The Festival Goes On (Even Though It’s Over)
For those of you like me, which is to say, voracious consumers of all things film and documentary, the folks at the Tribeca Film Festival, in conjunction with the iTunes store, have given us a gift in the form of in-depth podcasts featuring a number of folks Doc fans are sure to want to check out. That includes this week’s Featured Doc Maker subject, Errol Morris. Morris’ newest effort, “Standard Operating Procedure,” will soon be playing at an art house theatre near you. In the podcasts, it’s interesting to hear Morris talk about the craft of documentary filmmaking in such intimate and candid detail. For me, Morris has long been one of the undisputed masters of the doc making craft, and his new film and the Tribeca podcast are each not to be missed. Also, of note is an hour-long Tribeca cast featuring an indepth interview with trailblazing eccentric filmmaker Guy Maddin, who like Orson Welles’ with his infamous “F For Fake” before him, tests the boundaries of the documentary medium with his newest effort and follow-up to his bizarre (and wonderful “Brand Upon the Brain) “My Winnipeg”. So go forth and check out the Tribeca Film Fest offerings under the Podcast section of the iTunes store. I can’t imagine a serious film fan being sorry they did.
