Hey folks, Harry here with the line up for Sundance Film Festival 2002. I have tidbits and comments on the few that I could find out about. Any and all help will be appreciated. To the filmmakers, publicists and friends of these films... AICN very much wants to help bring as much attention to the deserving projects that are trying to break out at Sundance this year and every year. If you want to talk with me about it, arranging screeners, screenings, scripts, interviews.... WHATEVER, drop me an email at harry@aintitcool.com! Hopefully we'll have a stronger Sundance than in recent years. As for Moriarty and Robie going... Robie is knee deep in top secret activities, as for the old man... depends if he can handle the thin air... he's not used to being that high... well altitude wise that is.
AMERICAN SHOWCASE
13 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING directed by Jill Sprecher
EMPIRE directed by Franc Reyes (who played Luis in the classic film BEAT STREET!!!)
STORYTELLING directed by Todd Solondz. For more info: Mr Beaks' Review, Grozilla's Review.
TEKNOLUST directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson
"Anxious to use artificial life to improve the world, Rosetta Stone, (Tilda Swinton), a bio-geneticist creates a Recipe for Cyborgs and uses her own DNA in order to breed three Self Replicating Automatons, part human, part computer named Ruby, Olive and Marine (also played by Tilda Swinton). The SRA's act as 'portals' on the internet, helping users to fulfill their dreams." -- Click Here For The Rest!
WORLD TRAVELER directed by Bart Freundlich
AMERICAN SPECTRUM
BLUE CAR directed by Karen Moncrieff
Troubled young woman is inspired by a teacher to enter a poetry contest. Stars David Strathairn
THE BUSINESS OF FANCYDANCING directed by Sherman Alexie
This is my number one pick for want to see now! Sherman Alexie wrote and co-produced SMOKE SIGNALS, which was an astonishing work which Miramax shafted in favor of the far lessor film, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL. This time Sherman is producing and again we will see the actor who beautifully created one of my most favorite film characters with Thomas Builds-The-Fire.... I'm talking about Evan Adams. Yippee! Desperately want to hear everything about this project!
BY HOOK OR BY CROOK directed by Silas Howard & Harriet Dodge
It won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Film at L.A.'s Outfest along with the Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Screenwriting. Add to that the fact that Joan Jett is in it. Well, it is a crime flick about a Butch woman hooking up with another lady and crime following. We'll see how it plays out, but films that win Audience Awards tend to be at the least... quite watchable.
DESIGN directed by Davidson Cole
Apparently about the futility in trying to control one's own life. Not familiar with any of the actors in this one. We'll see.
DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND directed by Lucy Walker
Documentary about Amish teenagers deciding whether or not to remain Amish or move out into the world of... all us sinners.
THE JIMMY SHOW directed by Frank Whaley
Based on a play of the same name about a failed New Jersey inventor that embarks on a career as a standup comic, turns to drink, and labors to keep his family together. Has Ethan Hawke and Carla Gugino
NOON BLUE APPLES directed by Jay Lee
Features George Takei.... MR SULU!!!! Involves a gal doing research on phobias which takes her into a swirling world of conspiracy theories and realities.
ON_LINE directed by Jed Weintrob
Co-Producer of PUMPKINHEAD 2 decides to direct a flick about the oh so hot and sexy, me love you long time, world of Cybersex!!!
RAIN directed by Katherine Lindberg
A tragic tale of sex, murder and redemption written deep within the soil of America's heartland, RAIN is a story of forbidden passion and buried sexuality played out against the backdrop of a town where the only place to go crazy is inside. Film played at Venice with very little buzz being heard back here. That doesn't mean anything though. It could have been buried. Diane Ladd and nice cast of faces you'd know when you see them.
STOLEN SUMMER directed by Pete Jones
This is that lucky bastard's flick that won that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck PROJECT GREENLIGHT contest... and has his film already picked up for a March debut. Nice cast, it was the winner out of a bazillion scripts... maybe there is something to it.
THAT’S MY FACE directed by Thomas Allen Harris -
Documentary about self discovery...
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
AMANDLA! A REVOLUTION IN FOUR PART HARMONY directed by Lee Hirsch
AMERICAN STANDOFF directed by Kristi Jacobson
BLUE VINYL directed by Judith Helfand & Daniel B. Gold
CLOSE TO HOME directed by Vanessa Roth & Alexandra Dickson
THE COCKETTES directed by Bill Weber & David Weissman
DADDY AND PAPA directed by Johnny Symons
DAUGHTER FROM DANANG directed by Gail Dolgin & Vicente Franco
DERRIDA directed by Kirby Dick & Amy Ziering Kofman
THE EXECUTION OF WANDA JEAN directed by Liz Garbus
FAMILY FUNDAMENTALS directed by Arthur Dong
HOW TO DRAW A BUNNY directed by John Walter & Andrew Moore
MISS AMERICA directed by Lisa Ades
RALPH ELLISON: AN AMERICAN JOURNEY directed by Avon Kirkland
SENORITA EXTRAVIADA directed by Lourdes Portillo
SISTER HELEN directed by Rebecca Cammisa & Rob Fruchtman
TWO TOWNS OF JASPER directed by Whitney Dow & Marco Williams
DRAMATIC COMPETITION
BARK directed by Kasia Adamik
BETTER LUCK TOMORROW directed by Justin Lin
CHERISH directed by Finn Taylor
FACE directed by Bertha Bay-Sa Pan
KILLING TIME directed by Anthony Jaswinski
LOVE LIZA directed by Todd Louiso
MANITO directed by Eric Eason
NARC directed by Joe Carnahan
PARADOX LAKE directed by Prezemyslan (Shemi) Reut
PERSONAL VELOCITY directed by Rebecca Miller
PUMPKIN directed by Tony Abrams & Adam Larson Broder
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES directed by Patricia Cardoso
SECRETARY directed by Steven Shainberg
THE SLAUGHTER RULE directed by Alex & Andrew Smith
TADPOLE directed by Gary Winick
XX/XY directed by Austin Chick
Screening out of Competition
THE END OF LOVE directed by Peter Mattei
