Deconstructing Penelope
Mark Palansky's philosophy of film
By Jennifer M. Wood
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/mark_palansky_penelope_christina_ricci_20080229/
Blockbuster moviemaking would be the expected career path of one of Michael Bay's former employees, but Mark Palansky has never been one for doing the "expected" thing. In facting, spending the early part of his career on the sets of such big-budget projects as Armageddon, Pearl Harbor and The Island, helped this Toronto native make the most of a $12 million budget on the quirky Penelope.