RiverRun coverage to feature interview with Oscar nominated screenwriter
Here is a run down of stories that ModernFilmZine reporter Michael Knox gathered during his trip to Winston-Salem, N.C. for the RiverRun International Film Festival. Knox will be working on writing up the interviews over the course of the next few weeks so keep checking in to see what interviews are posted.
* An interview with Oscar nominated script writer Guillermo Arriaga who penned, “21 Grams,” “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” and “Babel.” Arriaga discusses his directorial debut with his new movie, “The Burning Plain,” featuring Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger.
* An interview with Peter Phok, the producer of the comedy horror movie “I Sell the Dead,” which features “Hellboy” actor Ron Pearlman with Dominic Monaghan from the T.V. series, “Lost” and the “Lord of the Rings” movies.
* An interview with Paul Osborne, the director of the documentary, “Official Rejection,” a comedic look at the trials filmmakers have to go through when they enter the arena that is the film festival circuit. The interview will also feature Osborne’s star Scott Storm, who directed, “Ten Til Noon,” and suffers through the film festival circuit for viewers entertainment.
* An interview with Marc Webb, the director of “500 Days of Summer,” a quirky romantic comedy featuring Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
* An interview with Ramin Bahrani, who directed, “Goodbye Solo,” following up on his success with “Man Push Cart” and “Chop Shop.”
* An interview with Richard Clabaugh, who directed, “Eyeborgs,” which features Danny Trejo and “Highlander” actor Adrian Paul.
* An interview with Jimmy Greenway, one of the producers on the documentary, “Art & Copy,” which shows a behind the scenes look at the creative side of advertising. It sounds like a boring subject, until you take a look at the world the movie explores and the people who push to make it better.
* A review of “Shall We Kiss,” a French comedy, that would almost be considered an anti-romantic movie about why two people should never kiss.
* A review of “World’s Greatest Dad,” a dark comedy featuring Robin Williams as a father of an ungrateful child. Williams plays the straight man in this offbeat comedy.
* And a review of “Il Divo” the story of The story of Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, who has been elected to Parliament seven times since is was established in 1946. The movie is a mafia movie disguised as a political thriller.
