Authors — Scott Macaulay
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SATURDAY VIEWING: ANDY WARHOL AND EDIE SEDGWICK ON “MERV GRIFFIN”
(Hat tip: Dangerous Minds.)
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 18, 2012 -
Flash Crash: Writer/Director David Cronenberg on His Don DeLillo Adaptation, Cosmopolis
In his 1977 novel Players, Don DeLillo told the story of a crumbling marriage amidst terrorism on the New York Stock exchange. In the 1973 Great Jones Street, he portrayed a wealthy rock star escaping the solar of his own fame by walking off his tour and hiding out in a downtown Manhattan apartment. And in Mao II (1991), he sent a reclusive, blocked novelist away from the world of cultural production into the zeitgeist of Middle East political violence. The emotional affect of a hypermediated society, the ways in which personal relations are shaped by the white noise of […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 17, 2012 -
“Blue Velvet Project” Creator Nicholas Rombes
One year ago, Nicholas Rombes proposed “The Blue Velvet Project” to me at Filmmaker. For 12 months, three times a week, he would scrutinize a single frame from David Lynch’s modern classic, looking both inside and outside of its aspect ratio for correspondences, allusions and meanings. For Rombes, it would be another in his “time-based” critical film essays — appropriately so, for it was because of another of these columns, 10/40/70 at The Rumpus, that I discovered his writing in the first place. (In fact, I interviewed him previously about this other fascinating project.) Nick had contributed to Filmmaker before […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 17, 2012 -
DONAL FOREMAN IS “OUT OF HERE”
If you’ve read the current print issue of Filmmaker, on stands now, you undoubtedly came across “The Shooting Parties,” Donal Foreman’s fascinating compare-and-contrast visit to three low-budget film sets. Stepping onto a truly microbudget set (i.e., virtually no budget and a one-day shoot), a film budgeted in the low six figures, and then one in the mid-six figures, Foreman discusses how money shapes one’s filmmaking philosophy. Money and filmmaking philosophy are two things on Foreman’s mind now as our correspondent, who also happens to be a writer/director, is gearing up for his first feature back in his home of Ireland. […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 14, 2012 -
THE BIG SHOT MOVIE CLUB
Via the internets comes news of The Big Shot Movie Club, “a club for movie fans of all kinds.” The Big Shot Movie Club is Sarah Winshall and Julia Bembenek, and they write on their website: We will watch and discuss three movies we love every month relevant to a specific theme. The movies we watch will always be available online or at a your local video store. Hopefully, each month our loyal club members will learn about some lost gems and be reminded of their favorite classics as they watch and read and comment along with us. Coming up […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 14, 2012 -
DEADLINE FOR 2013 KAREN SCHMEER EDITING FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCED
The Open Call for the 2013 Karen Schmeer Editing Fellowship has been announced. The fellowship, which comes with a cash prize as well as various mentorship activities, is currently accepting applications and has a deadline of September 28, 2012. From the website: The Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship assists emerging documentary editors by supporting and developing their talent, expanding their creative community, and furthering their career aspirations. In conjunction with American Cinema Editors (ACE) and other partners, the Fellowship, in its third year, offers a wide array of opportunities. The Fellowship is targeted at documentary editors; fiction experience is welcome, […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 14, 2012 -
PAUL RYAN, CATFISH NOODLER
If you’ve spent the day parsing Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan’s resume — perhaps glossing over his young fixation on psychopathic killer fan Ayn Rand — you may have stumbled when you encountered the name of one of his hobbies: catfish noodling. If you’re not up on the sport of wrestling these fish with your bare hands, check out Okie Noodling, a doc by Filmmaker 25 New Face Bradley Beesley. It streams free via Snag Films below.
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 13, 2012 -
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS YOUR CREW
Designer Troy Farmer was hanging out on his Brooklyn block one day recently when he and his friend were approached by a stranger. The stranger wondered, would Farmer like to be part of a film crew? “Our initial reaction was ‘No way, dude, we’ve got no time to do that at all, we’re way too busy, never never never,’” Farmer remembers on his blog. “Though we then realized that’s a tough point to argue when you’re sitting on your stoop drinking wine. So we reluctantly agreed to go to this planning meeting, thinking, at most, we could help out with […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 13, 2012 -
TED HOPE HIRED AS NEW S.F. FILM SOCIETY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Big news: New York independent film producing veteran Ted Hope has been hired as the San Francisco Film Society’s new Executive Director. Co-founder, with James Schamus, of the seminal Gotham indie production company Good Machine, producer of dozens of films, including Dark Horse, Adventureland, In the Bedroom, The Savages and American Splendor, and, in recent years, a prolific blogger and industry critic, Hope will take the reins of a 55-year-old organization that not only mounts a large and respected annual festival but also engages in outreach, education and funding programs for filmmakers. From the press release: “Ted Hope is the […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 9, 2012 -
FACTORY 25 ACQUIRES SOPHIA TAKAL’S “GREEN” FOR WORLD DISTRIBUTION
On of our favorite independent films of 2011, Sophia Takal’s debut feature, Green, has been acquired for distribution by Factory 25. Factory 25 will debut the film theatrically next month, with runs planned at reRun Theater in Brooklyn, Chicago’s Facets and other venues, will release the film digitally and on VOD platforms in November and will issue a DVD next Spring. Writer/director/actor Takal was selected as one of Filmmaker‘s 25 New Faces of 2011, and Green scored a Filmmaker-sponsored “Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You” Gotham nomination. Here’s the lede of my “25 New Face” profile of […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 9, 2012
