Although it may be difficult to believe, it's already been over three years since the passing of George A. Romero. While he left us with a legacy of films that are just as relevant (and sometimes more so) as when they were first released, there are a plethora of intriguing projects that he worked on that didn't see the light of the silver screen.
Thankfully, many of these unmade projects have been preserved by University of Pittsburgh Libraries through their George A. Romero Archival Collection, which will be unveiled in a free virtual event on Tuesday, February 9th at 7:00pm Est.
We have the official press release with additional details below, and to register for the free virtual event, visit:
https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/unearthed#.YBhq8GRKiEu
Press Release: On Tuesday, Feb 9 at 7pm Est, the University of Pittsburgh Libraries will be unveiling some of the most amazing,...
Thankfully, many of these unmade projects have been preserved by University of Pittsburgh Libraries through their George A. Romero Archival Collection, which will be unveiled in a free virtual event on Tuesday, February 9th at 7:00pm Est.
We have the official press release with additional details below, and to register for the free virtual event, visit:
https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/unearthed#.YBhq8GRKiEu
Press Release: On Tuesday, Feb 9 at 7pm Est, the University of Pittsburgh Libraries will be unveiling some of the most amazing,...
- 2/2/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
‘Quincy’.
Australian Al Hicks (‘Keep On Keepin’ On’) is the co-director of Netflix documentary ‘Quincy’, which profiles legendary music producer and composer Quincy Jones’ life and career, working with the likes of Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson. One of the speaker’s at this week’s Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc), Hicks tells Jackie Keast how he made the film together with Quincy’s daughter, actress Rashida Jones.
You obviously knew Quincy Jones; he helped produce your first film. How did you come to make this documentary?
It’s a little bit complicated. When I was 18 I moved to New York to study jazz; I’m a drummer. During that time I met a gentleman named Clark Perry and we became really good friends. He took me under his wing and I eventually started playing drums in his band.
For a bit of context, Clark Perry was a...
Australian Al Hicks (‘Keep On Keepin’ On’) is the co-director of Netflix documentary ‘Quincy’, which profiles legendary music producer and composer Quincy Jones’ life and career, working with the likes of Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson. One of the speaker’s at this week’s Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc), Hicks tells Jackie Keast how he made the film together with Quincy’s daughter, actress Rashida Jones.
You obviously knew Quincy Jones; he helped produce your first film. How did you come to make this documentary?
It’s a little bit complicated. When I was 18 I moved to New York to study jazz; I’m a drummer. During that time I met a gentleman named Clark Perry and we became really good friends. He took me under his wing and I eventually started playing drums in his band.
For a bit of context, Clark Perry was a...
- 3/4/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
1. The movie is organic and authentic. This documentary exists because Australian first-time director and jazz drummer Alan Hicks, who had studied with trumpeter Clark Terry and toured with his band for three years, was approached by an Australian documentary channel to shoot a short piece about their friendship. When funding was pulled at the last minute, Hicks saw a missed opportunity. He and his friend Adam Hart decided that they could do it on their own. "We saved up for a year," Hicks tells me in a phone interview. "We bought one camera and plane fares and came out and started shooting with Clark." Hicks first met Clark by chance in New York in 2001. "He was in good health and touring all over the world," he says. "He had recovered from colon cancer, took me under his wing, started teaching me, and we became good mates. That's why I was...
- 9/18/2014
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Several stories from the Tribeca Film Festival by guest blogger Sharon Abella
Super Duper Alice Cooper: Spotlight at Tribeca Film Festival 2014
In the 80′s, if you wanted to attend a concert, you would either have to dial up on rotary phones to countless busy signals, Or else wait in line Overnight at the ticket outlet for a chance to see U2, Rush, Bruce Springsteen, Van Halen, or Bon Jovi. There was no point and click on ticketmaster or stubhub.com, and show up with a print out from your home computer option.
The “Godfather of Shock Rock,” Alice Cooper, who rumor had it, “bit the heads off of live chickens, cut up plastic baby dolls, and wore boa constrictors around his neck, was a parents worst nightmare.
This documentary breaks down just what was so bad or so good about Alice Cooper. Under all that make up, is a pussy cat. Born in Detroit, Mi, Vincent Damon Furnier (Alice Cooper), nearly died when his appendix burst at age 11. Thankfully, he lived, and he learned that life is a miracle. His family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, as they wanted their children to grow up in a healthier environment.
Later, Alice formed a band called “The Spiders,” and they gave L.A. a try. With all of La’s distractions like “Whiskey a Go-Go,” the bar where “The Doors” used to play, Alice knew the band had to be outrageous. Their music just wasn’t that good, and they needed a gimmick.
With new costumes, and Frank Zappa as a mentor, they kept at it, however, concert promoter, Bill Graham, said they “should either be actors or musicians, but they can’t do both at the same time on stage. This is not theater.”
Alice Cooper left La with his tail between his legs, however, did not give up. He refused to go back to being Vince, so they tried even more wilder gimmicks until it worked. Fire, blood, vaudeville, panties falling from the ceiling on to the crowd, chickens, dolls, boas, gothic appearances. Nothing was too crazy for them.
This documentary did, however, clear up the whole biting the head off of live chickens thing. It turns out, that Alice didn’t really bite the head off of a live chicken. They threw a live chicken into an audience full of hippies, and when they threw it back on stage, it was dead.
Interviewed live at the Tribeca Film Festival,
The Alice Cooper shared with me,
“My whole life has been a doc op. Super Duper Alice Cooper is a very theatrical documentary. It goes just beyond documentary. It’s as theatrical as the character I play. What shocks Me, Alice Cooper? How anemic rock is right now. There needs to be more rock and roll out there.”
“Keep on Keepin’ On” Documentary about Jazz Legend, Clark Terry (Trumpeter)
The jazz performance at the end of the movie and music event exclusive for Amex card members, for the film entitled, Keep on Keepin’ On on Saturday night, April 19, 2014, may have been in the top 10, if not the #1 event, from the highlights of the Tribeca Film Festival since it’s inception. Five beautiful jazz songs were performed by a myriad of artists, one of whom being, a student of Clark Terry’s, Justin Kauflin, on piano.
First time film director from Australia, Alan Hicks, and ‘his mate’ Adam Hart, started documenting “Keep on Keepin’ On” five years go, and the great Quincy Jones came on as a producer.
Clark Terry is a jazz musician (trumpeter) with a career spanning over seventy years. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and wanted to play the trumpet so badly, that he made one himself out of a lead pipe (mouthpiece), and a funnel (bell). His neighbors couldn’t stand the noise that the makeshift horn made, so they collected $12.50 and bought one from the pawn shop. His first big break was when he was hired by Count Basie, and then as the first black staff musician at NBC. He went on to play with and/or teach some of the jazz greats, including Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Dizzie Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, and Quincy Jones. In fact, Quincy Jones was Clark Terry’s first student, and Clark left the Duke Ellington band to join Quincy Jones eleven years later. He has been inducted into the Jazz at Lincoln Center Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame, and rewarded with the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He has two Grammy certificates, and three Grammy nominations.
Clark or (C.T.), believes in mentoring and giving back to the community. He stated, “my dreams of playing the horn came true, and now it is my turn to make others’ dreams come true.” C.T. has taken countless students under his wing, one of whom, mentioned earlier, is Justin Kauflin.
Justin lost his vision from exudative retinopathy when he was in the sixth grade. Knowing he was unable to play video games or basketball anymore, he sat down at the piano and fell in love with it. While practicing to be a jazz pianist, he said to his mother, ‘I wish something bad would happen to me so I could play the piano like the famous jazz musicians.’ His mom would hesitantly say, ‘Honey, you just lost your sight, isn’t that bad enough.’ and Justin replied, ‘Naw, what these guys went through is much worse.’
C.T. has had diabetes for over 60 years, and as a result, has been losing his vision too. Justin and Clark could relate to one another in that regard.
Clark Terry’s advise,
“You have to have a desire to excel.”
“You have to want to play better than everybody else.”
“Other students don’t study themselves. You have to know your shortcomings and work on them.”
“Whatever you are doing, do it well.”
“Find your own voice.”
“Don’t copy.”
“If someone believes in you, it makes you believe in yourself more.”
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq a film by Guillaume Nicloux (France)
Special Jury Mention: The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (L’enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq) directed by Guillaume Nicloux (France). The announcement was made by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal
Best Screenplay –The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq, written and directed by Guillaume Nicloux (France). Winner receives $5,000 sponsored by DreamWorks Animation. The award was given by Bart Freundlich.
Jury Comments: “This screenwriter put a bodybuilder, a gypsy, a prostitute, and a world renowned poet in handcuffs at a dinner table and made it feel right. When a film’s language feels so natural as to make the viewer completely forget that a screenplay was written, the writer deserves special acknowledgement.”
Award winning author, filmmaker, and poet, Michel Houllebecq, went missing on September 16, 2011. So began the controversy about this controversial writer. Was it a kidnapping, was he delusional, or was it planned? You may ask, ‘how can this be a comedy?’
This comedy/drama begins with Michel (played by himself), as an older, mellow writer walking around town, running errands and nonchalantly chatting with his neighbors. As he gets back home, and off the elevator to open his apartment door, three large men follow him inside, put tape over his mouth, ask him to hold the front page of the newspaper, take a polaroid photo of him, and transport him about an hour away to a French suburb.
When he gets to their house, he finds himself handcuffed to a bed, and hesitant to call for help to tend to his basic needs, for example, to smoke, use the bathroom and read. Flabbergasted, he quickly learns that the kidnappers are extremely nice to him. Catering to his every need, they invite him to eat with them at the dinner table, they smoke cigarettes and held conversations together, and even held birthday parties wearing fun party masks. Showing their faces, they admitted to Michel who they were and why they did what they did. One admitted to being a gypsy, another, a body builder, another, a call girl, and an older married Polish couple whose house it is. Patiently awaiting ransom money from the President of France, Francois Hollande, they sit and shoot the breeze.
Do they get the ransom money? Do they let Michel go?
Article by Sharon Abella
http://1worldcinema.com
One World Cinema...
Super Duper Alice Cooper: Spotlight at Tribeca Film Festival 2014
In the 80′s, if you wanted to attend a concert, you would either have to dial up on rotary phones to countless busy signals, Or else wait in line Overnight at the ticket outlet for a chance to see U2, Rush, Bruce Springsteen, Van Halen, or Bon Jovi. There was no point and click on ticketmaster or stubhub.com, and show up with a print out from your home computer option.
The “Godfather of Shock Rock,” Alice Cooper, who rumor had it, “bit the heads off of live chickens, cut up plastic baby dolls, and wore boa constrictors around his neck, was a parents worst nightmare.
This documentary breaks down just what was so bad or so good about Alice Cooper. Under all that make up, is a pussy cat. Born in Detroit, Mi, Vincent Damon Furnier (Alice Cooper), nearly died when his appendix burst at age 11. Thankfully, he lived, and he learned that life is a miracle. His family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, as they wanted their children to grow up in a healthier environment.
Later, Alice formed a band called “The Spiders,” and they gave L.A. a try. With all of La’s distractions like “Whiskey a Go-Go,” the bar where “The Doors” used to play, Alice knew the band had to be outrageous. Their music just wasn’t that good, and they needed a gimmick.
With new costumes, and Frank Zappa as a mentor, they kept at it, however, concert promoter, Bill Graham, said they “should either be actors or musicians, but they can’t do both at the same time on stage. This is not theater.”
Alice Cooper left La with his tail between his legs, however, did not give up. He refused to go back to being Vince, so they tried even more wilder gimmicks until it worked. Fire, blood, vaudeville, panties falling from the ceiling on to the crowd, chickens, dolls, boas, gothic appearances. Nothing was too crazy for them.
This documentary did, however, clear up the whole biting the head off of live chickens thing. It turns out, that Alice didn’t really bite the head off of a live chicken. They threw a live chicken into an audience full of hippies, and when they threw it back on stage, it was dead.
Interviewed live at the Tribeca Film Festival,
The Alice Cooper shared with me,
“My whole life has been a doc op. Super Duper Alice Cooper is a very theatrical documentary. It goes just beyond documentary. It’s as theatrical as the character I play. What shocks Me, Alice Cooper? How anemic rock is right now. There needs to be more rock and roll out there.”
“Keep on Keepin’ On” Documentary about Jazz Legend, Clark Terry (Trumpeter)
The jazz performance at the end of the movie and music event exclusive for Amex card members, for the film entitled, Keep on Keepin’ On on Saturday night, April 19, 2014, may have been in the top 10, if not the #1 event, from the highlights of the Tribeca Film Festival since it’s inception. Five beautiful jazz songs were performed by a myriad of artists, one of whom being, a student of Clark Terry’s, Justin Kauflin, on piano.
First time film director from Australia, Alan Hicks, and ‘his mate’ Adam Hart, started documenting “Keep on Keepin’ On” five years go, and the great Quincy Jones came on as a producer.
Clark Terry is a jazz musician (trumpeter) with a career spanning over seventy years. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and wanted to play the trumpet so badly, that he made one himself out of a lead pipe (mouthpiece), and a funnel (bell). His neighbors couldn’t stand the noise that the makeshift horn made, so they collected $12.50 and bought one from the pawn shop. His first big break was when he was hired by Count Basie, and then as the first black staff musician at NBC. He went on to play with and/or teach some of the jazz greats, including Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Dizzie Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, and Quincy Jones. In fact, Quincy Jones was Clark Terry’s first student, and Clark left the Duke Ellington band to join Quincy Jones eleven years later. He has been inducted into the Jazz at Lincoln Center Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame, and rewarded with the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He has two Grammy certificates, and three Grammy nominations.
Clark or (C.T.), believes in mentoring and giving back to the community. He stated, “my dreams of playing the horn came true, and now it is my turn to make others’ dreams come true.” C.T. has taken countless students under his wing, one of whom, mentioned earlier, is Justin Kauflin.
Justin lost his vision from exudative retinopathy when he was in the sixth grade. Knowing he was unable to play video games or basketball anymore, he sat down at the piano and fell in love with it. While practicing to be a jazz pianist, he said to his mother, ‘I wish something bad would happen to me so I could play the piano like the famous jazz musicians.’ His mom would hesitantly say, ‘Honey, you just lost your sight, isn’t that bad enough.’ and Justin replied, ‘Naw, what these guys went through is much worse.’
C.T. has had diabetes for over 60 years, and as a result, has been losing his vision too. Justin and Clark could relate to one another in that regard.
Clark Terry’s advise,
“You have to have a desire to excel.”
“You have to want to play better than everybody else.”
“Other students don’t study themselves. You have to know your shortcomings and work on them.”
“Whatever you are doing, do it well.”
“Find your own voice.”
“Don’t copy.”
“If someone believes in you, it makes you believe in yourself more.”
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq a film by Guillaume Nicloux (France)
Special Jury Mention: The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (L’enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq) directed by Guillaume Nicloux (France). The announcement was made by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal
Best Screenplay –The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq, written and directed by Guillaume Nicloux (France). Winner receives $5,000 sponsored by DreamWorks Animation. The award was given by Bart Freundlich.
Jury Comments: “This screenwriter put a bodybuilder, a gypsy, a prostitute, and a world renowned poet in handcuffs at a dinner table and made it feel right. When a film’s language feels so natural as to make the viewer completely forget that a screenplay was written, the writer deserves special acknowledgement.”
Award winning author, filmmaker, and poet, Michel Houllebecq, went missing on September 16, 2011. So began the controversy about this controversial writer. Was it a kidnapping, was he delusional, or was it planned? You may ask, ‘how can this be a comedy?’
This comedy/drama begins with Michel (played by himself), as an older, mellow writer walking around town, running errands and nonchalantly chatting with his neighbors. As he gets back home, and off the elevator to open his apartment door, three large men follow him inside, put tape over his mouth, ask him to hold the front page of the newspaper, take a polaroid photo of him, and transport him about an hour away to a French suburb.
When he gets to their house, he finds himself handcuffed to a bed, and hesitant to call for help to tend to his basic needs, for example, to smoke, use the bathroom and read. Flabbergasted, he quickly learns that the kidnappers are extremely nice to him. Catering to his every need, they invite him to eat with them at the dinner table, they smoke cigarettes and held conversations together, and even held birthday parties wearing fun party masks. Showing their faces, they admitted to Michel who they were and why they did what they did. One admitted to being a gypsy, another, a body builder, another, a call girl, and an older married Polish couple whose house it is. Patiently awaiting ransom money from the President of France, Francois Hollande, they sit and shoot the breeze.
Do they get the ransom money? Do they let Michel go?
Article by Sharon Abella
http://1worldcinema.com
One World Cinema...
- 4/28/2014
- by Sharon Abella
- Sydney's Buzz
The 24th annual Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, which was held back on June 21-23 in Chicago, has at last announced their award winners. Prizes were given to three lucky winners along with four others earning Honorable Mentions.
This year’s two-panel jury consisted of Chicago filmmaker Melika Bass and Cinema and Media Studies professor Adam Hart (University of Chicago).
First Prize went to Luther Price‘s Selected 35mm Slides presentation, which consisted of 80 individually handmade 35mm slides made up of frames from Price’s found footage films and other images.
Second Prize went to Stephanie Barber for her video 10 From Jhana and the Rats of James Olds, which consisted of 10 videos made during Barber’s residency at the Baltimore Museum of Art where she created a video a day for over a month.
Third Prize went to Pat O’Neill for his video Painter and Ball 1-...
This year’s two-panel jury consisted of Chicago filmmaker Melika Bass and Cinema and Media Studies professor Adam Hart (University of Chicago).
First Prize went to Luther Price‘s Selected 35mm Slides presentation, which consisted of 80 individually handmade 35mm slides made up of frames from Price’s found footage films and other images.
Second Prize went to Stephanie Barber for her video 10 From Jhana and the Rats of James Olds, which consisted of 10 videos made during Barber’s residency at the Baltimore Museum of Art where she created a video a day for over a month.
Third Prize went to Pat O’Neill for his video Painter and Ball 1-...
- 7/4/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Much as Scottish outfit Belle And Sebastian lost much of its initial magic when its principals decided to brighten up the corners of their gentle songs, the charming aspects of Matthew Adam Hart’s music have been inversely proportional to the production quality of The Russian Futurists’ albums. But unlike Stuart Murdoch and company, who made the most of the sheen and breathed new life into a band that seemed to be fey-ding away, Hart has gotten less interesting as he’s moved further from 2000’s The Method Of Modern Love. For proper album four, Hart moved his electro-pop ...
- 11/30/2010
- avclub.com
The SAG Awards sparkled. Women in beautiful dresses, perfectly accessorized; men crisply attired in suits or tuxes; and flash cameras and video everywhere—it was quite a scene. There was drama …
… and romance:
Boldface names made their way down the red carpet: the bolder the name, the faster they moved. Oops, there went Brad Pitt (Benjamin Button). Too late. But Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) did pause for a moment:
He picked up an award later that evening for male actor in a comedy series. Meanwhile, the unofficial award for cutest kids went to the ones playing adman Don Draper’s children in Mad Men. Kiernan Shipka looks sweet …
… but advised me that if she won an award (she did, as part of an ensemble), it would go next to her Tae Kwon Do trophies. Easy there tiger! Meanwhile, her cast-mate and fellow winner Aaron Hart is a handsome little fellow …
… but...
… and romance:
Boldface names made their way down the red carpet: the bolder the name, the faster they moved. Oops, there went Brad Pitt (Benjamin Button). Too late. But Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) did pause for a moment:
He picked up an award later that evening for male actor in a comedy series. Meanwhile, the unofficial award for cutest kids went to the ones playing adman Don Draper’s children in Mad Men. Kiernan Shipka looks sweet …
… but advised me that if she won an award (she did, as part of an ensemble), it would go next to her Tae Kwon Do trophies. Easy there tiger! Meanwhile, her cast-mate and fellow winner Aaron Hart is a handsome little fellow …
… but...
- 1/26/2009
- by noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Handel)
The winners for the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® have been announced. The ceremony was held on Sunday, Jan. 25, at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center and was simulcast by TNT and TBS. Dany Boyle's acclaimed "Slumdog Millionaire" took home the best Cast of a Motion Picture, Sean Penn won for his dramatic performance in "Milk" and Heath Ledger was recognized again for his work as 'The Joker' in "The Dark Knight." Actresses taking home top honors were Meryl Streep who impressed most again with a win for her performance in Miramax Films' "Doubt" and Kate Winslet added another award for her work on The Weinsten Company's "The Reader." As announced by the Screen Actors Guild, here are the winners: 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Recipients Theatrical Motion PICTURESOutstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Sean Penn Harvey Milk "Milk" Focus FeaturesOutstanding Performance...
- 1/25/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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