(Ari Folman, above, as the on-screen version of himself, in Waltz With Bashir.)
Our Waltz With Bashir Interview with the Oscar-nominated director, on the occasion of the film's release on DVD.
by Terry Keefe
“So, Terry, what is it you want to ask me?” queried Israeli film director Ari Folman, and there was exhaustion in his voice. It was on the Friday before Oscar Weekend, back in February, that I met Folman and he was understandably weary after having logged long hours on the vigorous awards campaign trail for his film Waltz With Bashir, regarded by many for months prior as the front-runner for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. When we had our talk, the ballots had long since been cast, but Folman still hadn’t tired of speaking about Bashir, physically worn out though he likely was. The Oscar ended up going to the Japanese entry, Departures, but...
Our Waltz With Bashir Interview with the Oscar-nominated director, on the occasion of the film's release on DVD.
by Terry Keefe
“So, Terry, what is it you want to ask me?” queried Israeli film director Ari Folman, and there was exhaustion in his voice. It was on the Friday before Oscar Weekend, back in February, that I met Folman and he was understandably weary after having logged long hours on the vigorous awards campaign trail for his film Waltz With Bashir, regarded by many for months prior as the front-runner for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. When we had our talk, the ballots had long since been cast, but Folman still hadn’t tired of speaking about Bashir, physically worn out though he likely was. The Oscar ended up going to the Japanese entry, Departures, but...
- 6/26/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Yep, blowing my own horn here as I was the programmer for this year’s edition of Canadian Music Week’s Music For The Screen film series and I must say that I’m rather pleased with the just-announced lineup. What have we got? The Flaming Lips’ Christmas On Mars projected in glorious 35 mm for the first time here in Toronto! The Canadian premiere of Jordan Galland’s Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Undead! Fantastic documentary Anvil! The Story Of Anvil, the subjects of which will be playing a gig at the music festival and will also be inducted into the Independent Music Awards Indies Hall of Fame! Joesph Arthur doc You Are Free! Belgian experimental dance film Here After - the second collaboration between dance troupe Ultima Vez and David Eugene Edwards of Wovenhand and 16 Horsepower! And, finally, Spare Change, the final piece of work from acclaimed Canadian animator -...
- 1/22/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
TORONTO -- Ryan Larkin, the pioneering animator and subject of a 2004 Oscar-winning short film by fellow Canadian Chris Landreth, died Wednesday after a long illness.
Larkin, 63, died in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec after a bout with brain cancer, Laurie Gordon, Larkin's producer and manager said Friday.
"Ryan was an inspiration to everyone who knew him and to generations of creative spirits in Canada and around the world," Gordon said in a statement.
"He was charismatic even in the face of his illness. The end of Ryan's life was one of the most beautiful final chapters ever written - he died on Valentine's Day - a day of love no less. I will miss him enormously," she added.
Larkin first gained renown as a Canadian animator in the 1970s after training from age 19 with the National Film Board of Canada. He received an Oscar nomination for his most famous work, the psychedelic-themed "Walking".
But Larkin eventually fell on hard times.
Larkin, 63, died in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec after a bout with brain cancer, Laurie Gordon, Larkin's producer and manager said Friday.
"Ryan was an inspiration to everyone who knew him and to generations of creative spirits in Canada and around the world," Gordon said in a statement.
"He was charismatic even in the face of his illness. The end of Ryan's life was one of the most beautiful final chapters ever written - he died on Valentine's Day - a day of love no less. I will miss him enormously," she added.
Larkin first gained renown as a Canadian animator in the 1970s after training from age 19 with the National Film Board of Canada. He received an Oscar nomination for his most famous work, the psychedelic-themed "Walking".
But Larkin eventually fell on hard times.
- 2/20/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Armed with caffeinated drinks and toothpicks (for closing eyelids) IONCINEMA’s Australian correspondent Samuel Hilton will be covering this very cool fest from the land down under……take it away Sam! The 52nd Sydney Film Festival was kicked off in style on Friday 10th June in the heart of Sydney city at State Theatre with the opening film, My Summer of Love. While it’s a shame that there wasn’t an Australian film of enough quality to open the festival, the British flick drew a large audience in for the beginnings of a highly promising festival. My Summer of Love’s lead actors Nathalie Press and Emily Blunt were both in attendance to open the film festival (while none of my pictures of them came out - here's one from the festival's site) This year the line-up, which includes independent films from Australia, Britain and the U.
- 6/11/2005
- IONCINEMA.com
TORONTO -- Faced with the prospect of having to choose between warring Montreal film festivals, a group of Canadian filmmakers on Thursday came out in support of Claude Chamberlan's embattled Festival of New Cinema and New Media, now in its 33rd year. "Claude Chamberlan shouldn't be put in a position where he has to defend his wonderful festival nor should he need to fight to maintain its funding," John L'Ecuyer (Regenesis) said in an open letter. The letter of support from English-Canadian and bilingual directors, also signed by Bruce McDonald, Ryan Larkin, Peter Wintonick, John Pozer, Ron Mann, Manfred Becker and Jerry Ciccoritti, follows a March 3 open letter by French-language directors, led by Robert Lepage and Andre Forcier, urging support for Chamberlan and his event.
- 3/11/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- Faced with the prospect of having to choose between warring Montreal film festivals, a group of Canadian filmmakers on Thursday came out in support of Claude Chamberlan's embattled Festival of New Cinema and New Media, now in its 33rd year. "Claude Chamberlan shouldn't be put in a position where he has to defend his wonderful festival nor should he need to fight to maintain its funding," John L'Ecuyer ("Regenesis") said in an open letter. The letter of support from English-Canadian and bilingual directors, also signed by Bruce McDonald, Ryan Larkin, Peter Wintonick, John Pozer, Ron Mann, Manfred Becker and Jerry Ciccoritti, follows a March 3 open letter by French-language directors, led by Robert Lepage and Andre Forcier, urging support for Chamberlan and his event. L'Ecuyer and his colleagues called attention to the New Montreal FilmFest's plans to unspool Oct. 12-23, virtually at the same time that the Festival of New Cinema and New Media will be running this year (Oct. 13-23).
- 3/11/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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