Interviews

WILL POWER: INTERVIEW WITH CLAYMATION PIONEER WILL VINTON

By | December 2008

BEST OF 2008! Claymation pioneer Will Vinton speaks with Film Threat prior to a retrospective on his early shorts, recalling his beginnings and his plans for the future…

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WILL POWER: INTERVIEW WITH CLAYMATION PIONEER WILL VINTON

Originally ran on FilmThreat.com on 02/20/08 Will Vinton sports both the shiny, bald bean of Lex Luthor, and the untamed handlebar mustache of Yosemite...

DUPLASS BROTHERS BECOME THE “BAGHEAD” BROTHERS

Originally ran on FilmThreat.com on 01/24/08 After a few truly great short films, writer/director brothers Jay and Mark Duplass smacked a homerun with...

CHARLES PLUMMER: PORTRAIT OF A 16-YEAR-OLD FILMMAKER

You never know where you are going to find the next great talent. In this case, I received an e-mail about a debate going on within the Wikipedia web site...

BLOODY CLUELESS: “TWILIGHT” INTERVIEWS

I’m cold to “Twilight.” As cold as a vampire’s pale, undead flesh. I’ve never read a page from the series, but my wife and daughter have...

“ONE SERIOUS JOKE” ON EZRA STEAD

It's endlessly debated, and no matter what answers you seem to come up with, there always seems to be a paradoxical counter-view that makes you question it...

THE WORD OF GOD: THE REVEREND BEAT-MAN INTERVIEW

You may be wondering what an interview with a musician is doing in the Film Threat fold. After all, Film Threat is movies and music is... the stuff in...

THE FLAWED SQUAD: INTERVIEW WITH JOSE PADILHA

The enthusiastic, mile-a-minute voice of “Elite Squad” director Jose Padilha erupts from my telephone. The filmmaker is traveling in a car, somewhere...

“STRAWBERRY FIELDS” FOREVER: INTERVIEW WITH AYELET HELLER

One of the year’s finest documentaries is Ayelet Heller’s “Strawberry Fields,” which focuses on the challenges and crises facing Palestinian...

THE LONG, HARD LIFE OF JOHN HOLMES

So, who was the biggest male star in movie history? Those with a flippantly dirty mind can produce the obvious answer: John Holmes. Most people know...

A BIG, MESSY PLACE: ALAN BALL ON “TOWELHEAD” (PART 2)

SPOILER ALERT! Can you describe some production hurdles with regard to getting a challenging subject like this made? I’m sure the subject matter made...

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