http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thegenredirector http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thegenredirector.jpg The Film Blog of Brian Trenchard-Smith, Quentin Tarantino's favourite Director. Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:20:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I wrote the attached for Trailers From Hell, but perhaps it may catch a few more readers here. http://trailersfromhell.com/blog/2011/10/04/from-brians-desk-beware-the-ides-of-march/ http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thegenredirector/2011/10/05/the-ides-of-marchrome-has-much-to-teach-us/  I am curious to see if anyone still tunes in here. So I am linking to my Trailers From Hell piece on Cinerama. Please comment here if you read it. Thanks. http://trailersfromhell.com/blog/2011/08/07/week-206-cinerama-week-with-bts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=week-206-cinerama-week-with-bts http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thegenredirector/2011/08/31/cinerama-an-unique-way-to-see-a-movie/   EXTERIOR. CHIAPAS JUNGLE - DAY An episodic film crew makes the final preparations for a complicated shot. Dolly track has been laid to converge on a tree with sprawling roots. The Director looks at his watch. The Guest Star Who Has Seen It All watches nearby with bemused interest. The Director looks ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thegenredirector/2011/02/11/herding-cats-rumbles-in-the-jungles-conflict-resolution-adventures-in-genre-film-making/ Paris in July.   Heaven on a stick. Actually I am referring to the main course of my first night's dinner. I was so impressed I had to photograph it. Vegans, please avert your eyes.   Wherever I go, arresting images tend to trigger scene concepts. The hanging skewer of shashlick could be the ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thegenredirector/2010/07/19/films-festivals-food-terrorism-comedies10-days-of-euro-fun-if-you-exclude-the-exchange-rate/ Between July 5th - 9th I will be a guest of the Karlovy Vary International Festival, one of the oldest festivals in the world. It will be an honor and a pleasure to spend a few days in this beautiful city.                           It is named after King of Bohemia and Holy Roman ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thegenredirector/2010/06/29/czech-cinema-brave-political-satire-in-a-time-of-oppression-a-visit-to-the-karlovy-vary-film-festival/ When Le Festival Paris Cinema kindly invited me to present plus Q & A some of my cult movies for their audience on this coming July 3rd, I thought back to my early experience of French movies, and the influence they might have had on me as a film maker.  ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thegenredirector/2010/06/25/french-cinema-the-famous-and-the-undervalued-a-journey-down-memory-lane/ Magnolia's bright spark Arianne Ayers invited me to the Los Angeles premiere of George Romero's SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD. George has been a horror auteur for 42 years and is still going strong. We have met a couple of times on the festival circuit, so I was eagerly awaiting his ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thegenredirector/2010/05/16/george-a-romeros-latest-movie-wry-humor-social-allegory-female-masturbation-exploding-headswhats-not-to-like-3/ If you haven't seen it already, here's a link to Harry Knowles exclusive post of a special MACHETE trailer. Utterly amazing! Thank you, Harry. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/44943 The Seventies are back, if last night's crowded screening of TURKEY SHOOT is any indication.  They totally got it. The New Beverly Cinema will also be bringing ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thegenredirector/2010/05/05/hey-arizona-dont-fuck-with-this-mexican-hes-got-some-cinquo-de-mayo-words-for-you/ Last week, I was once again a long distance judge, this time at A NIGHT OF HORROR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. It wasn't hard to pick the winners. Best Film was THE REVENANT. Best Australian Film was THE HORSEMAN. Both movies were the feature debut of extraordinarily talented new directors, who, ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thegenredirector/2010/04/29/knights-of-horror-latest-director-discoveries-on-the-film-festival-circuit/ THAT DARING YOUNG GIRL ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE...WIRE WORK, FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY, SWORD MOVIES, REIGN OF ASSASSINS -  GIFTS FROM ASIA. Did you ever have those flying dreams as a teenager?  I still do, occasionally. It's supposed to mean you want to escape from something. (I guess that's low budgets in my ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thegenredirector/2010/04/14/she-flies-through-the-air-with-the-greatest-of-ease-that-daring-young-girl-on-the-flying-trapezewire-work-fight-choreography-sword-movies-reign-of-assassins-gifts-from-asia/