Movie City Indie Archive for March, 2010
Rodarte X Maggie Cheung, by Wing Shya
Wing Shyahas been a photographer on Wong Kar-Wai’s films. There’s lovely stuff at the link. Music by Peter Kam.
Diesel takes Godard shopping
While Hal Hartley gently weeps. From the YouTube link: “This is a new campaign from Diesel called “A Hundred Lovers” and mixes a cool brand video with a unique shopping experience as part of the larger “be stupid” work on the new Diesel Website.”
Eva Markvoort, subject of 65_Redroses, was 25
[Yung Chang, Nimisha Mukerji, Philip Lyall, Eva Markvoort, HotDocs 2009]
65_RedRoses’ Eva Markvoort has died. “A New Westminster woman who became a celebrated cystic fibrosis campaigner died in her Vancouver General Hospital bed of the disease on Saturday (March 27) morning. She was 25. Markvoort was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as a baby. The former Miss New Westminster and University of Victoria theatre student received a double lung transplant in 2007, but her body wouldn’t accept the donated organs. She was awaiting a second donation when she died. Markvoort brought worldwide attention to the disease while encouraging people to become organ donors through her online journal, 65 Red Roses—a name chosen for how she would mispronounce “cystic fibrosis” as a toddler—as well as an award-winning documentary of the same name made by Vancouver filmmakers Nimisha Mukerji and Philip Lyall. Two days before she died, she wrote in her blog that she was “supersaturated” with drugs and that her doctors were going to try taking her off some of them to see how she would manage. Her final words in a blog post were: “and i am not managing, not managing at all. i’m drowning in the medications. i can’t breathe. every hour, once an hour, i can’t breathe. something has to change.”
Markvoort’s last video. Her LiveJournal. Below: the trailer for the fiercely moving, intimate documentary.
Dennis Hopper on collecting art
Directed and Produced by Kimberly M. Wang.
[PR] Composer John Barry to be honored at Ghent Film Festival
John Barry to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at 10th anniversary of World Soundtrack Academy
(Ghent, Belgium) On October 21, 2010 the music of four-time Oscar winner, John Barry will be performed live in concert at the Ghent International Film Festival.The 80 -iece Brussels Philharmonic will perform selections from Barry’s scores including Goldfinger, Mary Queen of Scots, Out of Africa, Dances with Wolves and Midnight Cowboy, conducted by Nicholas Dodd. The concert will be accompanied by a video presentation of film clips. With the John Barry concert, the Ghent Film Festival will be continuing its tradition of showcasing memorable, award-winning film music in the form of live concerts. Previous editions have featured Ennio Morricone, Maurice Jarre, Elmer Bernstein, Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore and Alexandre Desplat. Go here for more information.
"Unloveable": Johnny Depp directs a video
A little bit “An Occurence At Owl Creek Bridge”…
[PR] Oscar's moving back to February
Key Dates Announced for 83rd Academy Awards®
Beverly Hills, CA (March 25, 2010) — The 83rd Annual Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, Academy President Tom Sherak announced today. The ceremony will again take place at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network. Key dates currently scheduled are: