Interviews

JOY IN THE STRUGGLE: A LOOK AT JOHN MILIUS

By | March 1999

He’s a great, jovial bear of a man, and talking to him, even on the phone, was the conversational equivalent of shooting the breeze with your favorite uncle while smoking cigars and drinking single-malt scotch…

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JOY IN THE STRUGGLE: A LOOK AT JOHN MILIUS

At the week-long Cinequest '99 in San Jose (February 25-March 3), nearly 60 films screened. In addition, there were appearances by such notables as Rod...

SIMULATING HISTORY: VIDEO ARTIST LYNN HERSHMAN LEESON

I met up with the director of "Conceiving Ada," Lynn Hershman Leeson, at San Francisco's CafE Puccini in North Beach. We discussed her new work, the...

DIY FILMMAKERS: WORLD FAMOUS IKE'S "REJECTED BY VULTURES"

[ WHAT'S YOUR BIO? ] ^ I had been a musician with various bands over the years and to keep alive I did electrical work. I was always into film and had...

DIY FILMMAKERS: CATHERINE GUND SAALFIELD'S "HALLELUJAH!"

[ TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF, WHAT'S YOUR BIO? ] ^ I've been making short educational and organizing videos for over ten years including work that's been...

DIY FILMMAKERS: "THE STAR WARS" CREATORS TROY DURRETT AND LANCE ROBSON

[ THE MOVIE ] : ^ "The Star Wars" - A video using the original 45 rpm storybook as the soundtrack and the original Kenner action figures along with the...

DIY FILMMAKERS: JASON STEPHENS' "DECAY"

[ WHAT'S YOUR STORY? ] ^ I'm a Deputy Sheriff and a Filmmaker. People often think that's kind of strange. "You're a cop!?" It is shocking to them to learn...

DIY FILMMAKERS: JOE LA PENNA'S "GARGOYLE GIRLS"

[ What's your story ] ^ "Gargoyle Girls" is the story of a mediocre children's party magician who accidentally releases two thirteenth century female...

DIY FILMMAKERS: JASON MARKSTROM'S "DICK JOKE"

[ WHAT'S YOUR STORY? ] ^ We were three students at Northern Michigan University facing graduation and we didn't want to have to get real jobs so we made a...

DIY FILMMAKERS: TOM HOSLER'S "DR. BENDERFAX"

[ WHAT'S YOUR STORY? ] ^ It was a year after I graduated from college that I finally finished my first and only feature script worthy of production, a...

DIY FILMMAKERS: KARL T. HIRSH AND "GREEN"

[ THE FILM: "GREEN (AKA WHATEVER)" ] ^ 16mm b/w, color, animation. Four slackers in Phoenix explore their internal problems while under the influence of...

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