John Gianvito's Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind (2007) is showing November 3 - December 2, 2020 on Mubi in the Rediscovered series.Let’s start with the title—a shotgun marriage between two omnipresent yet far from equally featured players in these unremarked, meditative spaces: an abstract impulse that supposedly keeps our American republic healthy and vital (while producing a lot of junk along with more helpful items) and a concrete force that softly caresses everything in its path, keeping us alive and alert. More specifically, an encounter between the cause of many of the deaths that are being commemorated in John Gianvito’s film—especially those relating to the genocide of Native Americans and many of the massacres occasioned by slave revolts and labor protests—and what D.W. Griffith lamented he found missing from modern cinema, the wind in the trees, found in the vicinity of most of the dozens of gravesites visited.
- 11/13/2020
- MUBI
John Gianvito's Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind (2007) is exclusively showing November 3 - December 2, 2020 on Mubi in the Rediscovered series.Above: John Gianvito and Howard ZinnThis year marks the 40th anniversary of the first publication of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States, the inspiration behind my 2007 film Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind. With over two and a half million copies sold, Zinn’s chronicling of over 500 years of the stories of individuals, events, and movements that have contributed to the fight for economic justice, racial equality, voting rights, labor protections, universal health and safety standards, has lost little of its pertinence or utility. Having spawned a Young Adult reader’s version, a graphic novel edition, and multiple other off-shoots, Zinn’s epic recounting of American history from below continues with each passing year to find its way into numerous high school and college reading lists nationwide.
- 11/2/2020
- MUBI
Max Schreck in Fw Murnau classic Nosferatu
This weekend at the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, Mark Rance of Watchmaker Films is due to discuss a grand restoration product - breathing new life into Fw Murnau classic Nosferatu. Putting a film of this age back together is no easy task, so we were delighted when he agreed to tell us something about the process.
"I enjoy and support any effort to discuss and analyse films, to give them social and political context, and to deepen our understanding of films both how they were made and what kinds of impact they might have on an audience," he says of his decision to speak at the institute, one of whose organisers, Josh Saco, we interviewed last week.
"I have to confess that I restore mainly independent features, films I feel would never see the light of day if they were not protected...
This weekend at the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, Mark Rance of Watchmaker Films is due to discuss a grand restoration product - breathing new life into Fw Murnau classic Nosferatu. Putting a film of this age back together is no easy task, so we were delighted when he agreed to tell us something about the process.
"I enjoy and support any effort to discuss and analyse films, to give them social and political context, and to deepen our understanding of films both how they were made and what kinds of impact they might have on an audience," he says of his decision to speak at the institute, one of whose organisers, Josh Saco, we interviewed last week.
"I have to confess that I restore mainly independent features, films I feel would never see the light of day if they were not protected...
- 4/11/2018
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Miskatonic Institute Horror Studies – London is set to welcome Watchmaker Films founder Mark Rance to discuss the proccess and importance of film restoration while putting a spotlight on his challenging work on the Nosferatu release (pictured above).
The talk will primarily explore the complex and subjective issues currently floating around in many analog-versus-digital discussions of film and how those opinions can influence the determination of what the restored version should look like if the goal is to replicate the original projected image at the time of first release.
This show-and-tell lecture will illustrate many of the issues encountered and (with varying degrees of success) resolved in a digital restoration of Murnau’s Nosferatu. We will begin with a description of the original production and the technology used to make the film. The film’s own troubled history complicated the film’s physical reconstruction, and that impacted the digital restoration.
The talk will primarily explore the complex and subjective issues currently floating around in many analog-versus-digital discussions of film and how those opinions can influence the determination of what the restored version should look like if the goal is to replicate the original projected image at the time of first release.
This show-and-tell lecture will illustrate many of the issues encountered and (with varying degrees of success) resolved in a digital restoration of Murnau’s Nosferatu. We will begin with a description of the original production and the technology used to make the film. The film’s own troubled history complicated the film’s physical reconstruction, and that impacted the digital restoration.
- 4/5/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
One of my favorite silent films (featuring the iconic vampire Count Orlok), F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu (1922) will be the subject of a special restoration lecture on April 19th in London courtesy of The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies. In today's Horror Highlights, we also have details on retrospective screenings of Frank Henenlotter's films in Brooklyn, as well as an exciting announcement from the 2018 Telluride Horror Show.
The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies' Nosferatu Lecture: "The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies - London Presents: A Restoration Of ‘Nosferatu’ (1922) at The Horse Hospital April 19th!
The Miskatonic Institute Horror Studies - London welcomes Watchmaker Films founder Mark Rance to discuss the process and importance of film restoration while putting a spotlight on his challenging work on the Nosferatu release.
This show-and-tell lecture will illustrate many of the issues encountered and (with varying degrees of success) resolved in a digital restoration of Murnau’s Nosferatu.
The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies' Nosferatu Lecture: "The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies - London Presents: A Restoration Of ‘Nosferatu’ (1922) at The Horse Hospital April 19th!
The Miskatonic Institute Horror Studies - London welcomes Watchmaker Films founder Mark Rance to discuss the process and importance of film restoration while putting a spotlight on his challenging work on the Nosferatu release.
This show-and-tell lecture will illustrate many of the issues encountered and (with varying degrees of success) resolved in a digital restoration of Murnau’s Nosferatu.
- 4/3/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
While in high school or college, did you ever wish that your curriculum was focused solely on the horror genre? That dream becomes a reality at the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies. Since 2010, this organization has held lectures around the world that dig deeper into great works of horror, and this spring is no exception, as the institute will once again have horror-themed classes in New York and London.
At its New York branch this spring, the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies will focus on the works of Shirley Jackson, the history of black horror, and much more, while its London branch will host several intriguing classes as well, including one on Richard Matheson's seminal novel I Am Legend. You can view the full schedule for both branches below, and visit Miskatonic New York and Miskatonic London online for more information.
Press Release: Following the successful conclusion of our...
At its New York branch this spring, the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies will focus on the works of Shirley Jackson, the history of black horror, and much more, while its London branch will host several intriguing classes as well, including one on Richard Matheson's seminal novel I Am Legend. You can view the full schedule for both branches below, and visit Miskatonic New York and Miskatonic London online for more information.
Press Release: Following the successful conclusion of our...
- 1/4/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Amy Schumer and Bill Hader in TrainwreckPhoto: Universal Pictures With Sundance just wrapping up and Berlin starting up in a few days, we are now immersed in the year-long barrage of film festivals. One such festival in South By Southwest. A few weeks back they announced the first seven films of their program, including the opening night film Brand: A Second Coming. Today, they have revealed the rest of the features to be shown in March (except for the midnight program), and some of it has me very excited. The bigger titles announced do not do much for me. Paul Feig's Spy, starring Melissa McCarthy, and the Will Ferrell/Kevin Hart starrer Get Hard leave a lot to be desired in terms of anticipation, as does a work in progress cut of Judd Apatow's latest film Trainwreck. I'm guessing an Apatow work in progress is probably around three and a half hours.
- 2/3/2015
- by Mike Shutt
- Rope of Silicon
Movie trailers used to be pretty formulaic – just show the best bits – but, in the age of the internet viral, they're now works of art in themselves
If you're looking for art or auteurship at the cinema, you're likely to be waiting for the main feature, not concentrating on the trailers for what were quaintly known as "coming attractions". As long as they have existed, trailers have been the tool of film marketing departments aiming solely to secure the maximum number of bums on seats. Experimentation with the form has not been a big part of the story. There have been brief flourishes of artistic advancement, such as the move towards fast-edit montages led by Kubrick in the early 1960s, and periodical oddities, like Hitchcock's personally hosted guided tour of the Bates Motel for Psycho, and the mock advertisement for the Ghostbusters' services, which led to the advertised phone number...
If you're looking for art or auteurship at the cinema, you're likely to be waiting for the main feature, not concentrating on the trailers for what were quaintly known as "coming attractions". As long as they have existed, trailers have been the tool of film marketing departments aiming solely to secure the maximum number of bums on seats. Experimentation with the form has not been a big part of the story. There have been brief flourishes of artistic advancement, such as the move towards fast-edit montages led by Kubrick in the early 1960s, and periodical oddities, like Hitchcock's personally hosted guided tour of the Bates Motel for Psycho, and the mock advertisement for the Ghostbusters' services, which led to the advertised phone number...
- 12/17/2009
- by Jane Graham
- The Guardian - Film News
Wings Of Desire is a lot like Where The Wild Things Are. Ok, I know that sounds extremely far-fetched, but stick with me here. I know one film involves invisible angels watching humans, their struggles and suffering and the other involves large hirsute monsters with big heads and even bigger tempers making friends with a runaway boy with anger issues, but there are two major common denominators to both films: 1) They’re rooted and invested in human emotions, and 2) Neither adheres to the standard three-act narrative format, forgoing customary cinematic structure and instead drifting and meandering along an (apparently) uncharted course.
I’ve seen Wings Of Desire and Where The Wild Things twice. And in both cases I enjoyed and appreciated the film more after the second viewing, probably because I wasn’t encumbered by expectations of a traditionally told story. Do I think both movies are perfect? No. They...
I’ve seen Wings Of Desire and Where The Wild Things twice. And in both cases I enjoyed and appreciated the film more after the second viewing, probably because I wasn’t encumbered by expectations of a traditionally told story. Do I think both movies are perfect? No. They...
- 11/27/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (Allan Dart)
- Starlog
Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire is able to capture your attention despite its sparing plot for the main reason you know its about something even if that something takes its sweet time in fully revealing itself. The film follows two guardian angels, Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander), as they watch over humanity from up high above the streets of Berlin, and, more often than not, at street level.
As they walk the streets, an often visited library and ride the trains we listen in on the thoughts of others as those Damiel and Cassiel encounter can be heard. However, their thoughts don't come across as a string of cohesive sentences as much as they are fragments of ideas, occasionally offering something of substance, but most often an example of the mundane. To that effect you could say Wings of Desire is about just that, an appreciation for the simpler things in life,...
As they walk the streets, an often visited library and ride the trains we listen in on the thoughts of others as those Damiel and Cassiel encounter can be heard. However, their thoughts don't come across as a string of cohesive sentences as much as they are fragments of ideas, occasionally offering something of substance, but most often an example of the mundane. To that effect you could say Wings of Desire is about just that, an appreciation for the simpler things in life,...
- 11/3/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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