This GREAT Q&A with the amazing Wayne White and director Neil Berkeley followed the screening of the film Beauty is Embarassing at IFFBoston 2012. White goes into what it was like being filmed, and talks about collaboration and his philosophies on art.
I loved Bobcat Goldthwait’s latest film God Bless America – and I could have listened to Goldthwait talk the rest of the evening, but here’s some of the best stuff from his Q & A at IFFBoston.
What happen’s when you go from having anything, to not being able to afford it? It’s easy to look at Lauren Greenfield’s documentary the The Queen of Versailles and be shocked, even disgusted at the wealth of David and Jackie Siegel. But that’s not what the film is about. Not once did I feel that …
Following the Boston premiere of Rubberneck, filmmakers Alex Karpovsky and Garth Donovan are joined on stage with the producers and other actors from the film to field questions from the Coolidge Corner audience at IFFBoston 2012.
Following the IFFBoston 2012 screening of Paul Williams: Still Alive, director Stephen Kessler talks a bit about what didn’t make it into the film, and proves to the audience that Paul Williams and him still are friends!
“The Devil takes care of their own,” someone proclaims in Beware of Mr. Baker. You quickly understand what that means in this fast paced, fast moving first-person documentary of Ginger Baker, the man, the myth, the legend. Directed by Jay Bulger, who owes his career to Ginger – we fly over to South Africa to …
Beauty Is Embarrassing ends with an amazing call to action from subject Wayne White. He sums up what he means by Beauty Is Embarrassing, and it just as equally sums up White’s entire Mantra. Do what you want to do, be who you want to be, no matter what. Wayne White, best known for his …
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is a powerful documentary that stays with you. Living in a free, democratic society like the United States, seeing or hearing stories like that of Ai Weiwei burn deep inside you. It is hard for us to understand when someone can’t express themselves freely without the worry that at any given …
Fairhaven is the first feature from writer/director Tom O’Brien, and tells the story of three friends, reuniting in their hometown. Jon (O’Brien), a former high school football star, is aspiring to be a writer, and is leaving his job assisting as a fisherman to pursue his dream. Dave (Chris Messina), is brought back to Fairhaven due …
Time Zero: The Last Year of Polaroid Film is a love letter to instant photography. What seems to have started as an extended eulogy to the medium, the film evolves from various Polaroid Photographers talking about their love for Polaroid, to a chronicle of the efforts to save it from fading away forever. Interviewing Polaroid …