Even though Homer’s The Odyssey has been performed, filmed, edited and adapted several times and it’s been on many a high school reading list, it’s still a work that falls into the “I was supposed to read it, but never did” realm. Most of us know the general outline of the story because we’ve been [Read More]
I’ve been dabbling in film in some way or another for the last 16 years, ever since I bought a word processor (couldn’t afford a computer at the time) and picked up my first screenwriting book to start teaching myself proper screenplay formatting. In that time I’ve learned a lot, but I’ll admit that quite [Read More]
Bret Wood is an example of an atypical filmmaker for the Atlanta scene. He’s a scholar of classic film and someone bold enough to make period pieces on an ultra-low budget. The fact that he’s also been an enthusiastic participant in the popular community film activities like the 48 Hour Film Project right next to the weekend warrior auteurs [Read More]
Over on The Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy they asked legendary producer Roger Corman, who’s been in the biz for five decades plus, why low budget films, aka B-Movies, have all but disappeared from theaters. Since the 1990s, the B-Movie has largely been absent from screens and for a while, to varying levels of success, saw new [Read More]
Independent filmmaker Joseph Stovall has said, “Atlanta has a GREAT Film Community.” I definitely agree with that sentiment, but Joseph is also quick to challenge that same community to do better while not being frozen by the daunting tasks of doing so that it keeps them from simply doing it. [Read More]