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20th Philadelphia Film Festival – Race to the Bottom of the Earth
Surprisingly compelling considering it's basically one man talking into a video camera about frost bite, broken camping stoves, broken skies, whiteout conditions, and calling his wife each night with sometimes incoherent reports of the day.
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20th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival Coverage 2011 Part 3 of 3
Wikipedia: Colin Clark (9 October 1932 – 17 December 2002) was a British writer and filmmaker who specialized in films for cinema and television about the arts. He was the son of the art historian Lord Clark of Saltwood (Sir Kenneth Clark), and the younger brother of the Conservative politician and military historian Alan Clark, with whom he was not always on good terms.[1]Born in London, he was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. From 1951 to 1953 he did National Service as a pilot officer in the Royal Air Force.[2] Colin Clark’s first job on leaving university was as an assistant director on the film The Prince…
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Lebanon, PA (19th Philly Film Fest)
Seeing Philadelphia as a backdrop in film should no longer be novel, after all Philly has become a real movie town! Still there’s always a sense of fun surrealism when seeing the streets you walk along everyday up on the big screen; so I wanted to see the movie Lebanon, PA for that reason, as I knew the opening scenes took place around Rittenhouse Square. I also wanted to see it because I like relationship films. Will (Josh Hopkins) a man who’s never kept in touch with his extended family, only 2 hours away, now finds himself being a part of his young, pregnant cousin’s life. To read complete commentary,…
