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Issue #74 [Spring 2008]
Lee Daniels Gets Pushed Around New York
by Lee Daniels
When it’s all said and done, I honestly can’t remember the making of
any of my films. The best way to describe it is… a tsunami comes and sweeps you out. And somehow you crawl back to the beach and survive. So, in thinking about the making of Push,
I took a break from editing and called my assistant, Dominique, to
help me remember what shooting this film was like.
Festival Beat
By MovieMaker Staff
MovieMaker takes a look at some of the best film festivals from late 2007 and early 2008: Big Apple, Whistler, Cucalorus, Hamptons International, Ft. Lauderdale International, Filmstock International, International Festival Summit, Beloit International and Florida ART Film Festivals.
Michael Patrick King Talks About Sex
By Jennifer Soong
In 2004, during the final season of HBO’s “Sex and the City,” Carrie Bradshaw dangerously flirted with love in Paris and the seed for a movie version of the show was planted. As the series came to a climactic close—ending a heady era of Manolo Blahniks, cosmopolitans and candid girlfriend camaraderie—creative leader and executive producer Michael Patrick King toyed with the idea of taking the fabulous foursome to the big screen.
Making Movies in Middle East
By Kevin Cassidy
Dubai could very well be the largest construction site on Earth. Everywhere you travel in this so-called “Las Vegas of the Middle East,” towering cranes fill the arid desert skyline from one end of the city to the next, including the manmade, meticulously crafted “islands” that surround the oil-rich emirate. Construction occurs day and night, with workers from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and parts unknown bussed in from the trailers they occupy in de facto labor camps just outside the city.
Christina Ricci Goes Hollywood with Speed Racer
By Kevin Canfield
A seasoned moviemaker at the age of 28, Christina Ricci has never been one to play by the rules. Ricci is surprising Hollywood again by starring in Speed Racer, her first big summer blockbuster, nearly two decades into her career.
Dennis Farina Reveals What Happens in Vegas...
By Mallory Potosky
He’s been a part of some of the most critically acclaimed movies (Saving Private Ryan) and popular television shows (“Miami Vice,” “Law & Order”) of the past 30 years. But for Dennis Farina, the notion of making a living as an actor was not the first one that occurred to this son of blue-collar Chicago; his first career was as a beat cop in the City of Broad Shoulders. It was only after meeting director Michael Mann through a mutual friend that the actor best known for his wiseguy roles (Midnight Run, Get Shorty) and the occasional unorthodox ladies’ man (Sidewalks of New York, “Empire Falls”) landed his first role in the 1981 thriller, Thief. While Mann helped launch his career, Farina has gone on to work with a number of other strong auteur directors, including Steven Soderbergh (Out of Sight), Guy Ritchie (Snatch) and John Frankenheimer (Reindeer Games).
She’s The Boss
By Kevin Canfield
Two of last year’s more critically acclaimed films—Sarah Polley’s Away from Her and Julie Delpy’s 2 Days in Paris—were directed by women who first gained renown for their on-screen performances. Now, a new pair of films—Helen Hunt's Then She Found Me and Jada Pinkett Smith's The Human Contract—also happen to be made by actress-turned-directors.
The 10 Greatest Rockumentaries of All-Time
By Travis Crawford
As Martin Scorsese's Shine a Light hits theaters nationwide, MM decided to highlight the 10 best, or at least most culturally significant, rockumentaries of all time, with the one condition that they are all currently available on DVD for your home viewing and listening pleasure.
Tom McCarthy Welcomes The Visitor
By David Fear
It’s worth recounting the central premise of Tom McCarthy’s The Visitor to emphasize that what sounds potentially cloying or cringe-worthy on the page, and would probably sound like fingernails on a chalkboard to studio executives in a pitch meeting, can become something graceful, intimate and incredibly moving in the right hands.
Independent Spirit
By Mark Sells
Six independent moviemakers talk of the state of independent moviemaking today and explain the inspirations behind their most recent films.
Jed Riffe’s Advice for Aspiring Documentarians
by Jed Riffe
Jed Riffe is a producer, journalist, independent moviemaker and the man behind production cooperative Jed Riffe Films LLC. His latest effort, Ripe for Change, won the MovieMaker Ecocinema Award at the 2007 Wine Country Film Festival. The documentary, which emphasizes Riffe's belief that changing the world begins with changing food politics, is part of the PBS series "California and the American Dream." After 25 years in the field, Riffe knows a thing or two about getting his point across on film. Here, he shares a bit of advice for documentarians aspiring to do the same.
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