GC article roundup. 4.

Nothing revives a moribund feature like necessity. Rounding up articles again because you need to know about David D'Arcy's interview with David Cronenberg. In a word: comprehensive. The Davids spoke at length a few weeks ago about Cronenberg's entire oeuvre, from the earliest "films" (as opposed to what Cronenberg calls his first "movie," Shivers) through A History of Violence and the upcoming TV series based on Dead Ringers, with several philosophical asides along the way.

David also rounds up the highlights of the recent International Festival of Films on Art in Montreal and talks with Danielle Schirman, who makes documentaries on objects whose designs have made such a profound impact on our lives we never even think about them. Also: A talk with Michael Winterbottom about Tristram Shandy and with Kevin Willmott (CSI: The Confederate States of America).

More interviews since the last roundup:

• John Esther with Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now), Felicity Huffman (Transamerica), Marc Rothemund and Julia Jentsch (Sophie Scholl).

• Jay Kuehner with Béla Tarr (Werckmeister Harmonies).

• Sean Axmaker with Gavin Hood (Tsotsi), Pablo Berger (Torremolinos '73) and Paul Provenza (The Aristocrats).

• Jonathan Marlow with Carlos Reygadas (Battle in Heaven) and Robert Taicher (Shut Yer Dirty Little Mouth).

• Hannah Eaves with Eugene Jarecki (Why We Fight) and James Longley (Gaza Strip and Iraq in Fragments).

I've saved mention of that one for last in order to slickly segue into another mention, namely, that GreenCine is sponsoring the opening night screening of Iraq in Fragments at the Seattle Arab and Iranian Film Festival on Friday (the fest runs through April 6).

Posted by dwhudson at March 29, 2006 5:37 AM