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DANIEL BOURLA: THE LOST GEM CALLED "THE NOAH"

By | September 2005

The only thing more stunning than “The Noah” is the story of its creation. Shortly after my initial essay was published, the filmmaker Daniel Bourla contacted me. In this exclusive interview, Daniel Bourla recounts the rise and disappearance of this lost gem of independent cinema…

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DANIEL BOURLA: THE LOST GEM CALLED "THE NOAH"

Some months ago, I devoted one of my weekly “Bootleg Files” to a film called The Noah. If you never heard of “The Noah,” that is understandable:...

GREGORY PAKIS AND GARTH PETRIDIS: METHOD TO THE MADNESS

In 2001, Melbourne based filmmaker Gregory Pakis was contacted by his cousin Garth Petridis from jail to turn his life story into a film. Garth Petridis...

ELIJAH WOOD: SHEDDING LIGHT ON EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED

Wood was an unknown, prepubescent whippersnapper when he first attracted the attention of filmgoers in movies like “Avalon” and “Internal Affairs,”...

ELIJAH WOOD: SHEDDING LIGHT ON EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED

Frodo Baggins might be a hobbit hero in Middle Earth, but picture this frail, “differently-formed” oddball trying to cut it in our contemporary,...

MICHAEL SHOWALTER: THE ODD MAN OUT

There's a square in every love triangle. "The Baxter" re-invents the mush-ball love story, focusing instead on the poor sap left at the altar. With much...

LEXI ALEXANDER AND THE HOOLIGANS

When last we spoke with Lexi Alexander, we were still reeling from her knockout short Johnny Flynton. A short that went on to gain an Oscar nomination. ...

DREW RICHARDSON: THE GUY WHO LOVES THE LAUGHS

Watching Drew Richardson perform as Drew the Dramatic Fool is exactly like watching the Marx Brothers, Buster Keaton, or any of the great screen comedians...

ARIE POSIN AND BONNIE CURTIS: CHUMSCRUBBER CHUMS

This movie creates a real sense of disconnect between its young characters and its adults. It prompted me to think about parenting, and children wanting to...

ARIE POSIN AND BONNIE CURTIS: CHUMSCRUBBER CHUMS

“The Chumscrubber” inhabits a suburban wasteland that might as well belong to George Romero. Arie Posin’s surreal critique of contemporary disconnect...

STEVE WILSON & JOE FLORENSKI: PAUL LYNDE TO BLOCK

For most people, Paul Lynde is immediately identifiable with his risque, campy answers on the long-running TV game show “Hollywood Squares.” Indeed,...

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