All posts by Dave Roos
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A Decade Under the Influence of The Blair Witch Project
January evening in 1999, standing in front of the Egyptian Theatre in Park City, Utah, as the line of moviegoers snaked around... -
From YouTube to Borat: The Jackass Generation
Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Paul Soter, Steve Lemme and Erik Stolhanske in Beerfest (2006). I don’t remember how or why I got... -
Hollywood Goes Green
For those who doubt the awesome power of celebrity, we give you the Toyota Prius hybrid. When the Prius debuted in the... -
Artists Across Borders
Art knows no borders. If only the same were true for artists’ rights. As a recent Italian court case reminds us, American... -
Collateral Damage
By the old definitions of art and commerce, Hollywood movies are “show business” and independent films—which no one expects to make money—are... -
Life After Katrina
Since 2002, the state of Louisiana has been positioning itself as the “other LA.” That’s the year the Louisiana state legislature passed...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8