http://www.deviantpictures.com/trippinmovie Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:13:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to Rabid Dog Press and Wicked Channel for their enthusiastic reviews of TRIPPIN' and the compilation DVD (coming out soon!).  My Sundance report will have to wait until next week as I'm steeped in  production, writing deadlines AND finals for my last semester at the Academy for a spell ... http://www.deviantpictures.com/trippinmovie/2-new-trippin-reviews-other-deviance/ Thanks to R. O'Donnell for a super fun interview over at Static Multimedia where we delve into the story of my own personal zombie apocalypse and reflect upon the current state of the horror genre.  Check it out here: http://staticmultimedia.com/movies/features-interviews-movies/zombies-are-taking-filmmaker-devi-snively-to-sundance http://www.deviantpictures.com/trippinmovie/zombies-on-static-reflections-on-horror/ Happy New Year, All !  And a special thanks to Table Read My Screenplay and Fangoria for their generous support regarding my latest zombie adventure.  Details here: http://www.fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6374:zombies-go-to-sundance-filmmaker-talks&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=167 For those planning to attend Sundance, please let me know so we can hang.  Always a fun time. http://www.deviantpictures.com/trippinmovie/zombies-are-taking-me-to-sundance/ So, after putting a moratorium on Hollywood films earlier this year (in protest to all the soulless, unoriginal garbage I kept subjecting myself to), I finally ventured back to the Arclight to give her another chance.  I’m so glad I did!  THE ARTIST is a wonderfully successful black and white, ... http://www.deviantpictures.com/trippinmovie/hope-for-hollywood-a-2011-movie-recap/ It's not ironic but, only weeks after I dissed Alanis Morissette and shared my student's humorous essay on "irony"(found HERE), the L.A. Weekly has dissected her semantically offensive song line-by-line.  It's a hoot.  Check it out: http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2011/1/the_worst_song_of_the_90s_a_li.php http://www.deviantpictures.com/trippinmovie/irony-revisited-dissected-and-alanis-publically-dissed/ I'm STILL catching up from an amazing trip to Berlin, but had to take a quick break to share the new trippin' poster (courtesy of Camp Motion Pictures) and our interview with FANGORIA.  Check it out HERE (sorry, you may have to click on the image to see the whole ... http://www.deviantpictures.com/trippinmovie/fangoria-interview-new-trippin-poster/ One of the tracks written with Trippin' in mind was "Don't Waste My Time". Originally demoed in Finland, but later re-record in the studio sessions in London. We had overrun our allocated time, but dedicated to the cause I made the engineer who seemed to have been named after a Nacho ... http://www.deviantpictures.com/trippinmovie/faux/ I've another fun film to share.  Check out the delightful animated "Slimtime" HERE. People had told me Berlin is magic.  Now I understand.  As I see the old, the new, the saved, and the mostly destroyed, I gain ever more insight into things I’d only previously read about.   The impact’s far ... http://www.deviantpictures.com/trippinmovie/life-beyond-the-wall-%e2%80%93-berlin-day-2/ Perhaps I’ve been out of the loop, but I just discovered a wonderful Youtube gem that was screened as part of Interfilm’s opening night kick-off.  Watch it HERE.  You'll thank me.  It’s even more fun on a giganto screen amidst an audience of thousands.  Scroll down for more awesome films ... http://www.deviantpictures.com/trippinmovie/%e2%80%9cawkward-humor-iggy-pop-sing-alongs%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-berlin-day-1/ Wow!  Berlin is another world and DOLORES is in AMAZING company.  Last night I attended Interfilm's wild kick-off party.  The films were positively mind-blowing!  I've also developed a new appreciation for SNL's SPROCKETS after the delightfully bizarre opening ceremony.  What a wonderful world we live in! I'm off now to ... http://www.deviantpictures.com/trippinmovie/live-from-berlin/