The Scene: 11/12/07
By John Oak Dalton • Nov 12th, 2007 • Category: News
There may be no unreleased film more worthy of the highest esteen in the geek pantheon than 5-25-77, Patrick Read Johnson’s autobiographical tale of that fateful day that Star Wars came out (but Planet of the Apes gets its props as well). I slavered over this trailer at Microcinema Fest a few years ago and, having been there when we lined up at the Northwest Plaza the first time it happened, thought it hit a pitch-perfect note. Check out the old-school vibe at the newly-launched site.
The inaugural Alt-Film Fest has landed documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald (Outfoxed, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price) as the keynote speaker. Other participants include Matt Pizzolo (Threat), Joanna Angel, and Curt Johnson. Greenwald presents at Border’s Books in Westwood California on Friday November 16.
GoTV and Google Video are two of the sponsors of the Century City Cellphone Fest, which is accepting shorts fifteen seconds to three minutes in length. The Fest is a fundraiser for the Minorities in Broadcasting Training Program. A variety of cool prizes are offered, including a chance for a spin on GoTV.
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John Oak Dalton is a Community Television Station Manager by day, and a DIY acolyte by night. In the 80s he made Super-8 movies and his own basement mix tapes. In the 90s he hosted a cable-access show and made his own zines and minicomics. In the 21st Century he began working with grassroots video and microcinema and writing b-movies, and has more than a dozen projects on the shelf, on screen, in development, or in production.
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