I spoke with filmmakers Fenton Bailey (he’s the one with the British accent) and Randy Barbato on September 14, 2011 in the afternoon before their HBO documentary, THE STRANGE HISTORY OF DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL, screened at the fabled Castro Theater here in San Francisco. The pair were excited to see the film with an audience,… Read More »
Errol Morris — TABLOID
Errol Morris specializes in stories that challenge preconceived notions and recieved truth. With TABLOID, he allows Joyce McKinney, the center of a tabloid frenzy involving sex and religion, the tabloid reporter and the tabloid photographer who told the tale to the multitudes in search of salacious story, and a gay Mormon activist who met Joyce… Read More »
Paul Mariano & Kurt Norton Reveal THESE AMAZING SHADOWS
Paul Mariano and Kurt Norton brought their love of film to their documentary, THESE AMAZING SHADOWS, but they were interested in doing more than paying tribute to an art from that they loved, they wanted to put it into the context of the larger culture, hence using The National Film Registry as the framework. The… Read More »
Taggart Siegel on QUEEN OF THE SUN: WHAT ARE THE BEES TELLING US?
Taggart Siegel’s decision to make his documentary about the decline of the bee population had a profound effect he hadn’t planned on. After spending three years investigating the phenomenon of colony collapse disorder by talking to, among others, beekeepers who use biodynamic principles, he succumbed to the metaphysical appeal of the insects and became a beekeeper himself.… Read More »
Charles Ferguson Exposes the INSIDE JOB
Charles Ferguson is used to being in the literal firing line. His Oscar(tm)-nominated documentary NO END IN SIGHT took him to Iraq. Uncovering the truth behind the financial meltdown of 2008 turned out to be just as challenging. In a conversation recorded on September 21, 2010, he recounted what it was like to confront financiers… Read More »
Frederic Lilien Shares THE LEGEND OF PALE MALE
When Frederic Lilen ran away from home to avoid the family law business, becoming the cinematic chronicler of Pale Male, New York City’s most famous red-tailed hawk, wasn’t even on his radar. In fact, he’d never even heard of the bird and his loyal following until after a serendipitous lunch meeting. He was taking a… Read More »
Bjorn Lomborg Warns Us to COOL IT
Bjorn Lomborg has been writing about his alternative approach to the environmental crisis for many years, but COOL IT, the documentary based on his book, is Lomborg’s first foray into films. When we spoke on October 18, 2010, why he decided to go that route was one of the many questions I had for him. Lomborg is used to… Read More »
Tom Weidlinger Has A DREAM IN HANOI
I doubt that there’s ever been a documentary quite like Tom Weidlinger’s A DREAM IN HANOI. It follows the collaboration between an American theater company with a Vietnamese on on a production of Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS’ DREAM staged in Vietnam, and performed partly in English and partly in Vietnamese. The cast and crew blend… Read More »
Vikram Jayanti Explores THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF PHIL SPECTOR
Vikram Jayanti’s documentary about legendary music producer Phil Spector does the unthinkable. It presents Spector in all his eccentric, mean-spirited glory, yet still manages to humanize him. When I spoke with the director on September 10, 2010, the first thing I asked about was how he had pulled that off. Jayanti then went on to reveal how he… Read More »
Amir Bar-Lev Tells THE TILLMAN STORY
The story of Pat Tillman, who gave up a lucrative pro football career in order to enlist after 9/11, had all the makings of a legend. When he was killed in Afghanistan, the media and the military made him into a hero who gave his life to save his fellow soldiers. The problem was that… Read More »
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