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...obscure (“The Highest,” a short featured in the 1972 Olympics) to a live television drama (“The Tears of My Sister”). After the screenings, Penn spoke to the audience about both the serious and the humorous, discussing filmic violence and politics while sharing anecdotes about his experiences working with the likes of Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman. When first released, Penn’s films were groundbreaking for their graphic representations of violence and social tensions that had been previously absent in movies, which Penn said was intended to echo...
...with a bunch of people,” he says. In a departure from LaBute’s original script, the actors have improvised and videotaped monologues for each of their characters. The recordings will be shown before, during, and after the production. According to Zalisk, adding a second filmic dimension to a three-dimensional work further develops the personalities onstage with confessional, personal statements. “We’re all so used to watching TV,” he explains. “Using video reminds [the audience] why people watch live actors...
...enjoyed doing cigarette commercials because they always just come up with great ideas. I did those for years, and they were great filmic, episodic commercials. The problem is, they were about smoking...
...disappointing, but it should be really good anyway, and we’re still looking forward to it.” The HFA screenings were initially proposed by Lucien G. Taylor, an assistant professor of Visual and Environmental Studies and of Anthropology who teaches courses in filmic anthropology. He had previously screened Dvortsevoy’s films for one of his classes. These documentaries depict vignettes of the lives of those living in central Asia or Russia: from the shepherds of the steppes to the peasants outside St. Petersburg. Four of Dvortsevoy’s five films will be screened...
...course, Jackson mostly wants to entertain himself. So he will make sure to get to a Snakes screening on opening weekend--"I'm looking for a full theater, hopefully where people will shout at the screen," he says--and he remains in the hunt for his personal filmic holy grail. Not an Oscar-winning role ("Uh, have you seen some of the people who have Academy Awards?" he asks, laughing) but a genuine old-fashioned western. "I want horses," he says. "I want to stand in the middle of the street and see if I'm faster than somebody...