Working Life
Life has been pretty men'al lately. The film festival is on, my skin has been flaring up and work has been busy.
Last week I went to see the Pulp documentary titled "Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets". Florian Habicht is a superb director and really finds a way of asking human beings from all walks of life questions that make them feel familiar to the viewer. Even Jarvis Cocker was shown in a light that you could imagine having a coffee with him while listening to Can or some other Krautrock that I think he'd be into. Mr Cocker was nice enough to do a quick Q and A via Skype after the film which answered several questions but also revealed he had been inspired after working with Florian Habicht and is now working on a film himself. He studied film at University it turns out. Great documentary and well worth the watch.
Yesterday I went to see what is probably going to be part of film history. Richard Linklater's latest offering is an epic journey following a boy through his most formative years, aptly titled Boyhood.
Richard Linklater's interview on the daily show really paints the picture of how effortless he made the film feel. "It was like summer camp". A summer camp that happened once a year for 12 years to give him enough footage to tie the whole project together. http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/hsyqlt/richard-linklater
I imagine by the end of the 12 years the whole cast would have formed close friendships that will last the rest of their lives, which really is reflected in the effortless acting. Seeing the lead actor grow from a 6 year old boy to a young adult was really powerful and it's great to know the daughter is none other than Richard Linklater's.
The soundtrack really reflected the timeframe and included killer hits like Do You Realize by The Flaming Lips, as well as more current pop hits to prove the time, like Somebody That You Used To Know by Gotye.
I better get back to working on the new SWC website. you can check it out at www.swc.co.nz
Last week I went to see the Pulp documentary titled "Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets". Florian Habicht is a superb director and really finds a way of asking human beings from all walks of life questions that make them feel familiar to the viewer. Even Jarvis Cocker was shown in a light that you could imagine having a coffee with him while listening to Can or some other Krautrock that I think he'd be into. Mr Cocker was nice enough to do a quick Q and A via Skype after the film which answered several questions but also revealed he had been inspired after working with Florian Habicht and is now working on a film himself. He studied film at University it turns out. Great documentary and well worth the watch.
Yesterday I went to see what is probably going to be part of film history. Richard Linklater's latest offering is an epic journey following a boy through his most formative years, aptly titled Boyhood.
Richard Linklater's interview on the daily show really paints the picture of how effortless he made the film feel. "It was like summer camp". A summer camp that happened once a year for 12 years to give him enough footage to tie the whole project together. http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/hsyqlt/richard-linklater
I imagine by the end of the 12 years the whole cast would have formed close friendships that will last the rest of their lives, which really is reflected in the effortless acting. Seeing the lead actor grow from a 6 year old boy to a young adult was really powerful and it's great to know the daughter is none other than Richard Linklater's.
The soundtrack really reflected the timeframe and included killer hits like Do You Realize by The Flaming Lips, as well as more current pop hits to prove the time, like Somebody That You Used To Know by Gotye.
I better get back to working on the new SWC website. you can check it out at www.swc.co.nz
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