| Issue #30, October 20, 2006 |
The Best Places to See and Be Seen
This year, filmmakers and movie stars from across the globe will flock to the Hamptons to watch movies, go to parties, share their experiences and discuss important, globally-relevant topics at the Festival’s entertaining panel discussions, readings, and film screenings. The following list of events should give you an idea of what to do and where to do it at this year’s festival.
Panel: A Killer Life
Thursday, October 19, 4:30 p.m.
Bay Street Theatre
New York producers Christine Vachon and Ted Hope discuss Vachon’s new book, A Killer Life: How an Indpendent Film Producer Survives Deals and Disasters in Hollywood and Beyond (Simon & Schuster, $26).
Panelist Christine Vachon has produced such cult classics as Boys Don’t Cry, Hedwig And The Angry Inch, Kids, and The Notorious Bettie Page.
Moderator Ted Hope has also contributed to the ever-growing canon of independent film with 21 Grams, The Ice Storm, and this year’s The Hawk is Dying and Happiness.
Book Signing: Christine Vachon
Thursday, October 19, 6:00 p.m.
Bay Street Theatre
Producer Christine Vachon (Boys Don’t Cry, Hedwig And The Angry Inch, Kids, and The Notorious Bettie Page) will sign copies of her new book, A Killer Life: How an Indpendent Film Producer Survives Deals and Disasters in Hollywood and Beyond (Simon & Schuster, $26).
Film Screening: Cinematographer Style
Friday, October 20, 2:00 p.m.
East Hampton United Artists
110 cinematographers, including Gordon Willis (The Godfather, Manhattan), Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now), Victor J. Kemper (The Candidate, Dog Day Afternoon), Ellen Kuras (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and John Seale (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone), discuss their craft in this entertaining, informative documentary.
Screenplay Reading: Face Value
Friday, October 20, 2:00 p.m.
Bay Street Theatre
This year, the Hamptons International Film Festival will host a reading of Gretchen Somerfeld’s and David Baxter’s script entitled Face Value, a 2006 Screenwriters’ Lab participant developed through a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
A cast of strong actors will support celebrated actress Connie Nielsen (The Situation, Gladiator) as she reads the title role of Hedy Lamarr.
Face Value tells the story of actress Hedy Lamarr, who shot to screen-stardom in the early 1940s and, at the same time, created and patented an invention for frequency hopping, with composer George Antheil, in an effort to stop the Nazis in World War II.
Panel: The Fountain
Friday, October 20, 4:00 p.m.
Bay Street Theatre
For the 6th consecutive year, the Hamptons International Film Festival will present the $25,000 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Film Prize in Science and Technology for a feature-length film that explores science and technology themes in fresh, innovative ways and depicts scientists and engineers in a realistic and compelling fashion. This year’s recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize is Darren Aronofski’s The Fountain.
An odyssey about one man’s eternal struggle to save the woman he loves, The Fountain’s protagonist embarks on an epic journey beginning in 16th-century Spain, where conquistador Tomas commences his search for the Fountain of Youth. Three stories, each set in a different time period, converge into one truth, as the Thomas of all periods-warrior, scientist, and explorer- comes to terms with life, love, death and rebirth. Starring Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz and Ellen Burstyn.
Panelist Darren Aronofski, director of Requiem For A Dream and Pi, will be joined by neurologist Dr. Ari Handel, his longtime collaborator and their discussion will be moderated by writer and producer Robert Feld.
At The Movies With: Alec Baldwin
Friday, October 20, 7:00 p.m.
East Hampton United Artists
Alec Baldwin has chosen Guy Moshe’s film Holly to present at the Hamptons International Film Festival this year. Alec will be joined by the star of the film, Ron Livingston (“Sex and The City,” Little Black Book, Adaptation) and the filmmaking team, during an introduction to the film and the question and answer session afterwards.
Holly tells the story of a young Vietnamese woman sold into slavery by her family in Cambodia, where her virginity fetches a high price. Patrick, an American expatriate who has been odd-jobbing and card-playing his way through southeast Asia for fifteen years, is awakened by the girl’s stubborn nature and is determined to save her.
Panel: Conflict and Resolution
Saturday, Oct. 21, 12:00 p.m.
Bay Street Theatre
The mission of the Conflict and Resolution program is to presenting the finest work by filmmakers from around the globe, to shed light on new and underrepresented issues while encouraging lively debate.
Panelists include director James Moll and producer Christopher Pavlick (Inheritance), filmmaker Kalsang Dolma (What Remains of Us), directors Keren Yehezkely Goldstein and Alona Seroussi (About the Body), and Rosie Perez (I’m Boricua, Just So You Know!, Night on Earth, Do The Right Thing). Fox News correspondent Ron Corning will moderate the discussion.
Panel: Making Your First Feature
Saturday, October 21, 2:00 p.m.
Bay Street Theatre
Charting the journey from your student shorts to your first feature film,
a panel of award-winning student filmmakers will discuss the challenges of creating their first short and their plans for their first feature.
Panelists will include independent film producer Joshua Zeman (The Station Agent, The Hawk Is Dying) and celebrated literary manager from Anonymous Content, Shawn Simon. Sheril Antonio, Associate Dean of Film, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University and Jeremiah Newton, the Hamptons’ Administrator of Student Awards, and Industry Liaison, Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, will moderate the discussion.
A Conversation With: Robert Altman
Saturday, October 21, 3:00 p.m.
Guild Hall
Robert Altman, the genius behind A Prairie Home Companion and McCabe & Mrs. Miller, famous for his unconventional directing style and ability to coax wonderful performances out of every player in every film, will speak about his craft during this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the public to engage in conversation with one of the film industry’s modern masters.
A Special Tribute to Rona Jaffe: The Best of Everything
Sunday, Oct 22, 1:00 p.m.
Guild Hall
Before The Devil Wears Prada, “Sex and the City” and Valley of the Dolls, there was The Best of Everything, the iconic novel of ambitious career girls in New York City, written by the effervescent 26-year-old Rona Jaffe. Published by Simon & Schuster in 1958, The Best of Everything drew on Jaffe’s four years as an assistant at Fawcett Publications. Within two weeks of publication, the book was on the New York Times best-seller list, where it stayed for five months. The movie that followed a year later electrified readers who saw themselves reflected in its story of five young employees of a New York publishing company. There’s Ivy League Caroline, who dreams of graduating from the typing pool to an editor’s office; naïve country girl April, who within months of hitting town reinvents herself as the woman every man wants; and Gregg, the free-spirited actress with a secret yearning for domesticity. The movie stars Hope Lange, Diane Baker, Martha Hyer, 1950’s supermodel Suzy Parker, and Joan Crawford.
The Best of Everything will be followed by a discussion with some of Rona Jaffe’s closest friends and colleagues.
Youth Media Program: The School for Animated Film, Cakovec, Croatia.
Sunday, October 22, 11:00 a.m.
East Hampton United Artists
The Youth Media Program, curated by the Children’s Media Project since 1999, is featuring animated works created by young artists with The School for Animated Film in Cakovec, Croatia, an after-school gathering of children and teenagers, ages 7 to 18. Under the leadership of Founder Edo Lukman and Jasminka Bijelic Ljubic, these young animators employ visual storytelling techniques to make short, animated works that can be accessed by young people of any background.
This year’s program also features live-action videos, documentaries, experimental works, and music videos from various organizations within the Listen Up! Network, a media network for young filmmakers and their allies.
The discussion will be moderated by Maria Marewski and Emily Bennison of the Children’s Media Project.
Film Festival Buzz
What are the films you simply
must get in to see?
Here’s a list of the hot tickets this week.
The Situation
World Premiere
Opening Night Film
Wed 18, 6:30 p.m. EH UA2; 7 p.m.- EH UA1
Thurs 19, 9 p.m. SH UA3
Fri 20, 8:30 p.m. MTK
Canvas
World Premiere
Spotlight Film
Sat 21, 6:30 p.m. EH UA3
Sun 22, 1 p.m. EH UA4
URO
United States Premiere
World Cinema
Sat 21, 1:30 p.m. EH UA3
Sun 22, 9:30 a.m. EH UA1
The Fountain
United States Premiere
Alfred P. Sloan Prize Winner
Spotlight Film
Thurs 19, 6 p.m. SH UA3
Fri 20, 6 p.m. EH UA1
Candy
East Coast Premiere
Fri 20, 9 p.m. SH UA3
Sat 21, 7:30 p.m. EH UA2
REQUIEM
East Coast Premiere
Thu 19, 7:30 p.m. EH UA2
The Bothersome Man
United States Premiere
Fri 20, 7:30 p.m. EH UA5
Sat 21, 10 a.m. EH UA2
Who the $#%& Is Jackson Pollock?
New York Premiere
Sat 21, 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. EH UA1
Sun 22, 12 p.m. EH UA1
Inheritance
East Coast Premiere
Fri 20, 9 p.m. EH UA3
Sat 21, 10 a.m. EH UA3
Avenue Montaigne
Fri 20, 3 p.m. EH UA1
Sat 21, 9:30 a.m. EH UA1
The Killer Within
United States Premiere
Sat 21, 4 p.m. EH UA4
Sun 22, 10 a.m. EH UA4
The Front Line
North American Premiere
Fri 20, 4:30 p.m. EH UA2
Sat 21, 11 a.m. MTK
Summercamp!
East Coast Premiere
Sat 21, 11 a.m. EH UA5
Sun 22, 10 a.m. GH
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