"Eat" from the Oddly Buoyant crew will be screened at the Brooks Museum in Memphis as part of its 1st Wednesday series. Free for members, $6 for non-members. Cash bar. For more information: www.brooksmuseum.org.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Saturday, March 3, 2007
BSM needs you this weekend
From Deadline Hollywood Daily.com:
One of the most interesting movies so far this year, Paramount Vantage's Black Snake Moan, received great reviews. So it's all the more surprising that the #8 movie not only didn't do better at the box office, but its per-screen average was so weak. Playing in 1,252 venues, the Christina Ricci-Samuel L. Jackson starrer should have only a $3.4 mil weekend after making just $1.3 mil at the box office Friday.
One of the most interesting movies so far this year, Paramount Vantage's Black Snake Moan, received great reviews. So it's all the more surprising that the #8 movie not only didn't do better at the box office, but its per-screen average was so weak. Playing in 1,252 venues, the Christina Ricci-Samuel L. Jackson starrer should have only a $3.4 mil weekend after making just $1.3 mil at the box office Friday.
Two older actors needed for commercial: REVISED
(Updates with age range)
Two actors for a public service announcement / political commercial. There is no pay and screen time is a few seconds. Possibility of paid work in the future.
Needed are a male and female to play younger grandparents -- age range is late 40s to early 50s. No words to memorize - just looking at the mail and the wife touching a shoulder at his sadness at the pile of bills - and then a second scene with the happy grandchild running and hugging.
The shoots will take little time - quick shot by the mailbox and front door - no lighting waits and no sound hassles -- just 2 secs of sad and 2 secs of happy and several takes
Contact is 484-5684
Two actors for a public service announcement / political commercial. There is no pay and screen time is a few seconds. Possibility of paid work in the future.
Needed are a male and female to play younger grandparents -- age range is late 40s to early 50s. No words to memorize - just looking at the mail and the wife touching a shoulder at his sadness at the pile of bills - and then a second scene with the happy grandchild running and hugging.
The shoots will take little time - quick shot by the mailbox and front door - no lighting waits and no sound hassles -- just 2 secs of sad and 2 secs of happy and several takes
Contact is 484-5684
Memphis International Film Fest: Mar. 22-25
Purchase Festival Passes Online from now until Wednesday, March 21. Advance passes are available for the discounted rate of $30 through PayPal. Festival passes will be available at the door for $35.
Students may purchase a pass for only $15. A valid, current student ID is required, and it must be presented at the door in order to obtain this rate.
Go here for online purchases. And here's the MIFF web site.
Students may purchase a pass for only $15. A valid, current student ID is required, and it must be presented at the door in order to obtain this rate.
Go here for online purchases. And here's the MIFF web site.
Friday, March 2, 2007
Craig vs. Wendi
Reviews of Black Snake Moan
John Beifuss of the CA and Chris Herrington of the Memphis Flyer have a couple of the smartest reviews you read on Craig Brewer's "Black Snake Moan" -- not only for their observations of the film, but of their assessments of how critics elsewhere see this movie and the South in general.
Excerpt from Beifuss:
Excerpt from Beifuss:
Many of the critical nay-sayers are decrying what they perceive to be sexist and racist stereotypes in the film, but there's an element of regional condescension at work that impedes serious analysis. Apparently, you can mock the South with impunity, as long as you're claiming to defend it.
Perhaps it's true that Southerners are among those most likely to be embarrassed by the white trash/black bluesman conventions embraced in "Black Snake Moan." Yet Southerners also are the biggest fans of extreme, even cartoonish depictions of their behavior. Often, the impulses co-exist: I'm sure I'm not alone among Memphians in thinking the world would be a lesser place without either William Faulkner or Jethro Bodine.
What a mess of contradiction! But do we really want it any other way?
... and from Herrington:
When you make a movie about a white "nymphomaniac" chained to the radiator of a black bluesman's farmhouse, suffuse it with humor, and pitch it as a straightforward entertainment set in a world that sometimes feels as slightly exaggerated as a live-action Disney feature, perhaps you should expect critics to get a little discombobulated.
Last Train To Memphis -- March schedule
LTTM's Shorts Fest for the month of March on WYPL-18!
This month's edition of the fest includes great films by some excellent filmmakers. Our host for this month is the man who is everywhere and in everything, Donald Meyers.
Previews:
Trailer for Strange Cargo, a Paradox Production
The Films:
Whatever Happened to Floor Monkeys? The Movie- directed by Del Curlin. A nine-minute spoof about how some filmmakers can blow their own artistic insights and visions way out of proportion.
The Other Side of the Pillow- directed by Sarah Fleming. In the mundane existence we call life, is change really possible?
What It's All about- directed by Tammy Marqueerius. Created by Old School Productions for the Barbeque themed Lil Film Fest.
The Morning Ritual- directed by J. Lazarus Hawk. Produced by Craig Brewer, The Morning Ritual won Indie Memphis 2001, received honorable mention at the Nashville International Film Festival in 2002 and received the Darrel award from the Memphis Science Fiction Association.
Music for ending credits:
Change Your Mind - sung by Rusty Lemon from the The Morning End album.
Be sure to look for the BONUS FILMS after the ending credits!
A Live From Memphis music video production of Psychochauffeur by Organ Thief directed by Christopher Reyes.
A Subteens live concert footage produced by Live From Memphis
The Times:
Sunday- midnight
Thursday- 2:00 a.m.
Thursday- 10:30 p.m.
Saturday- 1:30 a.m.
Saturday- 11:00 p.m.
For more info or to enter a film, go to www.LastTraintoMemphis.com
Check with the Library Channel web site or our web site for scheduling info. This is a weekly schedule that will begin on March 3.
This month's edition of the fest includes great films by some excellent filmmakers. Our host for this month is the man who is everywhere and in everything, Donald Meyers.
Previews:
Trailer for Strange Cargo, a Paradox Production
The Films:
Whatever Happened to Floor Monkeys? The Movie- directed by Del Curlin. A nine-minute spoof about how some filmmakers can blow their own artistic insights and visions way out of proportion.
The Other Side of the Pillow- directed by Sarah Fleming. In the mundane existence we call life, is change really possible?
What It's All about- directed by Tammy Marqueerius. Created by Old School Productions for the Barbeque themed Lil Film Fest.
The Morning Ritual- directed by J. Lazarus Hawk. Produced by Craig Brewer, The Morning Ritual won Indie Memphis 2001, received honorable mention at the Nashville International Film Festival in 2002 and received the Darrel award from the Memphis Science Fiction Association.
Music for ending credits:
Change Your Mind - sung by Rusty Lemon from the The Morning End album.
Be sure to look for the BONUS FILMS after the ending credits!
A Live From Memphis music video production of Psychochauffeur by Organ Thief directed by Christopher Reyes.
A Subteens live concert footage produced by Live From Memphis
The Times:
Sunday- midnight
Thursday- 2:00 a.m.
Thursday- 10:30 p.m.
Saturday- 1:30 a.m.
Saturday- 11:00 p.m.
For more info or to enter a film, go to www.LastTraintoMemphis.com
Check with the Library Channel web site or our web site for scheduling info. This is a weekly schedule that will begin on March 3.
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