#13

This one will be a little short cause almost everything I did this week is in the Austin Film Festival Coverage.

Saw the trailer for "Man in the Moon," the Andy Kaufman biopic starring Jim Carrey and directed by Milos Forman. The trailer is a multidimensional rock show and it makes me unable to wait patiently for the film. I wonder, however, if the younger crowd will want to see this. I guess Jim Carrey will bring in the crowds. I'm in because it's an Andy Kaufman biopic. I hope they can do justice to this exceptional talent. Forman's last film, "People vs. Larry Flynt," was not all I hoped it could be. But Here, in the trailer, everything looks awesome. Carrey's performance is almost directly on target. Danny DeVito plays his agent, which is so cool because, of course, he worked with Andy on "Taxi," and Courtney Love is also in the film. She is one of my favorite 90's personalities and I really liked her work in "Flynt," "Basquiat," and "200 Cigs." Can't wait for "Man in the Moon." The poster suggests that Universal knows how to promote it correctly.

During Austin Film Fest, 4 attractive young ladies approached us and
gave us their flyer. They are UT filmmakers who are looking for actors for the new short, "Lady Porn." The film is a billed, by their flyer anyway, as a "comical approach to female fantasy." They are auditioning males and females, ages 20-40 later this month here in Austin.

It's Saturday 10/23 from 10a-5p on the UT campus. 4th floor of CMB building, Jesse H. Jones Communication Center at 25th and Guadalupe.

Anyone wanna go?

My friend, Miss Xanna Don't, is a local singer and celebrity. She is working on a film called "Rowdy Round-Up/Night of The Killer Pinatas" which had a shoot here at some rodeo ground in South Austin last weekend. She sent me a little note about how it went:

"The shoot went very well; we got to do our three songs twice. Lots of food & beer, too. But it was very dusty! It was a real Texas rodeo arena! After the shoot, some of the Mexican rodeo guys were showing cast members how to do some rope tricks. It was fun. We may go down there again one of these weekends to see their actual rodeo for only $2/person. They were very nice to us."

You can find out more about her upcoming live appearances and her
role in the film at Xanna's website and check out the filethirteen calendar page for any of Xanna's upcoming live appearances. She has a gig on 10/30 that looks like fun with Kelly Herd, director of "It's in the Water" at the Lavendar Lounge.

Also - look for an interview with Xanna here at filethirteen soon!

Cinematexas official winners:

I saw many of these films and agree with a few of the awards!

Gecko Award (what is that?): A Common Confusion by Spencer Parsons

No Budget Award: At Room Temperature by Tim Warden

Screenplay Award: Indigo Days by Althea Douglas

Cinematography Award: A Common Confusion, edited by Isaac Mathes

Editing Award: Beila Was a Baba Kazak, edited by Dina Kagen

Acting Award: Jana Brockman in Isabelle

Special Jury Awards:
Creativity: Geoff Marslett - Monkey vs Robot
Directorial Integrity: Dina Kagen - Beila Was a Baba Kazak
Directorial Vision: Mark Jones - Vanishing Point
Expanding the Boundaries: Isaac Mathes - Between Dog and Wolf
Design: Adam Stoddard - Girl from Jupiter
Acting: Brian McGuire - Appetite for Construction

Artistic Director's Pick: Spring by Jae Sung Kim

Audience Award: Isabelle by Jeannette Kassem

I am so glad that Miss Kassem, Mr. Marslett, Mr. McGuire and (especially) Miss Brockman, were recognized officially for their efforts. Their work was exemplary. Truly wonderful moments from the festival. For my personal Awards, please see Cinematexas Day 5 (where I did not know Jana Brockman's name).

Part of the Austin film Festival was a Youth Film Festival seemingly put on by the Austin's Children's Museum. I wanted to see this but did not find out about it until after the fact.

Wouldn't you want to see films by elementary aged students with titles like "Toy Car" (by Duncan Knappen) and "Unicorn Dragon" (by Aaron Johnson)? A Junior High film called "Attack of the Bugs" (by Matt Flatau) or a High Schooler's untitled film (by Deana Provost)? I would! I'm sorry I missed this.

The end of the century is upon us folks. Look for the Lodger Awards for films of the 90's coming soon to the site. Okay... around 1/1/2000

One day, the technology will exist and be prevalent where you won't have to style your hair using chemicals anymore. There will be these tiny little microscopic computer chips which you will spray in your hair that will align themselves as you desire, styling your hair, sculpting it, in any way you wish. These tiny chips will be like miniscule electro magnets. Wind, water and touching them will not effect them. They will also be able to change colors, to give your hair the tint you prefer at any moment.

Whoever invented "masking" screwed up film exhibition for multiplexes in the 90's. Masking is, generally, an automated system that adjusts the sides, top and bottom of movie screens so the image projected will fit the screen exactly. Usually these automated systems don't work well. Ever seen a film where it was partially projected onto the black space at the bottom of the screen, or the heads were slightly cut off? Usually this is bad masking. Do we really care if the image has white screen at it's edges? I don't. I could care less. I would rather have the screen bigger than the image. That way I am sure I am seeing everything.

Saturday, 10/16, there is going to be a garage sale and all day music jam at Club DeVille for 91.7fm. Lotsa live bands. Starts around 10am.

Until next week....