Jonathan Demme's death at the age of 73 prompted an outpouring of online memorials from film lovers who remembered the Oscar-winning director for his varied career: everything from the chilling, intelligent thriller The Silence of the Lambs to the brittle 2008 indie drama Rachel Getting Married. But for music fans, those highlights don't even scratch the surface of what cemented his legacy.
It's not hyperbole to say that Demme was arguably the greatest concert filmmaker ever – look at the number of them that he made, the range of artists he chronicled...
It's not hyperbole to say that Demme was arguably the greatest concert filmmaker ever – look at the number of them that he made, the range of artists he chronicled...
- 4/26/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Jonathan Demme, director of such feature films as Rachel Getting Married and Philadelphia, and such documentaries as Jimmy Carter Man from Plains, will receive the top award at the 2013 Austin Film Festival this fall. Demme is being honored with the fest's "Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking" Award.
Demme won an Oscar for his direction of The Silence of the Lambs. Recently Demme has done directing work on TV shows such as HBO's Enlightened. His Fear of Falling, based on a screenplay by Wallace Shawn, is currently in post-production. The photo above is from SXSW 2009, when Demme brought the concert documentary Neil Young Trunk Show to Austin.
Aff also announced its "Outstanding Television Writer" for 2013: Vince Gilligan, acclaimed for his creation of and work on the AMC series Breaking Bad. Gilligan also served as executive producer for The X-Files, and wrote screenplays for Hancock and the Texas-shot movie Home Fries. (Does...
Demme won an Oscar for his direction of The Silence of the Lambs. Recently Demme has done directing work on TV shows such as HBO's Enlightened. His Fear of Falling, based on a screenplay by Wallace Shawn, is currently in post-production. The photo above is from SXSW 2009, when Demme brought the concert documentary Neil Young Trunk Show to Austin.
Aff also announced its "Outstanding Television Writer" for 2013: Vince Gilligan, acclaimed for his creation of and work on the AMC series Breaking Bad. Gilligan also served as executive producer for The X-Files, and wrote screenplays for Hancock and the Texas-shot movie Home Fries. (Does...
- 4/25/2013
- by Elizabeth Stoddard
- Slackerwood
After almost 40 years as a filmmaker, Jonathan Demme has made his mark not only with his feature films but also as a documentarian. Demme's Stop Making Sense (1984) featuring The Talking Heads and his movie version of Spalding Gray's Swimming to Cambodia (1987) effectively portrayed the eclectic nature of his documentary subjects. Demme thrives on providing an intimate view of iconic characters, most notably his collaboration with the rock legend Neil Young.
Neil Young Journeys is Demme's latest and third film project with Young, preceded by Neil Young: Heart of Gold in 2006 and Neil Young Trunk Show in 2009. Like Heart of Gold, Journeys was filmed over the course of two nights of musical performances. The comparison ends there as Heart of Gold dealt more with Young's personal tragedy and health issues, but Journeys is less dramatic and more a drive down memory lane with Young in a 1956 Ford Crown Victoria.
As Young...
Neil Young Journeys is Demme's latest and third film project with Young, preceded by Neil Young: Heart of Gold in 2006 and Neil Young Trunk Show in 2009. Like Heart of Gold, Journeys was filmed over the course of two nights of musical performances. The comparison ends there as Heart of Gold dealt more with Young's personal tragedy and health issues, but Journeys is less dramatic and more a drive down memory lane with Young in a 1956 Ford Crown Victoria.
As Young...
- 9/6/2012
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
Throughout most of his career, Jonathan Demme has been effortlessly bouncing between narrative and documentary filmmaking, the latter of which often revolves around music, starting with 1984’s groundbreaking concert film for Talking Heads, “Stop Making Sense.” Combining his filmmaking talents with his love for music, Demme sought not just to document concerts on film, but to create a cinematic experience around the music.
“I arrived at a couple of things that have been boiler plate for me,” Demme tells The Playlist. “I don’t think we want to see the audience. I don’t think we want to be reminded that this film was performed for anyone other than us. I like finding a great shot and then just staying with it for a long time, not trying to pump things up with some kind of artificial energy by cutting. What interested me was, how can we make this concert...
“I arrived at a couple of things that have been boiler plate for me,” Demme tells The Playlist. “I don’t think we want to see the audience. I don’t think we want to be reminded that this film was performed for anyone other than us. I like finding a great shot and then just staying with it for a long time, not trying to pump things up with some kind of artificial energy by cutting. What interested me was, how can we make this concert...
- 6/26/2012
- by Jeff Otto
- The Playlist
It’s no secret that director Jonathan Demme (Philadelphia, Silence of the Lambs, Rachel Getting Married) is a huge Neil Young fan. He’s already made two Neil Young films in the past six years-2006’s Heart of Gold and 2009’s Neil Young Trunk Show-and later this year he’ll be releasing a third. Neil Young Journeys will follow the legendary folk rocker as he visits his boyhood home in North Ontario followed by a performance at Massey Hall in Toronto. Massey Hall, of course, was where Young’s acclaimed live album Live at Massey Hall took place....
- 5/17/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
A host of trailers have arrived in the last 24 hours, and it being the start of Cannes and one of the busier days of the year, we've done a little round-up of them for you below. First up, Bradley Cooper is sporting some sweet dreadlocks in the new trailer of the Dax Shepard-written action comedy, “Hit And Run,” which is co-directed by Shepard and David Palmer. The actor, currently part of the ensemble in NBC’s “Parenthood,” is no stranger to being behind the camera: he was previously behind 2010’s “Brother’s Justice,” again with Palmer as a co-director.
Shepard will lead an eclectic cast that includes Cooper, Kristen Bell, Tom Arnold, Michael Rosenbaum (“Smallville”), and David Koechner (“Anchorman”). “Hit And Run” will follow Charlie Bronson (Shepard), a getaway driver who jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to get his girlfriend (Bell) to Los Angeles, and is...
Shepard will lead an eclectic cast that includes Cooper, Kristen Bell, Tom Arnold, Michael Rosenbaum (“Smallville”), and David Koechner (“Anchorman”). “Hit And Run” will follow Charlie Bronson (Shepard), a getaway driver who jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to get his girlfriend (Bell) to Los Angeles, and is...
- 5/16/2012
- by Cain Rodriguez
- The Playlist
One project that has always been at simmering on Jonathan Demme's always busy plate of projects has been an adaptation of Dave Eggers' post-Hurricane Katrina book "Zeitoun." First announced nearly three years ago, the project hasn't had much movement since and Demme has been busy knocking out a number of documentaries including two centering on Neil Young ("Neil Young Trunk Show" and "Neil Young Journeys") in addition to his latest, "I'm Carolyn Parker." But it seems like "Zeitoun" is finally going to be moving forward, as financing has kicked things into motion. Screen Daily report French shingle MK2 has come on board to produce the $15 million dollar movie. The based-on-a-true-story tale centers on Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a successful Syrian-born painting contractor who stays behind after Hurricane Katrina to protect his business and assist in rescue efforts, only to become wrongly suspected of being a...
- 2/13/2012
- The Playlist
Jazz and fusion musician Enzo Avitabile gets his due via Jonathan Demme documentary. Jonathan Demme is set to helm the docu which set in Naples, focusing on the musician of whom he's he is a big fan, reports Variety. Demme's experienced in music documentary work, having taking the helm for Neil Young: Heart of Gold, Neil Young Trunk Show and Neil Young Journeys, as well as work with The Talking Heads, and directing the Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 video documentary. Of course, Demme's most popular work was at the helm of The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia and The Manchurian Candidate. Avitabile is a sax player and songwriter who has toured internationally with the likes of James Brown and Tina Turner among others, known for ...
- 11/28/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jazz and fusion musician Enzo Avitabile gets his due via Jonathan Demme documentary. Jonathan Demme is set to helm the docu which set in Naples, focusing on the musician of whom he's he is a big fan, reports Variety. Demme's experienced in music documentary work, having taking the helm for Neil Young: Heart of Gold, Neil Young Trunk Show and Neil Young Journeys, as well as work with The Talking Heads, and directing the Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 video documentary. Of course, Demme's most popular work was at the helm of The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia and The Manchurian Candidate. Avitabile is a sax player and songwriter who has toured internationally with the likes of James Brown and Tina Turner among others, known for ...
- 11/28/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jazz and fusion musician Enzo Avitabile gets his due via Jonathan Demme documentary. Jonathan Demme is set to helm the docu which set in Naples, focusing on the musician of whom he's he is a big fan, reports Variety. Demme's experienced in music documentary work, having taking the helm for Neil Young: Heart of Gold, Neil Young Trunk Show and Neil Young Journeys, as well as work with The Talking Heads, and directing the Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 video documentary. Of course, Demme's most popular work was at the helm of The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia and The Manchurian Candidate. Avitabile is a sax player and songwriter who has toured internationally with the likes of James Brown and Tina Turner among others, known for ...
- 11/28/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Sony Pictures has acquired the rights to Jonathan Demme’s documentary Neil Young Journeys. According to a rep from Spc, “With their latest collaboration, Neil Young and Jonathan Demme are a match made in movie heaven.” For Journeys, Demme followed Young as he traveled from his Ontario hometown to Toronto for the final two nights of his solo world tour. Produced by Demme and Elliot Rabinowitz, Journeys premiered at last month’s Toronto International Film festival, and Spc will distribute it around the world, excluding Latin America. This is Demme and Young’s third performance-based collaboration after Neil Young: Heart of Gold...
- 10/11/2011
- by Lanford Beard
- EW - Inside Movies
New York (October 11, 2011) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired the Worldwide Rights, excluding Latin America, to Jonathan Demme’s film, Neil Young Journeys from Shakey Pictures and Clinica Estetico. Demme and Elliot Rabinowitz produced the film, with Declan Quinn (Rachel Getting Married, Neil Young Trunk Show, Jimmy Carter Man From Plains) who served as director of photography. Neil Young Journeys had its World Premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival to a tremendous audience and great critical acclaim. Neil Young Journeys marks the third film between Demme and Sony Pictures Classics. Previous films include Jimmy Carter Man From Plains and Rachel Getting Married. This past May, Neil Young drove a 1956 Crown Victoria from his idyllic hometown of Omemee, Ontario to downtown Toronto’s iconic Massey Hall, where he played the last two nights of his solo world tour. Filmmaker Jonathan Demme was on hand to capture the journey and both shows,...
- 10/11/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired the worldwide rights, excluding Latin America, to Jonathan Demme's film, Neil Young Journeys from Shakey Pictures and Clinica Estetico. Demme and Elliot Rabinowitz produced the film, with Declan Quinn ( Rachel Getting Married , Neil Young Trunk Show , Jimmy Carter Man From Plains ) who served as director of photography. Neil Young Journeys had its world premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. Neil Young Journeys marks the third film between Demme and Sony Pictures Classics. Previous films include Jimmy Carter Man From Plains and Rachel Getting Married . This past May, Neil Young drove a 1956 Crown Victoria from his idyllic hometown of Omemee, Ontario to downtown Toronto's iconic Massey...
- 10/11/2011
- Comingsoon.net
New York flmmaker Jonathan Demme is heading for the Toronto Fest with the latest film in his Neil Young concert trilogy, Neil Young Journeys, which follows 2006's Heart of Gold and Neil Young Trunk Show in 2009. Demme also has a second doc on view, I'm Carolyn Parker which he shot in post-Katrina New Orleans. And he's conducting a Q and A at Tiff with Tom Bernard celebrating 20 years of Sony Pictures Classics, which released Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains and Rachel Getting Married. "I've known them since the Orion days," says Demme, with such films as Married to the Mob and Miami Blues. Demme's love relationship with concert films began with the 1984 Talking Heads classic Stop Making Sense. He saw the Talking ...
- 9/7/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
New York flmmaker Jonathan Demme is heading for the Toronto Fest with the latest film in his Neil Young concert trilogy, Neil Young Journeys, which follows 2006's Heart of Gold and Neil Young Trunk Show in 2009. Demme also has a second doc on view, I'm Carolyn Parker which he shot in post-Katrina New Orleans. And he's conducting a Q and A at Tiff with Tom Bernard celebrating 20 years of Sony Pictures Classics, which released Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains, Rachel Getting Married. "I've known them since the Orion days," says Demme, such films as Married to the Mob and Miami Blues. Demme's love relationship with concert films began with the 1984 Talking Heads classic Stop Making Sense. He saw the Talking Heads tour ...
- 9/7/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: We’ve been telling you for years that the Toronto International Film Festival rocks, but this year it will be louder than ever.
After revealing that the 36th annual Tiff would open with the world premiere of David Guggenheim’s U2 documentary “From the Sky Down” and also screen Cameron Crowe’s Peal Jam doc “Pearl Jam Twenty,” THR reports that Tiff programmers are poised to announce the addition of Jonathan Demme’s latest Neil Young documentary to its musical lineup.
The trade said this concert video will complete Demme’s trilogy, which also includes “Neil Young: Heart of Gold” and “Neil Young Trunk Show.”
As the trade states, Demme’s concert film “was shot last May over two nights at Massey Hall in Toronto, and captured Young’s Le Noise solo tour produced by Daniel Lanois.”
This builds on the classic-rock icons Tiff...
Hollywoodnews.com: We’ve been telling you for years that the Toronto International Film Festival rocks, but this year it will be louder than ever.
After revealing that the 36th annual Tiff would open with the world premiere of David Guggenheim’s U2 documentary “From the Sky Down” and also screen Cameron Crowe’s Peal Jam doc “Pearl Jam Twenty,” THR reports that Tiff programmers are poised to announce the addition of Jonathan Demme’s latest Neil Young documentary to its musical lineup.
The trade said this concert video will complete Demme’s trilogy, which also includes “Neil Young: Heart of Gold” and “Neil Young Trunk Show.”
As the trade states, Demme’s concert film “was shot last May over two nights at Massey Hall in Toronto, and captured Young’s Le Noise solo tour produced by Daniel Lanois.”
This builds on the classic-rock icons Tiff...
- 8/22/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Jonathan Demme’s 2006 concert film Neil Young: Heart Of Gold captured the venerable musician on the heels of a brush with death. Young had just survived a brain aneurysm and released the quiet, contemplative album Prairie Wind, and the film surrounded him with family, friends, and longtime collaborators, all shot in pastoral tones in the intimate environment of Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium. It’s a quiet, respectful, beautiful-looking film, shot by Demme with great care, as if trying to preserve a delicate treasure. If Demme’s follow-up, Neil Young Trunk Show, has a mission statement, it’s “Fuck ...
- 3/18/2010
- avclub.com
Add one more music film to the must-see list: “Neil Young Trunk Show,” the second movie in Jonathan Demme’s triptych devoted to the rocker, will get a short theatrical run before going to DVD and Blu-Ray later this year. Unlike Demme’s 2006 film, the largely acoustic “Heart of Gold,” “Trunk Show” features Young, captured over two nights in 2007 at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pa., both plugged and unplugged, including a blistering 23-minute version of “No Hidden Path.” Bring the earplugs. The movie played the festival circuit in 2009, including the Toronto International Film Festival and Woodstock (N.Y.) Film...
- 2/22/2010
- Hitfix
Rating: 6.5/10
Director: Jonathan Demme
The Neil Young Trunk Show could almost be considered a “sequel” to the previous film by Jonathan Demme (Neil Young: Heart Of Gold). Young and Demme are back at it, this time giving us raw concert footage from Young’s 2007 Chrome Dreams II tour performances at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pa. Word is Young and Demme are looking to make this series into a trilogy and a third film will soon follow.
Read more on AFI Fest Review: Neil Young Trunk Show…...
Director: Jonathan Demme
The Neil Young Trunk Show could almost be considered a “sequel” to the previous film by Jonathan Demme (Neil Young: Heart Of Gold). Young and Demme are back at it, this time giving us raw concert footage from Young’s 2007 Chrome Dreams II tour performances at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pa. Word is Young and Demme are looking to make this series into a trilogy and a third film will soon follow.
Read more on AFI Fest Review: Neil Young Trunk Show…...
- 11/6/2009
- by Allison Loring
- GordonandtheWhale
If you catch a glimpse of Neil Young during Tiff '09, it won't be on Toronto's Yonge-Dundas Square Stage.Young has cancelled his previously scheduled public appearance, Canadian Press reports.And while there was no previous confirmation of what, exactly, the Canadian music legend would have treated audiences with prior to a free outdoor screening of Jonathan Demme's new film, Neil Young Trunk Show (a song? A speech? A mere wave at the audience?), fans will no doubt be dismayed to hear he won't be making it onstage Monday night.Curse you, Toronto Star photo captions, and your ability to get the hopes of everyone, from Rolling Stone to little ol' us, flared up.According to Cp, festival organizers have promised a "spectacular" act will be announced in Young's stead.Feel free to add you offer your wild predictions, below:...
- 9/11/2009
- Filmicafe
Producer Ted Hope will be honored with the Trailblazer Award at the 10th anniversary Woodstock Film Festival, which runs from Sept. 30-Oct. 4 in Woodstock, N.Y. Together with partner Anne Carey, he runs the New York production company This is that.
Oren Moverman's "The Messenger" will serve as the fest's opening night film. Miquel Arteta's "Youth in Revolt" has been tapped as the Centerpiece Film.
Other films have have been scheduled include Barbara Kopple's "Woodstock: Now and Then," Jonathan Demme's "Neil Young Trunk Show," Tom Dicillio's "When You're Strange: A Film about the Doors," Rebecca Miller's "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee," Grant Heslov's "The Men Who Stare at Goats," Richard Linklater's "Me and Orson Welles" and Haim Tabakmaan's "Eyes Wide Open."
The Trailblazer Award honors creative and innovative pioneers in the art of the business of independent film. Hope will receive it...
Oren Moverman's "The Messenger" will serve as the fest's opening night film. Miquel Arteta's "Youth in Revolt" has been tapped as the Centerpiece Film.
Other films have have been scheduled include Barbara Kopple's "Woodstock: Now and Then," Jonathan Demme's "Neil Young Trunk Show," Tom Dicillio's "When You're Strange: A Film about the Doors," Rebecca Miller's "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee," Grant Heslov's "The Men Who Stare at Goats," Richard Linklater's "Me and Orson Welles" and Haim Tabakmaan's "Eyes Wide Open."
The Trailblazer Award honors creative and innovative pioneers in the art of the business of independent film. Hope will receive it...
Hnr's Michael Stevens reporting from Toronto... Genre director George A. Romero, will host a free screening of his classic 1968 feature film Night Of The Living Dead @ this year's Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff). Tiff will also be launching additional free outdoor screenings, with singers Neil Young, Joan Baez and director Jonathan "Silence Of The Lambs" Demme, @ Toronto's downtown Yonge-Dundas Square. Romero will appear at the screening of Night of the Living Dead, Sept 12, Young and Demme will host the screening of their concert film The Neil Young Trunk Show Sept. 14 and Baez will perform Sept. 18 at the screening of her new doc American Masters- Joan Baez. Other free screenings include concert/musical films Stop Making Sense, Rattle and Hum, The Last Waltz and Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man. Actress Isabella Rossellini has also adapted her film Green Porno, about how insects mate, into a special installation including video/sculptures of sea creatures,...
- 8/12/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
Like Paste and most of Twitter, Jonathan Demme was at SXSW last week, in his case to screen portions of his new Neil Young doc, Neil Young Trunk Show. In the meantime, the veteran director (Rachel Getting Married) revealed to MTV that after he completes his latest documentaries (he also has a Bob Marley flick on the way), he will return to fiction to write and direct an adaptation of Michel Faber’s The Courage Consort.
- 3/23/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
The Paramount Theatre hosted several notable screenings on the last day of the 2009 SXSW film festival, including the HD Premiere of Al Reinert's 1989 documentary For All Mankind. Audience members reported being thrilled that Gene Krantz, former Nasa Flight Director, was on hand to answer questions after the screening of the film, which tells the story of the Apollo space missions.
Wavy Gravy was seen leading an anti-war march down Congress Avenue, reported Neil Miller of Film School Rejects, in advance of the final screening of Michelle Esrick's doc Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie. Director Jonathan Demme was in town for the World Premiere of his music doc, Neil Young Trunk Show. Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt were expected to be in attendance for the local debut of Sundance hit 500 Days of Summer.
Volunteers Kill It! We noted well-deserved praise for SXSW Producer Janet Pierson yesterday, and that applies to...
Wavy Gravy was seen leading an anti-war march down Congress Avenue, reported Neil Miller of Film School Rejects, in advance of the final screening of Michelle Esrick's doc Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie. Director Jonathan Demme was in town for the World Premiere of his music doc, Neil Young Trunk Show. Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt were expected to be in attendance for the local debut of Sundance hit 500 Days of Summer.
Volunteers Kill It! We noted well-deserved praise for SXSW Producer Janet Pierson yesterday, and that applies to...
- 3/22/2009
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
I scream! You scream! We all scream for even more announced SXSW premieres!
That's right, the film festival that knows how much it spoils us (see, they admit it right here) are adding screenings of Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell and Jonathan Demme's Neil Young Trunk Show to their already crowded line-up. (And that's figuring that neither takes up the 'Tba' or 'Super Special Screening' slots -- my best guess is that Austin's own Richard Linklater might bring his Me and Orson Welles home after running festivals last fall. I've been wrong before...)
Despite being formally billed as a work-in-progress, talking with one or two of the lucky bastards who saw Raimi's gypsy terror flick back in January led me to believe that it looked pretty close to finished then, so who knows what it'll look like now. Either way, I'm pretty pumped; I mean, that last...
That's right, the film festival that knows how much it spoils us (see, they admit it right here) are adding screenings of Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell and Jonathan Demme's Neil Young Trunk Show to their already crowded line-up. (And that's figuring that neither takes up the 'Tba' or 'Super Special Screening' slots -- my best guess is that Austin's own Richard Linklater might bring his Me and Orson Welles home after running festivals last fall. I've been wrong before...)
Despite being formally billed as a work-in-progress, talking with one or two of the lucky bastards who saw Raimi's gypsy terror flick back in January led me to believe that it looked pretty close to finished then, so who knows what it'll look like now. Either way, I'm pretty pumped; I mean, that last...
- 3/3/2009
- by William Goss
- Cinematical
The SXSW Film Festival announced two last minute additions to its 2009 line-up. Sam Raimi's return to classic horror, Drag Me to Hell, will debut as a work-in-progress, since Universal is still putting it out in theaters in May. Additionally, Jonathan Demme's new Neil Young performance film, Neil Young Trunk Show, will premiere on the last day of the fest. "Both Sam Raimi and Jonathan Demme add tremendous weight to our program," said SXSW producer Janet Pierson, "and we are beyond privileged to screen films that are not only highly anticipated by fans and industry alike, but are truly inline with SXSW sensibilities." Who knew that the sensibilities of SXSW included campy horror films? Either way, it's exciting to see Sam Raimi get some extra love down in Austin, as I've seen an early cut of Drag Me to Hell and it's pretty damn good. As for Demme's film,...
- 3/3/2009
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
South by Southwest is committed to a strong 2009 lineup -- come Hell or Neil Young.
The annual Austin, Texas, film conference and festival has recruited filmmaking heavyweights Sam Raimi and Jonathan Demme to preview their new films during the fest's March 13-21 run.
Raimi will screen his work-in-progress, "Drag Me to Hell," a horror flick that represents a return of sorts to his early "Evil Dead" days, long before he took "Spider-Man" to billion-dollar heights. And Demme, who broke rockumentary ground 25 years ago with "Stop Making Sense," will screen the intimate "Neil Young Trunk Show."
"Both Sam Raimi and Jonathan Demme add tremendous weight to our program," film conference and festival producer Janet Pierson said. "And we are beyond privileged to screen films that are not only highly anticipated by fans and industry alike but are truly in line with SXSW sensibilities."
Raimi wrote "Hell," which stars Alison Lohman and Justin Long,...
The annual Austin, Texas, film conference and festival has recruited filmmaking heavyweights Sam Raimi and Jonathan Demme to preview their new films during the fest's March 13-21 run.
Raimi will screen his work-in-progress, "Drag Me to Hell," a horror flick that represents a return of sorts to his early "Evil Dead" days, long before he took "Spider-Man" to billion-dollar heights. And Demme, who broke rockumentary ground 25 years ago with "Stop Making Sense," will screen the intimate "Neil Young Trunk Show."
"Both Sam Raimi and Jonathan Demme add tremendous weight to our program," film conference and festival producer Janet Pierson said. "And we are beyond privileged to screen films that are not only highly anticipated by fans and industry alike but are truly in line with SXSW sensibilities."
Raimi wrote "Hell," which stars Alison Lohman and Justin Long,...
- 3/2/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Madrid -- Woody Allen’s tribute to Barcelona “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” the Coen brothers’ star-studded “Burn After Reading” and Laurent Cantet’s Palme d’Or winner “The Class” figure in the list of Zabaltegi-Pearls section for the 56th San Sebastian International Film Festival, organizers announced Tuesday.
The section, which weaves together prize-winners from other festivals with gems that buzzed across the international circuit, but have not opened in Spain, has become one of the festival’s most popular staples.
This year’s list of 12 films screening in the Pearls section vie for the TCM Audience Award, worth 70,000 euros ($102,000) for the Spanish importer.
Zabaltegi-Pearls will also feature Sundance’s closing film “Csny Deja vu,” as well as latest releases from three directors who competed with their first works at San Sebastian before going on to obtain international recognition: Olivier Assayas, Majid Majidi and Simon Staho.
The Zabaltegi-Specials sidebar, showcasing films that...
The section, which weaves together prize-winners from other festivals with gems that buzzed across the international circuit, but have not opened in Spain, has become one of the festival’s most popular staples.
This year’s list of 12 films screening in the Pearls section vie for the TCM Audience Award, worth 70,000 euros ($102,000) for the Spanish importer.
Zabaltegi-Pearls will also feature Sundance’s closing film “Csny Deja vu,” as well as latest releases from three directors who competed with their first works at San Sebastian before going on to obtain international recognition: Olivier Assayas, Majid Majidi and Simon Staho.
The Zabaltegi-Specials sidebar, showcasing films that...
- 8/26/2008
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Madrid -- Jonathan Demme will do double duty at September's San Sebastian Film Festival, chairing the official jury as well as presenting his new film "Rachel Getting Married" and a work-in-progress version of his latest Neil Young documentary.
It will be the fourth time the Academy Award winner has taken part in the festival, which this year is set to run Sept. 18-27 in the northern Spanish seaside resort.
According to fest organizers, the work-in-progress is titled "Neil Young Trunk Show: Scenes From a Concert."...
It will be the fourth time the Academy Award winner has taken part in the festival, which this year is set to run Sept. 18-27 in the northern Spanish seaside resort.
According to fest organizers, the work-in-progress is titled "Neil Young Trunk Show: Scenes From a Concert."...
- 8/7/2008
- by By Benjamin Jones
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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