DOCSLIB.ORG

Phantom Limbs

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Phantom Limbs August 2013 PHANTOM LIMBS Set in present day rural Nebraska and the Desert Southwest, PHANTOM LIMBS is an intimate coming-of-age story and a contemporary mythology of the Great Plains as seen through the eyes of two sisters abandoned by every adult in their lives. Eleven years after their father’s mysterious death and their mother’s subsequent abandonment, serious wallflower Mabel (21), and capricious flirt Lily (18), barely subsist amidst drought and recession-ravaged farmland. Following years of raising her little sister while tending to their dying, now dead, grandmother, resourceful but haunted Mabel finds herself stuck, running an old junk shop in their decaying family home. Lily, meanwhile, flirts her way through life with her wise-cracking slacker boyfriend Jordan (19) attending her like a puppy dog. With sisterly and sexual tensions running high, the walls and weight of abandoment seem to be closing in when a brief letter arrives from the girls’ estranged and potentially dangerous mother. In spite of Mabel’s warnings, Lily and Jordan take off in a stolen car to confront the woman in the Desert Southwest. Meanwhile, without Lily to care for and obsessed with the past, Mabel desperately seeks to carve out her own identity. As the sisters extract themselves from their cocoon of co-dependency to confront how personal and regional history made them who they are, Mabel and Lily embark on separate paths riddled with emotional landmines, fragmented memory, burgeoning sexuality, and growth. Based on celebrated Nebraska author Timothy Schaffert’s novel The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters - called “Blithe, quirky, spirited and offbeat” by Janet Maslin, The New York Times, and “Boondocks-Gothic...quietly tragic” by The Washington Post - this feature film adaptation is a rich, dusty tale of self-reliance and an allegory of a generation abandoned by parents and leaders who’ve sucked America’s economies, cultures, communities, and the land itself dry. MICHAEL SLADEK (Director / Writer / Producer) is an award-winning filmmaker whose recent directorial works include the documentary feature BAM150 (BAM, Ovation, Cinema Guild, Tribeca), the acclaimed docu-comedy CON ARTIST (The Group Entertainment, Ovation, New Yorker Films, Tribeca, Rome), the animated short WE LIVE ON YOUR STREET (Slamdance: Jury & Anarchy Awards), and the narrative dark comedy feature DEVILS ARE DREAMING (Dances With Films: Jury Award). A 2013 Acker Award recipient, Sladek is currently in development on a feature adaptation of Alan Kaufman’s memoir JEW BOY. Also an actor and stage director, Sladek grew up in the live theater, studied acting in college, is working on new theater productions, is a member of SAG-AFTRA, and currently serves as NY Rep for SAGIndie. He has worked as a Filmmaker Coordinator for Tribeca Film Festival, as Talent Coordinator for MTV News, and as Assistant to the author Jamaica Kincaid. Sladek grew up in Denver, CO and Newport Beach, CA. MARK STEELE (Producer) currently serves as VP of Production at Werc Werk Works where he was Co- Producer on Lawrence Kasdan’s DARLING COMPANION (Sony Pictures Classics), Jill Sprecher’s THIN ICE (Sundance, ATO Pictures), Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Freidman’s HOWL (Sundance, Oscilloscope), and Associate Producer on Todd Solondz’s LIFE DURING WARTIME (Telluride, IFC Films). Other credits include Co-Producer on Zachary Heinzerling’s CUTIE & THE BOXER (Sundance, RADiUS-TWC), and Producer on Michael Sladek’s CON ARTIST (Tribeca, New Yorker Films). PAUL SCHNEE (Producer / Casting Director) has, along with casting partner Kerry Barden, cast a wide range of films. Forthcoming projects include AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTRY (Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor), THE JUDGE (Robert Downey Jr, Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga), LOVELACE (Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone), and PRISONERS (Hugh Jackman, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard). Recently, Paul and Kerry cast the Oscar-winner THE HELP (Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain), the Oscar-nominated and Indie Spirit Award-winning WINTER’S BONE (Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes), as well as PITCH PERFECT, COMPLIANCE, HIGHER GROUND, WIN WIN, HELLO I MUST BE GOING, and numerous others. JOSEPH KRINGS (Editor / Co-Producer) is an accomplished editor whose feature film credits include Shannon Plumb’s TOWHEADS (New Directors/New Films), Matt Ross’ 28 HOTEL ROOMS (Sundance, Oscilloscope), and Michael Sladek’s BAM150 (Tribeca, Cinema Guild). Short form videos for directors such as Azazel Jacobs, Brody Baker, and Michael Sladek have earned VMA, AICE and Slamdance nominations and awards. Krings is the 2013 Sundance Sally Menke Memorial Editing Fellow and just finished editing comedian Mike Myers’ directorial debut SUPERMENSCH. Michael Sladek Mark Steele ( 917) 202-6068 (612) 868-8336 [email protected] [email protected] PHANTOM LIMBS DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT Well aware of our shared affinity for raw, cinematic, character-driven stories set in the West, my friend, regular collabo- rator, and native-Nebraskan Joseph Krings brought Timothy Schaffert’s novel The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters to my attention many months ago. Having myself grown up in Colorado with a deeply personal relationship to issues of abandonment and memory, I fell in love with the book and immediately felt a strong desire to explore its main characters, settings and themes on film. Seldom seen in contemporary American cinema, the novel’s young female protagonists are multi-layered and complicated. And their equally-young male counterparts are fresh takes on rural manhood. Aside from stirring my own issues with abandonment, I recognized in Mabel and Lily, Jordan and Wyatt, young people whose self-destructiveness and issues with boundaries and trust relate directly to the sudden absence of parental figures.Additionally, these people exist in a setting and time that serve as perfect allegories for the state of the larger American Dream. As economic collapse and manmade drought suffocate the seat of America’s farmland, it is the youth who are left abandoned by the adult world, suffering from the pain caused by the phantom limbs of absent or inept parents and leaders. Still however full of love, humor, and hope for a re-imagined future, one cannot help but root for them all to succeed in their quest to build new family structures in a new world. PHANTOM LIMBS will be a highly cinematic project. The drought-stricken land, the crumbling facades, and the light and space of Nebraska and the Desert Southwest are key to the emotional landscape. The intimacy of very real people filled with fears, lusts, dreams, and humor juxtapose the vastness of the space between them. While the details of junk shop detritus fill in for missing relationships, the heat of summer adds to the sexual awakenings of youth.As with all my films, a sense of improvisational realism will be paramount while every shot will be artistically composed. We hope to find as many existing locations as possible and will cast as many roles as possible from local communities. And moreover, given my background as an actor who loves to collaborate with actors, raw and truthful performances will be the bedrock of the entire film. CONTACT INFORMATION Michael Sladek Mark Steele Paul Schnee Joseph Krings ( 917) 202-6068 (612) 868-8336 (212) 727-7600 (646) 522-7419 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] © Plug Ugly Films Inc. PHANTOM LIMBS © Plug Ugly Films Inc..
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Kathryn J. Schubert Editor
    Kathryn J. Schubert Editor Selected Film | TV WHAT BREAKS THE ICE (Post-Production) Producers | Michael Cuomo, Dustin Duke Dlouhy, Rebecca Eskreis & Michael W. Gray Credit Copy Meals Director | Rebecca Eskreis Cast | Sofia Hublitz, Brett Zimmerman, Shakira Barrera, Lukas Gage, Catherine Curtin ABOVE TO SHADOWS [Post-Production] Producers | Rob Baunoch III, Khris Baxter, Robyn K. Bennett, Mark Schacknies, Tara Sickmeier HIPZEE Director | Claudia Meyers. Producer: Rob Baunoch, Tara Sicmeier Cast | Alan Ritchson, Megan Fox, Jim Gaffigan, Olivia Thirlby DRIVER ED Producers | Helen Waters, Trish Harnetiaux Director | Amanda Cowper Cast | Jacob Ware *Premiered at Tribeca N.O.W. Showcase 2018* RUSSIAN AMERICAN [Post-Production] Producers | Michelle Booso, Molly Conners, Giulio Marantonio, Jane Oster Phiphen Pictures Director | David Gutnik Cast | FKA Twigs, Costa Ronin, Barney Harris, Sofia Vassilieva BEYOND THE NIGHT Producers | Robin C. Garvick, Erik S. Weigel NewAley Pictures, Reckless Productions Director | Jason Noto Cast | Azhy Robertson, Zane Holtz, Tommy Blanchard, Chance Kelly MARJORIE PRIME Producers | Michael Almereyda, Uri Singer Passage Pictures, FilmRise Director | Michael Almereyda. Cast | Lois Smith, Jon Hamm, Geena Davis, Tim Robbins *Premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2017* THE TRANSFIGURATION Producer | Susan Leber Transfiguration Productions, Strand Releasing Director | Michael O’Shea. Producer: Susan Leber. Cast | Eric Ruffin, Chloe Levin, Aaron Moten *Premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2016 – Un Certain Regard selection*
    [Show full text]
  • Life During Wartime
    Life During Wartime By TODD MCCARTHY A Werc Werk Works production. (International sales: Fortissimo Films, Amsterdam.) Produced by Christine Kunewa Walker, Derrick Tseng. Executive producers, Elizabeth Redleaf, Mike S. Ryan. Co- producers, Ken Bailey, Andrew Peterson. Directed, written by Todd Solondz. Joy Jordan - Shirley Henderson Bill Maplewood - Ciaran Hinds Trish Maplewood - Allison Janney Harvey Weiner - Michael Lerner Billy Maplewood - Chris Marquette Mark Weiner - Rich Pecci Jacqueline - Charlotte Rampling Andy - Paul Reubens Helen Jordan - Ally Sheedy Timmy Maplewood - Dylan Riley Snyder Mona Jordan - Renee Taylor Allen - Michael Kenneth Williams Wanda - Gaby Hoffman In revisiting his darkly comic 1998 ensembler "Happiness," Todd Solondz may have made his best film with "Life During Wartime." The distinctive, boundary-pushing writer-director has had the eccentric inspiration to resurrect the same central characters a decade later, but using entirely different actors. Winning result, which reels off one riveting scene after another, stands as both a unique sort-of sequel and a film that requires no prior reference points; it's entirely satisfying either way, though even richer if you recall the antecedent. The resolutely niche filmmaker has never had a real breakout success and the confrontational nature of his latest won't change that fact, but his loyal following will be buoyed by this strong effort. A rare collection of sexual quagmires and perversions lay at the heart of "Happiness," and a most impressive aspect of the new film is how it so piercingly examines the residue and continuing ramifications of those dilemmas a decade later. Best remembered, no doubt, is the pedophile father, Dylan Baker's Bill Maplewood, a shrink and father of three kids who can't keep his mind or hands off young boys.
    [Show full text]
  • PERDONA E DIMENTICA Si Presenta Come Un’Audace Commedia Dall’Inaspettata Sonorità
    Vania Traxler Protti presenta una distribuzione PPEERRDDOONNAA ee DDIIMMEENNTTIICCAA (life during wartime) una storia di perdono e i suoi limiti PREMIO MIGLIOR SCENEGGIATURA Ufficio Stampa: PAOLA PAPI [email protected] REGGI&SPIZZICHINO Communication Tel +39 06 97615933 [email protected] Maya Reggi Raffaella Spizzichino CAST ARTISTICO Joy …………………………………………………………………………… Shirley Henderson Bill…………………………………………………………………………………… Ciarán Hinds Trish ………………………………………………………………………………. Allison Janney Harvey ……………………………………………………………………………. Michael Lerner Billy……………………………………………………………………………… Chris Marquette Mark ……………………………………………………………………………………. Rich Pecci Jacqueline ………………………………………………………………….. Charlotte Rampling Andy ……………………………………………………………………………….. Paul Reubens Helen …………………………………………………………………………………. Ally Sheedy Timmy ………………………………………………………………………. Dylan Riley Snyder Mona ……………………………………………………………………………….. Renée Taylor Allen ………………………………………………………………… Michael Kenneth Williams CAST TECNICO Scritto e diretto da …………………………………...…………………………… Todd Solondz Prodotto da …………………………….……….. Christine Kunewa Walker - Derrick Tseng Produttore Esecutivo ………………………………………………………... Elizabeth Redleaf Fotografia ………………………………………………………………….. Ed Lachman, A.S.C. Montaggio ………………………………………………………….…………… Kevin Messman Scenografia ……………………………………………………..……………. Roshelle Berliner Costumi ………………………………………………………………………. Catherine George Musiche …………………………………………………………………………. Doug Bernheim Produttore Esecutivo ……………………………………………………………… Mike S. Ryan Casting ……………………………………………………………………………….
    [Show full text]
  • Darling Companion” in Sony Pictures Classics
    WERC WERK WORKS FINDS A “DARLING COMPANION” IN SONY PICTURES CLASSICS New York, NY (July 27, 2011) – Sony Pictures Classics has preemptively acquired all domestic rights to Lawrence Kasdan’s DARLING COMPANION from production company Werc Werk Works, it was announced today by Sony Pictures Classics and Werc Werk Works CEO Elizabeth Redleaf. DARLING COMPANION is written by Meg Kasdan and Lawrence Kasdan and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. It stars Kevin Kline, Diane Keaton, Dianne Wiest, Richard Jenkins, Elisabeth Moss, Mark Duplass, Ayelet Zurer and Sam Shepherd. The film is produced by Anthony Bregman for Likely Story, Lawrence Kasdan for Kasdan Pictures and Elizabeth Redleaf for Werc Werk Works. Christine Walker, Meg Kasdan and John Kelly served as executive producers. In DARLING COMPANION, Beth (Keaton) saves a bedraggled lost dog from the side of the freeway on a wintry day in Denver. Struggling with her distracted, self-involved husband Joseph (Kline) and an empty nest at home, Beth forms a special bond with the rescued animal. When Joseph loses the dog after a wedding at their vacation home in the Rockies, the distraught Beth enlists the help of the few remaining guests and a mysterious young woman (Zurer) in a frantic search. Each member of the search party is affected by the adventure, which takes them in unexpected directions – comic, harrowing, and sometimes deeply emotional. Sony Pictures Classics plans a 2012 release for DARLING COMPANION. The deal was negotiated by Creative Artists Agency (CAA) on behalf of Werc Werk Works with Sony Pictures Classics. CAA, which represents Kasdan and Kline, also arranged financing for the film.
    [Show full text]
  • Campaigns : Campaign Preview
    Campaigns : Campaign preview https://app.e2ma.net/app2/campaigns/preview_print/6504494/ TAKE IT ON THE ROAD: THE MN PRODUCTION GUIDE IN TRAVEL-SIZED FORMAT! The new online MN Production Guide is an amazing representation Minnesota's talented crew and production services and support industry. Although Guide users can access and download all the information through the site, MFTVB will also print a travel-sized directory that will feature the categories and contact information for each business currently listed online. The deadline to have your information included in this directory is OCTOBER 15th! Visit the Guide to create your profile now. Look for the directory to be available in November. MN PRODUCTION NEWS Minneapolis-based production company Werc Werk Works (headed by Elizabeth Redleaf and Christine Walker) premiered its first film LIFE DURING WARTIME on September 3rd at the 66th Venice International Film LIFE DURING WARTIME, directed by Festival.The film was written and Todd Solondz, won Best Screenplay directed by Todd Solondz as a sequel to at the Venice Int'l Film Festival. his film HAPPINESS (1998) and stars Ally Sheedy, Allison Janney and Shirley Henderson. Solondz won an "Osella" for Best Screenplay at the festival. The film had its North American premiere on September 14th at the Toronto International Film Festival. Werc Werk Works also recently announced that it will produce the 1 of 4 7/1/14 4:21 PM Campaigns : Campaign preview https://app.e2ma.net/app2/campaigns/preview_print/6504494/ Midwest-set drama THE CONVINCER by Indie filmmakers Jill and Karen Sprecher (CLOCKWATCHERS, THIRTEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING).
    [Show full text]
  • Darling Companion
    A film by Lawrence Kasdan DARLING COMPANION Starring Diane Keaton Kevin Kline Dianne Wiest Richard Jenkins Elisabeth Moss Mark Duplass Ayelet Zurer Sam Shepard Opening Night Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2012 www.darlingcompanionfilm.com 103 min | PG-13 | Release Date (NY/LA): 04/20/2012 East Coast Publicity West Coast Publicity Distributor Falco Ink Block Korenbrot Sony Pictures Classics Erin Bruce Alexandra Glazer Carmelo Pirrone Shannon Treusch Rebecca Fisher Lindsay Macik 250 W. 49th St, Ste 704 110 S. Fairfax Ave, #310 550 Madison Ave New York, NY 10019 Los Angeles, CA 90036 New York, NY 10022 212-445-7100 tel 323-634-7001 tel 212-833-8833 tel 212-445-0623 fax 323-634-7030 fax 212-833-8844 fax DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT Darling Companion is a comedy about many varieties of companionship. At the center of the movie is a marriage that has gone on for a long time and become frayed. Surrounding that union are young people falling in love, a brand-new marriage and the surprise of mid-life romance. The film is also about the connection that sometimes happens between a human being and a pet – the love, friendship and solace that can pass between species. Anyone who’s ever had a dog knows they live in the moment. That fact of their behavior can have a revivifying effect on the people around them. While humans worry about the future and mull over the past, dogs bring us back to the present with the uncomplicated joy they take in the here and now – getting outside with us for a walk, having their meal, being stroked.
    [Show full text]
  • “What Is Success?” 2016 Conversations with Exceptional Women
    “What is Success?” 2016 Conversations with Exceptional Women September 22-23 Sun Valley, Idaho MISSION LEADERSHIP The Alturas Institute is David Adler, President Program Schedule FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 a non-partisan, educational THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 8:00-8:45 Registration and Coffee 8:00-8:45 Registration/Coffee organization dedicated to advancing BOARD OF DIRECTORS: civic education, civil dialogue and Steve Carr, Chairman 8:45-9:00 Introductory Remarks 8:45-9:00 Introductory Remarks civic engagement. It is our core Doug Oppenheimer, Treasurer 9:00-10:00 Rachael McClinton, “Hear My Voice.” 9:00-9:45 Olympian Success in the Pool of Life belief that an informed citizenry is Clay Morgan, Secretary Shirley Babashoff and Allison Wagner, essential to the health, maintenance Barbara Morgan 10:00-10:55 What Progress Have Women Made? with Karen Crouse and integrity of the Republic. Caroline Heldman Anne Taylor Fleming, Caroline Heldman, Joanne Freeman, 9:45-10:30 Gold Medals in the Mountains Toward those ends, the Alturas Jeff Neiswanger Kathleen Brown, Maria Giese, Kaitlyn Farrington with Karen Crouse Institute works independently and Tim Hopkins Jennifer Seibel Newsom, 10:30-11:00 Networking/Book Signing collaboratively to facilitate broader Mark Young with Karen Crouse, moderator understanding, deeper knowledge 10:55-11:35 Women in Politics 11:00-12:00 Women in Hollywood: and bridges to consensus. Caroline Heldman and Kathleen Brown What is Success? with Anne Taylor Fleming, moderator Maria Giese, Jennifer Seibel Newsom, Christine Walker,
    [Show full text]
  • A Statistical Survey of Sequels, Series Films, Prequels
    SEQUEL OR TITLE YEAR STUDIO ORIGINAL TV/DTV RELATED TO DIRECTOR SERIES? STARRING BASED ON RUN TIME ON DVD? VIEWED? NOTES 1918 1985 GUADALUPE YES KEN HARRISON WILLIAM CONVERSE-ROBERTS,HALLIE FOOTE PLAY 94 N ROY SCHEIDER, HELEN 2010 1984 MGM NO 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY PETER HYAMS SEQUEL MIRREN, JOHN LITHGOW ORIGINAL 116 N JONATHAN TUCKER, JAMES DEBELLO, 100 GIRLS 2001 DREAM ENT YES DTV MICHAEL DAVIS EMANUELLE CHRIQUI, KATHERINE HEIGL ORIGINAL 94 N 100 WOMEN 2002 DREAM ENT NO DTV 100 GIRLS MICHAEL DAVIS SEQUEL CHAD DONELLA, JENNIFER MORRISON ORIGINAL 98 N AKA - GIRL FEVER GLENN CLOSE, JEFF DANIELS, 101 DALMATIANS 1996 WALT DISNEY YES STEPHEN HEREK JOELY RICHARDSON NOVEL 103 Y WILFRED JACKSON, CLYDE GERONIMI, WOLFGANG ROD TAYLOR, BETTY LOU GERSON, 101 DALMATIANS (Animated) 1951 WALT DISNEY YES REITHERMAN MARTHA WENTWORTH, CATE BAUER NOVEL 79 Y 101 DALMATIANS II: PATCH'S LONDON BOBBY LOCKWOOD, SUSAN BLAKESLEE, ADVENTURE 2002 WALT DISNEY NO DTV 101 DALMATIANS (Animated) SEQUEL SAMUEL WEST, KATH SOUCIE ORIGINAL 70 N GLENN CLOSE, GERARD DEPARDIEU, 102 DALMATIANS 2000 WALT DISNEY NO 101 DALMATIANS KEVIN LIMA SEQUEL IOAN GRUFFUDD, ALICE EVANS ORIGINAL 100 N PAUL WALKER, TYRESE GIBSON, 2 FAST, 2 FURIOUS 2003 UNIVERSAL NO FAST AND THE FURIOUS, THE JOHN SINGLETON SEQUEL EVA MENDES, COLE HAUSER ORIGINAL 107 Y KEIR DULLEA, DOUGLAS 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 1968 MGM YES STANLEY KUBRICK RAIN NOVEL 141 Y MICHAEL TREANOR, MAX ELLIOT 3 NINJAS 1992 TRI-STAR YES JON TURTLETAUB SLADE, CHAD POWER, VICTOR WONG ORIGINAL 84 N MAX ELLIOT SLADE, VICTOR WONG, 3 NINJAS KICK BACK 1994 TRI-STAR NO 3 NINJAS CHARLES KANGANIS SEQUEL SEAN FOX, J.
    [Show full text]
  • Minnesota Business Magazine
    The Minnesota Business Encyclopedia of 2010 | Minnesota Business Mag... http://www.minnesotabusiness.com/minnesota-business-encyclopedia-2010 E-NEWSLETTER ADVERTISE CONTACT GO The Minnesota Business Encyclopedia of 2010 A look at 142 of the most notable people, places, companies, topics and trends affecting the greater Minnesota business community this year. By: Drew Wood (with additional research and reporting by Cory Hertog, and the advice, opinion and counsel of a bevvy of others) A agitators (see also: MOJO Minnesota) When things are going wrong, whether it be with the economy or your favorite sports team, people are going to get ornery. In 2010, we’ve seen plenty of it. The key? That it remains productive. Alvenda, Inc. Although the Minneapolis-based company has been around since 2008, with a $5 million injection of venture capital funding by Split Rock Partners in January, 2010 was its break-out year. The ground-breaking digital retail concept works on the notion that “people shop more when not required to leave their preferred online experience.” Therein, “merchants partner with Alvenda to enable in-stream shopping in Facebook’s news feed, fan pages and via banner ads on thousands of certified publisher websites” (alvenda.com). Put another way, you can now book a flight on Delta, one of Alvenda’s early merchants, entirely through Facebook. Pretty cool. alvenda.com (http://www.alvenda.com/) angel tax credit (see also: economy) Meant to, well, stimulate investment in an economy where it’s waning, it was signed into law on April 1, 2010, and gives qualified investors a tax credit for investing in the early stage of “innovative” businesses.
    [Show full text]
  • Astrid Bussink Michelangelo Frammartino Christoph
    PANO RAMI QUES VALLE d’AOSTA - VALLéE d’AOSTE Periodico semestrale - Sped. in a.p. - art. comma 20/c legge 662/96 - Filiale di Aosta - Tassa riscossa / Taxe perçue / Taxe riscossa - Tassa legge 662/96 - Filiale di Aosta - Sped. in a.p. art. comma 20/c Periodico semestrale Astrid Bussink + Cinema in valle d'aosta Michelangelo Frammartino Christoph Hochhäusler + Conversazione con Marietta Kesting e Aljoscha Weskott Robert Mitchell Jordi Ballò 50 Laurent Perreau e marta andreu David Verbeek II semestre 2010 Frederick Wiseman + Focus sulla didattica Rivista di cinema edita dall’assessoRato istRuzione e cultuRa della Regione autonoma valle d’aosta E éDITORIAL Il cinema e il rispetto della cultura dei popoli Nei giorni in cui questo numero di valdostana; il secondo di recente rea- dell'identità di un popolo la parte for- Panoramiques è impaginato, in Valle lizzazione (è presentato in anteprima mativa ricopre un ruolo centrale; per d'Aosta si sta svolgendo un festival al festival) è rivolto alla comunità bre- questo motivo ci è sembrato giusto dedicato alla cultura dei popoli mi- tone, alla sua terra, alla sua lingua, alla dedicare un dossier alla didattica. Al noritari, organizzato dall'Assessorato musica e ai giochi tradizionali. L'idea è raffronto tra la situazione italiana e Istruzione e Cultura della Regione au- di proseguire e di produrre un'ideale francese si aggiunge una riflessione tonoma Valle d'Aosta. Insieme a mu- carrellata delle particolarità cultura- più approfondita all'Università «Pom- sica e riflessione scientifica anche il li delle tante espressioni minoritarie peu Fabra» di Barcellona che in pochi cinema fa parte delle discipline inda- che popolano il nostro pianeta.
    [Show full text]
  • Mongrel Media
    Mongrel Media Presents A Film by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman (85min, USA, 2010) Distribution Publicity Bonne Smith 1028 Queen Street West Star PR Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6J 1H6 Tel: 416-488-4436 Tel: 416-516-9775 Fax: 416-516-0651 Fax: 416-488-8438 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] www.mongrelmedia.com High res stills may be downloaded from http://www.mongrelmedia.com/press.html HOWL “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked . .” Three interwoven stories -- the unfolding of a landmark 1957 obscenity trial; the revelations of a renegade artist breaking down barriers to find love and redemption; and an imaginative ride through a prophetic masterpiece that rocked a generation – add up to a multi-faceted, documentary-like portrait of the HOWL that was heard around the world. James Franco (MILK, SPIDER MAN) stars as the young Allen Ginsberg – poet, counter- culture adventurer and chronicler of the Beat Generation – in an imagined recreation of an unpublished interview allegedly given to Time Magazine in 1957. In his famously confessional, leave-nothing-out style, Ginsberg recounts the road trips, love affairs and search for personal liberation that led to the most timeless and electrifying work of his career, the poem HOWL. Meanwhile, in a San Francisco courtroom, HOWL is on trial. Prosecutor Ralph McIntosh (Academy Award® nominee David Strathairn, GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK) sets out to prove that the book should be banned, while suave defense attorney Jake Ehrlich (Golden Globe® winner Jon Hamm, MAD MEN) argues fervently for freedom of speech and creative expression.
    [Show full text]