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Issue #49 [Winter 2003]

Features: Oscar-Winning Perspectives on Producing
By Shelley Friedman
When a movie achieves critical success, the credit usually goes to the director, writer and/or actors. But what about the force of nature whose passion, dedication and vision see the project through from concept to distribution?


What about the ultimate multi-tasker, the backbone of the picture—the producer? The fact is that even the most successful Hollywood producers are usually not household names. And most moviegoers have only the vaguest notion of what a producer really does.<

Philip Seymour Hoffman: Triumph of the Uncommon Man
By Jennifer M. Wood
With two films in release (Spike Lee's 25th Hour and Todd Louiso's Love Liza), one upcoming (Anthony Minghella's Cold Mountain) and a Sundance premiere (Richard Kwietniowski's Owning Mahowny), Philip Seymour Hoffman has raised the art of scene-stealing to new heights-and frequency.

Features: Top 10 Cities to Live and Make Movies in 2003
By Lenny Smith
MM's third annual countdown of the most indie-friendly cities in North America.

Features: Art of the Actor-Director
By Allen Baldwin
Today's best films are being made by actors. Jon Favreau, Bill Paxton, Stanley Tucci and Forest Whitaker tell us why.

Features: How to Avoid a Lawsuit in Waiting
By Walter J. Coady, Jr.
In today's litigious world, the act of producing a film puts you face to face with all kinds of potential legal peril. Find out how to avoid being vulnerable.

Features: Dante Ferretti’s Designing Dreams
By Phillip Williams
The legendary production designer and his wife, set decorator Francesca LoSchiavo, discuss art, collaboration and Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York.

Features: The Future of Movies on the Internet
By Brita Wanger
The Internet's arrival seemed to herald a seachange in the way we would watch movies. What happened?

Features: Directing for TV
By Andy Rose
Just a few years ago there were two types of directors: those who made feature films and those who worked in episodic TV. The distinctions are beginning to blur.

Features: Digital Cameras: Top DPs Speak
By Jennifer M. Wood
When investigating the digital medium, there's no better source than the experts. Several top DPs talk about which cameras to use and why.

Features: Why Independent Film is Alive and Well
By Timothy Rhys
The mainstream media has been heralding the death of indie film as we know it. But rumors of its demise may be greatly exaggerated.

Features: In Memoriam 2002
By Bob Mastrangelo
Though their passings didn't make many national headlines, their contributions to cinema history shouldn't go unrecognized.

Features: Three Reasons Independent Film Will Survive
By Sherman Alexie
A challenge to the year's highest-grossing moviemakers.

Notebook: MM Notebook
By Timothy Rhys

Letters: Letters
By Letters

The Best & Worst of 2002
By Travis Crawford

Denver, Woodstock
By Jennifer M. Wood

Hong Kong to Hollywood
By Patrick J. Gorman, Esq.

Lava
By Joe Tucker

Miami Rhapsody
By Letters

Mixed Reviews
By Jennifer M. Wood

Fernando Mereilles
By Ryan Mottesheard
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By Patrick Francis

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