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Trailers
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12.04.11Trailer: Indie Game: The Movie Looks at the Creative Process of Video Game DevelopersAs someone who worked in the video game industry for three years or so (and is still friends with a lot of people who continue to work on games), I always thought that a documentary on the making of a video game would be pretty interesting. Having experienced it first hand, I can attest to the long hours and stress that goes into creating a product that attempts to bring art, storytelling, and technology together in a fresh and exciting way. Canadian filmmakers James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot's decided to document this process in their film Indie Game: The Movie, ...
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12.01.11Sons of Perdition DVD GiveawayIt's been a while since we've had a giveaway around here so let's get December started with an early X-mas present! Thanks to director Tyler Measom, we're giving away a DVD copy of his award winning film Sons of Perdition. Some of you may remember the film and its director's (Tyler and co-director Jennilyn Merten) from their appearance on episode #11 of The Documentary Blog podcast. The film looks at a group of teenage boys who are exiled from their polygamous Utah community and are forced to integrate into the real world. Seems like a great double bill with Lucy ...
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11.30.11‘Splinters’ Official Trailer: Indigenous Surfing in Papua New GuineaNon-fiction fans have their fair share of surfing documentaries to choose from nowadays and sometimes it can be tough to weed out the good from the bad. I've never surfed in my life, but I'm certainly not against the idea of watching a great film on the subject. It's just tough to find one that's got a good story behind all of the glossy, slow-motion surfing footage. The trailer for director Adam Pesce's Splinter looks to be about more than just the sport and has definitely caught my attention. It's a unique story of indigenous surfing in Papua New Guinea ...
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11.28.11Trailer: The Rep, a Feature Documentary on Repertory CinemasThere's nothing better than hitting up a rep cinema and watching one of your favourite movies on the big screen with an enthusiastic audience. Recently I had the pleasure of seeing Tom Holland's original 1985 film Fright Night -- a childhood favourite of mine -- on the big screen with a large audience at the Toronto Underground Cinema, and it was a total blast. Now, that very theatre is featured in Morgan White's documentary The Rep, which looks at the culture of rep cinemas and highlights some of the famous theatres -- some active, some closed down -- throughout North ...
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11.10.11Kickstarter Campaign: Bending SteelIt's been a while since we've highlighted a Kickstarter campaign here at The Documentary Blog, so I thought I would throw up a post in support of a film that looks like it has a lot of heart and could be a "tonne" (clever, right?) of fun to watch. Bending Steel is the story of Chris Schoeck, a Queens native training to become a professional strongman. Here's the synopsis: “Bending Steel” documents Chris’ personal journey, as a strongman in training, to find acceptance and fulfillment through his initiation in to a world of strength and showmanship. With the help of Chris ...
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11.04.11Calvet ReviewI'm always a bit skeptical going in to documentaries about artists or musicians. On one hand, there are the films that are designed for fans of the artists work, focused solely on celebrating the creative output and providing educated perspectives from critics and peers. Then there are the artist bio's that go above and beyond, examining the work but also telling a great story with conflict, drama, and great characters (see The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Crumb). Calvet falls in the latter category, focusing less on Jean Marc Calvet's paintings and more on the turmoil he experienced that led him ...