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Movies with Meaning
The Angelus Awards' Monika Moreno Speaks Out
With a students-only policy, tremendous track record and tens of thousands of dollars up for grabs, the Angelus Awards Student Film Festival is a great first step in the door to Hollywood. Here, MM speaks with Angelus Director Monika Moreno about why students make better moviemakers and the triumph of the human spirit.
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Film Education on a Global Scale
A Conversation with Vancouver Film School's Marty Hasselbach
Since opening their doors 15 years ago-- with a class of 12 students-- the Vancouver Film School has grown into one of the world's most respected film education institutions. In an interview with MM, Vancouver Film School's Managing Director Marty Hasselbach discusses the school's unique approach to learning, their adherence to the rule of quality over quantity and how a year at VFS is like a year spent in France.
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The Power of the Fluid Camera
A Conversation with Cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth
For Jeff Cronenweth, cinematography was in
the gene pool. The son of legendary DP Jordan Cronenweth,
Jeff has made a name of his own, first working behind the
camera on David Fincher's stylish Fight Club and
most recently on Kathryn Bigelow's K-19: The Widowmaker
and Mark Romanek's highly-anticipated One Hour Photo.
Here, Cronenweth talks about the challenges of finding your
own style and working with family.
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
Never stand in doorways.
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Torn Pages From a Life
A Conversation with Full Frontal Scribe Coleman Hough
If you don't recognize writer Coleman Hough's
name from her equal billing with Steven Soderbergh's on the
poster for the powerhouse director's new film Full Frontal,
it's because this is her first produced screenplay. Here Coleman
talks with MM about working with Steven Soderbergh
and how her writing is always "torn from the pages of
her life."
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Things I’ve Learned as a MovieMaker
LA is ironically and paradoxically a dangerous place to be if you make movies. Because it's almost impossible to keep a sense of film as a representation of life and to get connected to what's going on outside. In other words, if you're going to make films about making films, that's a good idea for a film. But to continue in a career in which it's all self-reference and self-quotation or quotation from friends or enemies, it's such a distortion of what film can and should be.
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Sacrifice Yes, Compromise, No
The Dangerous Life of Director Peter Care
David Fincher, Spike Jonze and Jonathan Glazer are just a
few directors who've carried their success in the world of
music videos to the big screen. The latest director to follow
that trend is England's Peter Care, whose The Dangerous
Lives of Altar Boys made a splash at Sundance earlier
this year and is at theaters now.
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Indie Movie Guide
Three enigmatic entries
Porvenir: Future, paints a powerful portrait of
an indigenous community trying unsuccessfully to continue its
way of life in the face of contemporary Western civilization.
Borstal Boy, based on the memoir by Irish
writer Brendan Behan, recounts Behan's struggle after being
captured by the British in an IRA bombing attempt during World
War II. Water from the Moon is a short that was
featured at the Slamdance Film Festival by puppeteer Jenny McCracken.
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Bringing the World of Film to NYC
A Conversation with ProductionEAST's Michael Gallo
For many years New York moviemakers have had to travel to L.A. or Las Vegas to check out the latest in technology, but this October, the East Coast's largest production conference is happening right in their own backyard. ProductionEAST will debut October 30 – 31st at New York City's Jabob Javits Center. Event Director Michael Gallo recently spoke with MM about his first year event and the current state of production in New York.
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
We all started working together when we first got out of film school, and I've worked with many of the same people ever since. It's not so much about climbing over the wall to get into the film business; you just get a group of people and walk through the front gate together. And that makes it a lot easier than going one by one.
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Invitation to a Head Fracture
Straight Talk from Maverick Harvard Man James Toback
Compromising is not the first word that comes to mind when
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Getting the Acting Right is What Counts
Performance-driven films suit One Hour Photo Editor Jeffrey Ford
Performance-driven films suit One Hour Photo Editor
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The Kid Keeps Shooting the Pictures
DP John Bailey discusses his more than 30 years in the business
The Kid Keeps Shooting the Pictures
DP John Bailey discusses his 30 years in the business
As with many of his contemporaries, it was the directors and
films of the French New Wave that led cinematographer John
Bailey to his destiny. He has worked on more than 50 features,
from Hollywood fare like Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
to indie breakthroughs like The Anniversary Party.
With his latest non-fiction entry, The Kid Stays in the
Picture, in theaters now, Bailey took some time
to speak with MM about the future of film, why he's
always shifting gears and how he finds his alternate reality.
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
Don't be delicate and don't be precious with the original story. Infuse yourself into the work; take it, own it and make it yours. Never worry what the writer of the original story will think or you will be blocked.
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Sexual Healing
An Interview with Secretary Scribe Erin Cressida Wilson
She's no stranger to the literary world. A writing professor
at Duke University and a renowned playwright, Erin Cressida
Wilson's work has been performed at theaters around the
globe. Her first foray into the realm of screenwriting has
proven successful as well. Based on the short story by Mary
Gaitskill, Secretary-directed by Steven Shainberg and
starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader-has gained wide
acclaim since its 2002 Sundance premiere.
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
You can't have enough pre-production. There's never enough post-production.
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More Than Master of the Feel-Bad Film
Neil LaBute talks about moving from the jet-black humor of In the Company of Men and Nurse Betty to the romantic Possession
Neil LaBute moves from the jet-black humor of Nurse
Betty to the romance of Possession
His plays and films are about people-mainly men-behaving badly.
They're about relationships, which means men vs. woman, where
nasty people lie, cheat and betray each other. But Possession,
Neil LaBute's new movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow, is
adapted from a prize-winning literary romance. So why the
switch?
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Scaring Up Film Fans
Talking Horror with Experts at Five "Genre Fests"
There's no better time of year for horror fans to see their interests rewarded than October. But if the onslaught of genre-related television programming isn't enough to satiate your taste for the thrilling and the horrifying, why not see if there's a horror film festival in your area? From the tony shores of Newport, RI to the moviemaking capital of Los Angeles, CA, festival directors are scaring up audiences on the lookout for a good scream. We recently spoke with reps from five horror fests about not only their fests, but their favorite scary movies!
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Buried Alive and Other Tales from the Trenches
It's all in a day's work for Stunt University founder Gregg Sargeant
Think your college midterms were hard? Try graduating with honors from Stunt University! Sure, it's not what generally comes to mind when the words "film education" are uttered, but stunt people are an essential ingredient in what makes the Hollywood formula so successful. It's stunt industry vet Gregg Sargeant's mission to make people realize that.
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
AVID] really does allow you to try a lot of different things and to experiment. However, I'm glad I have the discipline of film, where you work on a scene until it works. It's like practicing an instrument: you do it again and again until it works. It's not about slapping it together. Unfortunately, too many films are cut that way today.
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An Orgy of Filmmaking
An Interview with Editor Carol Littleton
Some people plan and scheme for years about how to
forge a career in the film business. For a lucky few, it's
almost a divine accident. Such is the case with editor Carol
Littleton, who has collaborated with high-profile
directors like Jonathan Demme, Robert Benton and Lawrence
Kasdan during her long career. Her latest picture, Demme's
The Truth About Charlie, cut in the French New Wave style,
gave her a new kind of freedom she says she'll take with her
in the future.
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
I remember how many early mornings I was up, putting together equipment for a documentary or trying to the night before-staying up late and putting together my package and deciding whether I had everything or not.
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Where the Girls Are
DP Ellen Kuras talks about shooting Rebecca Miller's Personal Velocity
Ellen Kuras, the acclaimed cinematographer
on such celebrated films as Swoon and I Shot Andy
Warhol, has made a name for herself by breaking with conventions
and making films that matter. She easily moves back and forth
between features and documentaries, and has become a frequent
collaborator with both Spike Lee and Rebecca Miller. In Personal
Velocity, she reteams with Miller to explore the unrelated
but familiar lives of three very different women, portrayed
by Kyra Sedgwick, Parker Posey and Fairuza Balk, in InDigEnt's
latest mini-DV release
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
When you're creating a piece of theater-either as a writer or director-you must make it entirely and thoroughly theatrical.
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Tim Blake Nelson Enters The Grey Zone
The actor/writer/director takes on a new role with his latest film
Tim Blake Nelson makes his own rules when
it comes to working in the film industry. Best known as an
actor with key roles in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Minority
Report and The Good Girl, for the past five years
Nelson has been quietly building a reputation as a talented
writer and director. But none of his films have plumbed the
depths of human emotion as deeply as his latest, The Grey
Zone, which explores the world of Sonderkommandos, Jewish
prisoners who were offered a better quality of life in exchange
for aiding their Nazi captors in the crematoria.
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
You must have a clear vision of the film-every frame, every rhythm, every nuance, every sound. However, you must also remain "open." You must be ready to embrace surprising opportunities, [the] happy (or unhappy) accidents and be extremely collaborative.
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An Obsession for Style and Content
Writer/Director Mark Romanek Discusses One Hour Photo
Director Mark Romanek made his mark as a
music video director working with Lenny Kravitz, Nine Inch
Nails, Janet Jackson, Beck and Madonna, and he has an eye
for images. In his debut feature, One Hour Photo,
he's concerned with the surface of things. The film does for
photo processing guys what Alfred Hitchcock did for hotel
clerks in Psycho. Just how creepy and harmless is
Sy Parrish, the character at the center of the film? Is he
a villain or someone to pity? Romanek lets you make up your
own mind. Here, he discusses his debut film, putting the comedic
Williams in a deeply dramatic role, and his own obsessions.
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Is Moondance One of the World’s Most Important Festivals?
A Conversation with Founder Elizabeth English
For Elizabeth English, the Moondance International Film Festival is about more than just film screenings and an opportunity for up-and-coming moviemakers to network-it's a chance to right the historical wrongs of an industry that has long demeaned the role of women. As she enters her fourth year of producing the event, English talks with MM about her festival's ambitious mission statement, the quick success she's found and why a film festival should celebrate more than just the actors and director.
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Real World Education
Full Sail's David Franko tells us why his program is unique
With six different degree programs for what they call "creative minds" and production facilities that would make most of their Orlando industry neighbors jealous, Full Sail's reputation is growing on a national level. David Franko, Full Sail Real World Education's Program Director for Film, recently spoke with MM about what makes the Full Sail program unique.
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
More than anyone, Dede taught me about structure and performance. It was like learning how to ride a bike. I was constantly falling off before. But now I could hold my balance and sail down the street… wheeee!
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The Closest Thing to Alchemy
Academy-Award winning editor Claire Simpson talks about her process and the myths of women in the cutting room
Attribute her success to tenacity and talent all you
want-but Claire Simpson will tell you it's
really all about luck! Just five years after getting her start
assisting legendary editor Dede Allen on 1981's Reds Simpson
was reciting her own Oscar acceptance speech for her work
on Oliver Stone's Platoon. With a filmography consisting
of more than a dozen films, including two further projects
with Stone (Salvador and Wall Street) and collaborations
with directors Robert Towne, Neil LaBute, Ridley Scott and
Tony Scott, Simpson has carved out a career that would make
most editors envious.
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
You have to learn to listen and understand to the needs of the director. You will learn to see things from new perspectives that will make your work richer and better.
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Hidden Agenda
For DP Rodrigo Prieto, it's better that you don't notice his work
In the two years since Amores Perros, nearly
everyone involved in the film has been catapulted onto Hollywood's
A-List, including cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto.
He has gone on to work with some of America's most celebrated
auteurs, including Spike Lee and Oliver Stone. Currently,
his work can be seen in Curtis Hanson's gritty urban drama
8 Mile and JulieTaymor's Frida. Right
now he's with the Perros team again on 21 Grams,
starring Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro and Naomi Watts.
The ultra-hot Prieto took time from his hectic schedule to
talk about his quick rise to the top, how being a DP is like
being a psychologist and how a children's haunted house started
it all.
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
Know your arse from your elbow. And keep your pecker up.
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Greetings from the Scottish New Wave
Lynne Ramsay brings a European sensibility to a recent American classic
There's no denying the passion that fast-talking, chainsmoking
writer director Lynne Ramsay has for her
work. Ramsay made her auspicious film debut with the critically
praised Ratcatcher. Now tackling the script for The
Lovely Bones, based on Alice Sebold's best-selling novel,
Ramsay will also direct the film. It's a coup for the moviemaker,
and the pressure will definitely be on, but from the looks
of her new film, Morvern Callar, starring Samantha
Morton, the unconventional and confident Ramsay is up to the
task.
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