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Operation Filmmaker Clip In the wake of "Operation Iraqi Freedom," American actor Liev Schreiber had an idealistic notion: to rescue an Iraqi film student from the rubble of his country and bring him to the West to intern on a Hollywood movie (Everything Is Illuminated). It promised to be a heartwarming tale, a small victory out of the troubled mission of the U.S war in Iraq. But as in the war itself, "good" intentions yielded unintended consequences, and even this operation doesn't go according to plan. Director Nina Davenport becomes personally involved in Schreiber's charitable effort, and soon finds herself embroiled in a complex moral quagmire and all-consuming power struggle between filmmaker and subject. Operation Filmmaker is an engaging, sometimes comical political parable, taking the viewer on a riveting ride from Baghdad to Hollywood. Tags: Toronto International Film Festival Official Selection |
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Iran's Fearless Film Maker - Iran June 2007 Her films have divided Iran, led to her arrest and seen her charged with four crimes that carry the death penalty. But Iranian filmmaker Tehmineh Milani refuses to be silenced. "She focuses on women's rights and shows things the way they are", states a fan. Milani's latest film, 'Payback', is her most contentious to date. It's about four women who meet in prison and form a vigilante gang, posing as prostitutes and handing out their own brand of justice to men. "I wrote the story but the characters are based on real people", Milani states. Although Milani is Iran's most commercially successful director, filmmaking for her is about much more than making money. As she explains: "I think I have an ability to make a positive cultural change". Tags: Journeyman Pictures Iran woman film maker Tahmineh Milani fundamentalism feminism |
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CONFESSIONS OF AN INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER: Intro I'm really making an indie feature film and taking YouTube along the way. Watch my every step and mistake. Learn what to do and not to do when you make YOUR movie! Or watch for your own mocking amusement -- you heartless animals. I may break big next week or quit (again). Who friggin' knows?!? Tags: confessions independent film filmmaker diary feature animation filipino reality journal the making of |
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FOOD NEWS: A Conversation with "King Corn" Filmmaker Part 1: A conversation with filmmaker Curt Ellis about his new documentary "King Corn", the film that may open eyes across America. Surprisingly, corn is present in some form or another, in almost everything on the American plate. And, none more so, than through the food ingredient "high fructose corn syrup" (HFCS). Is it a good idea to have "HFCS" present in so many of our foods without prior public debate, or adequate science to measure its impact on the long-term health of adults, and especially our children? Should our standard meals be unnaturally skewed toward a corn based diet, in the first place? This interview, along with video clips from the documentary, may not provide the answers here, but it's a good beginning for further thought and reflection. What do you think? Tags: corn high fructose syrup food ingredients technology advertising commercials entertainment news performing |
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Blog 1 - The Lone Filmmaker My girlfriend and I have just got together and now I am making a feature film entirely on my own, from acting to best-boy, and this is the first time you will be able to witness the struggles and set backs, highs and lows of one man fighting to make a feature film entirely on his own! I am a filmmaker and so this is my passion, but this project will require me to leave home and venture out into the wilderness. My girlfriend has agreed to film the whole process - and this is the beginning.... Blog one. XX PLEASE READ XX My girlfriend is NOT helping me make the film by filming me. She is filming these video blogs - if she was, then I wouldn't be making a feature film entirely on my own. :-) __ oscars cannes filmmaking sundance raindance best film crazy man Tags: money pounds filmmaking touching void cast away acting directing editing legend cannes oscars sundance Series Video Blo |
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FOOD NEWS: A Conversation with 'King Corn' Filmmaker: Part 2 Continuing the conversation, Curt Ellis shares his story about the pervasiveness of corn in our daily foods. We learn that for the first time in human history, the problem of obesity is associated with poverty, not affluence. The processed foods that saturate the market with cheap food products is the chief culprit. Do you feel it's time for a change? Tags: food news corn king curt ellis documentary films high fructose syrup hfcs obesity farm bill advertisi |
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The Cooper Temple Clause - Film Maker The Cooper Temple Clause - Film Maker Tags: The Cooper Temple Clause Film Maker |
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FILMMAKER PROFILES from Sundance Channel: Zoe Cassevetes Zoe Cassevetes talks about her film BROKEN ENGLISH (US Dramatic Competition - 2007 Sundance Film Festival) Tags: 2007 sundance film festival broken english Zoe Cassevetes documentary independent redford channel |
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Quantum Factor with filmmaker, William Arntz -What The Bleep An intriguing interview with the producer, director of the award-winning movie, What The Bleep Do We Know? In this episode, William Arntz discusses the ways in which new ideas in science and quantum physics, and many long-held beliefs behind spirituality and religion are now merging, and how that converging of new science with age-old beliefs, would inspire producer, director, William Arntz to co-create the films,"What The Bleep Do We Know!? and "What The Bleep!? Down The Rabbit Hole." This episode, with host Alison Hill, first aired on PBS affiliate KBDI-Channel 12, Denver, Colorado 2006 / LostArtsProductions.com Tags: what the bleep do we know william arntz ramtha new age metaphysical god spirituality quantum physics philosophers |
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FOOD NEWS: Part3: Conversation with King Corn Filmmaker Curt Farming today is not what we may imagine it to be. It's become largely an industrial process, and corn epitomizes this shift in production methods. In Part 3, 'King Corn' filmmaker Curt Ellis shares his experience growing an acre of corn in Iowa, and what it was like for him and his partner. Surprisingly, the growing of 10,000 pounds of corn in one season was the easiest part of the whole farming experience. The other parts were more mundane, and more disappointing. Tags: Food News food politics culture sustainable corn farming advertising commercials entertainment news performin |