After his first feature “Munyarangabo”, shot in Rwanda, director Lee Isaac Chung returned to the United States to make his second film, this time inspired by the poem “Lucky Life”, written by Gerald Stern. In interviews, the filmmaker mentions how he found himself captivated by the emotional journey of the poem, which reminded him of his life, witnessing several of his friends battling cancer, as he tells Indiewire. Many of the techniques he had used in his previous work, he utilized again in this production, for example, letting the actors and actresses improvise some of their dialogue, thus creating a more natural flow and rhythm to the narratives and the overall development of their characters. In the end, “Lucky Life” managed to manifest his reputation as one of the leading figures withing US-American indie cinema, with the movie premiering at Tribeca Film Festival in 2010 and from then on, being screened at many international festivals.
- 7/16/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Alexa Vega has become a married woman. The 22-year-old actress has exchanged wedding vows with "Napoleon Dynamite" producer Sean Covel on Sunday, October 10. Her representative confirmed to E! News, "Yes they got married today at the Homestake Opera House in Lead, South Dakota."
Meanwhile, Life & Style offered details of the wedding, reporting that the "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over" beauty walked down the aisle "in a gorgeous Ian Stewart gown surrounded by mini calla lilies, cream-spray roses, and gorgeous orchids". Camilla Belle was actually expected to be her bridesmaid, but the ex-girlfriend of Joe Jonas pulled out at the last minute due to sickness.
Jenny Lund from Table 4 decor was hired to give a magical touch to the wedding with ivory fabrics and aspen branches being covered in antique Victorian Christmas ornaments. As for Alexa's ring, an insider said, "Sean bought Alexa a beautiful pave setting with a 2-carat center...
Meanwhile, Life & Style offered details of the wedding, reporting that the "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over" beauty walked down the aisle "in a gorgeous Ian Stewart gown surrounded by mini calla lilies, cream-spray roses, and gorgeous orchids". Camilla Belle was actually expected to be her bridesmaid, but the ex-girlfriend of Joe Jonas pulled out at the last minute due to sickness.
Jenny Lund from Table 4 decor was hired to give a magical touch to the wedding with ivory fabrics and aspen branches being covered in antique Victorian Christmas ornaments. As for Alexa's ring, an insider said, "Sean bought Alexa a beautiful pave setting with a 2-carat center...
- 10/11/2010
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
Welcome back to our Tribeca 2010 Film Festival preview series. Over the next couple weeks, we’ll be featuring a providing trailers and film descriptions, for many of the films that Rudie Obias will be seeing while at the Film Festival. We’ll try to feature smaller, independent films that may not be receiving as much media attention as say, the next Shrek film which also happens to be premiering at Tribeca. Tonight we’re highlighting Lee Isaac Chung’s film, Lucky Life.
Lucky Life will be screening on April 23rd, 28th, and 30th. For complete times and locations, visit the Tribeca Film Festival website. You can also visit the film’s website, or become a fan of the film on Facebook.
Again, be sure to follow Rudie on Twitter, to stay up to date as to what he’s watching, and what it’s like to attend the Tribeca Film Festival.
Lucky Life will be screening on April 23rd, 28th, and 30th. For complete times and locations, visit the Tribeca Film Festival website. You can also visit the film’s website, or become a fan of the film on Facebook.
Again, be sure to follow Rudie on Twitter, to stay up to date as to what he’s watching, and what it’s like to attend the Tribeca Film Festival.
- 4/6/2010
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
At the Movies may be closing up shop, but the legacy of Roger Ebert continues on. This week, the titles were announced for the 12th annual Ebertfest, held at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, not far from the campus of the University of Illinois. Members of his movie club were informed a few days ago, but the film schedule has now been announced on the fest's website for every cinema lover to salivate over.
The festivities kick off in mind-melting fashion on Wednesday, April 21 with a 70mm presentation of Alan Parker's Pink Floyd: The Wall. If your faculties are intact after that you may want to stick around to see Roy Andersson's You, The Living with actress Jessika Lundberg and Assistant Director/Production Manager, Johan Carlsson, in attendance.
Thursday brings audiences Munyurangabo with writer/director Lee Isaac Chung, co-writer/producer, Sam Anderson and co-producer Jenny Lund, The New Age...
The festivities kick off in mind-melting fashion on Wednesday, April 21 with a 70mm presentation of Alan Parker's Pink Floyd: The Wall. If your faculties are intact after that you may want to stick around to see Roy Andersson's You, The Living with actress Jessika Lundberg and Assistant Director/Production Manager, Johan Carlsson, in attendance.
Thursday brings audiences Munyurangabo with writer/director Lee Isaac Chung, co-writer/producer, Sam Anderson and co-producer Jenny Lund, The New Age...
- 3/28/2010
- by Erik Childress
- Cinematical
- The 2007 AFI Fest ended with the screening of Love in the Time of Cholera and the announcement of this year's winners with the politically correct choice of Munyurangabo, an uneven drama set in Rwanda by a Korean-American director was a surprise given the strong line up this year. The tie between Operation Filmmaker and Afghan Muscles was justified, both were evocative and timely, dealing with an Iraqi film student and the other about Afghan body builders. Winners pictured above are: From left to Right: Jenny Lund (Munyurangabo), Nash Edgerton (Spider), Lauren Greenfield (Kids + Money), Jeffrey Schwarz (Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story), Andreas Mol Dalsgaard (Afghan Muscles), Micheal Addis (Heckler). The line up was one of the strongest in years including many films from Cannes (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Persepolis, Silent Light, Jellyfish, Caramel, Secret Sunshine and others) and Berlin (Irina Palm, The
- 11/13/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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