Coastside Film Society Blogfest

Coastside Film Society Blogfest 2009-06-20T08:10:13Z Copyright 2006 WordPress emily <![CDATA[It’s All True]]> http://www.hmbfilm.org/blog/44/ 2006-01-25T20:54:47Z 2006-01-25T20:54:47Z About film-making

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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 film to promote hemispheric solidarity and counter the threat of fascism. But what Welles found and filmed in Brazil was not what his sponsors had in mind. He shot a radical film dealing sympathetically with the musical culture, the political aspirations, and the economic plight of poor Brazilians, many of whom were black and lived in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

Under pressure from the Brazilian government and alarmed by the racial themes of the film, RKO terminated the production and fired Welles. Despite all of Welles' efforts to finish the film back in Hollywood over a period of several years, it was taken away from him and partially destroyed.

After 309 cans of footage of IT'S ALL TRUE were discovered in the 1980s, Richard Wilson (Welles's righthand man in Brazil), Myron Meisel, and Bill Krohn spent years constructing their magnficent documentary feature: IT'S ALL TRUE: BASED ON AN UNFINISHED FILM BY ORSON WELLES. Experience the genius of Orson Welles through his work and through the eyes of the artists with whom he worked.

]]> emily <![CDATA[The General]]> http://www.hmbfilm.org/blog/the-general/ 2006-01-11T20:37:14Z 2006-01-11T20:37:14Z General

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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. Union spies capture The General with Annabelle on board. Johnny must rescue both his loves.

Matt, age 16 :

THE GENERAL has started, the girl is kidnapped by some Union raiders on Keaton's train, and so begins the greatest (and funniest) chase ever filmed. For the next 75 minutes, the viewer is in Keaton's world. His gags, routines, and amazing slapstick serve to make this the greatest screen comedy ever filmed.

Stars BUSTER KEATON and MARION MACK
]]> emily <![CDATA[Under the Rainbow]]> http://www.hmbfilm.org/blog/2006/08/18/under-the-rainbow/ 2006-01-05T15:00:43Z 2006-01-05T15:00:43Z General

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

Presented on August 18, 2006

]]> emily <![CDATA[Who Is Bozo Texino?]]> http://www.hmbfilm.org/blog/2006/07/07/who-is-bozo-texino/ 2006-01-05T15:00:38Z 2006-01-05T15:00:38Z Film with a SF Bay Area connection

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Screening date: July, 2006Director:Bill DanielWho 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

]]> emily <![CDATA[An Inconvenient Truth]]> http://www.hmbfilm.org/blog/an-inconvenient-truth/ 2006-01-04T05:39:37Z 2006-01-04T05:39:37Z General

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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 even years, is not a serious option." � Sir David King, Chief Science Advisor to the British government � Science Magazine, Jan. 2004

"AP (Associated Press) contacted more than 100 top climate researchers for their opinion. Among those contacted were vocal skeptics of climate change theory. Most scientists had not seen the movie, which is in limited release, or read the book. But those who have seen it had the same general impression: Gore conveyed the science correctly; the world is getting hotter, and it is caused by the burning of fossil fuels." � Seth Borenstein, Associated Press June 30, 2006

To see a trailer and lots more cool information, go to the film�s website: www.climatechange.net
]]> emily <![CDATA[Mountain State]]> http://www.hmbfilm.org/blog/2006/06/05/mountain-state/ 2005-06-11T05:06:28Z 2005-06-11T05:06:28Z General

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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.
]]> emily <![CDATA[The Bottle]]> http://www.hmbfilm.org/blog/2006/06/05/the-bottle/ 2004-03-12T05:02:59Z 2004-03-12T05:02:59Z Film with a SF Bay Area connection General Films for/about children Narrative films

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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, and, of course, a few space aliens. Max and Morgan will be on hand to describe this and their many other filmmaking projects.
]]> emily <![CDATA[Confederation Park]]> http://www.hmbfilm.org/blog/2006/06/05/confederation-park/ 2004-02-06T05:22:10Z 2004-02-06T05:22:10Z General International

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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.
]]> emily <![CDATA[Buffalo Common]]> http://www.hmbfilm.org/blog/2006/06/05/buffalo-common/ 2004-02-06T05:07:05Z 2004-02-06T05:07:05Z General

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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.
]]> emily <![CDATA[Eldra]]> http://www.hmbfilm.org/blog/2006/06/05/eldra/ 2004-01-16T05:05:46Z 2004-01-16T05:05:46Z Film with a SF Bay Area connection General Films for/about children Narrative films International

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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 different families in a small country village in Wales. The girl is a traditional Romany (gypsy) and the boy is a Welsh coal-miner's son and they take you into their innocent young hearts and dreams.
Eldra is an entrancing cinematic venture into unknown realms of fantasy paired with the realities of daily life in an ancient and distant land.
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