Over in the
Director Interviews section of the site is a conversation I had last week with
Craig Zobel, one of our current batch of
25 New Faces, about his fine debut as writer-director,
Great World of Sound. The film is released this Friday, and one of its most memorable moments features
The New National Anthem, a song written by one of the film's characters, Kyndra Kent. The fantastic lyrics were written by Zobel's co-writer,
George Smith, and you can listen to an mp3 of the song
here, as performed by
David Wingo, who wrote the melody.
At the same time, you should definitely check out an
excellent video for the song
Photo Booth by Wingo's band,
Ola Podrida. It was directed by
Michael Tully and stars another director,
Todd Rohal. Both
Tully and
Rohal were in our 25 New Faces last year, and are also both buddies with Zobel's best friend,
David Gordon Green.
Fans of Green's work will know that Wingo first came to prominence with his gorgeous score for
George Washington and has since written music for all of Green's subsequent films. With the recent success of Ola Podrida, who released their debut self-titled album last spring, Wingo has been able to start commissioning promo videos for songs from his album, like Tully's for
Photo Booth. Next up will be
Joe Swanberg's take on the song
Run Off the Road, which stars
Kentucker Audley (another of this year's 25 New Faces). The video was shot while both Swanberg and Audley were in New York for the
IFC Center's recent
The New Talkies: Generation DIY season, and the fruits of their labors should be up at the
Plug Research site by the end of this week. Swanberg wrote me that he is "really proud of it," and I personally can't wait.
# posted by Nick Dawson @ 9/12/2007 08:38:00 PM
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