Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– HBO has acquired the U.S. TV rights to “David Bowie: The Last Five Years,” directed and produced by Francis Whately. The film spotlights two critically acclaimed albums and the stage musical “Lazarus,” offering new insights into Bowie’s extraordinary creativity during the final five years of his life.
Featuring a wealth of rarely seen Bowie interviews, archival footage, audio from the recording sessions for “The Next Day” and “Blackstar,” and unprecedented access to Bowie’s closest friends and artistic collaborators, the film is a tribute to one of the greatest rock icons of all time.
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– The Weinstein Company will...
– HBO has acquired the U.S. TV rights to “David Bowie: The Last Five Years,” directed and produced by Francis Whately. The film spotlights two critically acclaimed albums and the stage musical “Lazarus,” offering new insights into Bowie’s extraordinary creativity during the final five years of his life.
Featuring a wealth of rarely seen Bowie interviews, archival footage, audio from the recording sessions for “The Next Day” and “Blackstar,” and unprecedented access to Bowie’s closest friends and artistic collaborators, the film is a tribute to one of the greatest rock icons of all time.
Read More: Film Acquisitions Rundown: Sony Picks Up Tom Hanks’ ‘Greyhound,’ Lionsgate Acquires ‘Rally Car’ and More
– The Weinstein Company will...
- 2/17/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
The archive producers on award-winning documentaries about Amy Winehouse and Ayrton Senna have joined forces to launch a production company and archive research firm.
Paul Bell, whose credits include ground-breaking archive docs Amy and Senna, and fellow archive producer James Hunt, the former head of archive at Princess Productions, set up Dog and Duck Films last month.
The duo aim to act as a “hive mind” to help TV and film productions work with archive footage, as well as producing their own TV shows and films.
“I have described what I do as ‘make films without a camera’, and part of our aim is to do that,” said Bell.
“The other side is about working with talented film-makers who might be baffled by archive, which is an industry we understand. It’s about finding new stories – Amy and Senna were historical documentaries but they were also new stories.”
Dog and Duck is currently working on feature doc about...
Paul Bell, whose credits include ground-breaking archive docs Amy and Senna, and fellow archive producer James Hunt, the former head of archive at Princess Productions, set up Dog and Duck Films last month.
The duo aim to act as a “hive mind” to help TV and film productions work with archive footage, as well as producing their own TV shows and films.
“I have described what I do as ‘make films without a camera’, and part of our aim is to do that,” said Bell.
“The other side is about working with talented film-makers who might be baffled by archive, which is an industry we understand. It’s about finding new stories – Amy and Senna were historical documentaries but they were also new stories.”
Dog and Duck is currently working on feature doc about...
- 12/3/2015
- ScreenDaily
Amy
Directed by Asif Kapadia
Produced by James Gay-Rees, George Pank and Paul Bell
UK, 2015
Even though she had been performing since she was 14, it wasn’t until the release of her second studio album Back to Black in 2008 did Amy Winehouse become a mainstream artist. With that, her personal life became a constant presence in the media. Now, four years after her passing due to accidental poisoning, her life and achievements are celebrated in a new documentary by Senna director Asif Kapadia.
Amy focuses on Winehouse’s tumultuous musical career and personal life, before her untimely death at only 27 years of age. Interweaving a series of home videos and interviews, the documentary brings a candid insight behind the musician’s private life.
First of all, it is strange to see a personality like Amy Winehouse in such an intimate way. The film covers plenty of archive footage and includes...
Directed by Asif Kapadia
Produced by James Gay-Rees, George Pank and Paul Bell
UK, 2015
Even though she had been performing since she was 14, it wasn’t until the release of her second studio album Back to Black in 2008 did Amy Winehouse become a mainstream artist. With that, her personal life became a constant presence in the media. Now, four years after her passing due to accidental poisoning, her life and achievements are celebrated in a new documentary by Senna director Asif Kapadia.
Amy focuses on Winehouse’s tumultuous musical career and personal life, before her untimely death at only 27 years of age. Interweaving a series of home videos and interviews, the documentary brings a candid insight behind the musician’s private life.
First of all, it is strange to see a personality like Amy Winehouse in such an intimate way. The film covers plenty of archive footage and includes...
- 7/10/2015
- by Katie Wong
- SoundOnSight
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