Playing a supporting character in Sean Durkin's brilliant film debut Martha Marcy May Marlene, actor Brady Corbet's "recruiter" character is the only player to cross into the feature from Durkin's previous short film, the linked, Cannes-winning Mary Last Seen. Corbet is in a rather interesting phase in his career.
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile (June 2011), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of all-time favorite films. This month we asked Anthony Burns, the filmmaker behind the Sundance selected Skateland to share his list with us. Enjoy!
A handful of 80's pictures including Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, and American Graffiti were used for reference but the overall
'look' and 'feel' is very contemporary. Our story is universal in time and place and the aesthetics of the film do dilute that.
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle was the big winner at the 5th edition of Gopo Awards (Romania's film industry honours) last night, winning seven awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Florin Şerban) and Best Supporting Actress (Clara Vodă).