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DN226: UMASAN – Matt Lambert
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] We’ve followed the work of director Matt Lambert for a while here on DN, so were pleased when he debuted his filmic collaboration with fashion label UMASAN, which is undoubtedly his most ambitious short to date. Matt joined us to discuss punk rock filmmaking and traveling the globe [...]
UMASAN & Fuck Machines – Matt Lambert
UMASAN (2011) A micro and macro transformative journey that explores the poetry and evolution of human form and movement for Berlin-based fashion label, Umasan. Fuck Machines (2010) We are nothing but fuck machines. – NSFW
DN225: Bummer Summer | TISFC – Zach Weintraub
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] We’ve seen a fair amount of indie features this year, but a couple of our favourites came as a double bill comprising director Zach Weintraub’s Bummer Summer and The International Sign for Choking. Zach joins us this week to discuss the merits of getting back to your indie [...]
Bummer Summer | TISFC – Zach Weintraub
Bummer Summer (2010) Seventeen year-old Isaac tags along on an impromptu road trip with his older brother Ben and Ben’s ex-girlfriend Lila. The trip staggers along uncertainly as the trio’s delicate and ambiguous dynamic is made increasingly weaker by the brothers’ mutual feelings for Lila. The International Sign for Choking (2011) Ben is twenty-four years [...]
DN224: BEAT – Or Bar-El
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Music is a major component of any film but can spell life or death for an animated piece, so completely building your film around its soundtrack is a risky gamble. Or Bar-El’s first venture into 3D animation, BEAT is a gamble that pays off in spades. Or joins [...]
BEAT – Or Bar-El
BEAT (2011) In a cubic world, where work is one repetitive slow tempo, one worker discovers inside them another form of expression.
DN223: Calvet – Dominic Allan
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Jean Marc Calvet has led an extraordinary, and at times, dark life, which made him a perfect subject for director Dominic Allan’s feature documentary Calvet. We caught up with Dominic to discuss trusting your inner barometer and creating films as part of the new paradigm. Calvet begins its [...]
Calvet – Dominic Allan
Calvet (2011) Via a terrifying trip to hell and back, Jean Marc Calvet was given a second chance at life, and now a successful artist on a quest for redemption, he embarks on an extraordinary journey to make peace with his past.
DN222: The Grasshopper – Håkon Larssen
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Adapted from a short story by Norwegian writer Kjell Askildsen, Håkon Larssen’s The Grasshopper (Gresshoppen) is the story of a couple out of love, in a relationship that may well be out of time, told through glances and the space between what is said. Håkon and spoke about [...]
The Grasshopper – Håkon Larssen
The Grasshopper (2010) The summer is on the wane and dark clouds form on the horizon for Jakob and Maria. On the surface, everything seems fine, but behind the facade the reality is different. When Maria’s younger sister Vera comes visiting, she awakens a desire in Jakob.
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