http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/ en-us 2009-07-04T00:35:15-06:00 http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2009/07/the_2nd_annual.html And now an interlude, as I ignore the prescient possibility of writing a full monograph on Trouble Every Day by tearing through the hills of Virginia on motorcycles. I'm out here once again at the Swanberg family manse, and tonight... David Lowery 2009-07-04T00:35:15-06:00 http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2009/06/beau_travail_19.html For your listening pleasure: two selections from Benjmin Britten's opera of Billy Budd, which Denis uses to score her film: Billy Budd - Scene 1: Pull, By Bantams Billy Budd - Interlude & Scene 2: Blow Her Away... And,... David Lowery 2009-06-30T05:47:59-06:00 http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2009/06/nenette_et_boni.html Nenette et Boni marks Denis' first use of a score by the pop group Tindersticks, whose lush, tremulous music (much of it drawn from their second self-titled album) henceforth becomes a trademark of her work, and which here ebbs... David Lowery 2009-06-30T03:48:21-06:00 http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2009/06/35_rhums_2009.html Chronology must temporarily fall by the wayside: I made it up to Nenette et Boni before yesterday, when 35 Rhums played at LAFF. That morning and afternoon saw a welcome influx of guests and a not-so-welcome overabundance of sunshine,... David Lowery 2009-06-24T03:21:43-06:00 http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2009/06/jai_pas_sommeil.html I haven't seen Claire Denis' second feature, S'en fout la mort (as far as I can tell, it's only available on an out-of-print VHS) and so can't exactly trace her path from the stateliness of Chocolat to the warm... David Lowery 2009-06-20T03:52:11-06:00 http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2009/06/chocolat.html I wonder how many people looking forward to getting Lasse Hallstrom's Chocolat from Netflix have accidentally received Claire Denis' 1988 debut instead. Of them, I wonder how many actually watched it, and if the same great strengths that so... David Lowery 2009-06-17T12:53:30-06:00 http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2009/06/a_week_with_cla.html For a few months two years ago, I kept an account, in a little Moleskine, of every movie I saw. A few lines, a few paragraphs, whatever came to mind; an exercise meant mostly to better affix the film... David Lowery 2009-06-16T11:58:23-06:00 http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2009/06/nine_am.html I watched St. Nick all the way through yesterday for the first time since the premiere at SXSW. But first, let me say that I haven't been to a festival outside of Sundance that has screenings earlier than 11:30am, and... David Lowery 2009-06-14T13:20:37-06:00 http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2009/06/im_boy_crazy.html I just made this spot for my friend Alexi's blog: In other news, I just arrived at my lakefront hotel in Michigan and discovered that the main venue for the Waterfront Film Festival is in a converted pie factory! Something... David Lowery 2009-06-12T19:41:05-06:00 http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2009/06/scott_on_mark_a.html Scott Maccaulay scored a major coup at the Filmmaker Blog - an extensive interview with After Last Season helmer Mark Region. In spite of of my own publicly stated disbelief, I'm finding the dawning evidence that this is, in fact,... David Lowery 2009-06-10T19:56:23-06:00 http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2009/06/adult_content_w.html The Waterfront Film Festival's program notes include a viewer advisory note, alerting audience members that St. Nick contains nudity and language. Which is true! But it seems strange and funny to put such literal terms on the film, because I've... David Lowery 2009-06-09T01:25:40-06:00 http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2009/06/after_last_seas.html So the trip Ti and Adam and I took on Friday was to Lancaster, California, which is apparently the crystal-meth capital of Southern California. While driving down its sunny avenues, we espied a man in a motorized wheelchair going through... David Lowery 2009-06-08T15:00:14-06:00 http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2009/06/fa_at_largo.html I wish every show I saw was at Largo. It has the best accoustics, and you have to sit down, which is generally my live music position of choice. Last night I paid a visit to see the Watkins Family... David Lowery 2009-06-05T00:31:03-06:00 http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2009/06/following.html There are a few people whose writing and speech patterns are entirely inseparable, and fewer still whose identities are telegraphed as instantly by the former as by the latter. So then, to note the byline of this http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/opinion/02jay.html?_r=2">op-ed piece in... David Lowery 2009-06-03T18:40:35-06:00 http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/2009/06/commentary_jame.html I finally caught up with James Gray's The Yards and We Own The Night, after being so enchanted by Two Lovers a few months ago. Perhaps I came at them predisposed, but I loved these movies. Particularly The Yards.... David Lowery 2009-06-03T01:08:44-06:00