Sad news that arrived shortly after this year's SXSW Film Festival was the
sudden death of actress Lily Wheelwright, who starred in
Ry Russo-Young's Orphans. Wheelwright gave a tough and honest performance in the film, which won a Special Jury Prize at the fest.
Here's what writer/director Andrew Bujalski had to say about the movie:
"A sensitive & peculiar pastoral, Orphans manages to derive as much compelling energy from its locations & spaces (of the wide open & claustrophobic variety alike) as from its two terrific lead actresses, a rarity these digital days.
The film will receive a special screening in memory of Wheelwright at New York's IFC Center on Monday, April 30, at 10pm. To purchase tickets
click here. And here is the film's
trailer.
# posted by Scott Macaulay @ 4/28/2007 10:22:00 AM
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I'm confused. What does digital have to do with the lack of good female performances?...
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posted by @ 4/28/2007 7:26 PM
I think the quote refers to the landscapes and backgrounds as being not something a lot of digital films take advantage of.
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posted by Scott Macaulay @ 4/28/2007 8:41 PM
I don't think that's something most celluloid movies take advantage of either. Most filmmakers are solely concerned with covering the performances. This isn't a digital issue, just a directorial one. If anything, digital, with its heightened depth of field, does more for surroundings. The quote wouldn't be as curious if Bujalski wasn't known as one of the few micro-indies to shoot film.
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posted by @ 4/28/2007 8:53 PM
