Documentary explores work of portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman.
Tom Quinn and Tim League’s new distributor has acquired rights to Errol Morris’ new film The B-Side from Submarine Entertainment and plans a June 2 theatrical release.
The B-Side premiered in Telluride and charts the life and work of photographer Elsa Dorfman, who worked in the large Polaroid Land format.
From her studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dorfman photographed Beat poets, Harvard notables and rock stars.
The acquisition follows recent Neon swoops on Racer And The Jailbird and Colossal, as well as Sundance acquisitions Roxane, Roxane, Ingrid Goes West and Beach Rats.
“Elsa is one of my favourite photographers,” Morris said. “Her work is the perfect combination of Renaissance portraiture and dime-store photography.”
The B-Side is presented by Fourth Floor Productions and Moxie Pictures and produced by Steven Hathaway, with Robert Fernandez and Julia Sheehan serving as executive producers.
Tom Quinn and Tim League’s new distributor has acquired rights to Errol Morris’ new film The B-Side from Submarine Entertainment and plans a June 2 theatrical release.
The B-Side premiered in Telluride and charts the life and work of photographer Elsa Dorfman, who worked in the large Polaroid Land format.
From her studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dorfman photographed Beat poets, Harvard notables and rock stars.
The acquisition follows recent Neon swoops on Racer And The Jailbird and Colossal, as well as Sundance acquisitions Roxane, Roxane, Ingrid Goes West and Beach Rats.
“Elsa is one of my favourite photographers,” Morris said. “Her work is the perfect combination of Renaissance portraiture and dime-store photography.”
The B-Side is presented by Fourth Floor Productions and Moxie Pictures and produced by Steven Hathaway, with Robert Fernandez and Julia Sheehan serving as executive producers.
- 2/22/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Errol Morris documentary explores work of portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman.
Tom Quinn and Tim League’s new distributor has acquired rights from Submarine Entertainment and plans a June 2 theatrical release.
The B-Side premiered in Telluride and charts the life and work of photographer Elsa Dorfman, who worked in the large Polaroid Land format.
From her studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dorfman photographed Beat poets, Harvard notables and rock stars.
The acquisition follows recent Neon swoops on Racer And The Jailbird and Colossal, as well as Sundance acquisitions Roxane, Roxane, Ingrid Goes West and Beach Rats.
“Elsa is one of my favourite photographers,” Morris said. “Her work is the perfect combination of Renaissance portraiture and dime-store photography.”
The B-Side is presented by Fourth Floor Productions and Moxie Pictures and produced by Steven Hathaway, with Robert Fernandez and Julia Sheehan serving as executive producers.
Tom Quinn and Tim League’s new distributor has acquired rights from Submarine Entertainment and plans a June 2 theatrical release.
The B-Side premiered in Telluride and charts the life and work of photographer Elsa Dorfman, who worked in the large Polaroid Land format.
From her studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dorfman photographed Beat poets, Harvard notables and rock stars.
The acquisition follows recent Neon swoops on Racer And The Jailbird and Colossal, as well as Sundance acquisitions Roxane, Roxane, Ingrid Goes West and Beach Rats.
“Elsa is one of my favourite photographers,” Morris said. “Her work is the perfect combination of Renaissance portraiture and dime-store photography.”
The B-Side is presented by Fourth Floor Productions and Moxie Pictures and produced by Steven Hathaway, with Robert Fernandez and Julia Sheehan serving as executive producers.
- 2/22/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
In his Oscar-winning 2003 documentary The Fog of War, Errol Morris got former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to reflect on the mistakes made during the Vietnam War. In his new doc, The Unknown Known, Morris, 65, who lives in Cambridge, Mass., with his wife, art historian Julia Sheehan, and their two French bulldogs, tackles another controversial defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld. But the results this time, reflecting Rumsfeld’s unapologetic defense of his actions, are quite different. Why a film about Donald Rumsfeld? I won’t call it an epiphany, but reading Rumsfeld’s book, Known and Unknown, and then
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- 9/9/2013
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Son of documentary maker Errol Morris has gone into the same line of work, albeit with added psychedelic frogs
When people ask Hamilton Morris what he does, he tells them he works in science. "I don't have any desire to explain myself," he says. Which is a shame, because if he did, they'd get a much more outlandish answer. Morris is a 24-year-old psychonaut – that is to say, an explorer in the realm of psychoactive substances. Another way of putting this is that he takes drugs for a living.
Resembling an even-more-attenuated member of the Horrors and talking in a distinctive, deep bass voice with long, drawled vowels that themselves sound narcotised, Morris travels the world in search of new highs. These adventures, which he undertakes with a mix of gonzo abandon and scholarly rigour, are chronicled in the vice.com video series Hamilton's Pharmacopeia.
The highlight is a six-part film called Nzambi,...
When people ask Hamilton Morris what he does, he tells them he works in science. "I don't have any desire to explain myself," he says. Which is a shame, because if he did, they'd get a much more outlandish answer. Morris is a 24-year-old psychonaut – that is to say, an explorer in the realm of psychoactive substances. Another way of putting this is that he takes drugs for a living.
Resembling an even-more-attenuated member of the Horrors and talking in a distinctive, deep bass voice with long, drawled vowels that themselves sound narcotised, Morris travels the world in search of new highs. These adventures, which he undertakes with a mix of gonzo abandon and scholarly rigour, are chronicled in the vice.com video series Hamilton's Pharmacopeia.
The highlight is a six-part film called Nzambi,...
- 6/1/2012
- by Hermione Hoby
- The Guardian - Film News
The documentary-maker talks to Sukhdev Sandhu about working as a private detective, breaking into a mental hospital and the spat with Us beauty queen Joyce McKinney over his new film, Tabloid
This is weird. The documentary film-maker Errol Morris says he likes the Guardian – "It's my favourite paper" – but, sitting in the lobby of a sleekly manicured hotel in New York's SoHo district to talk about his work, it's not clear if he likes documentaries very much. "This is going to get me depressed," he groans. "I feel as if I became a documentary film-maker only because I had writer's block for four decades. There's no other good reason. I don't know what I should be doing. I'm tired of everything – mostly of myself."
It's weird not because Morris is being downbeat – after all, he once had a magazine column entitled The Grump; a typical post on his Twitter account...
This is weird. The documentary film-maker Errol Morris says he likes the Guardian – "It's my favourite paper" – but, sitting in the lobby of a sleekly manicured hotel in New York's SoHo district to talk about his work, it's not clear if he likes documentaries very much. "This is going to get me depressed," he groans. "I feel as if I became a documentary film-maker only because I had writer's block for four decades. There's no other good reason. I don't know what I should be doing. I'm tired of everything – mostly of myself."
It's weird not because Morris is being downbeat – after all, he once had a magazine column entitled The Grump; a typical post on his Twitter account...
- 10/28/2011
- by Sukhdev Sandhu
- The Guardian - Film News
Errol Morris' documentary practically redefines the word quirky. A portrait of four individuals whose careers and passions set them far apart from the mainstream, "Fast, Cheap & Out of Control" is a low-concept cinematic essay that seems more like a satirical magazine article than a film, but it manages to work anyway.
Although not a major effort, it is an entertaining and sometimes moving look at people who march to a different drummer.
The film shows four subjects who are passionate about what they do: Dave Hoover, a lion tamer whose hero is the legendary Clyde Beatty; George Mendonca, a topiary gardener who still works by hand; Ray Mendez, whose specialty is the study of the hairless mole rat; and Rodney Brooks, a scientist specializing in robot research. Each is allowed to present, at length, his ideas about his craft and profession while staring directly into the camera in Morris' trademark style.
Their often humorous and sometimes moving comments are enhanced by film footage of their subjects. Visually, the film is enlivened by cinematographer Robert Richardson's eclectic styles, in which he uses various film stocks and formats to create an often hallucinatory effect (much like the work he did for Oliver Stone in "Natural Born Killers" and "JFK").
What makes the film endearing is Morris' uncondescending attitude toward his subjects; he mines the humorous elements of their passions while celebrating their individuality. Although Morris is less successful at unifying the ideas of the film with any grand or serious theme, he manages to find the romance in the sheer obsessiveness of their endeavors.
FAST, CHEAP & OUT OF CONTROL
Sony Pictures Classics
Director-producer Errol Morris
Co-producers Julia Sheehan,
Mark Lipson, Kathy Trustman
Executive producer Lindsay Law
Director of photography Robert Richardson
Editors Shondra Merrill, Karen Schmeer
Composer Caleb Sampson
Color/stereo
Running time -- 82 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Although not a major effort, it is an entertaining and sometimes moving look at people who march to a different drummer.
The film shows four subjects who are passionate about what they do: Dave Hoover, a lion tamer whose hero is the legendary Clyde Beatty; George Mendonca, a topiary gardener who still works by hand; Ray Mendez, whose specialty is the study of the hairless mole rat; and Rodney Brooks, a scientist specializing in robot research. Each is allowed to present, at length, his ideas about his craft and profession while staring directly into the camera in Morris' trademark style.
Their often humorous and sometimes moving comments are enhanced by film footage of their subjects. Visually, the film is enlivened by cinematographer Robert Richardson's eclectic styles, in which he uses various film stocks and formats to create an often hallucinatory effect (much like the work he did for Oliver Stone in "Natural Born Killers" and "JFK").
What makes the film endearing is Morris' uncondescending attitude toward his subjects; he mines the humorous elements of their passions while celebrating their individuality. Although Morris is less successful at unifying the ideas of the film with any grand or serious theme, he manages to find the romance in the sheer obsessiveness of their endeavors.
FAST, CHEAP & OUT OF CONTROL
Sony Pictures Classics
Director-producer Errol Morris
Co-producers Julia Sheehan,
Mark Lipson, Kathy Trustman
Executive producer Lindsay Law
Director of photography Robert Richardson
Editors Shondra Merrill, Karen Schmeer
Composer Caleb Sampson
Color/stereo
Running time -- 82 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 9/30/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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