World Premiere of “LEMMY” @ SXSW

Last night I took in the world premiere of Wes Orshoski and Greg Olliver’s “LEMMY” - a doc on Motorhead lead singer Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister. To be honest - I knew very, very little about Motorhead or its lead singer going into the event, and didn’t have much interest in changing that. Motorhead to me has always simply been my uncle Paul’s all-time favourite band, and attending the premiere was more or less done out of a favour to him, who had really, really wanted to make it down to Austin for it (yesterday just so happened to be his birthday, so it would have been a spectacular way for him to celebrate it). But it was quite clear Paul was not alone in his passionate fandom - the packed audience at the Paramount Theater acted like they were witnessing something really monumental throughout the doc (bursts of applause happened liked every 5 minutes), which was pretty straightforward and had a thesis that was basically “Lemmy is fucking awesome.”

But it was interesting to all of a sudden feel pretty informed on a family member’s obsession - and about someone who obviously has made a serious impression on music. So while it’s too bad you couldn’t make it down here, Paul, here’s video of the Q&A, for whatever that’s worth. Happy birthday.

thelostboy posted to Clips, Film Festivals on March 16, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Jeffrey Tambor’s SXSW Acting Workshop

Yesterday I posted this story detailing one of the most bizarrely inspirational film festival events I’ve ever witnessed: Jeffrey Tambor’s acting workshop at SXSW. Met on stage at the Austin Convention Center by the stars of Bryan Poyser’s “Lovers of Hate” - Chris Doubek and Heather Kafka - Tambor continued an annual tradition at SXSW, by taking two actors from a film at the festival and getting them to reenact a scene from the film. What resulted was a partly hilarious, and at times surprisingly affecting experience for the audience, and for Doubek and Kafka.

I videotaped as much of the event as I could (though quite poorly as my seats were a bit back and my wrists occasionally got quite sore trying to get the best possible image)... I’m sure SXSW will eventually post the event in its entirety with much better quality of image, but in the meantime enjoy this for what it’s worth:

thelostboy posted to Clips, Film Festivals on March 16, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Michel Gondry @ SXSW

I’ve been a bad, bad blogger since I arrived in Austin Saturday morning. And my excuse is basically this: SXSW - and Austin itself - is a really, really fun place to be with endless films, panels, and parties, and the last thing I wanted to be doing this weekend was sitting in a dark room on my laptop. But hopefully I’ll find a happy medium from this point forward (I’m here for another week), and I do have plenty of videos to put up from the weekend… First off being the fascinating Q&A with Michel Gondry (moderated by John Pierson) that took place Saturday night after a screening of the equally fascinating “The Thorn In The Heart,” Gondry’s deeply personal doc about his schoolteacher aunt and her relationship with her son (and to an extent, Gondry himself):

thelostboy posted to Clips, Film Festivals on March 15, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Julianne Moore in London

Here’s six clips audio clips from Julianne Moore’s sit down chat at the London Film Festival with Briony Hanson (director of London’s The Script Factory, a organization which offers programs for developing filmmakers). I was so far back that posting Julianne’s face over the embarrassing actual video was necessary, but try and enjoy anyway.. One clip here, the other five after the jump.

thelostboy posted to Film Festivals on October 26, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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“London Moves Me”

4,000+ Londoners (and this Canadian) showed up at Trafalgar Square last night for the London Film Festival’s special outdoor screening “London Moves Me,” a celebration of London’s transport through over 20 films from the BFI National Archive and London’s Screen Archives. With live piano accompaniment by Neil Brand, Londoners braved some somewhat chilly weather to cheer through films that toured London’s transport - trains, buses and bicycles, skateboard, airship and canoe - from 1896 to 2009. It was an impressive display of civil pride, I must say…