FILMMAKER SUMMER 2005
VOLUME 13, NUMBER 4
CONTENTS
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25 new faces of independent film
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features 34 PLAYER’S BALL
Scott Macaulay speaks with filmmaker Craig Brewer, who won the Audience Award at Sundance with Hustle & Flow, a gritty love song to the Memphis rap scene and the creative spirit. Plus: Lisa Y. Garibay speaks with star Terrence Dashon Howard and producer Stephanie Allain.
44 SINS OF THE FATHER
Writer-director Ira Sachs puts a new spin on Southern melodrama with his Sundance Grand Jury Prize–winning Forty Shades of Blue. By Caveh Zahedi.
48 MANSION ON THE HILL
Gus Van Sant concludes his trilogy of long-take meditations on mortality with the Kurt Cobain–inspired Last Days. Plus: master sound designer Leslie Shatz. By Peter Bowen.
54 THE ROAD HOME
Phil Morrison’s Junebug has been piling up accolades on the international film festival circuit since its Sundance premiere. By Howard Feinstein.
58 IRON MEN
Jason Guerrasio speaks with directors Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro, who capture the violent heart of quad rugby in Murderball.
62 FRAMED
A hard, wonderful look at the movies in Manny Farber’s legendary film class, as told by former student Barbara Schock.
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66 Filmmaker’s annual survey of new talent.
line items 78 PACKAGING YOUR PROJECT
Nine things you need to know. By Robert Woods.
82 NIGHT VISIONS
Ten directors test Sony’s HD CineAlta camera. By Kerrie Mitchell.
86 ORPHAN WORKS
Michael C. Donaldson on tracking down the owners of all that stuff you want to use in your film.
88 ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Los Angeles Film Festival and Filmmaker’s 2005 Fast Track program. By Tamara Krinsky.
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Player’s Ball
TERRENCE DASHON HOWARD STARSIN CRAIGBREWER’S SUNDANCE SMASH
HUSTLE & FLOW
25 NEW FACES OF INDEPENDENT FILM
IRASACHS’S40 SHADES OF BLUE • GUSVANSANT’SLASTDAYS • PHIL MORRISON’SJUNEBUG
PLUS:MURDERBALL, MANNY FARBER, HOW TO PACKAGE YOURFILM
$5.95 U.S. / $7.95 Canada Summer 2005, Vol. 13, #4
COVER: Hustle & Flow star Terrence Dashon Howard, photographed by Autumn de Wilde. Wardrobe: Shirley Kurata, Makeup: Rebecca Schwedner, Hair: Yvette Shelton, Photo Assistant: Dana Zielinsky, Producer: Ritu Paramesh.
FILMMAKER SUMMER 2005
