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Notes
from Austin, Volume 2 #27
austin
news
SANDRA
BULLOCK is attached to star in the thriller "Enough," about
a married woman who is forced to flee her abusive husband.
Is this a remake of Julia Robert's "Sleeping with the Enemy?"
Atomic Cafe
has switched from playing Swing on Wednesdays to hosting a "Glam
Rock" night. Their radio ads seem to indicate that they will
include some punk, new wave and groovy 60's rock in the mix
as well as the obligatory Bowie/Eno concoctions. Daniel Ash
of Love and Rockets was even supposed to guest DJ recently.
Sounds like fun!
Miss
Xanna Dont's review of the new film, "But I'm A Cheerleader"
is posted at Technodyke, a lesbian oriented website. Check it
out at http://www.technodyke.com/features/cheerleader.asp
John Christensen
got to see a little of his animated self in Richard Linklater's
"Waking Life" recently. Says John, "It's gonna be really surreal
and tripped out!. Last week they were working on my scene, so
I got to look at that which was cool-- glad to know that I made
the cut."
Austin Filmmaker
Double Feature
Saturday
August 5th @ The Alamo Drafthouse, 2:30 pm, FREE
Live
Music by Jolly John and The Jellymakers
First
up, BALLOONFISH
directed by Mark Miller
BalloonFish
follows a little girl named Kiki as she and her danger sensing
hearing aids save the day. Come see the debut of Mark's final
DV piece before he heads off to Los Angeles.
Second,
don't miss DELIRIUM
from wee pirate films. Episode two of the Delirium series
throws us into the life of the American ho. Stars Leon Mandel
and Andy Fisher as prostitutes. Former Austinite and all-around
ladies man Roy Koshy also appears. Adults only.
As many
of you probably know by now, I hate "The Reel Deal," the cable
access show that reviews movies hosted by some guy named Corey.
It's such a horribly produced and boring show. The last two
weeks, I have watched the show from the beginning and it always
starts with a black screen and open mikes as they try and get
prepared for the air. How unprofessional is that? Regardless,
it looks like crappy TV, which, in fact, it is.
Corey
and his sidekick Martin are about to embark on another program
for the WB affiliate here in Austin which will team the two
African American males with a white female co-host for a film
review show to be called "Behind the Screen" or something
like that. The show will premiere sometime in September and
the producers are hoping to syndicate it nationally. Good
luck.
Apparently,
Corey and Martin will also continue with "RD" as well. Lucky
Austin viewers.
Why is the
Arbor 7 showing "Gone
in 60 Seconds?" Is one of Austin's most interesting multiplexes
going commercial? Or is this a last minute substitute for "American
Pimp?"
Check out
http://www.best.citysearch.com/austin/section/music/Best_Local_Singer
and WRITE IN: Miss Xanna Don't
On August
2, the Houston-made independent film LAUGHING BOY received "Most
Original Feature" honors from the New York International Independent
Film & Video Festival.
LAUGHING
BOY is directed by Houstonian Brazil J. Grisaffi (known locally
simply as "Joe"). The film is written by George Douglas Lee,
and stars Houstonians Anne Quackenbush, Michael Gray, Therese
Kotara, Robin Craig and Tiffany Grant. LAUGHING BOY also features
several animated sequences by Houston's Stone Soup Traditional
Cel Animation.
LAUGHING
BOY is also in talks with distributors as a result of the
New York screening.
LAUGHING
BOY will be playing the Los Angeles Edition of the New York
International Film and Video Festival on Saturday, September
23rd @ 8PM at the Laemmle Theaters in Santa Monica (1332 2nd
St.) Admission is $10. For advance tickets, please call (310)
281-7999. Seating is limited and this showing is expected
to sell out quickly, so please don't delay.
Visit
the LAUGHING BOY website at: http://www.grisaffi.com/laughingboy.html
Another
message from John Christensen, who is too busy acting to call
me, but not too busy to e-mail me:
"I would
also like to announce a really cool class that you can sign
up for at the Dougherty Arts Center. Allan Campbell always
offers fun and stimulating classes, and sometimes yours truly
even does some guest lectures. So here's the info:
"Allan
Campbell, the special guest from (the Lube TV) series premiere
as well as the inspiration for our original sign-off, is teaching
a class at the Dougherty Arts School this Fall. The course,
Critical Pleasures in Cinema History, is being offered Tuesdays,
7-9 pm, from Sept. 12 through Oct. 31, aka Halloween Night!
Cost: $79.50 for eight weeks. To register, call 397-1458.
And visit the school's website at http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/dougherty/registration.htm
"Allan's
class offers the chance to discover how the movies you love
(and love to hate) connect to the traditions and innovations
of cinema. Learn more about: 1) Cinema's visual and narrative
strategies 2) National and alternative cinemas 3) Hollywood's
commercial aesthetics 4) Lubricating the social environment
"There
is also a link on the LubeTV website frontpage..."
Pixel Perfect
and CC Digital Present the Digital Storytellers Alliance, Tuesday,
August 8th, 8:00 PM
Pixel
Perfect would like to invite you to the monthly meeting of
the Digital Storytellers Alliance, Tuesday, August 8th at
8:00 PM. The DSA is a unique forum for viewing works in progress
from some of the areas brightest storytellers.
Next
week, please join us for works in progress from "THE BIG IDEA".
The objective of "THE BIG IDEA" was to produce six short films
in six months (one a month). So far, the filmmakers, including
Andrea Tucker, Charles Christie, Meredith Boyd, Kevin Drake,
Christine Irons, and Mike Nicholson, have been on track to
accomplish their objective. Clips from four of the projects
will be screened. (http://www.alansmitheeproject.com)
Also,
we are excited to present a documentary work in progress entitled
"Dora's Salon Salon", by Melissa Taylor. Shot on location
at Dora's Beauty Salon in Austin, this documentary follows
25 year veteran hair professional Dora and her sometimes surprising
and always fascinating relationships with customers, friends
and family. Melissa used the Canon XL1 miniDV camera, and
served as her own camera/sound operator during the shooting.
She will be on hand to answer questions about digital filmmaking
and also her first foray into editing with Apple's Final Cut
Pro.
You're
invited to join us at CC Digital, 6549 Burnet Road (for directions,
go to http://www.cc-digital.com/location.htm
) Tuesday, August 8th, where we will display projects on tape
(VHS, S-VHS or miniDV) or you may bring your computer and
output to our digital projector.
Digital
Storytellers Home http://www.pixelperfect.net/dsa
Things
to do this Week (8/4-8/11) : Lodger's
Picks: "God of Cookery" at the Alamo, Psychedelic Furs at
Stubbs.
Notes
From Austin : On Saturday night, my friend Mary and I
went to the Agliff "Sound of Music" sing-a-long. We had to
read the lyrics from a program. Sigh. (I'm not quite SO GAY
that I know they lyrics by heart).
Hollywood
News : Spielberg takes on "A.I.", Mike Meyers not doing
"Sprokets," "Planet of the Apes," "Spider Man," "Pokemon"
and more!
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