Filmmaking

10/40/70’s NICHOLAS ROMBES INTERVIEWED

The rise of the web has led to an explosion of film writing — Roger Ebert has called it “A Golden Age of Movie Critics.” I don’t disagree with him, but I also think it’s fair to say that with the exception of comments boards and social media, the web hasn’t changed the actual form of film writing that much. A few people (Matt Zoller Seitz, for example), are exploring long-form film criticism online through engagingly edited videos. And, of course, the web has brought David Bordwell’s essential essays exploring films through the history of their technologies, styles, and audience’s […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 12, 2010 Filmmaking
WHAT’S IN MY INSTAPAPER (SUNDAY MORNING LINKS)

Here are a few links I sent to my Instapaper account and have been reading this weekend. * When we queried a few filmmakers for a column on software and apps in the new issue of Filmmaker, I noted the number of respondents who had migrated to the Android operating system. I recalled meeting an Android developer at SXSW this year, and he told me he was planning for the platform’s rapid rise. He also said that he was an Apple fan too, and he felt the competition would be a good thing for both platforms. There’s an exchange along […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 11, 2010 Filmmaking
SHE AND HIM IN SUPER 8

She and Him, the band comprised of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, have a new video out for their song “Thieves.” It’s in gloriously grainy Super 8 and directed by Norwood Cheek, who is also responsible for L.A.’s Flicker Film Festival. Check out the video below.

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 10, 2010 Filmmaking
IN TURKEY, CINEMA AS CAMERA

Here’s a short video from The Guardian in which artist Mark Wallinger discusses his plans for a cinema/art installation overlooking the Çanakkale Strait in Turkey.

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 9, 2010 Filmmaking
SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR YOUTUBE PLAY EXHIBIT AT GUGGENHEIM

Want to have your work featured among the likes of Warhol, van Gogh and Picasso? The Guggenheim Museum and YouTube have partnered to develop a contest to uncover what they call the “most creative video content in the world.” 20 videos will be selected for a special exhibition at the Guggenheim in October entitled YouTube Play. The submissions will be evaluated by an expert jury in the fields of art, design, film and video. Submission deadline is July 31, go to the Youtube Play channel to learn more.

By Filmmaker Staff on Jul 9, 2010 Filmmaking
EVAN LOUISON’S SEMINAL INDIES

This week on the blog I wrote a post asking what independent films made young audiences fans of independent film. Below are responses from writer, actor, director and musician Evan Louison. Buffalo ’66. I was 15. Particularly for the quiet, for the musical numbers, and for the paleness and stillness of the winter depicted. Particularly for the dinner table scene. I felt like I understood, or better like someone else did. I was in private school, and wrote a paper on it that got me called in after class. I don’t know what happened. They had a thing with strange […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 9, 2010 Filmmaking
BRANDON FLOWERS, CHARLIZE THERON, AND NASH EDGERTON

This music video for Brandon Flowers’s song “Crossfire” was directed by Nash Edgerton (The Square) and stars Charlize Theron.

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 9, 2010 Filmmaking
LENA DUNHAM’S SEMINAL INDIES

Tuesday on the blog we asked what films inspired young viewers (in their 20s or below) to identify with the independent film movement. Here are responses from filmmaker Lena Dunham (Tiny Furniture). I was raised on independent film — spent hours every afternoon in Tower Video and Kim’s. My parents always encouraged me to rent more obscure titles and Disney seemed like an exotic treat. I had a John Waters-themed 3rd grade birthday party that many children left crying (I think the choice to show Pink Flamingos was a flawed one. the blame falls to my mom…) In terms of […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 8, 2010 Filmmaking
WHAT IF YOUR DISTRIBUTOR DEFAULTS…

Mark Litwak has great excerpt from his book Risky Business on his Entertainment Law Newsletter today dealing with default by distributors. He begins: Many years ago I represented a filmmaker who entered into an agreement with a small home-video distributor. The company had a decent reputation, and since there were no other offers for this $80,000 movie, a deal was struck. The filmmaker was promised a $40,000 advance for U.S. home video rights. The advance was payable in four installments over the course of a year. After the second installment was received, the distributor was acquired. The new owners stopped […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 7, 2010 Filmmaking
BRANDON HARRIS’S SEMINAL INDIES

Yesterday on the blog we asked what films inspired young viewers (in their 20s or below) to identify with the independent film movement. Here are responses from filmmaker, critic and Filmmaker Contributing Editor Brandon Harris. Short Cuts (1993) – Saw it on cable TV sometime in 1994. I was too young to understand its significance at the time, but I believe it was the first American Independent film I ever saw. The fact that I watched it all at that age probably explains alot about me. Clerks (1994) & Chasing Amy (1997) – Saw both of these during winter break, […]

By Brandon Harris on Jul 7, 2010 Filmmaking

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