Authors — Scott Macaulay

WILD COMBINATION SCORES DEAL

Indiewire reports that Filmmaker 25 New Face director Matt Wolf has just signed a deal with Plexifilm for his Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell. The film will open at the IFC Center on September 26 and will appear on the Plexifilm DVD label.
by Scott Macaulay on Jul 27, 2008
BENH, AGAIN

Over at his Cinema Echo Chamber, Brandon Harris picks up where his “25 New Faces” profile of Benh Zeitlin (photographed here by Richard Koek) left off with this wide-ranging interview. Here Zeitlin talks about the accident he suffered while on his way to the film’s premiere. CEC: Your film won a shorts prize at SXSW – sadly, you we’re hospitalized just prior due to an auto accident, correct? How is your recovery going? Zeitlin: The accident happened days after finishing a year and half of breathing Glory at Sea around the clock, so it was kind of a mandatory vacation, […]
by Scott Macaulay on Jul 26, 2008
STRETCHED OUT AND TWISTED

I normally hate effects-heavy videos like this… but this one is great: “Corporate Cannibal,” from the new Grace Jones record, directed by Nick Hooker. An analysis by Steven Shaviro is here. (Hat tip: GreenCine.)
by Scott Macaulay on Jul 26, 2008
Wire Framed

Over at The House Next Door, Godfrey Cheshire explains his decision to walk out on a press screening of James Marsh’s documentary Man on Wire: The reason for my discomfort was simple: The movie’s soundtrack contains frequent borrowings from the Michael Nyman scores of well-known Peter Greenaway films (as well as couple of other Nyman tracks, including one from Jane Campion’s The Piano). This, for me, totally destroyed the experience of watching Marsh’s film. I would be trying to follow the story when, every three or four minutes, that familiar music would blare out and my mind would be whipsawed […]
by Scott Macaulay on Jul 25, 2008
WERE YOU ONE OF OUR 25 NEW FACES?

This coming issue marks the tenth anniversary of our “25 New Faces” feature and as part of several activities we’re compiling a list of the accomplishments of people who have been on the list. If you’ve been profiled as part of this feature, please let us know what you are up to — what projects you’ve made since appearing on the list and what projects you are in the midst of making. You can email me at editor.filmmmakermagazine AT gmail.com.
by Scott Macaulay on Jul 10, 2008
ACTA ACTION

Charles Arthur in The Guardian writes about Acta, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement about to be ratified at the G8. Is it an inevitable government response to piracy and filesharing, or a belated rear guard action doomed to failure? He explores both possibilities. Here’s his lede: The heads of the G8 governments, meeting this week, are about to ratify the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta), which – it’s claimed – could let customs agents search your laptop or music player for illegally obtained content. The European Parliament is considering a law that would lead to people who illicitly download copyrighted music or […]
by Scott Macaulay on Jul 10, 2008
INTERVIEWING SYD MEAD

At Boing Boing, Joel Johnson interviews designer Syd Mead, whose work includes Aliens, Tron and Blade Runner.
by Scott Macaulay on Jul 9, 2008
MARK GILL IN PARIS, INDIEFREUDE AND THIRD WAY DISTRIBUTION

I’m blogging from Paris where, the other night, I had dinner with two Palme d’Or-winning French producer friends. “What did you think of the Mark Gill article?” one wanted to know. Yes, Gill’s speech is dinner conversation across the Atlantic. In fact, the producer had printed it out and circulated it among her staff. I’ve commented before on the Gill piece, which I mostly agree with. Now we’re seeing a second wave of responses to the article, and one must-read for indies is by writer/director John August, who blogs about the release of his Sundance film The Nines and relates […]
by Scott Macaulay on Jul 8, 2008
GOING THEATRICAL AND PROJECT 281

At Stream, Jamie Stuart muses on the possibilities of theatrical for one’s first feature. An excerpt: More and more independent producers and distributors with years of experience are trying to convince indie filmmakers that theatrical distribution isn’t that important. This isn’t because these people in the know dislike the theatrical experience. It’s because they understand that the costs of going theatrical are becoming a legitimate burden, and that the real revenue streams lie in the ancillary markets, especially for small movies. Unfortunately, the thing that most filmmakers understand — and this has nothing to do with advocating the communal experience […]
by Scott Macaulay on Jul 8, 2008
BRUCE CONNER, 1933- 2008

Artforum reports that filmmaker Bruce Conner has died. Here is their notice: Bruce Conner, a San Francisco–based artist known for his assemblages, films, drawings, and interdisciplinary works, passed away Monday afternoon. Conner moved to San Francisco in 1957 and quickly found his place within the city’s vibrant Beat community. His gauzy assemblages of scraps salvaged from abandoned buildings, nylon stockings, doll parts, and other found materials gained him art-world attention, as did A Movie (1958), an avant-garde film that juxtaposed footage from B movies, newsreels, soft-core pornography, and other fragments, all set to a musical score. (In 1991, A Movie […]
by Scott Macaulay on Jul 8, 2008

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