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England Flies, the music video I directed for the Automatic Erasers is featured on the first ever Zia Records DVD compilation, “You Saw Us Back When…: Volume 1″. The DVD consists of short films, music videos and trailers.

Zia Records top sales for the week ending Sept. 27, 2009
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1. Brand New / Daisy (Interscope)

2. VA (DVD) / You Saw Us Back When Vol. 1 (Zia Records)

3. Pearl Jam / Backspacer (Monkeywrench)

4. Monsters of Folk / Monsters of Folk (Shangri-La)

5. Muse / The Resistance (Warner Bros.)

6. Insane Clown Posse / Bang! Pow! Boom! (Psychopathic)

7. The Beatles / Abbey Road (remastered) (EMI)

8. Megadeth / Endgame (Roadrunner)

9. Tech N9ne (DVD) / Strictly Strange (Strange)

10. Jay-Z / The Blueprint 3 (Roc Nation)

MilanoCinema and Kodak are holding their second Italian Super 8 Film Festival, with non-stop screenings October 24th and 25th. The event is going to feature a vintage and a current super 8 film lineup. My film, There May Be Pleasure is playing in the competition program on the 25th.

For more info check out http://www.super8filmfestival.it/

England Flies, the music video I shot for The Automatic Erasers, is screening tonight at the Super 8mm Fesztivál in Szeged Hungary.

The folks over at the Cambridge Int. Super 8 Film Fest have been asked to put together a night of films that are “love themed” for Valentine’s Day. My film, There May Be Pleasure was one of the selections. Its going to be at the Picturehouse in Cambridge, UK and the event is free. So head on down with your loved one and get ready for a romantic evening.

England Flies, the music video I directed for The Automatic Erasers, is this weeks feature download on the Onsuper8.org podcast. Click here to view.

World Premiere:

The music video I directed for The Automatic Erasers song England Flies premieres later today at the 5th annual Salford Film Festival.

Music video for the Automatic Erasers’ song - England Flies - shot entirely on Super 8 motion picture film. The film is Tri-X (7278) cross processed as negative, and the live performance footage was pushed 2 stops.

SCREENINGS

• Salford Film Festival - Official Selection - Salford, United Kingdom - November 22, 2008
• Cinesubsonica - Official Selection - Montpellier, France - TBD, 2009

If you would like this video to play at your festival or event, please contact me directly for more info.

I shot a music video today for The Automatic Erasers at the Yucca Tap Room. It was shot on Kodak Stock and the Telecine is going to be done by Cinelicious in Hollywood. More to come >>

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Today a group of friends and I went to the 9th annual Back Alley Film Festival in Tucson for the US premier of There May Be Pleasure. Aside from me it was, Clint, Ragen, Eric, Tara, Jaime and Sherman. Clint, Ragen and I stayed at the Hotel Arizona on the 6th floor. It was a pretty cool 60s/70s ish building that kind of made me feel like I was in the Conversation with Gene Hackman. The rest of the Gang stayed at the historic Hotel Congress.

The Back Alley Film Festival takes place in an alleyway behind Bisonwitches on the University of Arizona campus. 20 films were selected to play at this outdoor event, from Germany, Canada, Spain, Scotland, Ireland, and the US. Before watching the screenings we all got sandwiches and drinks.

After the screening we returned to Hotel Congress. We had some drinks in the lobby. Inside the hotel, there is also a club. Sherman, Jaime and I went the their dance night, BANG! BANG! Everyone else called it a night. We closed it down dancing and drinking. Afterwards we returned to our respective hotels.

The next day we went to Yoshimatsu. This is my favorite Japanese Restaurant in Tucson. I got an authentic udon bowl and some sides. As usual it was outstanding.

It was a great trip, and I am so happy that so many of my friends were able to join me and I am grateful their support.

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There May Be Pleasure is the story of two college students, Nathan and Keren. While working on a project together for film class, Nathan realizes he is more interested in Keren, than his studies. The story unfolds through a series of sequences Nathan is filming for the project. In each progressive shot, we follow Nathan’s internal dialog as it reveals more of how he feels about Keren.

The filming of There May Be Pleasure utilized many different techniques for its visual effects. The image was filmed directly off the projector screen, footage was also scanned, manipulated and filmed off an lcd, net filtration was used to differentiate imagination from reality and the film was shot chronologically utilizing all ‘first takes’, for a completely in camera edit.

SCREENINGS

• Straight 8 Art and 8 of the Best - Official Selection - London, United Kingdom - January 29, 2007
• Pumelo Independent Film Festival - Official Selection - Mumbai, India - March 20, 2007
• Back Alley Film Festival - Official Selection - Tucson, Arizona, USA - May 26th, 2007
• Strawberry Super 8 Festival - Official Selection (OOC) - Cambridge, United Kingdom - June 2nd, 2007
• SUPER 8 MM FESZTIVAL - Official Selection - Szeged, Hungary - September 7, 2007
• AZAdigitalCINEMAfestival - Official Selection - Cinema Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece - October 6, 2007
• Kodak & Milano Cinema Super 8 Film Festival Italy - Official Selection - Milan, Italy - October 24, 2009

Read the production journal for There May Be Pleasure on page 16 and 17 of the 03/2008 issue of SmallFormat magazine. The journal was published as part of the “My Film Diary” promotional campaign sponsored by Kodak.

There May Be Pleasure is distributed by Ouat! Media of Toronto, Canada. For sales information, please contact: Jessica Klement, t: +1 416 979 7380 ext. 2115

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