LETTERS From CAMP Rehoboth |
CAMP Film |
by Rob Rector |
Where Are They Now?
It is summer, which means November is right around the corner. That sentence can seem a bit jarring, but, rest assured, the staff and board of the Rehoboth Beach Film Society is thinking just that in preparation of the 2004 Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival. It has been a full seven years since the first festival, and I wanted to give the readers of Letters a little update on some of their favorite films and directors from the Inaugural Film Festival in 1998. Think of this as a "Where are they now? Rehoboth Film Fest Edition." The Thief: A Russian drama which was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe. Now: Soviet-born director Pavel Chukhraj went on to direct a short called Children from the Abyss, which was featured in the acclaimed documentary multinational miniseries Broken Silence. Lead actor Vladamir Mashkov starred in the Gene Hackman-Owen Wilson actioner Behind Enemy Lines. The Thief is available on DVD. Who the Hell is Juliette?: The documentary won top honors at the 1998 Sundance. Now: Director Carols Marcovich has since worked the lens for the Oliver Stone documentary Comman-dante. The film is available through Kino Video. Doing Time for Patsy Cline: The country-swing favorite of the festival. Now: Director Chris Kennedy is putting the final touches on A Man's Gotta Do, an Australian comedy about a man who will go to great lengths to keep his family together. Star Richard Roxburgh, who played the hunky lead, has been rather busy, co-starring in Mission Impossible II, Moulin Rouge!, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Van Helsig. Lead actress Miranda Otto has also kept her plate full, co-starring in What Lies Beneath, and, most importantly, as Eowyn in the Lord of the Rings films. Lilies: The film, set in the '50s, focused on love and jealousy between two male childhood friends. Now: Director John Greyson has since directed episodes of Showtime version of Queer as Folk. Lilies is available on DVD through Wolfe video. Pi: The trippy winner of Best Director honors at Sundance in 1998. Now: Director Darren Aronofsky directed the wildly acclaimed Requiem for a Dream and is currently tagged to resurrect the Batman film franchise. Smoke Signals: The film based on the writings of Native American author Sherm an Alexie. Now: The film made a star out of Adam Beach, who has since gone on to co-star in Mystery, Alaska, the John Woo action film Windtalkers and is wrapping up the Native American thriller Sawtooth. Smoke Signals is available on DVD. Lawn Dogs: Another festival favorite about the relationship between a young girl and a down-and-out gardener. Now: Mischa Barton, who played the loveable little Devon, is now sexing it up on the small screen on The O.C. Sam Rockwell, who played lead Trent, has made quite a dent in Hollywood, making memorable roles in The Green Mile, Galaxy Quest, Charlie's Angels, Matchstick Men and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. He is currently filming A Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, as Zaphod Beeblebrox. Director John Duigan is finishing Head in the Clouds, with Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz and Stuart Townsend. Lawn Dogs is available on DVD. And of course, our infamous first-year host, John Waters, who was already quite the celeb, is now ready to assault our senses again with A Dirty Shame, about sex addicts in suburban Baltimore. The film was slapped with a NC-17 rating and stars Tracy Ullman, Johnny Knoxville, Selma Blair and Chris Isaak. Waters calls this his "cunnilingus concussion comedy," (I'm not sure how that is possible, but, I'm sure he'll explain). In the following weeks, I'll continue to scout out the best from the fest and provide you all the info of works in progress, blockbusters, or bits of trivia from past festival films. Rob Rector is co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Rehoboth Beach Film Society. |
LETTERS From CAMP Rehoboth, Vol. 14, No. 7 June 18, 2004 |