Archive :
November 2010
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On the next Double Down Film Show we’ll be trading industry notes with a rare Hollywood power couple - Meena Payne and Sylvain White. Meena Payne is Director of Development at Rainforest Films (Takers, Obsessed, Stomp the Yard 1 & 2, etc. ) and engaged to director, Sylvain White, who has h...read more
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- Tags: Meena Payne, Rainforest Films, Sylvain White
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James Franco, Danny McBride and Natalie Portman star in the new film, Your Highness from the director of Pineapple Express, David Gordon Green, which looks to be a new genre - the "Medieval Stoner Comedy".What exactly is a Medieval Stoner Comedy, you ask? You gotta watch the trailer for yourself.....read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Trailers, Your Highness
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Increasingly the world of video games and movies are merging with the latest video games now include more involved multi-layered storylines, lush "cinematography", even many big name actors as voice talent and now BIG BIG box office. The NYU-Tisch School of the Arts (where I also work and teach film...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: box office, Call of Duty, video games
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I'm honestly not sure how I missed this when it originally aired on the Sundance channel, but for the past few weeks I've been riveted watching Brick City, a powerful....I truly hesitate to use the term "reality series", because I think it cheapens the real value...so let's say it's a 5-hour, 5-par...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Brick City, Cory Booker, Marc Benjamin, Marc Levin
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On this action-packed episode of The Double Down Film Show we’ll explore the world of high action and falls and punches with veteran Stunt Coordinator/Driver/Performer, Roy Farfel. Over the past 25 years Roy has helped craft and execute the action for such films as Goodfellas, Transformers, The T...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Roy Farfel, stunts
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On this episode of The Double Down Film Show we recount the trials and tribulations of a first time feature with Writer/Director - Rafick Khan.Rafick is a long-time listener of the show who successfully converted his Double Down Film Show knowledge into action with his debut feature entitled “C...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: first-time filmmakers, Rafick Khan
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My good friends at B&H have taken the time to create a cool little interactive guide to video-capable HDSLR (High Definition Digital Single Lens Reflex) cameras. HDSLR is the hottest new thing on the indie film scene, but there is a lot to understand before you drop $2000+ and dive-in.Everyone ...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: B and H Superstore, DSLR Cameras
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After taking a week off, The Double Down Film Show is back with our special guest Writer/Director, Dan Schechter, whose next project is The Switch. Dan is adapting the screenplay based on the popular Elmore Leonard novel. The Switch is actually a prequel to Quentin Tarantino’s, Jackie Brown, foll...read more
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- Tags: Big Bad Swim, Cliff Charles, Dan Schechter, The Switch