YoungRemy
11-30-2005, 11:17 AM
The Salt Lake Tribune (http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3263851)
Sundance: If you like music, you'll like this film lineup
By Sean P. Means
The Salt Lake Tribune
If you're ready to rock, so is the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
Festival organizers announced 38 movies in the Spectrum, Frontier and Park City at Midnight programs Tuesday - and rock music is a common thread for some of the most notable titles.
Three music documentaries are featured in the Spectrum program (formerly American Spectrum, now expanded to allow out-of-competition international films) and two more are part of the Midnight sidebar.
Spectrum includes: "Everybody Stares: The Police Inside Out," an insider documentary on the Police, directed by the band's drummer Stewart Copeland; "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man," a profile of the Canadian singer-songwriter featuring performances by U2 and Rupert Wainwright; and Byron Hurt's examination of gender issues in hip-hop, "Beyond Beats and Rhymes: A Hip-Hop Head Weighs in on Manhood in Hip-Hop Culture."
The Midnight section includes "American Hardcore," a history of underground punk rock, and a Beastie Boys concert film - shot entirely by audience members who were given Hi-8 video cameras - called "Awesome: I F---in' Shot That!" (There's also "Glastonbury," Julien Temple's look at Britain's premier rock festival, which was announced Monday in the World Cinema Documentaries competition.)
Park City at Midnight
"American Hardcore," director Paul Rachman's documentary (based on Steven Blush's book) chronicling the history of underground punk rock from 1979 to 1986.
"Awesome, I F---in' Shot That!", a concert film of the Beastie Boys' Madison Square Garden show on Oct. 9, 2004, shot by 50 audience members who were given Hi-8 cameras. Nathaniel Hornblower (an alias of band member Adam "MCA" Yauch) is listed as the director.
"The Descent" (United Kingdom), a horror thriller about female spelunkers trapped in a cave with strange predators. Directed and written by Neil Marshall.
"Destricted," a collection of erotic art films from directors Matthew Barney (the "Cremaster" series), Larry Clark ("Kids"), Gaspar Noé ("Irreversible"), Marco Brambilla ("Demolition Man") and Sam Taylor Wood.
"The Foot Fist Way," a comedy about a Tae Kwon Do instructor's reaction to his wife's infidelity. Directed and written by Jody Hill.
"Moonshine," in which a convenience-store clerk is dealing with a new girlfriend and family troubles - and, oh yeah, he's turning into a vampire. Roger Ingraham directs, and co-wrote with Lori Isbell Salvage.
"Salvage," written and directed by Josh and Jeff Crook, sort of a bloodier "Groundhog Day," in which a college student is stalked and murdered by a serial killer - but then wakes up to relive the day over and over again.
"Subject Two," a thriller in which a troubled medical student signs up for a doctor's eerie experiment - to be killed and resurrected over and over again. Directed and written by Philip Chidel.
Sundance: If you like music, you'll like this film lineup
By Sean P. Means
The Salt Lake Tribune
If you're ready to rock, so is the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
Festival organizers announced 38 movies in the Spectrum, Frontier and Park City at Midnight programs Tuesday - and rock music is a common thread for some of the most notable titles.
Three music documentaries are featured in the Spectrum program (formerly American Spectrum, now expanded to allow out-of-competition international films) and two more are part of the Midnight sidebar.
Spectrum includes: "Everybody Stares: The Police Inside Out," an insider documentary on the Police, directed by the band's drummer Stewart Copeland; "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man," a profile of the Canadian singer-songwriter featuring performances by U2 and Rupert Wainwright; and Byron Hurt's examination of gender issues in hip-hop, "Beyond Beats and Rhymes: A Hip-Hop Head Weighs in on Manhood in Hip-Hop Culture."
The Midnight section includes "American Hardcore," a history of underground punk rock, and a Beastie Boys concert film - shot entirely by audience members who were given Hi-8 video cameras - called "Awesome: I F---in' Shot That!" (There's also "Glastonbury," Julien Temple's look at Britain's premier rock festival, which was announced Monday in the World Cinema Documentaries competition.)
Park City at Midnight
"American Hardcore," director Paul Rachman's documentary (based on Steven Blush's book) chronicling the history of underground punk rock from 1979 to 1986.
"Awesome, I F---in' Shot That!", a concert film of the Beastie Boys' Madison Square Garden show on Oct. 9, 2004, shot by 50 audience members who were given Hi-8 cameras. Nathaniel Hornblower (an alias of band member Adam "MCA" Yauch) is listed as the director.
"The Descent" (United Kingdom), a horror thriller about female spelunkers trapped in a cave with strange predators. Directed and written by Neil Marshall.
"Destricted," a collection of erotic art films from directors Matthew Barney (the "Cremaster" series), Larry Clark ("Kids"), Gaspar Noé ("Irreversible"), Marco Brambilla ("Demolition Man") and Sam Taylor Wood.
"The Foot Fist Way," a comedy about a Tae Kwon Do instructor's reaction to his wife's infidelity. Directed and written by Jody Hill.
"Moonshine," in which a convenience-store clerk is dealing with a new girlfriend and family troubles - and, oh yeah, he's turning into a vampire. Roger Ingraham directs, and co-wrote with Lori Isbell Salvage.
"Salvage," written and directed by Josh and Jeff Crook, sort of a bloodier "Groundhog Day," in which a college student is stalked and murdered by a serial killer - but then wakes up to relive the day over and over again.
"Subject Two," a thriller in which a troubled medical student signs up for a doctor's eerie experiment - to be killed and resurrected over and over again. Directed and written by Philip Chidel.