This live-action, stop-motion animated visual extravaganza tells the true story of Leonard Wood, a lonely guy who meets and marries his soulmate, Mary. However, shortly into the marriage, Marry contracts a deadly illness, so Leonard constructs a house he believes will channel the power of God and Heaven to heal her.
This streaming version of Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then is a documentation of a screening of the film that included a live soundtrack performed by Brendan Canty (Fugazi), director Brent Green, Drew Henkels (Drew and the Medicinal Pen) and film co-star Donna Kozloskie.
Starring: Donna Kozloskie, Michael McGinley...
This streaming version of Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then is a documentation of a screening of the film that included a live soundtrack performed by Brendan Canty (Fugazi), director Brent Green, Drew Henkels (Drew and the Medicinal Pen) and film co-star Donna Kozloskie.
Starring: Donna Kozloskie, Michael McGinley...
- 6/20/2015
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The Cinema Eye Honors revealed the nominees for the 5th Annual Awards honoring Non-Fiction Filmmaking. Winners will be announced on January 11. Here's the list of the 2012 Cinema Eye Honors:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking:
"The Arbor," Directed by Clio Barnard, Produced by Tracy O.Riordan
"Senna," Directed by Asif Kapadia; Produced by James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner
"Project Nim," Directed by James Marsh, Produced by Simon Chinn
"Position Among the Stars," Directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich, Produced by Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
"Nostalgia for the Light," Directed by Patricio Guzmán, Produced by Renate Sachse
"The Interrupters," Directed by Steve James, Produced by Alex Kotlowitz and Steve James
Outstanding Achievement in Direction:
Clio Barnard for "The Arbor"
Leonard Retel Helmrich for "Position Among the Stars"
Patricio Guzmán for "Nostalgia for the Light"
Steve James for "The Interrupters"
Danfung Dennis for "Hell and Back Again"
Outstanding Achievement in Production:
Erik Nelson...
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking:
"The Arbor," Directed by Clio Barnard, Produced by Tracy O.Riordan
"Senna," Directed by Asif Kapadia; Produced by James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner
"Project Nim," Directed by James Marsh, Produced by Simon Chinn
"Position Among the Stars," Directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich, Produced by Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
"Nostalgia for the Light," Directed by Patricio Guzmán, Produced by Renate Sachse
"The Interrupters," Directed by Steve James, Produced by Alex Kotlowitz and Steve James
Outstanding Achievement in Direction:
Clio Barnard for "The Arbor"
Leonard Retel Helmrich for "Position Among the Stars"
Patricio Guzmán for "Nostalgia for the Light"
Steve James for "The Interrupters"
Danfung Dennis for "Hell and Back Again"
Outstanding Achievement in Production:
Erik Nelson...
- 12/11/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Sundance announced today the lineup for their annual New Frontier program, taking place Friday, January 20 through Saturday, January 28 as part of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. This year’s lineup features installations from multimedia artists such as Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then director Brent Green, 0100101110101101.org creators Eva & Franco Mattes, and indie gaming company Molleindustria.
Now in its sixth year, New Frontier provides a venue for innovative media installations, multimedia performances, transmedia experiences, and panel discussions. For the first time, the program will be taking place simultaneously at two locations: The Yard (1251 Kearns Blvd.) in Park City and the Salt Lake Art Center (20 South West Temple). It’s free and open to the public, so if you’re in the area this January (as I suspect many of you will be), check it out.
The full lineup:
Installations:
Bear 71
Artists: Jeremy Mendes and Leanne Allison (Canada)
Jeremy Mendes and Leanne Allison...
Now in its sixth year, New Frontier provides a venue for innovative media installations, multimedia performances, transmedia experiences, and panel discussions. For the first time, the program will be taking place simultaneously at two locations: The Yard (1251 Kearns Blvd.) in Park City and the Salt Lake Art Center (20 South West Temple). It’s free and open to the public, so if you’re in the area this January (as I suspect many of you will be), check it out.
The full lineup:
Installations:
Bear 71
Artists: Jeremy Mendes and Leanne Allison (Canada)
Jeremy Mendes and Leanne Allison...
- 10/31/2011
- by Dan Schoenbrun
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Chicago Underground Film Festival
The reigning champion of all underground film festivals is still going strong as it nears in on two decades in operation. That’s right, the Chicago Underground Film Festival is now open for submissions for their 19th annual edition that will run sometime in 2012.
There’s a reason why Cuff has been so successful for so many years: The fierce dedication of festival Artistic Director Bryan Wendorf, who’s been running things since the very beginning. However, the truly astounding thing that Wendorf has done is that he’s allowed the fest to grow over the past 19 years.
Since the fest abandoned its transgressive leanings many moons ago, Cuff has always allowed the notion of what an “underground film” is to grow and adapt. For that reason, it’s always difficult to pin down exactly what Wendorf and his crew are looking to program every year,...
The reigning champion of all underground film festivals is still going strong as it nears in on two decades in operation. That’s right, the Chicago Underground Film Festival is now open for submissions for their 19th annual edition that will run sometime in 2012.
There’s a reason why Cuff has been so successful for so many years: The fierce dedication of festival Artistic Director Bryan Wendorf, who’s been running things since the very beginning. However, the truly astounding thing that Wendorf has done is that he’s allowed the fest to grow over the past 19 years.
Since the fest abandoned its transgressive leanings many moons ago, Cuff has always allowed the notion of what an “underground film” is to grow and adapt. For that reason, it’s always difficult to pin down exactly what Wendorf and his crew are looking to program every year,...
- 10/22/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 14th annual Revelation Perth International Film Festival is, once again, packed to the gills with worldwide wonderful, weird and revelatory filmmaking. The fest runs this year on July 14-24.
The highlight of the festival is the once-in-a-lifetime live performance of Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then, which will be performed on July 17 at 7:15 p.m. American animator Brent Green will be traveling Down Under to provide the live musical score and narration for his emotional, live-action animated tale about undying love and creation. He will also be accompanied by band mates and foley artists, Mike McGinley, John Swartz, Donna K and Drew Henkles.
Some other films to look out for at the fest will be the Australian premiere of Zach Clark‘s terminally twisted Vacation!, a black comedy about four girls on a debauched weekend of drinking and drugging that ends horribly for all involved; Marie Losier’s acclaimed...
The highlight of the festival is the once-in-a-lifetime live performance of Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then, which will be performed on July 17 at 7:15 p.m. American animator Brent Green will be traveling Down Under to provide the live musical score and narration for his emotional, live-action animated tale about undying love and creation. He will also be accompanied by band mates and foley artists, Mike McGinley, John Swartz, Donna K and Drew Henkles.
Some other films to look out for at the fest will be the Australian premiere of Zach Clark‘s terminally twisted Vacation!, a black comedy about four girls on a debauched weekend of drinking and drugging that ends horribly for all involved; Marie Losier’s acclaimed...
- 6/17/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Here’s the full Underground Film Links post for today, 22 links in total:
According to Cineflyer, filmmaker Deco Dawson has issued a Cease and Desist Order to the The Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art for screening a film entitled The Lotus Eaters credited to artist Marcel Dzama, to which the museum has complied. At the heart of the matter is that Dzama’s film is really Dawson’s own Film(dzama), but with the proper credits cut off that attribute the film to Dawson. A strange and sad case.The Brooklyn Downtown Star newspaper profiled underground film couple Penny Lane and Brian Frye about their work-in-progress documentary Our Nixon, which is put together out of home movies made by the original Watergate gang.Rodney Perkins reprints his review of the return of Coffin Joe in José Marica Marins’ Embodiment of Evil, which will be released on DVD/Blu-Ray this week.
According to Cineflyer, filmmaker Deco Dawson has issued a Cease and Desist Order to the The Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art for screening a film entitled The Lotus Eaters credited to artist Marcel Dzama, to which the museum has complied. At the heart of the matter is that Dzama’s film is really Dawson’s own Film(dzama), but with the proper credits cut off that attribute the film to Dawson. A strange and sad case.The Brooklyn Downtown Star newspaper profiled underground film couple Penny Lane and Brian Frye about their work-in-progress documentary Our Nixon, which is put together out of home movies made by the original Watergate gang.Rodney Perkins reprints his review of the return of Coffin Joe in José Marica Marins’ Embodiment of Evil, which will be released on DVD/Blu-Ray this week.
- 3/27/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Following news that the Tribeca film festival is launching a parallel, online version of itself, Flatpack's Ian Francis brings you a webby preview of this week's filmic fun in Birmingham
Flatpack kicks off tonight. If the film festival were a house party, this is the stage when we would start dishing out the nibbles, removing any unsightly carpet stains and hoping people turn up.
Flatpack has long liked to mix things up ("wilfully eclectic" says the Guardian) and this year's programme includes documentary, animation, independent cinema, audio-visual performance and archive cut-ups, with a generous side order of food art. We'll be taking over venues across Birmingham, including pubs, galleries and warehouses, the town hall and the century-old Electric cinema, and we'll also be trundling all over the city thanks to the vintage mobile cinema. This modified Bedford truck was commissioned in the 60s by Tony Benn to tour British factories,...
Flatpack kicks off tonight. If the film festival were a house party, this is the stage when we would start dishing out the nibbles, removing any unsightly carpet stains and hoping people turn up.
Flatpack has long liked to mix things up ("wilfully eclectic" says the Guardian) and this year's programme includes documentary, animation, independent cinema, audio-visual performance and archive cut-ups, with a generous side order of food art. We'll be taking over venues across Birmingham, including pubs, galleries and warehouses, the town hall and the century-old Electric cinema, and we'll also be trundling all over the city thanks to the vintage mobile cinema. This modified Bedford truck was commissioned in the 60s by Tony Benn to tour British factories,...
- 3/23/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Brent Green is one of Filmmaker‘s favorite young artists, a wholly original animator and performer who has become something of an art world star on the basis of his idiosyncratic, low-fi short films and live events. Tonight and tomorrow he brings the full evening live version of Gravity is Everywhere Back Then to New York’s The Kitchen. From The Kitchen’s website:
Inspired by the real actions of the eccentric Leonard Wood, filmmaker Brent Green brings to life this love story like no other in his first feature-length film. Shot entirely on the full-scale town he built in his backyard, Green combines animation and stop-motion in an ethereal opus to lovers and tinkerers everywhere. In these performances, Green provides the live narration along with live music by Brendan Canty (Fugazi), Green, Drew Henkels (Drew & the Medicinal Pen), Donna K, Michael McGinley (the Bitter Tears and lead actor in...
Inspired by the real actions of the eccentric Leonard Wood, filmmaker Brent Green brings to life this love story like no other in his first feature-length film. Shot entirely on the full-scale town he built in his backyard, Green combines animation and stop-motion in an ethereal opus to lovers and tinkerers everywhere. In these performances, Green provides the live narration along with live music by Brendan Canty (Fugazi), Green, Drew Henkels (Drew & the Medicinal Pen), Donna K, Michael McGinley (the Bitter Tears and lead actor in...
- 2/17/2011
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Brent Green is a self taught filmmaker and artist who lives and works in the Appalachian hills of Pennsylvania. His unique hand drawn and stop motion short films have played venues including the Sundance Film Festival, the L.A. Film Festival and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. He was also one of Filmmaker’s 25 New Faces in 2005. Recently he wrapped up filming his first feature-length film, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then. Shot entirely in stop motion using human beings, the film tells the true story of Leonard and Mary Wood, two people joyously brought together but separated through forces far beyond their control — a schism that results in creation of something wonderful. The making of Green’s new film has been a process unlike any other. He crafted it by hand with little more than the help of his friends and his own ingenious creativity. In this article, originally published in our Spring,...
- 2/17/2011
- by webadmin
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Before we get to the list this week, a special note: I got a very nice email this week from Jackie Keen, the wife of legendary British underground filmmaker Jeff Keen. I’ve written about Jeff a few times on Bad Lit, particularly about his troublesome situation. If you’re not familiar with Jeff’s incredible body of work, read that link and do yourself a favor and check out his official website.
This week’s Must Read is Craig Baldwin’s history and understanding of why San Francisco is such a mecca for found-footage filmmakers such as himself. The article, on the Moving Image Source website, is reprinted from the recent book Radical Light. Speaking of Radical Light, Reed Johnson of the L.A. Times previews the Los Angeles screening tour that’s accompanying the book. Also to celebrate Radical Light, Chuck Stephens of Blip Magazine reviews several films...
This week’s Must Read is Craig Baldwin’s history and understanding of why San Francisco is such a mecca for found-footage filmmakers such as himself. The article, on the Moving Image Source website, is reprinted from the recent book Radical Light. Speaking of Radical Light, Reed Johnson of the L.A. Times previews the Los Angeles screening tour that’s accompanying the book. Also to celebrate Radical Light, Chuck Stephens of Blip Magazine reviews several films...
- 1/16/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
I had an existential crisis the other day.
As I was typing up some new inane tweet, I got an email from Twitter telling me that yet another vacuum cleaner salesman in Los Angeles was starting to follow me on that site just because my profile says I live in L.A. And I thought to myself: “What the hell is the point of all this?”
Well, I know what the point of all of it is: To drive more readers to Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film!
Isn’t that what Twitter mostly is? A non-stop stream of “Hey, look at me! I’m witty! I’m insightful! Won’t you please buy whatever bullshit I’m selling?”
Ok, it’s not all bullshit, but if you don’t think I’m trying to sell you something on Bad Lit, well, I am. Obviously, I’m trying to...
As I was typing up some new inane tweet, I got an email from Twitter telling me that yet another vacuum cleaner salesman in Los Angeles was starting to follow me on that site just because my profile says I live in L.A. And I thought to myself: “What the hell is the point of all this?”
Well, I know what the point of all of it is: To drive more readers to Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film!
Isn’t that what Twitter mostly is? A non-stop stream of “Hey, look at me! I’m witty! I’m insightful! Won’t you please buy whatever bullshit I’m selling?”
Ok, it’s not all bullshit, but if you don’t think I’m trying to sell you something on Bad Lit, well, I am. Obviously, I’m trying to...
- 1/14/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Welcome to the first Underground Film Links post of 2011! I predict it’s going to be an amazing year for these! (So, get to work…)
This week’s must read is a fine list of resolutions for filmmakers put together by Scott Macaulay of Filmmaker Magazine. This is one of those articles I wasn’t sure I’d enjoy, but they’re really great suggestions. Since the year ended, there are, of course, lots of lists going around. First, In These Times has a round-up of the 10 Best Political Documentaries, which covered some pretty big issues. R. Emmet Sweeney of TCM’s Movie Morlocks has his Top 10 Genre Movies of 2010, of which I’ve only seen The Crazies and thought was great as well. SF360 has a mess of Top 10s in its annual survey of Bay Area critics. This is notable particularly since Jonathan Marlow of the S.F.
This week’s must read is a fine list of resolutions for filmmakers put together by Scott Macaulay of Filmmaker Magazine. This is one of those articles I wasn’t sure I’d enjoy, but they’re really great suggestions. Since the year ended, there are, of course, lots of lists going around. First, In These Times has a round-up of the 10 Best Political Documentaries, which covered some pretty big issues. R. Emmet Sweeney of TCM’s Movie Morlocks has his Top 10 Genre Movies of 2010, of which I’ve only seen The Crazies and thought was great as well. SF360 has a mess of Top 10s in its annual survey of Bay Area critics. This is notable particularly since Jonathan Marlow of the S.F.
- 1/2/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
My criteria for picking Bad Lit’s Movie of the Year is simple: First, I ask myself, “What movie has stuck in my head the most this year?” Then, whatever movie pops to mind first is my selection. But, at the same time, knowing how I think and all, some consideration goes towards what little-seen film do I think could use a little extra attention and a good publicity boost.
That didn’t happen this year.
Brent Green‘s live-action animated feature film Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then is about as close as an underground film can get to being a blockbuster. First of all, it had a theatrical run in NYC at the IFC Center, then Green and his live performance collaborators have been touring with it all over the country and screening the film to major audiences everywhere it goes. And it deserves every bit of attention and acclaim it has gotten.
That didn’t happen this year.
Brent Green‘s live-action animated feature film Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then is about as close as an underground film can get to being a blockbuster. First of all, it had a theatrical run in NYC at the IFC Center, then Green and his live performance collaborators have been touring with it all over the country and screening the film to major audiences everywhere it goes. And it deserves every bit of attention and acclaim it has gotten.
- 12/28/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Yes, the above embedded short film by Brent Green is a re-working of the secret origin of Santa Claus, but don’t watch with young kids in the room, unless a) you intentionally want to upset them; and/or b) you want them to see Santa’s old, dangling private parts. You see, Santa, while being a kindly, inventive old soul, has a wee bit of an addiction to whiskey-fortified cold medicine, which propels him to take off on a mad journey on his rickety rocket sleigh. It’s a sadly touching animated film with a live soundtrack performed by Green and the band Califone.
And, yes, I’m posting film up today because it’s Christmas, but I’m also starting to notice a trend in Green’s films, from this film to Weird Carolers to Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then — all of them feature as a main character a tragic,...
And, yes, I’m posting film up today because it’s Christmas, but I’m also starting to notice a trend in Green’s films, from this film to Weird Carolers to Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then — all of them feature as a main character a tragic,...
- 12/25/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Happy Halloween! If I can start off on a scary — albeit a bit self-serving — note, if you’re looking for some spooky, creepy, frightening and sometimes a bit disgusting films to watch today, please visit Bad Lit’s short horror movie index page. Some great stuff in there if you click around. Now onto our regular links: If short horror movies are my “must see” link of the week, then my absolute Must Read link is j.j. murphy’s review of Andy Warhol’s recently preserved and unleashed Face, which focuses on the beautiful face of Edie Sedgwick. This film has sadly been out of circulation for 40 years. The Phantom of Pulp took a time out while making a documentary in Australia to take some awesome photos of a cemetery. Ella thinks that Kanye West is a filmmaker who should be considered on the same level as Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali.
- 10/31/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
[Our thanks to Kier-La Janisse for the following.]
Another Ottawa International Festival of Animation has wrapped, and a recent move to the vicinity has finally allowed me to attend the legendary event, the largest in Canada of its kind, and renowned internationally as a launching pad for many up-and-coming animators. The industry section of the festival alone - a robust conference that facilitates interaction between animation studios, schools and budding talent - makes the festival unique, but at the head of it all is Artistic Director Chris Robinson, eccentric animation scholar whose curatorial preference for underdog animation ensures that Oiaf stays vital and exciting.
Going through last year's schedule, I was a bit worried that the programming was going mainstream, but any doubts were allayed by this year's feature competition (which forewent some obvious choices - the new Svankmajer, for example - in favour of more personal, low budget productions) and various indie-focused retrospectives.
Winnipeg animator Mike Maryniuk...
Another Ottawa International Festival of Animation has wrapped, and a recent move to the vicinity has finally allowed me to attend the legendary event, the largest in Canada of its kind, and renowned internationally as a launching pad for many up-and-coming animators. The industry section of the festival alone - a robust conference that facilitates interaction between animation studios, schools and budding talent - makes the festival unique, but at the head of it all is Artistic Director Chris Robinson, eccentric animation scholar whose curatorial preference for underdog animation ensures that Oiaf stays vital and exciting.
Going through last year's schedule, I was a bit worried that the programming was going mainstream, but any doubts were allayed by this year's feature competition (which forewent some obvious choices - the new Svankmajer, for example - in favour of more personal, low budget productions) and various indie-focused retrospectives.
Winnipeg animator Mike Maryniuk...
- 10/27/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Wow, this is a long list this week. Enjoy!
Is Australia the most conservative country in the world right now? Luke Buckmaster of The Age newspaper reports that the illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s gay horror movie L.A. Zombie at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival went off without any arrests. But Buckmaster was so thoroughly disgusted by the movie, he’s practically advocating for the censorship of it. What the hell did he think he was going to go see? Or maybe England is gunning for the Most Conservative Country Award. Electric Sheep reports on Srdjan Spasojevic’s controversial A Serbian Movie being pulled from FrightFest after British censors demanded almost four minutes of edits. While the film has, and will, screen freely here in the U.S. at festivals, who knows what the MPAA would say if the film were released here theatrically? The Australian Film Reviews...
Is Australia the most conservative country in the world right now? Luke Buckmaster of The Age newspaper reports that the illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s gay horror movie L.A. Zombie at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival went off without any arrests. But Buckmaster was so thoroughly disgusted by the movie, he’s practically advocating for the censorship of it. What the hell did he think he was going to go see? Or maybe England is gunning for the Most Conservative Country Award. Electric Sheep reports on Srdjan Spasojevic’s controversial A Serbian Movie being pulled from FrightFest after British censors demanded almost four minutes of edits. While the film has, and will, screen freely here in the U.S. at festivals, who knows what the MPAA would say if the film were released here theatrically? The Australian Film Reviews...
- 9/5/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Well, this is an exciting week for links! I’ve stumbled upon or have been directed to several new sources from which to pull from. Is the underground film blogging boom not far away? This is one of the longer links posts I’ve done.
First up isn’t exactly an underground film site per se. It’s Catherine Grant’s phenomenal Film Studies for Free who puts up encyclopedia-sized links posts that make my weekly compilations seem sad and pathetic by comparison. Semi-underground related, Grant recently posted up 12 videos from a David Lynch symposium that took place back in ’09 at the Tate Modern. Add this site to your RSS reader. I did. Making Light of It has recommended a resurrected blog that I’ve never seen before: Watermelon Rinds by Ekrem Serdar. In his most recent post, Serdar tries to gather some thoughts and ideas on Robert Breer and Keewatin Dewdney.
First up isn’t exactly an underground film site per se. It’s Catherine Grant’s phenomenal Film Studies for Free who puts up encyclopedia-sized links posts that make my weekly compilations seem sad and pathetic by comparison. Semi-underground related, Grant recently posted up 12 videos from a David Lynch symposium that took place back in ’09 at the Tate Modern. Add this site to your RSS reader. I did. Making Light of It has recommended a resurrected blog that I’ve never seen before: Watermelon Rinds by Ekrem Serdar. In his most recent post, Serdar tries to gather some thoughts and ideas on Robert Breer and Keewatin Dewdney.
- 8/15/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Happy Fourth of July to all of Bad Lit’s U.S. readers! Celebrate Independence Day by reading all about great independent cinema. Loads of reviews and other surprises in the underground film link list this week:
It seems film festival notices have been going out: Kill Your Television, Hooka Face and the Virgin Boy and Wheels of Death all have been accepted into the Atlanta Underground Film Festival. And Hanging at Picnic Rock has been appropriately selected for the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. If you want a print of the 2010 Chicago Underground Film Festival poster, then indiePulse has the details. Art:21 has an absolutely fascinating history of an early “forgotten” film pioneer, Alice Guy-Blaché, the Head of Production of Gaumont from 1896 to 1906. Rhizome has video and images from Harun Farocki’s Deep Play installation, which is an artistic interpretation of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. j. j. murphy reviews the...
It seems film festival notices have been going out: Kill Your Television, Hooka Face and the Virgin Boy and Wheels of Death all have been accepted into the Atlanta Underground Film Festival. And Hanging at Picnic Rock has been appropriately selected for the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. If you want a print of the 2010 Chicago Underground Film Festival poster, then indiePulse has the details. Art:21 has an absolutely fascinating history of an early “forgotten” film pioneer, Alice Guy-Blaché, the Head of Production of Gaumont from 1896 to 1906. Rhizome has video and images from Harun Farocki’s Deep Play installation, which is an artistic interpretation of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. j. j. murphy reviews the...
- 7/4/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
One of the interesting things about doing these links posts every week is finding the vague, synchronous connections between many of the entries. It’s usually not obvious, and definitely never planned. But, like with this week, there was a real “back to nature” theme between many of the posts, e.g. lots of pictures of trees, an “onion” city festival, a landscape film installation and others. It’s kind of weird when that happens.
donna k. put up a brief note about Brent Green‘s live performance of Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then at L.A.’s Hammer Museum on June 15. I was there and it was indeed a wonderful event. Even nicer was my opportunity to finally meet Brent and Donna in person after the show. Good folks. And if the roadshow comes to your town: Go! The Chicago Tribune wrote up a little preview of the Onion...
donna k. put up a brief note about Brent Green‘s live performance of Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then at L.A.’s Hammer Museum on June 15. I was there and it was indeed a wonderful event. Even nicer was my opportunity to finally meet Brent and Donna in person after the show. Good folks. And if the roadshow comes to your town: Go! The Chicago Tribune wrote up a little preview of the Onion...
- 6/20/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
(This review is from a special screening of the film that included live accompaniment by filmmaker Brent Green narrating and on guitar, Brendan Canty of Fugazi on drums and organ; John Swartz on cello, and with donna k. performing live Foley.)
There are tons of bad movies in this world that you can’t wait for them to be over. But, Brent Green’s debut animated feature film, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then — which is a magnificent movie — contains a scene of such devastating heartbreak and sadness that I was practically praying that the film would end before I would have to witness it.
The film is many things, not the least of which is a love story between two lonely souls, Leonard (Michael McGinley) and Mary (donna k.). From the outset, Green, in his famously shaky narration, informs us that Mary will eventually get sick — very sick — but the...
There are tons of bad movies in this world that you can’t wait for them to be over. But, Brent Green’s debut animated feature film, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then — which is a magnificent movie — contains a scene of such devastating heartbreak and sadness that I was practically praying that the film would end before I would have to witness it.
The film is many things, not the least of which is a love story between two lonely souls, Leonard (Michael McGinley) and Mary (donna k.). From the outset, Green, in his famously shaky narration, informs us that Mary will eventually get sick — very sick — but the...
- 6/18/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
June 15
8:00 p.m.
Billy Wilder Theater, in the UCLA Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
Hosted by: Hammer Museum
Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then is the first feature film by underground film animator Brent Green. The film is based on the true story of a man who, in an effort to cure his beloved wife of a terminal illness, built her an immense, puzzle-shaped house. The hope was that the house’s unique layout and construction would have special healing properties.
In addition to being Green’s first feature-length project, Gravity also marks a slightly different approach to animation for the filmmaker. Instead of manipulating stop-motion puppets or life-sized inanimate constructs, Green has used live actors, but still shot the film using stop-motion photography. The centerpiece scene of the film is a stop-motion car crash that was filmed with real cars and live actors.
This special one-night-only screening...
8:00 p.m.
Billy Wilder Theater, in the UCLA Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
Hosted by: Hammer Museum
Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then is the first feature film by underground film animator Brent Green. The film is based on the true story of a man who, in an effort to cure his beloved wife of a terminal illness, built her an immense, puzzle-shaped house. The hope was that the house’s unique layout and construction would have special healing properties.
In addition to being Green’s first feature-length project, Gravity also marks a slightly different approach to animation for the filmmaker. Instead of manipulating stop-motion puppets or life-sized inanimate constructs, Green has used live actors, but still shot the film using stop-motion photography. The centerpiece scene of the film is a stop-motion car crash that was filmed with real cars and live actors.
This special one-night-only screening...
- 6/12/2010
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- Underground Film Journal
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