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If you didn't catch my earlier post, Spike Lee is about to drop a new self-financed movie shot on a Sony F3 Super 35mm Video Camera entitled, Red Hook Summer , which just premiered at Sundance 2012. Never one to shy away from controversy, when asked a question by audience member, Chris Rock, abou...read more
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The Huffington Post is running a new series called The Sundance Diaries where a handful of 2012 Sundance filmmakers are guest-blogging their experiences. I wanted to share one of those posts from Stephen Neary, a young man I first met when he was just in high school and touring my area, The Produc...read more
- Anthony
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A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to see an early screening and Q&A with the filmmakers and cast of Pariah, a new film by NYU (woot! woot!) alumni, Dee Rees. It won the 2011 U.S. Dramatic Competition at the Sundance film festival as well as an award for Excellence in Cinematography. It is not ...read more
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Big up this week to Terance Nance, another former student who once worked with me at the Production Center at NYU. His genre-bending film, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty was just selected for the out of competition New Frontiers Sundance screenings that are described as consisting of: "work t...read more
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Peep the extensive new article on Director Lee Daniels (Monsters Ball) blazing hot and controversial new film, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire which is now being presented by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry.From all that I've read and heard about the project, this is a very different typ...read more
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- Tags: Lee Daniels, Precious, Sundance
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Sundance Day 2 Continued:So I totally forgot to mention that I also went to the NYU/Sundance Party also on Sundance Day 2. Saw many of my NYU colleagues and current and recent students. Grad student, Dee Rees was at Sundance with her film "Pariah" which seemed to be getting some very good buzz.Sun...read more
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So, I returned to Park City, Utah for my third trip to the Sundance/Slamdance festivals. As always, it was a worthwhile pilgrimmage. I doubt that there's anyplace in the world with a greater mix of networking, parties, indie filmmakers, and movies all in one place at one time. It's like the Osc...read more
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Sundance 2007 is over, but now the best part of the festival is online. The organizers of the festival have made available a huge trove of material that should be helpful for any filmmaker.Included on the site are short interviews with many of the filmmakers who screened work at the festival, explai...read more