Our friend and contributor Mike Plante has just launched a podcast series at his Cinemad site. Below listen to conversations with directors Nina Menkes and Aza Jacobs. Here’s how he intros them:
Called “Brilliant, one of the most provocative artists in film today”
by The Los Angeles Times, Nina Menkes’s radical and pioneering work synthesizes inner dream-worlds with harsh, outer realities. Her seven films are a body of work Sight and Sound has called “Controversial, intense and visually stunning.” We talk about her films, the notion of the avant-garde tag, her teenage witch school, violence in cinema, freaky animals and her new film, Dissolution.
Cinemad: Nina Menkes by Cinemad
Cinemad podcast #2: Azazel Jacobs’ award-winning film Momma’S Man premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008, and quickly became one of the most lauded films of the year, winding up on many “best of” lists. Released in numerous international territories,...
Called “Brilliant, one of the most provocative artists in film today”
by The Los Angeles Times, Nina Menkes’s radical and pioneering work synthesizes inner dream-worlds with harsh, outer realities. Her seven films are a body of work Sight and Sound has called “Controversial, intense and visually stunning.” We talk about her films, the notion of the avant-garde tag, her teenage witch school, violence in cinema, freaky animals and her new film, Dissolution.
Cinemad: Nina Menkes by Cinemad
Cinemad podcast #2: Azazel Jacobs’ award-winning film Momma’S Man premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008, and quickly became one of the most lauded films of the year, winding up on many “best of” lists. Released in numerous international territories,...
- 7/22/2011
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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