Filmmaking News from Digg.com – 168th Edition
The Cove Filmmakers Bust LA Whale Restaurant
It’s not a situation that most Oscar-winning directors might find themselves in: One night clutching the gold statuette, the next day collaborating with the marine conservation unit of the Department of Commerce and the United States attorney.
Niagara Falls – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Niagara Falls has long been a source of inspiration for explorers, travelers, artists, authors, filmmakers, residents and visitors, few of whom realize that the falls were nearly to be solely devoted to industrial and commercial use. In the 1870s, sightseers had limited access to Niagara Falls and often had to pay merely for a glimpse.
Hatch Asheville
The explore/Hatch Award will be presented to the filmmaker whose short film shows a group or individual hero striving for a better world through selfless acts. Submissions due March 25th, 2010.
Real Life The Six Million Dollar Man
A one-eyed documentary filmmaker is preparing to work with a video camera concealed inside a prosthetic eye, hoping to secretly record people for a project commenting on the global spread of surveillance cameras.
Title by John Baldessari
short film by John Baldessari from 1972 where he deconstructs the process of filmmaking.
The Lede: Iranian Filmmaker Speaks Out on Prisoners
Abbas Kiarostami, a celebrated Iranian filmmaker, published an open letter in a Tehran newspaper on Tuesday calling for the release two directors recently detained by the authorities. The filmmaker provided The Lede with an English translation of his letter.
The First 3D Korean Film ‘Prefecture Song’ Start
The renowned Korean filmmakers, Kwak Kyung-Taek (Friend: The Untold Story, 2009) is ready to make the first 3D Korean film, �Prefecture Song�. After six
DVD Review: Escape from Darwin – Page 2 – Blogcritics
Escape from Darwin inspires me to equip my teenaged granddaughter with whatever she requires to pursue her interests in filmmaking.
Ninja Assassin Exclusive, Part 2: The Vicious Chain Weaponry
In Part 2 of our exclusive interview, Ninja Assassin stunt coordinator and 2nd unit director Chad Stahelski tells 30 Ninjas Editor-in-Chief Julina Tatlock how the filmmakers developed new weaponry and new visual techniques to highlight their new star’s talents, from the invented ninja knife on a chain to the “Crazy Horse camera rig.”
‘Lemmy’ documentary to premiere at SXSW
Back in 2008 the metal community was abuzz over a new documentary about Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, simply titled Lemmy. The preview heralded a 2009 release but the film failed to surface. Now, after almost three years of toil, filmmakers Greg Olliver & Wes Orshoski are finally unveiling their ode to one of heavy metal’s most enduring icons.
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