By Ray Pride Pride@moviecitynews.com
Nashville, Agnès B. and Harmony Korine: Mr. Lonely But you know you only used to get juiced in it
In Nashville Scene’s autumn best-of issue, Jim Ridley chronicles an initiative called O’Salvation!: “It was not local news when filmmaker Harmony Korine, then based in Nashville, formed a production company [in 2004] with the French fashion designer Agnès B. It was international news… The designer has backed major talents such as Claire Denis, Gaspar Noé and Patrice Chereau. Now O’Salvation! is putting its resources behind Korine and Nashville writer-directors James Clauer [prankster, associate producer, location scout and second unit director of Gummo] and Brent Stewart—potentially the most exciting development on the city’s film scene since Robert Altman shot here 30 years ago. Clauer’s… Aluminum Fowl is a category-defying marvel: a semi-documentary about black Louisiana cockfighters, shot in a lyrical yet earthy style that suggests Terrence Malick working in tandem with Les Blank. It’s haunting, funny and otherworldly… Stewart’s locally filmed Blackberry Winter is a post-apocalyptic mood piece, strikingly shot in high-contrast black-and-white…
Meanwhile, Korine is overseas in pre-production on Mister Lonely, a film he reportedly co-wrote with his brother Avi … If people really want to see Nashville become a destination and a home for world-class filmmaking, show these guys some of the love Craig Brewer’s getting from Memphis these days.” [Image: Sister Berlin (of the Red Army), 2002, Harmony Korine, via galerie du jour — Agnès B. ]