Archive for April, 2008
DN EP 086: Extraordinary Rendition - Jim Threapleton
Jim Threapleton joins us to discuss his directorial debut Extraordinary Rendition and the challenges of striking the correct balance of tone in a film that depicts the personal effects of a wrongly accused man caught up in a system with little regard for the rights of the individual.
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London’s Burning
The Tell-Tale Heart
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Extraordinary Rendition - Jim Threapleton
Extraordinary Rendition (2007)
A man is abducted from the streets of London and transported via secret flights to an unknown country. Held in solitary confinement and cut off from the outside world, he is plunged into a lawless nightmare of detention without trial, interrogation and torture. Returned without explanation to the UK many months later, he [...]
Should Money Talk?
Doc It Out has posted an interesting piece about a subject that raises its head again and again in the ethics of documentary filmmaking; should subjects get paid for their participation? This latest hubbub has centred around Errol Morris’ admission that some of the ‘bad apples’ interviewed for his Standard Operating Procedure doc did receive [...]
Film Friends Forever Present VBS
In the on-going conspiracy to make me feel bad for never getting organised enough to arrange screenings outside of the annual Reading/Leeds thing, the Film Friends Forever folks are screening the best videos of Vice Magazine’s Spike Jonze helmed VBS.TV.
I’m gonna be going along, but if you plan to join in the fun make sure [...]
DN EP 085: Hotel Harabati - Brice Cauvin
After many years working in the French film industry as an assistant director on over 35 features, Brice Cauvin decided that it was time for him to step out and direct his feature debut Hotel Harabati, which despite (or perhaps due to) problems with financing he managed to complete on his own terms, remaining true [...]
Hotel Harabati - Brice Cauvin
Hotel Harabati (2006)
While waiting to catch a train from Paris to Venice, French couple Philippe and Marion pick up a bag left behind by a polite, vaguely Middle Eastern man. Inside, they find neatly bound bundles of foreign currency; on the tag, it reads ‘Hotel Harabati.’ At the last moment, they decide not to [...]
16th Raindance Film Festival Open for Submissions?
The Raindance Film Festival will be moving into its 16th year from the 1st - 12th October, but before it throws open the screening doors, is looking for your shorts and features of all genres from anywhere in the world. The festival takes place in London’s West End and last year’s Jury Prize Winners were [...]
Hotel Harabati Competition
A few days ago it was my pleasure to interview French director Brice Cauvin about his feature debut, the excellent Hotel Harabati, which you may recall appeared in both Miss D’s and my top ten lists of 2007. I’ll be posting clips from the film and our interview in a few days, but right now [...]
INSIDE THE CIRCLE Breakin’ Convention Screening
You’d think that running Directors Notes would mean I spend all my time at screenings and hobnobbing with directors, but the sad reality is that most of my filmmaker contact is via Skype, email and screeners, partially because they live in different countries to me, but more often than should be the case laziness and [...]
DN EP 084: Giraffes and Laughs and Feelings and Things - Matt Strachan
Director Matt Strachan joins us this week to discuss his switch from writing to directing on his self-penned short Giraffes and Laughs and Feelings and Things.
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