Filmmaking

A.D.D.I.

Christopher Stack, who is finishing his film An Exercise in Vigilance and who replied on the Sundance post below, blogs over at Deep Structure. I just checked out his blog for the first time and like this post from back in August on what Stack calls ADDI: ADDI-compliant. it’s a term a friend and i coined to describe films that don’t bore me. add (attention deficit disorder for those of you living under a rock) + intelligence. the film not only has to move quickly, but it has to do so with intelligence, not wasting time on explaining the obvious […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jan 8, 2007 Filmmaking
DREAMING

I don’t post a lot of rumors on this blog, but this one is cool. Ain’t It Cool News linked to Film Ick which linked to this article in New Zealand’s Stuff, in which Kirsten Dunst discusses an upcoming film role: Her only project on the horizon is with visionary French director Michel Gondry, whom she worked with on Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. “[It’s] about somebody who everybody knows, but I can’t say who it is,” Dunst teases, before admitting her character is a “well-known singer”, giving credence to reports that she is to play a very abstract […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jan 8, 2007 Filmmaking
THE SUNDANCE MOB

In an effort to capture the Park City experience through social networking, text messaging and camera-phone reporting, Lance Weiler has created a “social mobile experiment” to document Sundance and Slamdance this year. Head over to the link for more info and to sign up. Here’s how Weiler describes it: WHO: We’re looking for people headed to Park City – so if you know anyone else that might be interested please forward them this email WHY: This is a free social mobile experiment to capture the festival experience from multiple people and to create a collage of those experiences. WHAT: We […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jan 8, 2007 Filmmaking
BOWIE TURNS 60

Over at GreenCine, there’s a translation of a piece by Tobias Ruther on David Bowie and his film influences, posted as a salute to the artist on his 60th birthday. An excerpt: He lived out his dreams of youth in Berlin. “The first film that ever moved me,” he once said, “was The Cabinet of Dr Caligari. I was around fourteen. Later, I saw M and Metropolis and films by Pabst, Murnau, and they all came from Berlin.” He becomes deeply enthralled with German Expressionism, rides his bike to the Brücke Museum in Grunewald, paints: a child in the stairway, […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jan 8, 2007 Filmmaking
YOU’RE NOT ON THE LIST!

Filmmakers attending Sundance next week may hear the line above as they stand outside the Cinetic or William Morris parties, but for, oh, a couple of thousand feature directors, those words came a bit early – when they got their Sundance rejection letters. As Filmmaker’s editor, I go through several phases when I review Sundance’s annual list. There’s my first, “Oh, great, that got in” reaction when I see that films I’ve been looking forward to screening have made the cut. And then there’s the “Wow, how did they get that finished in time?” take on movies that entered production […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jan 7, 2007 Filmmaking
BRENT GREEN AT THE IFC CENTER

Those of you in New York should come down to the IFC Center next Wednesday, January 10, for an evening Filmmaker is co-presenting featuring the very interesting work of animator and artist Brent Green. Coinciding with his solo show at the Bellwether Gallery, the evening will feature Green’s original animations, including his Sundance-bound Paulina Hollers (pictured at right), a Q and A between myself and Green, and films by special guest artists. The show starts at 7:30, and I’ll post more on it next week. For now, though, here’s what I wrote about Green in 2005 when we selected him […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jan 5, 2007 Filmmaking
NEWMAN, SOLO LEAVE ICM FOR ENDEAVOR

Michael Fleming in Variety is reporting the big talent agent news that ICM motion picture head Robert Newman (pictured) and TV lit department head Matt Solo have left the agency for Endeavor, where both will become partners. While Variety says that Solo’s exit from ICM was expected, “Newman’s exit was a jaw-dropper, bringing Endeavor a client list that includes Danny Boyle, Guillermo Del Toro, Mike Figgis, Baz Luhrmann, Paul McGuigan and Robert Rodriguez.” The article goes on to note Newman’s strength: identifying hot directing talent early and guiding them to successful careers.

By Scott Macaulay on Jan 4, 2007 Filmmaking
SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST ANNOUNCES ’07 SLATE

Running March 9-17 in Austin, Texas, SXSW announced its Opening Night Film will be Scott Frank‘s crime thriller The Lookout, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Isla Fisher and Jeff Daniels. Other titles playing at the fest include Dollan Cannell‘s 638 Ways To Kill Castro, Lauren Lazin‘s The Last Days of Left Eye and Joe Swanberg‘s Hannah Takes The Stairs. And a panel that’s sure to draw attention will be a case study on the YouTube craze Lonelygirl 15. The three creators will be present.

By Jason Guerrasio on Jan 3, 2007 Filmmaking
WHAT I DIDN’T GET

I know it’s churlish to complain about what you didn’t get for Christmas, but, Microsoft, what gives? Oh well, I’m a Mac user anyway.

By Scott Macaulay on Jan 1, 2007 Filmmaking
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year, everyone, and best wishes for a great ’07 from everyone at Filmmaker.

By Scott Macaulay on Dec 31, 2006 Filmmaking

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