annual DGC Awards". TV, eh?, September 21, 2020.
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