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January 21, 2007
Not At Sundance
Every January, I anxiously read (and perhaps live vicariously through) the press from the various films premiering at Sundance. There are three this year that I'm particularly excited about.
- Teeth, directed by Mitchell Lichtentstein. I've had a vague inclination to do something involving the vagina dentata myth for a long time now, but the idea has remained so undeveloped that I wasn't at all preturbed to learn of this one. It was shot in Austin last year (raising some degree of controversy in the process). It premiered last night, and by most of the accounts collected at GreenCine, it sounds wonderful (meanwhile, the official site doesn't have much more to offer than some nice stills). Bryan Poyser is seeing this one, and I anxiously await his prognosis.
- Zoo, directed by Robinson Devor. I can hardly think of a film I'm more interested in seeing right now than this documentary (which was produced under the really wonderful working title of There's A Bird In Every Forest), especially after reading this interview with writer Charles Mudede (who previously collaborated with Devor on Police Beat). I laughed with a sort of shocked disbelief when I first heard the premise, but it sounds as if the filmmakers have resisted the urge to go for shock value; it's already inherent in the subject matter, after all, and that they've treated their story with respect and a serious sense of incision will likely make it that much more unsettling.
Equally shocking, in an entirely different way, is the fact that the majority of the film was shot this past October. It premieres tonight. There I was thinking we turned Ciao around fast. My friend Clay just got tickets for this; I'm looking forward to hearing what he thinks.
- Snow Angels, directed by David Gordon Green. Enough said.
Up until about a month ago, I was actually planning on joining some friends up in Park City for a few days. But then I started looking at the list of things I was planning on doing over the next eight months, and thinking about the amount of money that it would cost to do them, and decided I'd better not. Maybe someday I'll actually have a film to accompany to that snowy little hamlet, but until then I'll just keep reading about it.
Posted by David Lowery at January 21, 2007 03:28 PM
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i want to see Zoo as well. i was living in seattle when that all happened, it was quite the talk of the town.
Posted by: brad at January 21, 2007 10:32 PM
Have any of y'all ever read Charles Mudede's The Stranger piece on the horse fucking case? It's classic.
btw, I should try see Police Beat sooner or later. I've heard nothing but great things about it.
Posted by: Tram at January 23, 2007 03:33 AM
That's a great article! Thanks for linking to it, Tram.
I haven't seen Police Beat either. Still no news on a DVD release, as far as I know.
Posted by: Ghostboy at January 23, 2007 11:01 AM