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207-774-8277 • www.MaineEyeCenter.com Cinema Maine On Screen Two directors of new Maine films dare to take us below our lovely state’s lovely surface.

By Colin W. Sargent

hat is it about our state that both grounds and floats a film? Mysteries like this keep direc- torsW Maris Curran (Five Nights in Maine, Film Rise, 2016) and Jared Martin (The Congressman, Shadow Distribution, 2016) awake at night. Both moviemakers have va- cationed here, grown up here, sensed something extraordinary here, and marveled at Maine’s dreamy surety all their lives. Suc- cessfully addressed, our state is a back door to the world’s unconscious. In their two striking films this year, each of these directors dares to step through.

interview With Maris Curran Director of 5 Nights in Maine Watching Five Nights in Maine, I was stunned by the levels of estrangement the story explores. It starts with the unreality of Sherwin’s losing his wife to a car accident, which puts him into an emotional freefall. Maris Curran: I think when anybody is taken that quickly and unexpectedly, there’s often a sense ofis this real? Is she really gone?

It seems an even more savage disconnect for him because he wasn’t there to witness it. The fact that he is not present for that and filmindependent.org not part of the accident causes the floor to

o c t o b e r 2 0 1 6 6 5 Cinema go out from underneath him. He is sus- I was looking for somebody who could con- like that yourself. pended and falling at the same time. It’s al- vey great depth, interiority, and quiet power The film is not autobiographical, but as a so isolating. Grief can be so isolating. The in the same moment. And at the same time writer-director I was going through a di- way we often deal with it in the U.S. is an be a movie star. Not many actors put both vorce. I knew from my own life what hap- individualized experience, behind a closed of those together. It was clear very quickly pens when things fall apart in an instant. door, one person. I wanted two people to to me that David would play Sherwin. These aren’t parallel stories–their truth open that door to look at each other. doesn’t need to be my truth–but there was I’d ask you how you could make the silence so loud, a common emotional language. It’s easy to see why David Oyelowo is in such demand. and solicitous questions from friends and family He was fantastic. Not every actor has his interiority. It (oh, how are you doing?) so devastating, but you’ve Sherwin’s sister (played by Teyonah Parris) says, was so moving to see the world through his eyes. already revealed you were going through something ‘You don’t have to accept your mother-in-law (Lucinda’s) invitation and visit her in Maine.’ Then the film cuts to Sherwin driving there. Can you tell us Starring: Synopsis: about that transition? David Oyelowo, Dianne Wiest, Rosie Perez After his wife’s tragic death, His wife had just come back from visiting a man goes to rural Maine Maine locations: Phippsburg, her mother (played by Diane Wiest), who Brunswick, Cape Elizabeth to visit his mother-in-law. was ill. He gets a call from her inviting him High School, and South Portland. to Maine, which was unexpected. It’s against his better judgment that he decides to do it. 2015 Toronto International Film Festival – World Premiere, Therei s a curiosity there. 2016 Palm Springs International Film Festival – Official Selection To what extent is Maine’s remoteness and alien geogra- 2016 Cleveland International Film Festival – Official Selection phy a character in this film? 2016 Sarasota Film Festival – Official Selection Maine is unbelievably beautiful, rugged 2016 Vail Film Festival – Official Selection in its beauty, a place where you can sense 2016 Nashville Film Festival – Official Selection the character finding some kind of power 2016 San Francisco International Film Festival – Official Selection because of that beauty but also a place he can feel really alienated. It’s not inviting to 2016 Montclair Film Festival – Official Selection

The Rising Star of David Oyelowo The British Nigerian actor is fast becoming hot Hollywood property, thanks to several star turns in the spotlight, including his moving portrayal as Martin Luther King Jr. in Ava DuVernay’s 2014 biopic Selma. In a recent interview with Variety magazine, Oyelowo comments on his recent work with female directors (in addition to Curran and DuVernay, he has also worked with Amma Asante on A United Kingdom, Mira Nair’s upcoming Disney film theQueen of Katwe (pictured), and in Nina by Cynthia Mort). “The kinds of stories I want to be a part of telling are about delving into what it is to be a human being,”says Oyelowo. “This is a generalization, but often, male directors are more interested in action-oriented films or franchise movies.” The actor is currently filming for a screen adaptation ofAmericanah , the much loved 2013 novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, alongside Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o. Watch this space.

6 6 p o r t l a n d monthly magazine Academy Award nominee Rosie Perez plays Ann, Lucinda’s in-home care nurse. Below: David Oyelowo, Maris Curran, and Dianne Wiest on-set.

Grief can be so isolating…I wanted two people to open that door Maris Curran, Director I’d spend two weeks of the year in Pema- “Five Nights in Maine is Curran’s first fea- quid during the summers. Even as a five- to look at each other.” ture film. Previously, she exhibited her short year-old, I was struck by the environment. films at film festivals and galleries across the Sherwin as an African American until he I loved climbing on the rocks with the surf world. Curran’s recent short, MARGARITA, discovers parts of it himself. by the lighthouse. Going out as far as you premiered internationally at the Huesca In- can walk. ternational Film Festival in Spain, in the US at Jogging seems boring until you watch Five Nights the HBO NY Latino Film Festival, and in San in Maine. Something about the danger drew you close? Francisco at Cinema by the Bay. Maris uses The scene in the woods. It was important As a city kid coming to rural Maine, the film to delve into the drama of the everyday and to tell stories that take on challenging is- to me that the film not only be set in Maine freedom to be on your own was what sues such as race, disability, illness and sexu- but [capture its strangeness]. In the scene was exciting. ality. She received a BA from Smith College ney s in the woods you get to see what it’s like for and an MFA from the School of the Art Insti- someone unfamiliar with the area. Sher- There were moments when I loved the ‘otherness’ in tute of Chicago, where she received a Prin- man experiences it based on his life. That this film the way I loved the children traveling on the cess Grace Award for her thesis film. Maris scene would be very different if I were in river in Night of the Hunter. also participated in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program et left page: di the woods. Yes. I love that film. s and was a Fulbright Fellow. She is currently e; in developing her second feature, SELENE.” s If Pemaquid is part of your psychic geography, what did Which makes me ask, to what extent is this a continen- –FilmRise Productions

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The film is more artistic because it doesn’t have an easy ending. Were there alternate endings? This is how I wanted the film to end. It’s not a film that’s coming to answers. It’s a film about exploring. I want to go on this emotional journey with this one man. We know he’s going to be okay. shooting in Maine. As we were preparing, a lot of the shoot, so everything got even many people suggested we shoot the film in closer. It was intimate. If you were to yelp Maine as a place to shoot films but upstate New York. Even though the incen- wanted us to learn something for the future, what com- tive was lower in Maine, nobody regretted Five Nights in Maine is available for rent in HD on Amazon ment would you give? doing it. We worked with a great local crew. Video for $4.99, or for purchase for $6.99. The DVD will be Well, we had a tremendous experience We didn’t even have cell phone service for released on Nov. 9 on Amazon.com for $24.95.

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o c t o b e r 2 0 1 6 6 9 interview With Synopsis: Newly divorced, attacked by corrupt lobbyists and betrayed by a member of his staff, a Maine Congressman (Treat Williams) finds his Jared Martin life spiraling out of control until he is able regain his sense of purpose Director of through the example of rugged and self-reliant constituents fighting to save their way of life on a remote island. The Starring: Congressman Treat Williams, Elizabeth Marvel,Ryan Merrimen Maine locations: Monhegan Island, Rockland, Rockport, and Augusta. he 2016 Washington Post story grabbed readers with, “This ex-congressman wrote a movie about a disillusioned congressman.” character, Charlie Winship. The moods Little White Head, a special place in TYou know Monhegan Island because you’ve spent a and pulls, the waiting in airports, the Cathedral Wood). Familiarity was a big part lifetime of summers on it. It made sense that you’d di- strain on normal relationships, the dev- of the advantage Bob Mrazek and I had in rect the movie where the main character finds love, and astating effect on more intimate relation- location scouting. We knew where the good recovers his sense of self, on Monhegan Island. But ships. He experienced the emotional tri- places were because we’d been walking former rep. U.S. rep Bob Mrazek (D-NY) is a longtime age that comes with ignoring something them for years. Our cinematographer Joe summer resident on Monhegan, too, and he wrote the important in order to pursue something Arcidiacano quickly grasped the potential screenplay. How did The Congressman come about? essential. The Congressman was basically of the island. Bob is producer, co-director, fund rais- his story and could not have been written er, post-production supervisor and chief by anyone else. What was it like directing Treat Williams? It’s a strong cook and bottle washer. The production outing. Did he like Maine? company that made the film was created The Monhegan visuals are dazzling. Nature provides Treat is a pro. He’s able to add ideas on the by him, just as the actual story has paral- the special effects. fly and improvise lines and situations. He lels in his life. As a former five-term rep- I’ve photographed Monhegan for over 30 has layers he hasn’t used yet, and he found resentative from Long Island, he knew the years, and some shots I just knew would some of them playing Charlie in The Con- practical and emotional core of the main work for the film (the Wreck, Burnt Head, gressman. While he was on the island, he

7 0 p o r t l a n d monthly magazine Cinema stayed by himself in a cottage on the way to the Mostel house. He’s a pilot and had istration). Inasmuch as it was possible to ad- his plane stashed in the Rockland airport, minister Zero, he must have done a halfway and he’d take it up occasionally. He hiked decent job because the two men remained around the island in his spare time. He was good friends to the end. completely invested in the production. I think he gave one of his best performances building was filled with echoes and ambi- Elizabeth Marvel, a native Californian, convincingly in a long career. I think he does, too. ent noise. plays a pensive Maine woman on island time. How’d you direct her into being one of us? There are two couples in the show. Can you tell us about Was it expensive or a bargain to film on Monhegan? She needed no direction; she was already how that dynamic drives the plot? Please explain some of the challenges… there. She had the accent down and the at- If Charlie hadn’t accepted Rae’s dinner in- The forests and cliffs were free, the birds and titude and the spirit. Aside from a day or vitation, he’d have been off the island when other wildlife didn’t mind being in the frame, two of rehearsal before principal photogra- the boat exploded. He’d have heard about the library and schoolhouse were available phy, we had no time for fine tuning and min- it, but probably, in the press of other busi- for a donation. Once we left the island and ute adjustments, motivations, intentions, ness, not dealt with it personally. He’s a got to the mainland we paid full freight. etc. The actors became their characters and congressman, not a sheriff. The charac- wore them through the entire shoot like they ter of Jared is unwrapped by meeting Ben. I loved Josh Mostel’s rant. would a suit of clothes. Elizabeth never made Finding a kindred soul helps him succumb ’ve known Josh for more than half my a wrong move. to the siren call of the island and step out- life. It would’ve been impossible not to side his rigid me-first personality. He grows cast him, as he’s perfect for the part; and The basketball game was a surprise–brutal, violent, through meeting Ben. Charlie finds a life in whenI you cast Josh you get the rant…[My fa- risky. It wins the audience over because it’s a daring meeting Rae. ther, the New Yorker cover artist] Charlie move. Did that evolve during shooting? Martin and Zero Mostel first came togeth- The scene was in the script from the start; It must have been a pleasure contrasting er as two young painters in the early 1930s, placed there for precisely the reasons you Washington D.C. and Monhegan Island, with great both broke and living by their wits and tal- stipulate: contrast, physicality, strong com- compression in D.C. (indoors, with tense dialogue) and ents. In the mid 1930s, Charlie became Ze- petitive coloration for Charlie, and a meta- release on Monhegan… ro’s administrator for the Henry Street Settle- phor for the brutal seriousness of politics It has to do with what you point the camera ment of the WPA (Works Projects Admin- in Washington. at. Washington D.C. and Monhegan Island are antithetical in so many ways; architec- ture, clothing, transportation, nature, social mores, climate… We concen- trated on the island for the first part of the schedule, realizing that would be the important part of the story: The people who live there grow up, take on a profession, marry people they know, and live their lives almost as if they were in a small English village. It was helpful to be able to cast locals in small- er parts and use real lobster boats and houses that were lived in, with chairs that creaked when you sat in them. ared martin j The statehouse in Augusta was de- ; IR S signed by the same architect who creat- Journey to Monhegan LP ; ed the Capitol in Washington D.C. Those Manhattan-born Jared Martin has always been active on both sides of the camera. The son of LLC

s scenes were shot on the last two days. We e Charles E. Martin, legendary for painting decades of New Yorker magazine covers, and Mon- u l dashed through the halls avoiding tour- B hegan artist Florence Taylor, Jared has enjoyed summer idylls at the Martins’ family cottage ists, and at one point almost tripped over (above right) on Monhegan Island for decades. At Columbia University, his roommate was Bri- the Governor. The last shot in the film was an De Palma. Jared apprenticed at Joe Papp’s Shakespeare in the Park. His break came in the atatonk

C George Hamilton in his bathrobe, making

y 1970s in the cult classic Westworld. “He is best known for his role as Steven “Dusty” Farlow, son s a call to Ryan Merriman. The scene takes of Clayton Farlow and boyfriend of Sue Ellen Ewing in the mega-hit Dallas. During and after rte u place at dawn but was shot at dusk; the light Dallas he alternated between living in Rome starring in European films; and New York where was leaving the sky and equipment was be- he studied under Lee Strasberg [and] performed in Broadway’s ‘Torch Song Trilogy.’ In 1988 he ing packed quietly and loaded into vans. relocated to Toronto to star in the TV version of War of the Worlds as Dr. Harrison Blackwood… Much of the dialogue from this part of the He [has] personally directed over 30 films, garnering awards from Cine Eagle, Intercom, and from laeft: co film was dubbed in post production, as the the Chicago International Film Festival.”–IMDB

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Treat Williams as Charlie Winship and Elizabeth Marvel as Rae Blanchard

Has Brian De Palma seen The Congressman? When you were roommates at Columbia, did the two of you have George Hamilton any inkling you might both direct? We matriculated at Columbia but spent more time at Sarah Lawrence in Bronxville which had a fully outfitted film and theater depart- ment plus female actors hard to come by at in Maine Columbia. We made a series of short films. and was in very poor condition. He directed, I acted. My directing came lat- I expected him to be as appalled as I was. er. We worked with primitive equipment Instead he responded to my apology by like a crank reel Bolex with a 100-foot maga- saying, “Don’t worry, Bob. I’ve stayed in zine and reflector boards. From the start Bri- George Hamilton is a perfect villain. a lot worse places.” George was brilliant an gathered special talent around him such How did Mr. California take to Maine? in his scenes, particularly the seduction as Bob DeNiro, Jill Clayburgh and William scene with Ryan Merriman in the Con- Screenwriter Robert Mrazak, former five- Finley…Brian saw and liked The Congress- gressman’s D.C. office. We ruined several term congressman from Long Island, New man, thought it was well filmed and solid- takes because Jared, Treat, and I were York, answers: ly acted. At that time we were getting a lot of laughing so hard. eorge Hamilton was a delight to work over-the-top advice from folks in Hollywood Gwith both personally and profession- When I expressed my appreciation who wanted to see more explosions and love ally, a self-deprecating raconteur with the that he’d come all the way from LA on scenes. Brian advised us to believe in what a coach ticket to shoot his two day’s story telling flair of David Niven. we’d done, cautioning us that everyone in the worth of scenes, he said, “I’ll tell you When he arrived in Augusta, Maine, to why I’m here. I’ve had many ups and business wants to load you down with ideas shoot the “Washington” scenes, I went downs in my career. One of the times it that never seemed to work for them when to meet him at the motel our production was in the doldrums and I didn’t have they made their films. Words like this from a coordinator had arranged for him. I was anything good in the works, I answered famous director helped steady the ship at an LLC horrified when I got there. While Treat n s the phone one morning and it was Fred important time in post-production. e u l was staying at the Samoset in Rockland, Roos on the line. He said, “Bobby Duvall B George had been booked into a motel isn’t going to play Al Pacino’s consi- The Congressman is available for rent in HD from Amazon between a dilapidated strip mall and a gliere role in Godfather III. I want you for Video for $4.99 or to purchase for $14.99. The DVD is avail- atatonk big-box store. It smelled of disinfectant the part.” C able at Bull Moose for $9.97.

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