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2009 WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL
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Dear Friends We'd like to take a moment to thank you for your past support. We recognize that without you, the Woodstock Film Festival (WFF) could not conitnue and that Hudson Valley Film Commission (HVFC) would not be able to attract and support regional film production. The 10th Annual Woodstock Film Festival has come and gone. By many accounts it was our biggest success yet! We presented over 150 events and saw tremendous participation from filmmakers, industry members and filmgoers. Screening highlights included Up in the Air, The Messenger, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Me and Orson Welles, Garbage Dreams, Junior, October Country, to name a few. Festival guests featured emerging filmmakers and A-list talent including Steve Buscemi, Jonathan Demme, Vera Farmiga, Giancarlo Esposito, Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Ethan Hawke, Ted Hope, Barbara Kopple, Richard Linklater, Lucy Liu, Uma Thurman and many others. |
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| CRUDE is set to screen at Upstate Films beginning Friday, December 4th. Director Joe Berlinger will be attending an exclusive screening in association with the Woodstock Film Festival followed by a special Q&A on Sunday, December 6 at 2pm. Three years in the making, this cinéma-vérité feature from acclaimed filmmaker Joe CRITICS ARE CALLING CRUDE...: “A fascinating case study of real world political action.” - Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times “A powerhouse of a documentary! This one means to shake you. And in Berlinger’s hands, it does.”
-Peter Travers, Rolling Stone |
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| 2010 nominations were announced Tuesday Dec 1st. WFF would like to congratulate all the nominees and wish them luck, including the following 2009 (and 2008) Woodstock Film Festival Official participants and friends: WFF is also incredibly proud and thrilled that two part time Ulster County residents were honored with nominations. |
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| The Woodstock Film Festival would like to congratulate friend, advisory board member and Woodstock resident, Leon Gast on the World Premiere of his latest documentary SMASH HIS CAMERA, scheduled for 2010's Sundance Film Festival. The documentary, which will screen in the US Documentary Competition is the story of notorious, reviled paparazzo Ron Galella who opened a Pandora’s Box of issues from right to privacy, freedom of the press and the ever-growing vortex of celebrity worship. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sued him and Marlon Brando broke his jaw. "We tried to make it so that audiences would not just be looking at stills," said Gast by telephone. "We tried to do something artistic and Woodstock was a great setting for that. The producers loved coming up here, and eating at The Bear and other places in town. We were about to do just about all the post production in my studio, which is fifty feet from the house. The editor was Doug Abel [also from Woodstock]. He's probably the best editor I've worked with in my 40-50 years in the business. Justin Martinez was assistant editor and he did some second unit photography and much more. It was a real pleasure." Gast is known for making such seminal documentaries as HELL'S ANGELS FOREVER and the Oscar-winning chronicle of the 1974 landmark fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, WHEN WE WERE KINGS (1996). He is especially noted for presenting his subjects with rare compassion and insight. STAY TUNED for many more Sundance announcements involving local filmmakers |
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DAVID LYNCH TELEVISION PRESENTS SHORT FILM PATH LIGHTS by By Emily Riemer from Paste Magazine.com The film is based on a short fiction work of same name by Tom Drury, published in The New Yorker in Oct. 2005. Drury also co-wrote the screenplay adaptation of the comedy-noir story, which is set in Southern California and centers on Bobby, played by John Hawkes (The Perfect Storm). Bobby is a voice actor who is out walking his dogs in the Pasadena arroyo when a beer bottle falls out of the sky and almost hits him on the head, launching him on an admittedly specious investigation of the bottle-dropping culprit, which leads him on a bizarre and circuitous internal and external journey. Lynch is a vocal proponent of Transcendental Meditation techniques, and he launched DLF.tv, an online TV channel to showcase “high quality video content” that “celebrates consciousness, creativity and bliss.” In consideration of what aficionados often say is an anti-cinematic way to watch a film, director Sluser has offered some tips so that viewers will properly appreciate his artistic effort. Sluser encourages users to view the film in full screen and HD mode, to turn off instant messenger and other noisemaking applications, and to listen on headphones instead of through laptop speakers, which won’t pick up all of the lower-frequency sounds. In addition to offering a platform from which to showcase PATH LIGHTS, DLF.tv came to the set of the film for two of the four-and-a-half day shoot this past May in order to capture some footage for several exclusive, behind-the-scenes featurettes now available on its website. Watch the behind-the-scenes teaser trailer for Path Lights on DLF.tv: |
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NEW RELEASE FROM NORAH JONES: THE FALL EMI’s Blue Note Records releases Norah Jones' 4th Album. Norah (a part time Ulster County resident) has taken a new direction on the THE FALL, experimenting with different sounds and a new set of collaborators, including Jacquire King, a noted producer and engineer who has worked with Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, and Modest Mouse among others. Jones enlisted several songwriting collaborators, including Ryan Adams and Okkervil River’s Will Sheff, as well as her frequent partner Jesse Harris. Jones also put together a new group of musicians to perform on the album, including drummers Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M.) and James Gadson (Bill Withers), keyboardist James Poyser (Erykah Badu, Al Green), and guitarists Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello) and Smokey Hormel (Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer). |
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GRAMMY NOMINATIONS FOR THE HUDSON VALLEY: Read the entire article by John Barry in the Poughkeepsie Journal Longtime Woodstock resident Levon Helm has earned his second consecutive Grammy nomination - with a nod for "Electric Dirt" - in the 2010 category for Best Americana Album, Vocal or Instrumental. Helm's last album release, "Dirt Farmer," won a 2008 Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album. "This is wonderful," Helm said at about 10:40 p.m. Wednesday night. "This is wonderful. It's a great payback for all the musicians. There is going to be a lot of joy in mudville." Other Nominees include: |
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The UPDATED kindle edition of THE RELUCTANT ADVENTURER Set in Europe during World War II, THE RELUCTANT ADVENTURER follows childhood friends who are drawn into a life of deportation, resistance, forced labor, misery, splendor and love. It is a timeless novel about youth, recklessness, audacity, anguish and friendship. WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT ADVENTURER...: "Rejto writes in a voice that is warm and knowing. A wonderful read." –Details Magazine "Fascinating!" –Peter Medak, film director (The Ruling Class) "It is an impressive and admirable story..." –Michael Korda, novelist "A great read -- the kind of book that stays with you.
This terrifying war-time tale is told though the eyes of a narrator too young
and full of life to be terrified. The Reluctant Adventurer is a story of love,
friendship, and adventure; it is warm and humorous and informative and just a bit magical.... not unlike the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez." |
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Elliot Landy's WOODSTOCK VISION, THE SPIRIT OF A GENERATION, makes a great gift for the holidays with nearly 300 photographs, many of which were never published before. The first part of the book describes Elliot's photographic journey and experiences in the Sixties. His well-known images of Bob Dylan (Nashville Skyline), The Band (Music From Big Pink and The Band), Janis Joplin (Big Brother & The Holding Company: Cheap Thrills), Van Morrison (Moondance), Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and the '69 Woodstock Festival—were a reflection of Elliot's belief that unity of purpose, shared consciousness, and freedom to behave as we wished, coupled with the power of music to liberate the soul, would set people free. The book is not only about rock musicians but also includes unusual images of peace demonstrations and humorous celebrity event photos showing the absurdity of Star worship. This series of photos was taken while working with New York City Underground newspapers in an effort to help create a more just and intelligent society. The second part is a 90-page section of photographs and stories about the Woodstock Festival which preserve the true vision and spirituality of the Festival and the time. It contains personal first-hand accounts from some of the producers, builders, hippies and straights who created and attended the Festival; and describes the spirituality, trials and tribulations, and the sheer joy of being there. It is a celebration of a time that continues to inspire succeeding generations To see some pages from the book and read more about it, and to order a signed copy directly from Elliot, visit http://www.Landyvision.com |
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WOODSTOCK OPEN HOUSE Bar Scott and friends will be singing their hearts out at The Woodstock Artists' Association Museum at 7pm. That's the gallery in the middle of town across from Oriole 9. Be there or be a grouch |
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4th ANNUAL HOLIDAY FIASCO Once again, Peter Schickele, Gilles Malkine and Mikhail Horowitz will not be held liable for soiled pants or wet seats at the fourth consecutive comedy and musical debacle on Saturday, Dec 5 at the Bearsville Theater. To reserve tickets, click here |
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CASINO NIGHT TO BENEFIT LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA This is a great event which is being produced by longtime WFF venue manager Glenn Warnock. It'll take place the night BEFORE New Year’s Eve on December 30, 2009 at the Skytop Steakhouse from 6pm on. For $20, you’ll get to "gamble" with $2000 in chips, then use your winnings to buy tickets for a chance at some fabulous prizes! |
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As we approach the 2009 holiday season, consider stocking up on some colorful mugs (and caps) or frame a limited edition signed Milton Glaser poster for that film or design aficionado in your life. We still have a small number of 10th anniversary t-shirts available as well. |
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Would you like to see YOUR COMPANY LOGO OR BANNER ON THE HEADER OF THIS NEWSLETTER going out to 15,000 monthly? How about on key banners and marketing materials during the 2010 Woodstock Film Festival? If you are interested in becoming a 2010 Woodstock Film Festival sponsor, |
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