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SUNSHINE
Incredibly intense, highly ambitious film by Danny Boyle which
borrows from many outer-space classics (namely Alien, 2001:
A Space Odyssey, and Solaris) but manages to create its own
unique twists. 50 years from now a group of scientists are
humanity's last hope in saving our dying sun, which they plan
to travel to and reignite by releasing a nuclear bomb with
"a payload the size of Manhattan". The small but
recognizable cast (including Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans and
Rose Byrne) gel together surprising well and give credibility
to their character's actions. Sunshine feels like a creepy,
indie space-epic that not only has a CGI-packed $50 million
dollar budget backing it up but also the master craftsmanship
of a pro like Boyle.
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GOYA'S
GHOSTS
This partly fictional film spans 15 years in the life of 18th-century
Spanish painter Francisco Goya (Stellan Skarsgard) and his
teenage muse, Ines (Natalie Portman). Things get complicated
when his friend Lorenzo (Javier Bardem), a power-hungry priest
and leader of the Spanish Inquisition, arrests and tortures
Ines for heresy. Almost two decades later, Ines reencounters
Lorenzo and a now dark, deaf, and manic Goya. Academy award
winner Milos Forman produces and directs Goya’s Ghosts,
an exploration of religious hypocrisy and a shocking but impressive
historical drama.
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SUMMER
ISSUE IS UP!
Check out the main page to read some of the stories we have
in our Summer issue, which hits stands this week. Some highlights
include the 25 New Faces of Independent Film, a Q&A with
Rescue Dawn's Werner Herzog, a pair of great docs, Charles
Ferguson's No End In Sight and Jason Kohn's Manda Bala, and
Jamie Stuart takes a look at Final Cut Studio 2. Also, check
out the short he made with the help of FCS2, 12.5 Seconds
Later. Another added feature we've begun is our Load &
Play section where the editors and writers of Filmmaker give
there take on some of the latest DVD releases. New titles
will be updated often on the website along with a page dedicated
to dics in the magazine.
Enjoy!
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SPOTLIGHT
AWARD DEADLINE EXTENDED
Applications for the annual IFP/Seattle Spotlight Awards are
now being accepted until July 30, 2007. The Spotlight Award
is given to one Northwest filmmaker based on a scrip and production
plan. IFP/Seattle will provide the winner with full funding
and services for the production of one short film. For details,
visit the IFP/Seattle web site; e-mail questions to spotlight@ifpseattle.org
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PARTICIPATE IN THE LATEST MULTIMEDIA THRILL
If you're looking for a thrill this weekend that doesn't involve
standing in long lines and paying exorbitant ticket prices
for a 3 minute ride, then head over to the Museum of the Moving
Image for an experience you won't soon forget. MOMI is showcasing
the best in horror throughout July and this Saturday they're
adding an interesting twist. The multimedia project Head Trauma
will screen complete with characters emerging from the audience
and people's cell phones (yes, leave them on this time) will
also play an integral role...
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THE
DIRECTOR INTERVIEWS - GERARDO NARANJO, DRAMA/MEX
Not many people can genuinely claim that cinema is their savior,
but Gerardo Naranjo is probably one of the few. Growing up
in the small Mexican town of Salamanca, he frequently got
into trouble and was forced to move from school to school
as a result of his problems with authority, but managed to
escape his difficulties while watching movies. He ended up
studying at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City,
where he founded a cinema club called Zero for Conduct, —
named after the Jean Vigo movie, a favorite which appealed
to his sense of rebellion — in order to screen classic
films he loved. While in Mexico City, he wrote film criticism
and directed his first short, Perro Negro (1997), which ultimately
led to him taking a Masters in Directing at American Film
Institute in L.A. There he became best friends with fellow
students Goran Dukic (whose Wristcutters: A Love Story is
released next month) and Azazel Jacobs, the son of Ken Jacobs,
who shared his anarchic spirit. After another acclaimed short,
The Last Attack of the Beast (2002), Naranjo made his feature
debut with the Scorsese-esque Malachance (2004) before co-writing
and co-starring in Azazel Jacobs' The GoodTimesKid (2005).
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here for the rest of the article
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