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Saturday, 21 October 2017

Max Joseph: DICKS: Do you need to be one to be a successful leader?


“A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.”
― Orson Welles

Max Joseph, a film maker from New York City, starts out to investigate what makes good director and ends up finding out what makes a good leader. In the era of crazy president 45, Donald Trump, this is a pertinent question. All roads lead to Rome, but it turns out you don't have to be a dick about it.

Some of the people interviewed:
  • David Guggenheim
    American director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist
  • Michael Maccoby
    Psychoanalyst and anthropologist
  • Aaron James
    Associate professor of philosophy and author of Assholes: A Theory
  • Randall Poster
    American music supervisor and long-term Wes Anderson collaborator. He has worked on The Wolf of Wall Street, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Vinyl  and Skyfall.
  • Karyn Kasama
    American independent film director (interesting perspective from a woman in a male-dominated field)
  • John Hamburg
    American screenwriter, film director and producer
  • Adam Grant
    American author and youngest tenured professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Peter Berg
    American director, actor, producer, and writer of film, television, and music videos



Published on Jun 1, 2017 by Max Joseph
YouTube: DICKS: Do you need to be one to be a successful leader? (34:49)
This is a question that has been eating away at me for a long time, so I decided to make a movie about it.


References

Wikipedia: Max Joseph
H. Maxwell "Max" Joseph (born January 16, 1982) is an American filmmaker and television host.

From New York City, Joseph is both a host, with Nev Schulman, and the cameraman for Catfish: The TV Show. Joseph left Catfish for several episodes in the 4th season to make his feature film debut We Are Your Friends, starring Zac Efron and released in 2015. Joseph has directed several films including 12 Years of DFA: Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic, Garden of Eden, Let's Harvest the Organs of Death Row Inmates and several other productions.

official web site: Max Joseph

Twitter: Max Joseph @maxjoseph

Facebook: Max Joseph

IMDb: Max Joseph
Max Joseph was born as H Maxwell Joseph. He is a writer and director, known for We Are Your Friends (2015), Catfish: The TV Show (2012) and 12 Years of DFA: Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic (2013).

YouTube channel: Max Joseph
I grew up in NYC, live in LA, and make movies all over the world. I was the other guy in the Nike Make It Count video and am currently the other guy on MTV's Catfish. I cannot go through an airport without eating a Cinnabon.



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Thursday, 19 October 2017

Soda Honey Films: Whispers Among Wolves




Published on Jul 4, 2017 by Omeleto
YouTube: A rude CEO insults her employee, then rips his life to shreds. Now watch him turn the tables. (17:14)
Filmmaker Kevin Lim tells the story of Shilo Dashwood, a self-made woman who drinks as hard and she works. Every Wednesday, she meets with her long-suffering personal assistant Teddy to conduct matters of business.

But today, he's interrupted by a text from his girlfriend Audrey. He pauses before revealing that he broke a promise with her to work late. Shilo remembers Audrey, affectionately calling her "goat-face."

Shilo pushes ahead and keeps insulting Teddy, even insinuating that he may be gay. Finally, Teddy reveals that Audrey broke up with him because she thinks he and Shilo are having an affair.

Shilo offers to help fix the situation, but Teddy refuses -- insisting that every time he shares something personal with her, she drunkenly ridicules him and forgets about it the next day.

For a moment, Shilo becomes serious. Then, she reveals all the important events of Teddy's life that he assumed she never noticed. He's surprised.

Teddy then asks Shilo if she's ever loved someone.

For a brief, vulnerable moment, she opens up an old wound from her past -- about a man she could never win the affections of. As she tells the story, she sheds her armor and shows she wasn't always a cynical pragmatist -- she once felt heartache, as well.

Shilo and Teddy quickly exchange gifts -- small show of sacrifice. Then, they mull over the co-dependency they've come to rely on each other for.

That's when they both agree to make a change.

References

Soda Honey Films
Soda Honey Films is a collective of filmmakers working in Sydney, Australia. Their first film "Lichen" has been nominated for Best International Short at the International Baja Film Festival, International Warsaw Film Festival (Academy accredited), and Best Australian short at FlickerFest (Academy accredited and BAFTA recognised). "The Pledge for Mr Bunny" was a finalist for Tropfest 2013.

official web site: Soda Honey Films

Twitter: Soda Honey Films @ReamSodaHoney

Facebook: Soda Honey Films

YouTube: Omeletto
Welcome to Omeleto, YouTube's number one channel for short films. Our mission is inspire you to live a more purposeful life through the power of storytelling. We do this by showcasing the most captivating works from around the world -- ranging from Oscar, Cannes and Sundance-winning directors to young, talented newcomers. If you’re looking for a sign, this is it. Subscribe to our channel -- it will be amazing...





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Wednesday, 19 August 2015

The Philosopher: directed by Abdulla Al Kaabi; starring Jean Reno



Vimeo: The Philosopher (uploaded by Abdulla Al Kaabi)
The Philosopher. (2010)
Directed by Abdulla Al Kaabi
Starring: Jean Reno and Cyrille Thouvenin
Scenario: Abdulla Alkaabi , adapted from Baggio's story by Charlie Fish

IMDb: The Philosopher (2010)
Budget: €100,000 (estimated)

Wikipédia: The Philosopher
The Philosopher est un court-métrage français réalisé par Abdulla Alkaabi et sorti en 2010. Première réalisation cinématographique d'Abdulla Alkaabi, alors âgé de 23 ans, ce court-métrage est une adaptation de la nouvelle homonyme de Charlie Fish : Jean Reno y incarne le premier rôle, accompagné de Cyrille Thouvenin dans le second rôle. Produit par Oursinfilms, société française également basée à Dubaï, le film a été tourné à Paris à la mi-septembre 2010. La première projection de The Philosopher a eu lieu au Festival international de Dubaï dans la section des sélections officielles, le 17 décembre 2010.


References

East of the Web Short Stories: Baggio's Story by Charlie Fish
I would like to be a philosopher. Well, anyone who has said the word 'Why' can argue that he is a philosopher, so I want to be more than that. I want to be remembered as a philosopher.

Charlie Fish: Biography
Charlie Fish is a popular short story writer and screenwriter. His short stories have been published in several countries and inspired dozens of short film adaptations. Since 1996, he has edited www.fictionontheweb.co.uk, the longest-running short story site on the web. He was born in Mount Kisco, New York in 1980; and now lives in south London with his wife and daughters.

Fiction on the Web by Charlie Fish
FICTION on the WEB is a labour of love. Every single story on here is hand-picked and carefully edited by me. I don’t have a staff, and I don’t make any money. I do this because I want to give authors a chance to get their work out there, and I love sharing great stories with the world. FICTION on the WEB has been online since 1996, which makes it the oldest short stories website on the Internet. Hundreds of stories have been enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of readers. This new incarnation of the site aims to take advantage of the latest trends in connectivity while keeping things nice and simple.

East of the Web Short Stories: Charlie Fish, author

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Friday, 21 February 2014

Bruce Bickford, animator extraordinaire


Uploaded on Apr 23, 2008 by brighteyepics
8mm ANIMATION by Bruce Bickford
This is a rare glimpse at some of the early attempts made by Bruce Bickford to create stop-motion animation in the mid-1960s. Bickford is best known for his collaborations with Frank Zappa in the 1970s and has since influenced generations of animators with his startlingly original vision.


Wikipedia: Bruce Bickford (animator)
Bruce Bickford (born Seattle, 1947) is a maker of animated films who works primarily in clay animation. From 1974 to 1980 he collaborated with Frank Zappa. Bickford's animation was featured extensively in the Frank Zappa videos Baby Snakes and The Dub Room Special. Zappa also released a video titled The Amazing Mr. Bickford, which was entirely composed of Bickford animations set to a soundtrack of Zappa's orchestral music.

Bickford's animations depict surreal scenes based on his unique worldview. Often outwardly seeming to be somewhat disconnected from the world around him, Bruce Bickford's work is extremely subjective in its content and concepts, making for some disturbing and shocking imagery. Much of his video work depicted fast-moving, fluid-like transformations of human figures and disfigured faces into odd beasts on surreal structural settings with impressive camera effects (moving around within his stop-motion animation).

His life and work were featured in the 2004 biographical documentary film Monster Road, directed by Brett Ingram, which has won numerous film festival awards and garnered acclaim in many countries.

official web site: Bruce Bickford

YouTube channel: Bright Eye Pictures: Brett Ingram

official web site: Bright Eye Pictures: Brett Ingram

Bright Eye Pictures: Monster Road
Monster Road is a feature length documentary exploring the wildly fantastic worlds of legendary animator Bruce Bickford. Tracing the origins of Bickford's iconoclastic worldview, the film journeys back to Bickford's childhood in a competitive household during the paranoia of the Cold War and examines his relationship with his father, George, who is facing the onset of Alzheimer's Disease.

Monster Road premiered at the 2004 Slamdance Film Festival where it won "Best Documentary," eventually screening at over 85 festivals around the world, winning sixteen awards before premiering on Sundance Channel in June 2005.

Uploaded on Nov 10, 2006 by brighteyepics
Monster Road Trailer
Trailer for award-winning feature documentary about the animation and life of Bruce Bickford. Directed by Brett Ingram. From Bright Eye Pictures.



YouTube: Baby Snakes by Frank Zappa (2:02)

YouTube: Frank Zappa - Dub Room Special [COMPLETE] (1:30:31)
The Dub Room Special is a film produced by Frank Zappa for direct-to-video release in October, 1982. The video combines footage from a performance at the KCET studios in Los Angeles on August 27, 1974, a concert performed at The Palladium, NYC on October 31, 1981, some clay animation by Bruce Bickford, and several interviews.

YouTube: The Amazing Mr Bickford by Frank Zappa (Full Movie / Film Complet) (52:01)
Zappa released this video "The Amazing Mister Bickford" in 1987, which was entirely composed of 1978 Bickford animations set to a soundtrack of Zappa's orchestral music.

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