Tune in Tuesday, July 6th at 7PM (PST) as KXLU Los Angeles proudly presents Center Stage with Mark Gordon featuring special guests:
Angela Ismailos will be discussing her film GREAT DIRECTORS which is a celebration of films and filmmaking starring ten of the worlds most acclaimed, provocative, and individualistic living directors.
The Neistat brothers will be talking about their first leap into episodic television. It's an HBO series about the art-world duo known for pioneering the world of online video content.
Rob Rowatt will be talking abut his first feature film THE HONEYMOON. It's a low budget thriller shot in the Canadian wilderness with a skeleton crew and no access to electricity or running water.
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GREAT DIRECTORS
GREAT DIRECTORS is a celebration of films and filmmaking starring ten of the worlds most acclaimed, provocative, and individualistic living directors. The documentary, which had its world premiere at the 2009 Venice Film Festival, is a deeply personal and intimate look at the art of cinema and the artists who create it, and features original, in-depth conversations with world-class filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Liliana Cavani, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. These interviews more than just chronicle Ismailos' encounters with ten remarkable men and women.
Extensively illuminated by clips and historical archives from the subjects' works, they also reveal the distinctive personalities who created the timeless images that have long inspired Ismailos-and all of us. Intercutting among the filmmakers in a freely associative way, Ismailos explores each director's artistic evolution; the role of politics and history on their work; their feelings about the other great directors who inspired them (with Bertolucci paying homage to Pasolini, Breillat to Bergman, and Haynes to Fassbinder, etc.); and the agony and ecstasy of being an artist in a medium that is, paradoxically, also an industry.
THE NEISTAT BROTHERS
THE NEISTAT BROTHERS, a genre-busting, eight-episode series consisting of experimental short films from the art-world brothers of the same name, debuts FRIDAY, JUNE 4 (midnight-12:30 a.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, with other episodes debuting on subsequent Fridays at the same time. A mix of comedy and drama, each episode spans six weeks in the lives of Van and Casey Neistat.
The Neistats' first leap into episodic television, the series is by, and about, the art-world duo known for pioneering the world of online video content. The brothers primarily use consumer-grade shooting and editing equipment, refining the inventive and resourceful spirit that is a trademark of their approach to film, pop culture and entertainment.
A mix of biographical vignettes and experiments in curiosity, THE NEISTAT BROTHERS includes such segments as: a nautical challenge of varying proportions; smuggling authentic maple syrup into Amsterdam; a disappointing and revelatory trip to Mexico; studio renovations; and the search for Van's biological father.
THE NEISTAT BROTHERS is executive produced by Tom Scott (founder of Nantucket Nectars beverage company and the Plum TV network) with Christine Vachon (Killer Films) serving as consulting producer.
Casey and Van Neistat have produced over two hundred short films, most notably iPod's Dirty Secret, focusing on Apple's policy on replacing iPod batteries, and Bike Thief, chronicling the ease with which they steal their own bicycle. Their films have been shown in film festivals, art museums and various institutions around the world. Casey and Van have also produced the critically acclaimed feature films THE PLEASURE OF BEING ROBBED and DADDY LONGLEGS.
The Honeymoon is a low budget thriller shot in the Canadian wilderness. This first feature by writer/director Rob Rowatt was shot in the woods of southern Ontario with a skeleton crew and no access to electricity or running water.
Nicole and Mark have just been married and are celebrating at a reception with their family and friends. The next morning the young couple drive to a remote wilderness area and set off on a canoe trip through a vast network of lakes and trails. Nicole spots a rare bird and follows it into the woods where she hears a car in the distance driving down an abandoned logging road. Curious, she follows the car and witnesses a drug deal that suddenly turns violent. When the dealers see her watching, the newlyweds’ carefree romantic honeymoon is shattered and becomes a fight for survival.
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