Back in 2010, writer, director and musician Cory McAbee shot "Crazy and Thief," a no-budget (well, $1500 budget) film featuring his two young children Willa Vy McAbee and John Huck McAbee, with little thought about who would eventually see the sweet film, which involves the two kids, a homemade star chart, a cyclops, a giant and a time machine. McAbee, writer and director of "The American Astronaut" and "Stingray Sam," had just written a screenplay for another project, which was very dark and violent. "I reached a point where I thought if I get to make one film before I died, I didn't want it to be that film. I would want to make this film ("Crazy and Thief") because it's kind, and I don't that to mean 'nice.' I view kindness as a form of bravery. It's also about time and it's a portrait of childhood," McAbee recently told Indiewire by phone.
- 3/24/2014
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
Barely an hour long and blatantly made on the cheap, Alexandre Rockwell's "Little Feet" conveys greater emotion and poignancy than most movies released last year; it's also a terrific start to this one. Opening the Museum of the Moving Image’s "First Look" screening series today ahead of its exclusive release on Vimeo in March (you can pre-order it online starting tomorrow), Rockwell's tender black-and-white portrait of a young sibling pair (played the filmmaker’s kids) evading their bleak home life with a freewheeling outdoor adventure plays like Jim Jarmusch and Wes Anderson teamed up to adapt "Peanuts" into a live action feature. It's a soulful look at the innocence of childhood as a safety net from life's harsher truths. Rockwell's project, which features his adolescent daughter Lana and preschool-aged son Nico, bears a marked similarity to like-minded Diy filmmaker-musician Cory McAbee’s 2012 feature "Crazy and Thief," a magical realist street-based musical adventure also.
- 1/10/2014
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Director Cory McAbee
Director: Cory McAbee
Festival Entry: Crazy & Thief
Narrative Competition
With only a homemade “Star Map” and their own imagination to guide them, a brother and sister take a fantastical journey through the real world in this ode to being a little kid from cult director Cory McAbee.
Directed By: Cory McAbee
Producers: Cory McAbee, Scott Miller, Steve Holmgren
Screenwriter: Cory McAbee
Cinematographer: Scott Miller
Editor: Matt Cowan
Music: Cory McAbee
Cast: Willa Vy McAbee, John Huck McAbee, Gregory Russell Cook, Graham Standford
We asked Crazy & Thief director Cory McAbee about everything from his inspirations to the challenges of working with a tantrum-prone two-year-old. Here’s what he had to say:
Who are you and what do you do?
My name is Cory McAbee. I’m the writer/director of Crazy and Thief. My past films include The American Astronaut and Stingray Sam. I am currently performing as...
Director: Cory McAbee
Festival Entry: Crazy & Thief
Narrative Competition
With only a homemade “Star Map” and their own imagination to guide them, a brother and sister take a fantastical journey through the real world in this ode to being a little kid from cult director Cory McAbee.
Directed By: Cory McAbee
Producers: Cory McAbee, Scott Miller, Steve Holmgren
Screenwriter: Cory McAbee
Cinematographer: Scott Miller
Editor: Matt Cowan
Music: Cory McAbee
Cast: Willa Vy McAbee, John Huck McAbee, Gregory Russell Cook, Graham Standford
We asked Crazy & Thief director Cory McAbee about everything from his inspirations to the challenges of working with a tantrum-prone two-year-old. Here’s what he had to say:
Who are you and what do you do?
My name is Cory McAbee. I’m the writer/director of Crazy and Thief. My past films include The American Astronaut and Stingray Sam. I am currently performing as...
- 6/12/2012
- by Film Independent
- Film Independent
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