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I’m ready for my close-up: Shooting Paradise
May 24, 2010
— Resonance FM
I’m ready for my close-up:
Shooting Paradise
Originally broadcast 21/05/10 on Resonance 104.4 FM
Still from Paradise by Michael Almereyda
Alex Fitch talks to Michael Almereyda about his new film Paradise, which is currently screening at the ICA and shows the director’s typically avant-garde approach to the travelogue film by collating his home movie footage from the last decade into a thematic sequence of vignettes about the modern world. Alex also talks to Michael about working with David Lynch on the belated Dracula sequel Nadja, Wim Wenders on the script for Until the end of the world and making Hamlet with Ethan Hawke…
To download / stream this radio interview in a variety of formats, please visit www.archive.org
Links: Buy tickets for Paradise at the ICA
Michael Almereyda pages on Wikipedia and the IMDb
Recommended events:
Solipsistic Pop 2 at Orbital Comics
Contributors: Kristyna Baczynski, Becky Barnicoat, Adam Cadwell, Stephen Collins, Joe Decie, Marc Ellerby, Sally Hancox, Anne Holiday, Tom Humberstone, Philippa Johnson, Daniel Locke, Lizz Lunney, Jack Noel, Mark Oliver, Luke Pearson, Octavia Raitt, Anna Saunders, Julia Scheele, Matthew Sheret, and Matilda Tristram.
Orbital Comics, 8 Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7JA
Ladeez do comics – Cancer and Psychotherapy
In this month’s meeting for female comic book creators and fans of female comic book creators, the guest speakers are: Philippa Perry, Psychotherapist and author of Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy and Ian Williams AKA Thom Ferrier , plus Columba Quigley leading the discussion on our reading book of the month: Our Cancer Year by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner
Monday 24 May 2010, 6.30-8.30pm, The Rag Factory, 16-18 Heneage Street, London E1 5LJ
Please visit the Ladeez’ website for more info
City of Abacus at The Book Club
Throughout May at The Book Club cafe and bar in Hoxton, London there is a month long exhibtion of the art from The City of Abacus by VV Brown and David Allain, illustrated by Emma Price and Lee O’Connor.
Opening hours: 8am-late Mon-Fri, 10am-late Sat/Sun
100 Leonard Street, London EC2 4RH
More info at www.wearetbc.com
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Comics podcasts | Panel Borders and other podcasts reblogged this and added:
[…] Michael Almereyda (Nadja / Shooting Paradise) Gerry Anderson (Thunderbirds / Fireball XL5) Paul W.S. Anderson (Death Race / Event Horizon) Kenneth Anger (Scorpio Rising) – interview by Virginie Sélavy Dario Argento (Suspiria / Tenebre) Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls) Max Bartoli (Atlantis Down) Rex Bloomstein (KZ / An Independent Mind) Marc Caro (The City of Lost Children / Dante 01) Rigoberto Castaneda (KM31) – interview by Virginie Sélavy Joe Dante (Gremlins / The Movie Orgy) Jasmine Dellal (Gypsy Caravan) Maxì Dejoie (The Gerber Syndrome) Dekker Dreyer (The Arcadian) Julian Doyle (Chemical Wedding) – interview by Chris Patmore Gareth Edwards (Monsters) Nick and Marc Francis (Black Gold) Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator / Robot Jox) Peter Greenaway (Nightwatching / The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover) Michel Hazanavicius (OSS 117 – Cairo, Nest of Spies) John Hilcoat (The Road / The Proposition) – interview by Virginie Sélavy Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre / Eggshells) Malcolm Ingram (Small Town Gay Bar) Garth Jennings (The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy / Son of Rambow) Alejandro Jodorowski (El Topo / The Holy Mountain) – interview by Virginie Sélavy Mike Kaplan (Never Apologise – a personal visit with Lindsay Anderson) Danny Kuchuk (Cryptic) Joe Lawlor (Civic Life / Helen) Guy Maddin (The Saddest Music in the World / My Winnipeg) Christine Malloy (Civic Life / Helen) Tesuaki Matsue (Annyong Yumika / Live Tape) – interview by Jasper Sharp Jack Moik (Nydenion) Anders Morgenthaler (Princess) – interview by Virginie Sélavy Paul Morrison (Little Ashes) – interview by Chris Patmore Allan Moyle (Weirdsville / Pump up the volume) Vincenzo Natali (Cube / Splice) Park Chan-Wook (Oldboy / I’m a Cyborg, but it’s okay) Sally Potter (Orlando / Rage) – interview by Sophie Mayer Mark Price (Colin) Christophe Van Rompaey (Moscow, Belgium) Eli Roth (Hostel / Cabin Fever) Duncan Roy (A.K.A. / The Picture of Dorian Gray) Tarsem Singh (The Cell / The Fall) – interview by Chris Patmore Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo) – interview by Jessica Fostekew Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files) Paul Spurrier (P / Underground) Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcism / A Necessary Death) Joseph Strick (Ulysses / Portrait of the artist as a young man) David Strohmeier (Cinerama Adventure) Sandhya Suri (I for India) Julien Temple (Absolute Beginners) Monika Treut (Ghosted) – interview by Virginie Sélavy Mirjam Van Veelan (Megumi) Nacho Vigalondo (TimeCrimes) Howard Webster (The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore / Dragon Soccer) Michael Winterbottom (Code 46 / 24 hour party people) Andrzej Żuławski (On the Silver Globe / The Third part of the night) […]
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Film Podcasts | Panel Borders and other podcasts reblogged this and added:
[…] Michael Almereyda (Nadja / Shooting Paradise) Gerry Anderson (Thunderbirds / Fireball XL5) Paul W.S. Anderson (Death Race / Event Horizon) Kenneth Anger (Scorpio Rising) – interview by Virginie Sélavy Dario Argento (Suspiria / Tenebre) Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls) Max Bartoli (Atlantis Down) Rex Bloomstein (KZ / An Independent Mind) Marc Caro (The City of Lost Children / Dante 01) Rigoberto Castaneda (KM31) – interview by Virginie Sélavy Joe Dante (Gremlins / The Movie Orgy) Jasmine Dellal (Gypsy Caravan) Maxì Dejoie (The Gerber Syndrome) Dekker Dreyer (The Arcadian) Julian Doyle (Chemical Wedding) – interview by Chris Patmore Gareth Edwards (Monsters) Nick and Marc Francis (Black Gold) Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator / Robot Jox) Peter Greenaway (Nightwatching / The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover) Michel Hazanavicius (OSS 117 – Cairo, Nest of Spies) John Hilcoat (The Road / The Proposition) – interview by Virginie Sélavy Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre / Eggshells) Malcolm Ingram (Small Town Gay Bar) Garth Jennings (The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy / Son of Rambow) Alejandro Jodorowski (El Topo / The Holy Mountain) – interview by Virginie Sélavy Mike Kaplan (Never Apologise – a personal visit with Lindsay Anderson) Danny Kuchuk (Cryptic) Joe Lawlor (Civic Life / Helen) Guy Maddin (The Saddest Music in the World / My Winnipeg) Christine Malloy (Civic Life / Helen) Tesuaki Matsue (Annyong Yumika / Live Tape) – interview by Jasper Sharp Jack Moik (Nydenion) Anders Morgenthaler (Princess) – interview by Virginie Sélavy Paul Morrison (Little Ashes) – interview by Chris Patmore Allan Moyle (Weirdsville / Pump up the volume) Vincenzo Natali (Cube / Splice) Park Chan-Wook (Oldboy / I’m a Cyborg, but it’s okay) Sally Potter (Orlando / Rage) – interview by Sophie Mayer Mark Price (Colin) Christophe Van Rompaey (Moscow, Belgium) Eli Roth (Hostel / Cabin Fever) Duncan Roy (A.K.A. / The Picture of Dorian Gray) Tarsem Singh (The Cell / The Fall) – interview by Chris Patmore Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo) – interview by Jessica Fostekew Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files) Paul Spurrier (P / Underground) Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcism / A Necessary Death) Joseph Strick (Ulysses / Portrait of the artist as a young man) David Strohmeier (Cinerama Adventure) Sandhya Suri (I for India) Julien Temple (Absolute Beginners) Monika Treut (Ghosted) – interview by Virginie Sélavy Mirjam Van Veelan (Megumi) Nacho Vigalondo (TimeCrimes) Howard Webster (The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore / Dragon Soccer) Michael Winterbottom (Code 46 / 24 hour party people) Andrzej Żuławski (On the Silver Globe / The Third part of the night) […]
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Anthology books including work by Alex Fitch | Panel Borders and other podcasts reblogged this and added:
[…] a visual essay on zombie films post Night of the Living Dead (1968) and interviews with directors Michael Almereyda and Vincenzo Natali for a feature on film-makers’ favourite final […]
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Alex's audio roundup - Forbidden Planet Blog reblogged this and added:
[…] I’m ready for my close-up: Shooting Paradise […]
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Tomorrow’s show: Summer Festivals | Panel Borders and other podcasts reblogged this and added:
[…] Interview with Jon Ronson about Okja in The Guardian Official Marjorie Prime website Listen to Alex’s 2010 interview with Michael Almereyda about Paradise, Nadja and Hamlet Official Beatriz at Dinner website Info about the London Sundance Film […]
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Electric Sheep Magazine Podcast: Summer Festivals | Panel Borders and other podcasts reblogged this and added:
[…] Interview with Jon Ronson about Okja in The Guardian Official Marjorie Prime website Listen to Alex’s 2010 interview with Michael Almereyda about Paradise, Nadja and Hamlet Official Beatriz at Dinner website Info about the London Sundance Film […]
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