In January I blogged about how Paulo Coelho was allowing his book The Witch of Portobello to be adapted by filmmakers and allowing them to compete for a $3,000 Euro prize. Each filmmaker had to apply and if selected, had
The Dark Knight
This past Wednesday Flashpoint Academy was one of the sponsors of the Chicago premiere of The Dark Knight. The film was shot in Chicago last summer and the premiere was held at the Navy Pier Imax theater. As one of
We’ve Got a Winner!
About a month ago a group of Flashpoint students participated in the Chicago 48 Hour Film Project, and last Saturday night their film, Urn Doctor, M.D. won the Audience Prize for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing.
It Ain’t Over Until It’s Over…
… Yogi Berra supposedly said that about the importance of playing hard through all nine innings of a baseball game because you don’t know how it will turn out until the game is complete. It ain’t over until it’s over,
What’s It All About?
A few weeks ago on NPR’s Fresh Air, they played a 1997 interview between Roger Ebert and Martin Scorsese done at Ohio State University. The two men are discussing Raging Bull– they played two clips from the film on the
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
I finally got around to seeing The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Julian Schnabel’s film about Jean-Dominique Bauby, the editor of Elle magazine who suffered a massive stroke which left him in a condition called “locked-in syndrome.” It’s a terrific
The Protagonist
I saw a remarkable documentary film not long ago called The Protaganist, directed by Jessica Yu. The film interweaves the stories of four unrelated men who have been consumed by their personal journeys. The men: a former German terrorist, an
Florida State University
Last weekend I went to Florida State University where I spoke with a group of film students working on their thesis films. The dumb filmmaker likes nothing better than a road trip, and getting a chance to talk film with
