Below, Jamie Stuart sits down with writer/director Tom McCarthy and actor Paul Giamatti to discuss their very-well-received Sundance premiere, Win Win, and the difficulties of dramatizing virtuous people.
by Scott Macaulay on Jan 24, 2011In our first video interview from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival we sit down with Miranda July to talk about her latest film, The Future.
by Jason Guerrasio on Jan 23, 2011Jamie Stuart went out this morning and took these beautiful shots from our condo. Keep an eye out in the coming days for videos by Stuart from the fest on our Sundance page.
by Jason Guerrasio on Jan 21, 2011New York Blizzard – ITV Daybreak VT from dantv on Vimeo. Watch the complete film, “Idiot with a Tripod,” here.
by Scott Macaulay on Jan 3, 2011Here’s Jamie Stuart discussing his Idiot with a Tripod on the Today Show online. Before watching, check out the short film itself here. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 30, 2010Jamie Stuart has struck a popular chord with this lovely short shot during the December, 2010 East Coast blizzard. It’s got gorgeous visuals, humor, a slyly organic narrative, and, plus, it’s a tribute to Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera. We at Filmmaker have touted Stuart’s talents for some time, but now Roger Ebert has weighed in, arguing that this new short should win the Best Short Film Oscar. It’s also been picked up Gothamist, New York Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal, among many others. It’s shaping up to be Stuart’s viral hit. I blogged it when it […]
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 29, 2010A lovely short directed, shot and edited by Jamie Stuart on his Canon 7D during the blizzard that covered New York and much of the East Coast. Updated: Roger Ebert fell in love with the short and writes: “This film deserves to win the Academy Award for best live-action short subject. (1) Because of its wonderful quality. (2) Because of its role as homage. It is directly inspired by Dziga Vertov’s 1929 silent classic “Man With a Movie Camera.” (3) Because it represents an almost unbelievable technical proficiency. He conducts an email interview with Jamie, in which Stuart says: Technically, […]
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 27, 2010Jamie Stuart has made available the complete video interviews excerpted for his short film NYFF 48, which we premiered here at Filmmaker. (If you haven’t watched Jamie’s Kubrick and Bruce Connor-inspired piece of apocalyptic film journalism, please turn up the speakers, turn down the lights, and click here.) After viewing then check out the full interviews by clicking over to Jamie’s site. Here’s Olivier Assayas (pictured). David Fincher. Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon. Joe Dante.
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 24, 2010Jamie Stuart’s NYFF 48 is the latest in his annual cinematic trips to the New York Film Festival, “a 13-minute impressionistic juxtaposition of modern film’s evolution and man’s progress.” Turn your lights out, crank your speakers and watch. With appearances by David Fincher, Clint Eastwood, Olivier Assayas, Joe Dante, Charles Ferguson, Frederick Wiseman, and others. The 720p file can be downloaded here. Visit Jamie at Mutiny Company.
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 13, 2010Jamie Stuart’s video of the 48th New York Film Festival will be live next week. For now, a trailer…. Download this trailer here in Quicktime.
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 5, 2010