Notes
from Austin Volume 2 #36
Austin
Film News
Harry Knowles of Aint It Cool News will have a cameo in
John Carpenter's "Ghosts of Mars."
I heard a rumor that Margaret Cho's concert film, "I'm
the One that I Want" may appear again at the Village Cinema
Arts theater. Cho has been here twice in the past few
months, at the Paramount and at the Bad Dog Comedy Theater
and both times either finances or schedule conflicts have
kept me from seeing her. I also goofed around and missed
the film when it showed at the Dobie a while back. I hope
I get to see her somewhere, somehow, soon.
Greg Berlanti's "The Broken Hearts Club," opens this Friday
November 17 at The Dobie Theater and Arbor Theater.
Mark David, director of "Sweet Thing" and drummer for
the band The Agency and his oft times collaborator Will
Tabanou have finally joined Barry Whitaker and Jason Lee
out in Earthquake Central, L.A., each, according to Lee,
"lugging along huge truckloads of stuff that they don't
need. Someone should've clued them in to what parents'
garages are for..."
Lee continues," we all spent a delightful weekend
hauling stuff into second story apartments and storage
units. (Now) we go hunting for practice spaces. A monthly
lockout space out here costs about as much as a nice
1 bedroom apartment in Austin."
As for their plans, Lee tells me, "Our first order
of business is to record some new tunes for the 'DUO'
soundtrack. Our second order of business is global domination.
Look for the new tracks at MP3.com in about a month.
Rest assured, you'll know when we've accomplished our
second goal."
AUSTIN CINEMAKER CO-OP PRESENTS FREE SCREENING OF BROTHERS
QUAY FILMS Sunday, November 19th at 7pm in the ACA Gallery
of the ArtPlex, the Austin Cinemaker Co-op proudly presents
a video screening of animated films by the Brothers Quay:
Street of Crocodiles 1986, 21 minutes; De Artificiali
Perspectivas or Anamorphosis 1991, 15 min; Dramolet
(Stille Nacht I) 1998, 1 min; and, Rehearsals for Extinct
Anatomies 1987 14 min.
Cinemaker technical assistants Andrew Busti and Sebastian
Castillo will host the screening, which will take place
in the ACA Gallery of the ArtPlex at 1705 Guadalupe,
as part of Cinemaker's bi-monthly meeting. This event
is open and free to the public. Come join Austin's growing
Super 8 film community for an evening of visual poetry
and a discourse that will get your reels turnin'.
The ardently prolific Brothers Quay are known for
their instantly recognizable, yet enigmatic style of
animation. Born during the 50's to a middle class family
living on the outskirts of Philadelphia, the identical
twins moved to England nearly two decades ago. Influences
upon their filmmaking aesthetic include: Kafka's diaries;
Luis Bunuel's Un Chien Andalou; the music of Mahler,
Bartok and Janacek; and the visual style of Eastern
European graphics.
The films of the Brothers Quay point indirectly to
their own intensely private universe that has long since
departed from their roots in the normal, often cliche
middle class America. Their films are considered to
be "closer to music than to dialogue, closer to poetry
than to literature, and closer to an interior monologue
than to fictional narrative." Likewise, their images
resist classification; as they are simultaneously "complex
and cunning, slyly evasive of the butterfly pinning
which some critics undertake in their dissections of
art."
The Austin Cinemaker Co-op holds open meetings once
every two months. These bi-monthly meetings are a forum
for filmmakers to screen new works and works-in-progress
on VHS, Super 8, or 16mm and for open dialogue about
film techniques and film production. So please bring
your latest projects to share with the group!
For more information, please call Cinemaker at (512)
236-8877 or email cinemkr@texas.net.
The Super Super 8 2001 Polyester Prince Road Show (aka
Super Super 8 2001 World Tour) is back!!
From the ashes and potholes of cinematic wonder, the
spirit of "DIY" and guerrilla filmmaking continues.
We are please to announce the third sometimes/annual
traveling film festival on wheels. We are currently
accepting any work that has been originally shot on
super 8 or 16mm. We are delighted to show all genres
and forms of expression. All work will be previewed
on video, however we will need a film print for the
world tour. This year's tour will travel through Western
Europe, the South, the Pacific Northwest (United States),
and Mexico. We will leave on our adventure in May and
have screenings through September, 2001. There will
be a $20 entry fee made out "Polyester Prince Productions"
We require the following personal information:
Name Full Mailing Address Phone Number and/or e-mail
Photo Stills (if available) $20 check made out to "Polyester
Prince Productions"
Send video and information to :
Polyester Prince Productions SUPER SUPER 8 2001 15
Mann St. Irvine, CA, 92612 Ph (213) 413-8783 Fax (949)
551-9068
For publicity material and more information on the
tour, please e-mail polyesterprince@hotmail.com
MOVIE MIDWIFING SERIES FINALE ON DECEMBER 5, 2000
Tuesday, December 5th, will mark the series finale
for Alchemy Works "Movie Midwifing" screenplay reading
series. On the program for that night will be the historical
romantic drama, "Tristan & Izolda" by Austin screenwriter
Karen Holcomb. There will be no short film screened
that evening.
This year?s series featured five new screenplays that
comprised a variety of genres, including family drama,
action comedy, satire, and both period drama and comedy.
Screenplay contest winners hailed from both Dallas and
Austin, Texas.
Featured screenwriters of the series not only receive
public readings of their screenplays, they also receive
a free package of Movie Magic Screenwriter 2000 software
from Screenplay.com.
The series is sponsored by A Big Bus Company (http//www.abigbus.com),
the City of Austin under the auspices of the Austin
Arts Commission and by the Texas Commission on the Arts,
the Austin Film Festival (http//www.austinfilmfestival.org),
GEAR, The Public Domain, Schlotzsky's Deli, and screenplay.com.
(http//www.screenplay.com).
It's your final chance in 2000 to come on out and
help birth a budding movie career! Tue, Dec 5, 7pm,
The Hideout, 617 Congress Avenue. $5. For more info,
443-8229 or info@moviemidwifing.com.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Alchemy Works seeks submissions of feature-length
screenplays by Texas screenwriters for its annual reading
series, "Movie Midwifing: A Series of New Screenplay
Readings." Four winning screenplays will be cast with
professional actors and performed for the public in
Austin, Texas during September, 2001. Prior winners
have also received copies of Movie Magic Screenwriter
software from Screenplay.com. Entry Fee: $25. Submissions
accepted between Jan. 2 and May 15, 2001. For entry
forms and submission guidelines, send a SASE to Alchemy
Works, P.O. Box 3440, Austin, Texas 78764-3440 or go
to www.moviemidwifing.com, or email info@moviemidwifing.com.
DP NEEDED -
Lasting Value Communications is seeking a D.P. and
a sound person to assist on a low-budget webisode for
the Internet. The webisode is entitled "Killer B's."
A cross between "Sex And The City" and "Felicity," the
dramedy will chronicle the lives of four African American
coeds attending a fictitious Black college in Austin.
Production is slated to begin the day after Thanksgiving.
For more information contact Daniella Masterson, the
writer-director, at (512) 258-2157 or email your resume
to Daniella_dpm@yahoo.com
CREW NEEDED! URGENT!! Would you like to help out on a
short film being shot here in Austin? IMAGINE your favorite
Sixteen Candles-ish 80s movie mixed together with the
coolest Hong Kong cinema action sequences you've ever
seen, sprinkle it with a little southern flare... AND....
POW!!
FIREROADS PRODUCTIONS IS CREWING UP! Come and play
with us on "Triple Threat" --- the only film where breakdancing
is king and you can roller skate the night away ---
for details please call our production office at 491-0322
and/or fax your resume to 873-9680. All levels of experience
welcome. Thanks!
Twin Triangle Filmproduction presents Pushing the Envelope
Surreal thriller to premiere in Austin. Pushing the
Envelope, the new independent feature film by Austin
filmmaker Dorian Ramirez, will screen at 9:00pm, Monday,
December 11, 2000 at the Bad Dog Comedy Theater located
at 110 East Riverside Drive in Austin, Texas (Corner
of Riverside and Congress). Admission to the screening
will be $5. Cast and crew will be in attendance and
a brief Q&A with the director will follow. The surreal
thriller revolves around the life of a contract killer
involved in an internet relationship. The website for
the film is available at (http://www.twintriangle.com/pte)
INDIE FILM LAUGHING BOY SCREENING IN CANADA
The award-winning independent film LAUGHING BOY, which
was filmed in Houston, will be screened at the Planet
Indie Film Festival (www.planetindie.com) in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, November 18th (Canadian
Premiere) and Friday November 24th. Planet Indie screenings
are held at the Backstage Theatre, 31 Balmuto Avenue,
Toronto (behind the Uptown @ Yonge & Bloor). Admission
is $8.50.
LAUGHING BOY will also be screened at the UncommonCon
Convention in Irving, Texas. The convention will be
held the weekend of November 24-26. Visit the UncommonCon
website at www.uncommoncon.com
And finally, LAUGHING BOY will be shown at the AKA
KON convention in Vancouver, BC, Canada. AKA KON takes
place November 26-27. Visit the AKA KON website at www.akakon.com
Actress Tiffany Grant will be making a personal appearance
at AKA KON.
LAUGHING BOY is the directorial debut of Brazil J.
Grisaffi (he also produced.) The film stars Anne Quackenbush,
Therese Kotara and Michael Gray. The comedy also features
actors Bob Gebert, Bryan Lee McGlothin, Robin Craig
and Tiffany Grant, among other talented Houston actors.
LAUGHING BOY also features several short animated
sequences by Houston's Stone Soup traditional cel animation.
LAUGHING BOY features an original score by Houston's
Jeff Walton, and features hit songs from The Dead Monkeys
(New York), ToeHead (California) and The Strangeways
(Florida) as well as several great tracks from Houston's
Mark Dini.
LAUGHING BOY won "most original feature" honors at
the New York Int'l Independent Film & Video Festival
2000.
Please visit the LAUGHING BOY website at www.grisaffi.com/laughingboy.html
A new trailer will be online soon. LAUGHING BOY is
distributed by Bonano Entertainment, Inc.
Lodger's
Notes: (New 11-17-00)
Ah, the election! I am so excited about this election.
I voted for Nader since Bush was obviously going to
win Texas. I am pissed off about it now because those
fucking dumbass schmucks in Florida who were Nader supporters
should have been smart enough to vote for Gore. Dumbasses.
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