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Leitner’s Mondo 2009
Sundance, Monday
By David Leitner
Yesterday I touched upon some of the reasons the air has been let out
of
Sundance’s balloon this year. And ballooned it has in the past
decade.
Today I’m thinking that this year’s soft attendance is a gift, an
omen that Sundance needs to reinvent itself. Or at least step back and
recalibrate.
After all, 25 years ago American independent films were 16mm,
low-budget, and all but locked out of the box office. While chances of
theatrical success remain as remote today as ever—admittedly there
have been giant strides for documentary, Michael Moore’s body of work
for example, or those penguins—digital technology with its protean
reach, low entry cost and endlessly rising quality has leveled the
playing field as far as production goes. more>>
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New New Frontier
 By Cynthia
Wisehart
I started going to New Frontier on Main before it was called that, when
it was just a warm, dark basement full of chilly festivalgoers and
digital cameras and editing software. There were some classes, panel
discussions, and no cell phone reception unless you went out the door
and into the mall atrium (which now has signage announcing it as the
“Cell Phone Atrium”).
Inside, it’s slicked up too—veering away from any trade show booth
vibe and towards nightclub/art installation. One of the first big
developments was to bring in the online shorts a few years ago; one of
the most fun ways to warm up is to sit at one of the computers in the
moody lighting and browse the shorts. From there you can move on to the
video art installations, check out the irresistable "Artists and
Scientists" segments, play with the "editing gloves", and then choose
from the Microcinema panels; some from Sony, Avid, and Panavision on
technie stuff, plus issues-based panels with a timely focus on
distribution. Oh, and you can see the entire Sony XDCAM lineup in one
place. more>>
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2009 Short Film Patrol:
Instead of Abracadabra
 By Eric Melin
Swedish writer/director Patrik Eklund recently cut a show reel for a
local magician and ended up with four hours of footage of the hapless
man and (more importantly) an idea for a new short film. The result is
Instead of Abracadabra, a very funny and sweet 22-minute short
about a twentysomething slacker who lives with his parents and dreams
of
being a magician.
The trick up Eklund’s sleeve is recognizing that very important
moment
of suspense right before the magician plunges the sword into the box
containing his volunteer. If a magician is truly awful, that person in
the box really should be scared for their life. Since Tomas (Simon
Berger) has already sent his mother to the hospital doing the same
trick, the audience now knows that anything can happen. more>>
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Arlen Faber Director
John Hindman
 John
Hindman didn't have to go the normal route of getting funding for his
independent film before the acquiring the cast. Actor Jeff Daniels
signed on to play the title charatcer, Arlen Faber, after reading
Hindman's script and before the money was even there. "If it weren't
for
Jeff taking a chance on me, a nobody, I would just be a guy who wrote a
screenplay," he says.
Arlen Faber is the story of a reclusive writer who surfaces on
the 20th anniversary his best-selling religious self-help book, and is
competing in the dramatic competetion at Sundance this year. It also
co-stars Lauren Graham, Olivia Thirlby, and Kat Dennings. more>>
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