Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Wednesday 22 April, 2009 at 6:06 pm. It's been filed in the Documentary debates + English + Festivals & public screenings + Other directors' completed films category. {1 Comment}
An image from Lech Kowalski’s ‘Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?’ Last week I saw the most creatively radical documentary I have ever seen, East of Paradise (2004) by Lech Kowalski. It breaks every convention of story development. The first half of the film is made up of an interview with Kowalski’s mother, about the horrors [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Sunday 22 March, 2009 at 8:30 am. It's been filed in the Documentary debates + Festivals & public screenings + Français + Other directors' completed films category. {Share Your Thoughts}
Manifestation en août 2006, réclamant que Exxon nettoie les plages et qu’il paie pour les dommages. Un des meilleurs films que j’avais vu aux Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal au mois de novembre sera aussi présenté cette semaine au Festival des Films sur les Droits, aussi à Montréal, et sera également diffusé à Radio-Canada [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Saturday 14 March, 2009 at 7:14 pm. It's been filed in the Festivals & public screenings + Français + Other directors' completed films category. {Share Your Thoughts}
J’étais invité à l’ouverture du 4ème Festival de Films sur les Droits de la Personne de Montréal il y a quelques jours mais je n’ai pas pu y aller. Mon proche collaborateur Franck Le Coroller s’y est rendu à ma place et nous fait le résumé suivant. Affiche du film 8 La salle était pleine [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Monday 02 March, 2009 at 12:57 am. It's been filed in the Documentary debates + English + Festivals & public screenings + Français category. {Share Your Thoughts}
Barack Obama, Michaëlle Jean, and Jean-Daniel Lafond ‘Cinéaste frustré, philosophe comblé.‘ (‘Frustrated filmmaker, fulfilled philosopher.’) Following up on my post from last week, here’s part two of my interview with Jean-Daniel Lafond. How has he adapted to his newest role as “His Excellency” and a very active partner to Canada’s Governor General, Michaëlle Jean? [Video [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Tuesday 24 February, 2009 at 1:26 am. It's been filed in the Documentary debates + English + Festivals & public screenings + Français category. {Share Your Thoughts}
Jean-Daniel Lafond The other day, as U.S. President Obama touched down in Ottawa, I asked my students at l’INIS, the Quebec Film school, a question. ‘Which documentary filmmaker will be meeting with Obama today?’ Puzzled looks, no answers. They asked for a lead. ‘OK, I said, he is also a French citizen.’ ‘Oh, of course,’ [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Monday 02 February, 2009 at 12:56 am. It's been filed in the Documentary debates + English + Festivals & public screenings + Other directors' completed films category. {Share Your Thoughts}
A still from Laurent Catnet’s film The Class [original French title: Entre les murs] Have you noticed how many and how many recent fiction films look like documentaries, or are inspired by documentaries? I recently wrote about Milk – up for several Oscars – which borrows many scenes from the documentary The Times of Harvey [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Saturday 03 January, 2009 at 11:26 pm. It's been filed in the Documentary debates + English + Festivals & public screenings category. {2 Comments}
Harvey Milk (left); Sean Penn playing Harvey Milk (right) Last week, I saw both the 1984 documentary The Times of Harvey Milk, directed by Rob Epstein, and the recently released fiction film Milk, directed by Gus van Sant. Both tell the story of the rise to prominence and assassination of the first openly gay man [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Monday 01 December, 2008 at 1:16 am. It's been filed in the Festivals & public screenings + Français + La Croisée des Chemins (working title) + My own projects category. {1 Comment}
Martin Duckworth et moi préparons actuellement avec l’ONF la sortie en salle de notre film LA BATAILLE DE RABASKA. Martin et moi serons présents à plusieurs des visionnements en salle (Cinéma de l’ONF à Montréal et Cinéma Cartier à Québec, à partir du 5 décembre). Aussi, nous aurons l’occasion d’accorder plusieurs entrevues aux médias. Il [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Tuesday 25 November, 2008 at 11:20 pm. It's been filed in the English + Festivals & public screenings + La Croisée des Chemins (working title) + My own projects category. {1 Comment}
Last week Martin Duckworth and I launched the original French-language version of our feature doc LA BATAILLE DE RABASKA – THE BATTLE OF RABASKA, in the framework of the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal. The film tells the story of the four-year fight by groups of citizens against a projected LNG (liquefied natural gas) [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Thursday 20 November, 2008 at 5:40 pm. It's been filed in the Festivals & public screenings + Français + La Croisée des Chemins (working title) + My own projects category. {Share Your Thoughts}
Premières dans les cadres des Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal : Jeudi 20 novembre, 19h30, Coeur des sciences (UQAM) [200, rue Sherbrooke Ouest] Dimanche 23 novembre, 16h30, Salle Fernand Séguin, Cinémathèque Québecoise [335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est] J’achète mon billet. [Billeterie et salles - RIDM] Pour visionner la bande-annonce et en savoir plus sur [...]