Chasing Life fans breathed a collective sigh of relief during Monday’s winter premiere when Leo finally emerged from his months-long coma, alive and well. But he left us with one very important question: “Now what?”
TVLine posed that exact question — and more — to executive producer Sean Patrick Smith, who teased major developments for the show’s central couples. All of ‘em.
Tvline | First of all, on behalf of the fans, thank you for not killing Leo.
We actually wrote two versions, one where he lived and one where he died. There were many discussions about which direction we should go,...
TVLine posed that exact question — and more — to executive producer Sean Patrick Smith, who teased major developments for the show’s central couples. All of ‘em.
Tvline | First of all, on behalf of the fans, thank you for not killing Leo.
We actually wrote two versions, one where he lived and one where he died. There were many discussions about which direction we should go,...
- 1/20/2015
- TVLine.com
We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes a clip from Alice D, a call for submissions from the London Horror Festival, trailers for Fractured, Too Young to Die, and Ghostline, first details for Imaginapped and Grimmerson Manor, and a Q&A with Jacqui Holland:
First Clip from Alice D: “In the late 1890s the Davenport House was a famous and successful brothel, until a young prostitute named Alice killed herself there. After her death, the brothel became haunted by Alice’s ghost, and was eventually abandoned.
More than a century later, the old structure is renovated into a beautiful mansion. It is still rumored to inhabit the ghost of Alice. Despite this, the new owner; the rich and arrogant heir to the Davenport fortune, decides to throw a wild party for his first night in the house.
First Clip from Alice D: “In the late 1890s the Davenport House was a famous and successful brothel, until a young prostitute named Alice killed herself there. After her death, the brothel became haunted by Alice’s ghost, and was eventually abandoned.
More than a century later, the old structure is renovated into a beautiful mansion. It is still rumored to inhabit the ghost of Alice. Despite this, the new owner; the rich and arrogant heir to the Davenport fortune, decides to throw a wild party for his first night in the house.
- 4/6/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
After Wednesday’s congressional hearings into the administration’s response to the attack on an American consulate in Benghazi, CNN host Jake Tapper invited Pat Smith, mother of a slain diplomat who lost his life in the attack, back on his program. Prior to the hearings, Smith told Tapper that she blamed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for what she felt was an insufficient explanation for why her son died in Libya. On Thursday, Smith said that she was also unsatisfied by the yesterday’s congressional hearings. She declared that the federal government “doesn’t care” about her.
- 5/9/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Pat Smith, mother of slain State Department officer Sean Smith, who died in the September 11, 2012, attack on an American consulate in Benghazi, tore into the federal government and their efforts to investigate that deadly attack on Tuesday. In an interview with CNN host Jake Tapper, Smith said that she blames former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for failing to ensure her staff was secure...
- 5/7/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Here's a great traditionally animated short film called Puppet that was created by Patrick Smith. The story follows a young man who "fabricates a simple sock puppet, not knowing the abuse the entity will inflict. Through an escalating series of torture, the possessed puppet takes on the embodiment of fear, chaos, and willful self-destruction." The short has gone through several film festivals, and it's really good so check it out!
"Puppet" Animated Short Film (2006) from Patrick Smith on Vimeo.
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"Puppet" Animated Short Film (2006) from Patrick Smith on Vimeo.
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- 3/23/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Check out this fun and trippy hand drawn animated film called Masks created by Patrick Smith. The short has been making the rounds across several film festivals, and it was inspired by a musical score created by Karl von Kries. The animated short gives us Smith's vision of what he saw when he listened to the song. Here's a description,
Masked men exploit an edible smaller species as a renegade scientist perfects a cloning process to satisfy demand, but the clones conceal a destructive secret.
It's a really well made animated film, I loved it's tone and unique style, it fit the music perfectly. I hope you like it!
"Masks" Animated Short Film (2011) from Patrick Smith on Vimeo.
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Masked men exploit an edible smaller species as a renegade scientist perfects a cloning process to satisfy demand, but the clones conceal a destructive secret.
It's a really well made animated film, I loved it's tone and unique style, it fit the music perfectly. I hope you like it!
"Masks" Animated Short Film (2011) from Patrick Smith on Vimeo.
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- 3/18/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Why Watch? We’re winding down Muppet Week on Sfotd with a short film that isn’t obviously influenced by Jim Henson‘s creations. It’s a different style (fluid animation), and it’s not the same tone (darkly sardonic), but this short work from Patrick Smith features something that a lot of creatives have battled with: the internal struggle of the artist with his art work. In this case, they’re puppets. That take control. Would it be fun to see this done with Beaker? You bet. What does it cost? Just 6 minutes of your time. Check out Puppet for yourself: Puppet (2006) Trust us. You have time for more short films.
- 11/24/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Dorsky’s done it again! Just like last week — but even more so! — this week’s Absolute Must Read is Nathaniel Dorsky’s remembrance of living the avant-garde film life in NYC in the late ’60s. Adventures include hanging out with Stan Brakhage and Naomi Levine, going to the deli with Slavko Vorkapich, projecting films with Jerome Hiller and many other impossibly cool things. The New York Times published an official obit for Robert Breer, which has several pieces of personal bio info not otherwise found online. Also, Yoel Miranda has a very personal remembrance of Breer. So, what’s it like to intern at a major independent film festival? Rooftop Films intern Sheila Maria Lobo lets us know. By the way: Donna k. lets us know that film festivals, in general, are fabulous. South Australia has banned A Serbian Film. Man, that country is so uptight. Speaking of which,...
- 8/21/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Embedded above is an amazing, brand-new :30 animation by Bill Plympton created for the Festival of Drawn Animation event that he has organized with fellow animator Patrick Smith. The festival is a one-night event devoted to the best of animation that has been created by hand, not computer.
The Festival of Drawn Animation will take place Aug. 14 at 8:30 p.m. at the Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and will feature work by Plympton, Smith, Ryan Woodward, Colleen Cox and many others. For more info on this event, please see the screening notice on Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film.
The best thing about the above trailer is that now we know exactly what Bill Plympton is thinking about while he draws.
Plympton and Smith are the co-creators and contributors to the Scribble Junkies animation blog.
Read More:Scribble Junkies Festival Of Drawn Animation2007 Lausanne Underground Film Festival: Official Lineup...
The Festival of Drawn Animation will take place Aug. 14 at 8:30 p.m. at the Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and will feature work by Plympton, Smith, Ryan Woodward, Colleen Cox and many others. For more info on this event, please see the screening notice on Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film.
The best thing about the above trailer is that now we know exactly what Bill Plympton is thinking about while he draws.
Plympton and Smith are the co-creators and contributors to the Scribble Junkies animation blog.
Read More:Scribble Junkies Festival Of Drawn Animation2007 Lausanne Underground Film Festival: Official Lineup...
- 8/12/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Aug. 14
8:30 p.m.
Nitehawk Cinema
136 Metropolitan Ave
Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211
Hosted by: Bill Plympton & Patrick Smith
Are we, as a nation and as a world community, becoming addicted and reliant on digital? Have we lost our passion for art and the ability to craft things with our hands? Sadly, the answer to those questions seems to be “Yes.”
But, the Scribble Junkies — aka animator best buddies Bill Plympton and Patrick Smith — are looking to knock us out of our binary malaise with their first ever Festival of Drawn Animation held in Brooklyn, New York’s new Nighthawk Cinema. Yes, there are still artists out there making animated short films the old fashioned way: By hand.
And the Scribble Junkies will show you just how amazing and fun they can be!
This is a curated event that will, of course, include work by hand-drawn animation masters Plympton and Smith; but there...
8:30 p.m.
Nitehawk Cinema
136 Metropolitan Ave
Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211
Hosted by: Bill Plympton & Patrick Smith
Are we, as a nation and as a world community, becoming addicted and reliant on digital? Have we lost our passion for art and the ability to craft things with our hands? Sadly, the answer to those questions seems to be “Yes.”
But, the Scribble Junkies — aka animator best buddies Bill Plympton and Patrick Smith — are looking to knock us out of our binary malaise with their first ever Festival of Drawn Animation held in Brooklyn, New York’s new Nighthawk Cinema. Yes, there are still artists out there making animated short films the old fashioned way: By hand.
And the Scribble Junkies will show you just how amazing and fun they can be!
This is a curated event that will, of course, include work by hand-drawn animation masters Plympton and Smith; but there...
- 8/10/2011
- by screenings
- Underground Film Journal
Happy almost Independence Day! Hope everybody is having a great holiday weekend. This first link should put you in the mood. Or not.
This is a little different than my typical Must Reads, but I thoroughly enjoyed Jack Sargeant reprinting his history and analysis of the ’80s “death film” genre, most famously epitomized by the film Faces of Death. I’ve never seen any of these films — nor do I want to — but Jack’s conclusion is fabulous.Filmmaker Waylon Bacon has written a fantastic overview of the Berkeley film scene for CineSource Magazine.Fangoria interviews director Rona Mark on the eve of her awesome Strange Girls finally getting a DVD release. Finally!GorePress.com has a really nice interview with Paul Campion about his first feature film, The Devil’s Rock.IndieWIRE interviews Mike Plante about his new Cinemad distribution venture, who, strangely enough, isn’t in it for the money.
This is a little different than my typical Must Reads, but I thoroughly enjoyed Jack Sargeant reprinting his history and analysis of the ’80s “death film” genre, most famously epitomized by the film Faces of Death. I’ve never seen any of these films — nor do I want to — but Jack’s conclusion is fabulous.Filmmaker Waylon Bacon has written a fantastic overview of the Berkeley film scene for CineSource Magazine.Fangoria interviews director Rona Mark on the eve of her awesome Strange Girls finally getting a DVD release. Finally!GorePress.com has a really nice interview with Paul Campion about his first feature film, The Devil’s Rock.IndieWIRE interviews Mike Plante about his new Cinemad distribution venture, who, strangely enough, isn’t in it for the money.
- 7/3/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Pull the string! The puppet master becomes the servant in Patrick Smith‘s twisted and hilarious short animated film Puppet. A young man places a simple new toy he’s sewn together himself over his hand and mayhem quickly ensues. Watching a vicious appendage rebel against a hapless body hasn’t been this fun since Bruce Campbell’s hand became possessed in Evil Dead II.
Smith offers no setup or backstory. He simply gets to the action as quickly as possible. The puppet is made, slipped over the hand and, for whatever reason, becomes an evil, abusive entity.
The victim, as drawn by Smith, looks like a cheerful, reasonable person completely perplexed by the assault. The opening title card with the quote by Freud indicates that this nice young man is in control of his own pummeling, having transferred his worst impulses into a proxy.
What’s really nice is...
Smith offers no setup or backstory. He simply gets to the action as quickly as possible. The puppet is made, slipped over the hand and, for whatever reason, becomes an evil, abusive entity.
The victim, as drawn by Smith, looks like a cheerful, reasonable person completely perplexed by the assault. The opening title card with the quote by Freud indicates that this nice young man is in control of his own pummeling, having transferred his worst impulses into a proxy.
What’s really nice is...
- 4/28/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Mike Rollo has just started a new series on old theaters in Saskatchewan. I’m very excited about this, especially based on his first profile of the Majestic Theatre in Biggar, Saskatchewan. Also starting a new blogging series is animator Patrick Smith of Scribble Junkies. He’s teaching “Animation 101″ online and, again, has an excellent first post about sacks of flour. (Sounds like I’m joking, but I’m not.) Plus, one excellent and one horrendous Bakshi movie poster. Smith’s blogging partner Bill Plympton has a horrifying story of when self-distribution goes awry. (At least it all worked out in the end.) P.S. Words of advice: When starting a filmmaking competition, be sure to remember that your email is working. Dolphins, space whales and Stan Vanderbeek, oh my! Andrea Grover on the collision of science, sea creatures, space and the universe. Film Studies for Free has compiled a...
- 9/19/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Wow, this is a long list this week. Enjoy!
Is Australia the most conservative country in the world right now? Luke Buckmaster of The Age newspaper reports that the illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s gay horror movie L.A. Zombie at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival went off without any arrests. But Buckmaster was so thoroughly disgusted by the movie, he’s practically advocating for the censorship of it. What the hell did he think he was going to go see? Or maybe England is gunning for the Most Conservative Country Award. Electric Sheep reports on Srdjan Spasojevic’s controversial A Serbian Movie being pulled from FrightFest after British censors demanded almost four minutes of edits. While the film has, and will, screen freely here in the U.S. at festivals, who knows what the MPAA would say if the film were released here theatrically? The Australian Film Reviews...
Is Australia the most conservative country in the world right now? Luke Buckmaster of The Age newspaper reports that the illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s gay horror movie L.A. Zombie at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival went off without any arrests. But Buckmaster was so thoroughly disgusted by the movie, he’s practically advocating for the censorship of it. What the hell did he think he was going to go see? Or maybe England is gunning for the Most Conservative Country Award. Electric Sheep reports on Srdjan Spasojevic’s controversial A Serbian Movie being pulled from FrightFest after British censors demanded almost four minutes of edits. While the film has, and will, screen freely here in the U.S. at festivals, who knows what the MPAA would say if the film were released here theatrically? The Australian Film Reviews...
- 9/5/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Well, this is an exciting week for links! I’ve stumbled upon or have been directed to several new sources from which to pull from. Is the underground film blogging boom not far away? This is one of the longer links posts I’ve done.
First up isn’t exactly an underground film site per se. It’s Catherine Grant’s phenomenal Film Studies for Free who puts up encyclopedia-sized links posts that make my weekly compilations seem sad and pathetic by comparison. Semi-underground related, Grant recently posted up 12 videos from a David Lynch symposium that took place back in ’09 at the Tate Modern. Add this site to your RSS reader. I did. Making Light of It has recommended a resurrected blog that I’ve never seen before: Watermelon Rinds by Ekrem Serdar. In his most recent post, Serdar tries to gather some thoughts and ideas on Robert Breer and Keewatin Dewdney.
First up isn’t exactly an underground film site per se. It’s Catherine Grant’s phenomenal Film Studies for Free who puts up encyclopedia-sized links posts that make my weekly compilations seem sad and pathetic by comparison. Semi-underground related, Grant recently posted up 12 videos from a David Lynch symposium that took place back in ’09 at the Tate Modern. Add this site to your RSS reader. I did. Making Light of It has recommended a resurrected blog that I’ve never seen before: Watermelon Rinds by Ekrem Serdar. In his most recent post, Serdar tries to gather some thoughts and ideas on Robert Breer and Keewatin Dewdney.
- 8/15/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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