BIG EASY FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM DESIGN BIG EASY FILM FEST Copyright © 2017 by Anna Benson All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof BEFF may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher BIG EASY FILM FEST BIG EASY FILM FEST except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. Printed in the United States of America First Printing, 2017 ISBN 6-0577060-1-9 FEB 9 – 11, 2018 E Benson Publishers B FF 123 Sesame Street BIG EASY FILM FEST CIVIC THEATRE Compton, CA 90059 Printed on 310gsm Linen Card stock 510 O’KEEFE AVENUE Type used is Trade Gothic LT Std NEW ORLEANS, LA 70113 www.BensonPublishers.com 200 copies printed BIG EASY FILM FEST FEB 9 – 11, 2018 CIVIC THEATRE CHARLIE CHAPLIN ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WELCOME TO BEFF SCHEDULE 510 O’KEEFE AVENUE THE KID, 1921 Christina Knutson Welcome and thank you for coming to New Orleans for the first 2/9/18 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70113 annual Big Easy Film Festival. AGNES VARDA, Beaches of Agnes -------------------------- 5:00pm A WOMAN OF PARIS, 1923 Kristina Brunson In this autobiographical documentary, celebrated French filmmaker Agnes Join us for a celebration of both modern and classic film like Varda provides a window into her eventful life as she revisits various locales THE GOLD RUSH, 1925 MaddieMalat that have been important to her. 1 hr 50 min. Y AMAZING AMAZING Y L UDDER none other in the amazing city of New Orleans. This years festival takes place in the historic Civic Theatre located on THE CIRCUS, 1928 Kendra Buro O’Keeffe Avenue. The growing passion for diverse film festivals CHARLIE CHAPLIN, The Great Dictator --------------------- 9:00pm makes the Big Easy Film Festival a destination for movie lovers Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish CITY LIGHTS, 1931 Brianna Borah of all kinds from around the globe. barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel’s regime. 2 hr 7 min. MODERN TIMES, 1936 This year’s theme, Drollness, Death, and Documentaries 2/10/18 THE COEN BROTHERS, Fargo --------------------------------- 5:00pm will explore the unique films that delved into comedy, crime, THE GREAT DICTATOR, 1940 Jerry Lundegaard’s inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen’s drama, and the life of world renowned directors. We’re inviting bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge the family of movie lovers from around the world to join us MONSIEUR VERDOUX, 1947 Gunderson. 1 hr 38 min. for three unforgettable days. All of us at BEFF look forward to greeting and meeting new friends at the Festival! LIMELIGHT, 1952 DAVID FINCHER, Fight Club ---------------------------------- 9:00pm An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses At BEFF we’ve reincarnated Charlie Chaplin to bring him to you A KING IN NEW YORK, 1957 paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming an underground fight club as this year’s featured director. In addition, we present you with that evolves into something much, much more. 2 hr 19 min. A COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG, 1957 a line up one-of-a-kind guests and organize an assortment of special events to transform New Orleans into a movie lover’s 2/11/18 Film critic Andrew Sarris called Chaplin “arguably the single paradise. And don’t forget Club BEFF, where passholders can QUENTIN TARANTINO, Django Unchained ----------------- 4:00pm most important artist produced by the cinema, certainly meet, mingle and help celebrate the BEFF movies. With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his its most extraordinary performer and probably still its most wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. 2 hr 45 min. universal icon”. He was included in Time magazine’s list of We are truly excited to share this welcome you to BEFF and the “100 Most Important People of the 20th Century” for the hope you enjoy your time with us. TIM BURTON, Sweeney Todd -------------------------------- 5:00pm “laughter [he brought] to millions” and because he “more or The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a. Sweeney Todd, who sets up less invented global recognizability and helped turn an industry –Your friends at BEFF a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership into an art”. with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical. 1 hr 56 min TIM BURTON SWEENEY TODD Timothy Walter Burton was born in Burbank, California, to Jean Evil Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) lusts for the beautiful wife of a Rae (Erickson), who owned a cat-themed gift shop, and William London barber (Johnny Depp) and transports him to Australia for T Reed Burton, who worked for the Burbank Park and Recreation a crime he did not commit. Returning after 15 years and calling Department. He spent most of his childhood as a recluse, draw- himself Sweeney Todd, the now-mad man vows revenge, applying ing cartoons, and watching old movies (he was especially fond his razor to unlucky customers and shuttling the bodies down to of films with Vincent Price). When he was in the ninth grade, his Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), who uses them in her meat- artistic talent was recognized by a local garbage company, when pie shop. Though many fall to his blade, he will not be satisfied he won a prize for an anti-litter poster he designed. The company until he slits Turpin’s throat. placed this poster on all of their garbage trucks for a year. After graduating from high school, he attended California Institute of STARRING: the Arts. Like so many others who graduated from that school, Burton’s first job was as an animator for Disney. Johnny Depp --------------------------------------- Sweeney Todd Helena Bonham Carter ------------------------------- Mrs. Lovett Alan Rickman --------------------------------------- Judge Turpin Ed Sanders -------------------------------------------------- Toby S THE COEN BROTHERS FARGO Joel David Coen and Ethan Jesse Coen collectively referred to as Jerry works in his father-in-law’s car dealership and has gotten the Coen brothers, are American filmmakers. Their films span himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come C many genres and styles, which they frequently subvert or parody. up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. Their best-reviewed works include Miller’s Crossing (1990), Fargo It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), No Country for Old Men (2007), the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When A Serious Man (2009),and True Grit (2010). all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father The brothers write, direct and produce their films jointly. They (who doesn’t seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From often alternate top billing for their screenplays while sharing the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was editing credits under the alias Roderick Jaynes. They have been supposed to be a non-violent affair turns bloody with more blood nominated for thirteen Academy Awards together, and individual- added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the bloodshed, which turns ly for one award each, winning Best Original Screenplay for Fargo loose a pregnant sheriff from Brainerd, MN who is tenacious in and Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction for No Country for Old Men. The duo also won the Palme d’Or for Barton Fink (1991) and were nominated for Fargo. STARRING: The Coen brothers have written a number of films they did not William H. Macy ------------------------------- Jerry Lundegaard direct, including the biographical war drama Unbroken (2014) Steve Buscemi ----------------------------------- Carl Showalter and the historical legal thriller Bridge of Spies (2015). Peter Stormare --------------------------------- Gaear Grimsrud Kristin Rudrud --------------------------------- Jean Lundegaard F Harve Presnell ---------------------------------- Wade Gustafson DAVID FINCHER FIGHT CLUB David Fincher was born on August 28, 1962 in Denver, Colorado. A depressed man (Edward Norton) suffering from insomnia Fincher knew from a young age he wanted to go into filmmaking. meets a strange soap salesman named Tyler Durden (Brad D When Fincher was two years old, the family moved to San An- Pitt) and soon finds himself living in his squalid house after selmo, California, where filmmaker George Lucas was one of his his perfect apartment is destroyed. The two bored men form an neighbors. During high school, he directed plays and designed underground club with strict rules and fight other men who are sets and lighting after school, and was a non-union projectionist fed up with their mundane lives. Their perfect partnership frays at a second-run movie theater, production assistant at the local when Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), a fellow support group television news station. Fincher likes to confuse audiences with crasher, attracts Tyler’s attention. his camerawork. Sometimes, it is difficult to determine whether a shot is human-controlled, motion-controlled or computer-gener- STARRING: ated imagery. He is known for having directed the psychological thrillers Seven, The Game, Fight Club, and Gone Girl, and the Edward Norton ------------------------------------- The Narrator mystery thrillers Zodiac and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Brad Pitt -------------------------------------------- Tyler Durden Meat Loaf ---------------------------------- Robert ‘Bob’ Paulsen Zach Grenier ------------------------------------ Richard Chesler Richmond Arquette ---------------------------------------- Intern F The Following design was created as the final project for Concordia College’s Intermediate Graphic Design class. The assignment was to create a book with a minimum of 24 pages - using a bookbinding method of your choosing - for a fictional film festival.