[Fredslist] Film Festival Review of Winning Entrants

[Raj Goel, CISSP]

And let's not overlook that Gothamite Irwin Kirschenbaum had an un-credited cameo in "My Nose"!

--Raj

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Fred Klein <fklein at kleinzelman.com> wrote:

>
>Gothamite Odey Raviv has captured the essence of last night in the
>following review of the winning entrants.  Thanks you Odey for your
>great
>work on deadline.  Press Pass, credentials and license plates to
>follow!
>
>The 2012 edition of the Gotham Film Festival was held at the Friars
>Club on
>Wednesday evening, June 12 2012.  The full house saw an impressive
>slate of
>films.  The Documentary category and the Original/Scripted program of
>12
>finalists consisted of films that were entertaining, inspiring,
>informative, tantalizing, and whimsical.
>
>The winner of the "Express" (under 3 minutes) Documentary was A
>Portrait of
>Diana White by the college film student, Victoria DeMartin.  The film
>captures Diana White's life long passion for ballet in a thoughtful
>presentation.  We see the Diana White of today teaching ballet to
>enthusiastic youngsters.  Ms. DeMartin weaves in footage of ballerina
>White
>dancing with the New York City Ballet (NYCB) company as a young
>featured
>dancer. The filmmaker is able to capture Diana White's passion for
>ballet
>in revealing interviews.  Ms. White glows as she tells of her first
>meeting
>with George Balanchine, the renowned leader of  NYCB.   The ecstasy
>that
>ballet has brought to Diana White's life was captured in this short
>documentary.
>
>In the winner of the Original "Express" film, Sleeping With Mortals, 
>Dante
>Russo masters the "new genre" of book trailer.  His film is a promo for
>the
>novel, Sleeping with Mortals by Cathrine Goldstein.  Mr. Russo is able
>to
>tell us so much about Cadden Jones, the New York mistress, played by
>Victoria Messing.  With his camera and clever editing, the filmmaker
>reveals both the young woman's optimism and her depression.  Cutting
>between black and white flashbacks of her past and very colorful scenes
>of
>today, Mr. Russo has inspired us to pick up the book or at least wait
>to
>see the feature length movie.  Ms. Goldstein has sold the film rights
>for
>Sleeping With Mortals.
>
>The winner of the Documentary "Local" (under 10 minutes) was My Nose by
>Gayle Kirschenbaum.  The film focuses on the question of whether the
>filmmaker "needs" a nose job to find happiness.  Ms. Kirschenbaum's
>mother
>plays the role of the villain as she insists that her daughter has
>always
>been damaged by the bump on her nose.  The film is able to explore this
>mother-daughter relationship with both humor and pathos.  We see
>hilarious
>consultations with plastic surgeons and fascinating interviews with men
>on
>the street about the nose.  The question of whether the nose job will
>lead
>to happiness and marriage is handled cleverly by the creative reaction
>shots that Ms. Kirschenbaum employed.  The opening of the movie with
>the
>fifth profile of the filmmaker on Mt. Rushmore promises us a comedic
>journey.  Ms. Kirschenbaum easily delivers the laughs but the movie is
>so
>provocative that My Nose is being developed as a full-length
>documentary.
>It will surely be an important tool in healing mother-daughter and
>family
>relationships.
>
>In the winner of the Original "Local", Inanimate Copject, James Pilott
>stretches the typical cop-crime genre into a world of fantasy and
>lunacy.
>Mr. Pilott is able to bring on the laughs with a clever script that
>twists
>cliches and features good performances by his cast.  Our hero cop is
>able
>to talk to and hear "objects".  The movie opens with a very funny scene
>of
>a toaster talking.  We quickly switch to a crime scene and see some
>frustrated detectives.  The dialogue is snappy and loaded with cliche
>bending nuance. Mr. Pilott uses clever special effects to have walls
>and
>closets deal with their conflicts while offering clues to the crime.
>Toilets spew hilarious insights about which contents they can tolerate
>more
>easily.  The toilet's clues are uncovered and we find out that the
>crime
>involves sex trafficking. The filmmaker keeps the laughs coming as he
>moves
>to a typical "cop" bar and has the female cop make her play for our
>hero.
>The wit and snappy dialogue has to be heard to be appreciated. 
>According
>to Mr. Pilott our hero has "chips on both soldiers", but to us he is
>loveable.  The laughs in viewing Inanimate Copject kept the audience in
>stitches.
>
>Odey Raviv
>
>
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