Yesterday, I posted how Edward Burns has found inspiration in the classics, or at least in the classics' trailers. I get a huge kick from his "remakes" that he has created around his new film NICE GUY JOHNNY. "Homages" to the greats are both funny to watch and a great discovery tool. So if you had a jones for more after yesterday's serving of Antonioni's L'AVVENTURA, why stop there? Here's Eddie's remake of Godard's CONTEMPT:
And of course, the original:
NICE GUY JOHNNY opens everywhere on all platforms October 26th.
Okay, let's let the the great movies be the great movies (at least for now), but who says we can't have fun with their various extensions? Eddie Burns is on a role. He's always gotten a great deal of inspiration from the greats. THE BROTHERS McMULLEN had a bit of Woody Allen -- in Irish drag -- as it's patron saint. He's found new inspiration and energy from an embrace of DIY and social media, and as much as he's looking forward, he's drawing on the past. To get us all ready for his new film NICE GUY JOHNNY (opening on all platforms Oct. 26), Eddie has looked at the greatest movies ever made, but hey he's a busy guy, so he doesn't have time to watch the whole feature and has settled on the trailers.
Does this trailer remind you of anything you've seen before?
It should, because it is L'Avventura. Eddie won't leave it there either; he's got more to remake. This sort of inspired homage, playful and accessible, is a great example of the sort of innovative approaches filmmakers embrace when there is no corporate overlord lurching above. You can picture that soon, we will be able to see the entire Criterion collection's trailers remade by Indie filmmakers having fun as they seek new ways to aid audiences in discovering their work. And hey and if it brings a few fans back to the classics as a result of recognizing the originals..., that ain't so bad either.
The San Francisco Film Society wrapped its 56th San Francisco International Film Festival
with 263 screenings of 158 films from 51 countries, which were attended
by over 210 filmmakers and industry guests from over 21 countries
around the globe. During its 15-day run, SFIFF56 showed 67 Narrative
Features, 28 Documentary Features and a total of 63 short films.
This
year the International awarded over $70,000 in prizes—one of the
largest cash totals distributed by a U.S. film festival—to emerging and
established filmmakers from ten countries around the world. Below are
the award winning films.
Due to unprecedented
demand, Steven Soderbergh has given The San Francisco Film Society
permission to release this video that was recorded initially only for
archival purposes. The full transcript is also provided.
