On August 1, 1966 a sniper opened fire at the University of Texas, killing 16 and wounding 32 others. 50 years later, the story is getting re-told utilizing a mix of newly filmed footage rotoscoped à la Waking Life, archival materials, and interviews in the film Tower. Directed by Keith Maitland, Kino Lorber has now released the first trailer ahead of a release next month.
We said in our review, “It’s quite a cartographic feat, providing an accurate sense of geography and proximity, aided by reporter Neal Spelce, who circled the campus as the nation watched in horror. Like Maitland’s previous feature, The Eyes of Me, Tower takes on a hybrid of animation, interviews, and recreations. Claire Wilson’s own words are performed in a rotoscoped past by Violett Beane as history separates and merges with the present in the film’s touching third act.”
Check out the trailer below.
August 1, 1966, was the day our innocence was shattered.
We said in our review, “It’s quite a cartographic feat, providing an accurate sense of geography and proximity, aided by reporter Neal Spelce, who circled the campus as the nation watched in horror. Like Maitland’s previous feature, The Eyes of Me, Tower takes on a hybrid of animation, interviews, and recreations. Claire Wilson’s own words are performed in a rotoscoped past by Violett Beane as history separates and merges with the present in the film’s touching third act.”
Check out the trailer below.
August 1, 1966, was the day our innocence was shattered.
- 9/22/2016
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
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Elizabeth Wood’s feature film debut was almost immediately deemed “shocking!” and “racy!” and “wild!” as soon as it debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, but underneath a film about throwing caution to the wind in the pursuit of both terrible decisions and the capricious joys of youth beats a big, honest heart. Wood’s...
“White Girl,” September 2 – Elizabeth Wood, Writer and Director
Elizabeth Wood’s feature film debut was almost immediately deemed “shocking!” and “racy!” and “wild!” as soon as it debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, but underneath a film about throwing caution to the wind in the pursuit of both terrible decisions and the capricious joys of youth beats a big, honest heart. Wood’s...
- 8/16/2016
- by Kate Erbland, Chris O'Falt, David Ehrlich, Steve Greene and Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Utilizing an engaging mix of newly filmed footage rotoscoped à la Waking Life, archival materials, and interviews, Tower employs a verbatim style to capture the harrowing events of August 1, 1966, in which a sniper opened fire at the University of Texas, killing 16 and wounding 32 others. Almost never referring to the shooter by name, director Keith Maitland captures the terror of the day told through newsreel footage and animated sections, following several key figures of the drama, including a young pregnant undergrad Claire Wilson, her unborn baby, and her boyfriend, Tom Eckman, who were the first to lose their lives that day.
By exploring the sheer panic, we can follow the heroes of this tragedy: Allen Crum, the manager of the local campus Co-Op who headed towards the tower while others took cover; Austin police officers Ray Martinez and Houston McCoy, who did exactly what they had to without the kind of...
By exploring the sheer panic, we can follow the heroes of this tragedy: Allen Crum, the manager of the local campus Co-Op who headed towards the tower while others took cover; Austin police officers Ray Martinez and Houston McCoy, who did exactly what they had to without the kind of...
- 3/21/2016
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
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