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Filling A Void
HDFEST's Issac Alexander Speaks About the Future of Moviemaking
Perhaps even before George Lucas informed the movie industry that there is life after film, Issac Alexander and Marisa Cohen were in the planning stages of HDFESTãthe world's first festival dedicated solely to the exhibition of high definition products.
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Things I’ve Learned As A Moviemaker
Sometimes you can see better and tell a story better if you are outside a little bit.
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Lucky Breaks
Q & A with Cinematographer Jim Denault
Since lensing his first feature, Michael Almereyda¼s Another Girl, Another Planet, in 1992, cinematographer Jim Denault has become the DP of choice for some of the independent film world's most recognized talents. Now, he's teamed up with director Jim McKay (Girls Town) to help create the realistically gritty world of three young women growing up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn in Our Song.
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Things I’ve Learned As A Moviemaker
I like to put myself in the position of the audience, because they don't know any of that stuff anyway.
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Q & A with Planet of the Apes Editor Chris Lebenzon
For the past two decades, Lebenzon has been averaging about one feature per year, working alongside such directors as Tim Burton, Michael Bay and Tony Scott.
For the past two decades, editor Chris Lebenzon has been averaging about one feature per year, working alongside such directors as Tim Burton, Michael Bay and Tony Scott with such films as Ed Wood, Crimson Tide and Pearl Harbor to his credit. This summer, Lebenzon's most recent work can be seen in Planet of the Apes.
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Rewriting Literature
A Conversation With Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Over the course of a career that began some 40 years ago, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has penned over 20 screenplays-almost exclusively for director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant. In Q & A with MM, Jhabvala discusses her lates film, The Golden Bowl, her longtime collaboration with the Merchant/Ivory team and the difficulties in adapting literature to the big screen.
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Things I’ve Learned As A Moviemaker
They don't want freedom. They sometimes complain and say 'You are telling me exactly what I have to do!' but they love it. They love it when the part is laid out for them, and they don't have to make those kinds of decisions. You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor.
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Mythology and Moviemaking
A Conversation with John Boorman
Like the tropical nightmares of Joseph Conrad, the films of John Boorman lead us down rivers-real and imagined-into the heart of what ails us, and the quest for a remedy. Boorman's latest picture, The Tailor of Panama, adapted from the novel by John Le Carre, takes us back to the wasteland-this one of the tropical, urban variety.
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Inventor of the Online Film Festival
A Conversation with ClickFlick's Michael Perry
There aren't too many peaks in the motion picture world that Michael Perry hasn't scaled. After attending film school, Perry began directing television commercials. From there, he launched a lengthy and successful career as a music producer. And in 2000, he stuck a flag atop the Internet with his company, ClickFlick.
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The Franchising of a Film Festival
An Interview with FirstGlance Founder Bill Ostroff
FirstGlance Film Festival founder Bill Ostroff is quite adept at juggling many responsibilities. When not working as a full-time moviemaker, writer or production coordinator, he finds the time to run the world's first and only bi-coastal film festival, FirstGlance.
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Things I’ve Learned As A Moviemaker
Encourage the actors after every take. Acting is like jumping without a parachute-it's a scary thing to do. My acting coach made me try it once, so I know.
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Timing is Everything
A Conversation with Series 7 Writer-Director Daniel Minahan
Before seven strangers headed off to the Australian Outback to do battle with ferocious beasts and other contestants, Daniel Minahan was hard at work on the screenplay for Series 7, a movie that takes reality TV to the ultimate Twilight Zone degree.
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The Madness of a Method Editor
It's Still All About the Storytelling for Robert Ferretti, A.C.E.
Though he's earned a name for himself working on big-budget action flicks like Rocky V, On Deadly Ground, Showdown in Little Tokyo and Die Hard 2, Robert Ferretti has proven his versatility by being the creative force in the editing room for such off-beat independent fare as Dwight Yoakam's South of Heaven, West of Hell and Timothy Rhys' Men in Scoring Position.
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Things I’ve Learned As A MovieMaker
Always make movies for yourself. Never try to second-guess the public in any sort of way because you will always fall flat on your face.
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Shooting on Instinct
An Interview with Michael Radford
Oscar-nominated moviemaker Michael Radford has explored the worlds of George Orwell (1984) and Pablo Neruda (Il Postino); Africa (White Mischief) and Scotland (Another Time, Another Place); and now the exotic world of a San Fernando Valley strip club known as The Blue Iguana.
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Things I’ve Learned As A Moviemaker
There is no greater thing than to keep learning, and you do that when you have the opportunity to work with the most creative people in the world, as you do in the movie business.
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Things I’ve Learned As A Moviemaker
You learn to stay true to the page. No matter how hard this movie got in terms of the logistics, I focused on the script. What does this scene mean to me? What does that line mean to me?
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Life on Mars
A Conversation with Red Planet's Antony Hoffman
First-time director Antony Hoffman's recently released Red Planet has got film fans wondering: is there life on Mars? And, if so, why is he searching for it in the Australian outback?
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Things I’ve Learned As A Moviemaker
What I have learned from my filmmaking experience is to trust my instincts.
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Shooting Action
An Interview with Renny Harlin
Finnish director Renny Harlin has been actively making big-budget, action films in the U.S. since the mid-1980s, when he made a splash with the high-profile sequels A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Warriors and Die Hard 2: Die Harder.
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Crime Pays for Writer Alan Sereboff
A Conversation with Alan Sereboff
It's hard to write one screenplay at a time, let alone more than one! Here, Hollywood's newest scribe, Alan Sereboff, talks about making it in Hollywood and how he handles the pressure of adapting Adrenalynn, Snowblind and Omerta, while his own script,The Payback All-Star Revue, is in development.
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James Gray Goes the Distance
An Interview with James Gray
We haven't heard much from director James Gray since he wowed us with his directorial debut, Little Odessa. This month, James Gray is back with an all-new film and an all-star cast including Faye Dunaway, Ellen Burstyn and Mark Wahlberg in The Yards.
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Ed Harris’ Artist’s Sensibility
Ed Harris on Pollock - The Man and the Film
Ed Harris has long been heralded as one of the better actors of our time, and he's gotten two Oscar nods to prove it (Apollo 13; The Truman Show). Along with taking on the title character in the new film Pollock, Ed Harris has turned auteur by adding two new titles to his resume: director and painter?
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Michael Berenbaum: Things I’ve Learned As A Moviemaker
First and foremost, you have to trust yourself, not let anyone talk you out of what you want. You have to trust your heart.
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Dale Pollock’s World Wide Web of Film
An Interview with Dale Pollock
Dale Pollock, author, moviemaker, and current dean of the film school at the North Carolina School of the Arts, has strong opinions on all things cinema. Among his many credits are writing Skywalking, George Lucas's biography, and producing films such as Blaze and Set it Off.
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World Cinema In New York City
An Interview With Richard Peña
Dear to New Yorkers for its long-standing tradition of provoking audiences with spellbinding films from top-notch, international auteurs, over its 38-year history the New York Film Festival has been responsible for introducing the likes of Godard, Bertolucci, Fassbinder, and Scorsese to American audiences.
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James Schamus’ Kung Fu Writing
A Conversation with James Schamus
When it comes to independent film stalwarts, James Schamus has worked with some of the biggest. For Ed Burns' breakthrough film, The Brothers McMullen, Schamus served as executive producer and he helped to produce that film's follow-up, She's The One.
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Ang Lee: Things I’ve Learned As A Moviemaker
What does auteur mean? One who repeats himself?
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Ang Lee is Changing the Rules
An Interview with Ang Lee
Having enchanted us for a decade with a string of lyrical, exquisitely-crafted domestic dramas, including Sense and Sensibility, Eat Drink Man Woman and The Ice Storm, Ang Lee is one international director who has certainly found success with American audiences.
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Cutting and Painting with Editor Michael Berenbaum
The Career of Michael Berenbaum (So Far)
In his career as an editor, Michael Berenbaum has shown a tendency to collaborate with directors who look to film as something other than a commercial vehicle.
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E. Elias Merhige’s Power of Unflinching Belief
An Interview with E. Elias Merhige
Though his latest film, Shadow of the Vampire, deals with the undead, director E. Elias Merhige knows that it's the living he depends on for much of his success. Found out how Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe and Joan Rivers have all made a difference in his life.
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Ron Brown: Things I’ve Learned As A MovieMaker
I'd been a successful working actor for three straight years and there were no signs that my career would let up. Except of course for that nasty voice in my head that said-funny how that voice sounded like my father's-"an actor's life is too unpredictable... sooner or later the you'll hit a dry period... you gotta have something to fall back on ... be responsible ... grow up!"
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An Interview with Ron Brown of FilmFilm.com
When it comes to the world of entertainment, Ron Brown has got it covered.
Whether you're looking to make movies, or simply to watch them, the Internet is quickly becoming the venue of choice for many. FilmFilm.com's Ron Brown is here to talk about the trend, and tell you why the Internet is better than a film festival.
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Park City in January
An Interview with Peter Baxter of Slamdance
From struggling little festival that happened to take place in Park City at the same time as Sundance to one of the independent film scene's most highly anticipated events, Slamdance Film Festival director Peter Baxter shares the secret to their success: a clear-cut vision.
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Reviews: Ed Wood Have Been Proud
Tim Burton, who gave the horror genre a “Leave it to Beaver” twist with Frankenweenie, made Paul Reubens a role model in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure and added a hint of menace to Batman, has moved beyond TV-land inspirations to make a movie about a moviemaker. With Ed Wood, Burton has created a weirdly loving portrait of a man often mentioned as the worst director of all time.
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