Authors — Filmmaker Staff
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“PRICE CHECK” | director, Michael Walker
[PREMIERE SCREENING: Wednesday, January 25 6:30 pm –Eccles Theatre, Park City] When you are in the film business, someone, let’s say your dentist, will inevitably tell you a story that they think is a great idea for a movie. But they don’t know how to write a script, they just know how to clean teeth, so they want you to write it for them. If I had an idea that I thought would make a good novel, I would tell it to the poor guy who made the mistake of telling me that he was a novelist, because I don’t […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 25, 2012 -
INDIE VET BINGHAM RAY PASSES AWAY
Some very sad news. A statement just released by the Sundance Institute reports: “It is with great sadness that the Sundance Institute acknowledges the passing of Bingham Ray, cherished independent film executive and most recently Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Society. On behalf of the independent film community here in Park City for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and elsewhere, we offer our support and condolences to his family. Bingham’s many contributions to this community and business are indelible, and his legacy will not be soon forgotten.” Ray was a true indie film pioneer, as well as a […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 23, 2012 -
“VALLEY OF SAINTS” | director, Musa Syeed
[PREMIERE SCREENING: Monday, January 23, 6:00 pm –Yarrow Hotel Theatre My parents aren’t big moviegoers. In their nearly 40 years in America, they can probably count the number of times they’ve gone to a theater on one hand. So, when I was 8 years old, I was surprised when they decided to take the family out to the movies for the first time. But while other kids got to see Aladdin or Home Alone 2, my parents sat us down to watch Spike Lee’s Malcolm X. In one of the many scenes that stuck with me, Malcolm is able to […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 23, 2012 -
“THE LAST ELVIS” | director, Armando Bo
[PREMIERE SCREENING: Monday, January 23, 8:30 pm –Prospector Square Theatre, Park City] I’m a third generation of filmmakers. When I was a boy I used to visit the sets of my father and grandfather. I worked as an extra, in production, in location scouting, in direction. I cannot say exactly why I do it. I only know that I enjoy it and I don’t see myself doing anything else. I believe that cinema, being a combination of most of the other arts, if it is well executed, it is without a doubt the art that goes deeper and mobilizes more […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 23, 2012 -
“THE IMPOSTER” | director, Bart Layton
[PREMIERE SCREENING: Monday, January 23, 5:30 pm –Prospector Square Theatre, Park City] As a documentary-maker you could wait a lifetime to happen upon a story as extraordinary as this one. From the moment I heard about it it sounded like something that could hardly have taken place in the real world – a Frenchman successfully steals the identity of a missing Texan boy and begins a new life within the boy’s family posing as their child? If it were a work of fiction it would seem far-fetched. And from this sparked the need to find out more – about the […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 23, 2012 -
“THE SURROGATE” | director, Ben Lewin
[PREMIERE SCREENING: Monday, January 23, 12:15 pm –Eccles Theatre, Park City] My mother insisted I pursue a career as a lawyer so, when the opportunity to study filmmaking arose and I could put some distance between us – physically and philosophically – I leapt at it. In later years, my mother joined an extras casting agency and became a recognized face, and ironically, we discovered we had a common passion. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1866249/
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 23, 2012 -
“JOHN DIES AT THE END” | director, Don Coscarell
[PREMIERE SCREENING: Monday, January 23 Midnight –Egyptian Theatre, Park City] Us guys from the “horror ghetto” don’t usually get the “A” word attached to our work, but thank you. I’m flattered. When I was younger, I was dazzled by the work of the greats such as Fritz Lang, James Whale and Alfred Hitchcock. Their work taught me that film could be used to travel to the dark reaches of the subconscious. These were places that other mediums such as novels and paintings were just not as effective in my opinion. They have a hard time competing with a huge moving […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 23, 2012 -
“PUTIN’S KISS” | director, Lise Birk Pedersen
[PREMIERE SCREENING: Monday, January 23 2:30 pm –Prospector Square Theatre, Park City] I decided that I wanted to be a documentary filmmaker on a travel I had to China in 1995. I was there on my own for three month and I had a fantastic time being an observer in a country who was in the beginning of such a life changing development. There was obviously many great stories, interesting contrasts and characters and I had my sketchbook with me and was drawing the people and situations that I met. But the silent portrays didn´t really seem enough to me […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 23, 2012 -
“GRABBERS” | director, Joe Wright
[PREMIERE SCREENING: Monday, January 23, 11:45 pm –Library Center Theatre, Park City] Grabbers is a monster movie, first and foremost, and so much of the experience is visceral, for your eyes and ears… Whether it’s a monster roar vibrating your innards or the orchestra rising to mark a poignant look from our leading lady. You simply couldn’t have that experience reading a book, or watching a play. It isn’t possible. There’s something about the combination of pictures, and sound, plus time, that is utterly absorbing and compelling – when it’s done well. I enjoy a story told in a great film […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 23, 2012 -
“CHASING ICE” | director, Jeff Orlowski
[PREMIERE SCREENING: Monday, January 23 8:30 pm –Library Center Theatre, Park City] Film is the most powerful art form an artist can work with. It takes the strengths of different mediums and puts them together, resulting in a piece where the whole is far greater than the sum of its parts. It leverages the power of photography, music, sounds, silence, words, portraiture, and most of all, time. When creating a photo book or painting, you never know what the viewer will look at, or for how long. But with film, it’s a medium where the viewer makes a commitment to […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 23, 2012
