Coastside Film Society Blogfest

An Inconvenient Truth

emily — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:39:37 +0000

Feature Screening date: October, 2006Director:The dir ID = What scientists are saying about An Inconvenient Truth: "The scientific understanding of climate change is now sufficiently clear to justify nations taking prompt action." � Science Academics� Statement from 11 countries (the G8, China, India, and Brazil): Global Response to Climate Change, 2005 "Delaying action for decades, or [...]

It’s All True

emily — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:54:47 +0000

Feature Screening date: October, 2006Director:Orson WellesFor many years, Orson Welles's IT'S ALL TRUE, was one of Hollywood's legendary lost films. The film was a documentary project Welles began shooting in Brazil in 1942 for the U.S. Government and RKO. It was intended as a tribute to the people of Latin America, a soft-sell propaganda [...]

The General

emily — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:37:14 +0000

Feature Screening date: September, 2006Director:Clyde BruckmanA classic comedy made in 1927 and considered one of the all-time funniest films ever made. The hero Johnnie loves his train ("The General") and Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War begins, he is turned down for service because he's more valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it's because he's a coward. [...]

Under the Rainbow

emily — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:00:43 +0000

Feature
Screening date:	August, 2006
Director:	J.R. Heffelfinger
An American's observations on the dreams amid the humdrum realities in current-day Japan.

Presented on August 18, 2006

Who Is Bozo Texino?

emily — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:00:38 +0000

Feature
Screening date:	July, 2006
Director:	Bill Daniel
Who Is Bozo Texino? is a documentary film about the 100-year-old tradition of hobo and railworker graffiti. The project is the result of a 20-year study of "monikers" by filmmaker/artist Bill Daniel and is created from hours of 16mm and super 8 film, most of it shot on freight trips across the western US. The film includes interviews with some of the railroad's greatest graffiti legends: Colossus of Roads, The Rambler, Herby (RIP) and the granddaddy of them all, Bozo Texino. The film also catches some of the socioeconomic history of hobo subculture from its roots after the Civil War to the present day.

Presented July 21, 2006

Mountain State

emily — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 05:06:28 +0000

Short Screening date: June, 2005Director:Bill BrownA brief history of the westward expansion of the United States as told by 25 roadside historical markers in the state of West Virginia.

The Bottle

emily — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 05:02:59 +0000

Short Screening date: March, 2004Director:Morgan HamptonLook out Spielberg; the Hamptons are gunning for you. Morgan and Max Hampton are a father/son team of El Granada-based filmmakers. When not filmmaking, Max is a local middle school student. The Bottle is a no-budget special effects tour de force. It involves a bottle (natch), familiar coastside beaches, [...]

Confederation Park

emily — Fri, 06 Feb 2004 05:22:10 +0000

Short Screening date: February, 2004Director:Bill BrownA diary of a trip across Canada. Francophones, Anglophones, and Allophones duke it out over what it means to be a Canadian, and whether, in the end, it even matters.

Buffalo Common

emily — Fri, 06 Feb 2004 05:07:05 +0000

Short Screening date: February, 2004Director:Bill Brown2003 Sundance Film Festival official selection. A portrait of the prairies of North Dakota as the state loses its Cold War arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles,as well as its aging population of Scandinavian farmers.

Eldra

emily — Fri, 16 Jan 2004 05:05:46 +0000

Feature Screening date: January, 2004Director:Tim LynWinner - 'Spirit of Moondance' award at the prestigious 2003 Moondance International Film Festival in Colorado. Eldra was also chosen as the UK entry in the 2003 Academy Awards, Best Foreign Language Film category. Set in the 1930s, this is a beautiful Romeo and Juliet tale about two very [...]