In anticipation of my Another Earth screenings and Q&A back at Notre Dame this Friday, Nov 4, 
the South Bend Tribune has published an interview with yours truly..
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Ah, South Bend
A Fitting Locale
When I was a student at Notre Dame — so long ago that there was not yet a need for “Return to Glory” — the campus sometimes felt, with a 3-1 ratio of guys to girls, as otherwordly…and not in a good way.
So, even if the ratio has evened out a lot, I suppose it’s appropriate that I’ll be back on campus on Nov. 4 for a screening and Q&A of Another Earth, given that our football fortunes now feel, well, you get the point. Tickets for the journey are now available.
Up On Beaver Creek
Ian Timothy, a sophomore from my alma mater, St. Xavier High School in Louisville, is making waves in the stop motion animation world. For the second
year in a row, he’s won National Gold Medals in Film and Animation for his series Beaver Creek. The local PBS station, KET, featured him on a recent episode of Louisville Life.
Each episode runs under ten minutes and takes several months to create. He works his magic up on the second floor of his home, and the recording booth in the basement. While in Louisville a few months ago, I dropped by and was given the privilege of voicing a new character, the turtle, who makes his debut halfway through (and then again at the end) in the newly released episode Seven. Give it up for the turtle, people.
Portraits in Dramatic Time
I thought I’d posted about this back in July, but now I can’t find it. WordPress monster hungry. Feed me.
So here’s another try. Though the NYC showing is past, I hoping the series goes on tour, both in the US and internationally. Next stop might be London..
• PORTRAITS IN DRAMATIC TIME – a series of hyper-slow-motion, silent short films by David Michalek.
The shooting of each film lasted only about ten seconds, but because they’re shot at 1,000 frames/sec (regular speed is 24 frames/sec), they play back verrrryyyy slowly, at anywhere from five to ten minutes. They were broadcast on a mammoth, 85-ft x 45-ft outdoor screen at part of NYC’s Lincoln Center Festival in July, and it’s expected that they’ll go on tour soon. William is in three of them. Other actors included Patti LuPone, Alan Rickman, Holly Hunter, Liev Shreiber, and performers from around the world. The Wall St. Journal piece includes a Mapother quote or two, and a HuffPo piece includes the photo at right and a video interview with David. Finally, as a sample, the Rickman film is here, and videos from Slow Dancing, David’s earlier installation, are here.
Q&A for AE in KY
This weekend Another Earth opens in Louisville, among other places, but I’m not from those other places, I’m from
Louisville, so that’s where I’ll be this weekend.
It’s playing at the Baxter Ave. Filmworks, and this Friday & Saturday night I’m doing a Q&A after the 7:40 shows. (Baxter has a strict no-rotten-vegetables policy. Sorry.)
A little local press never hurt anyone:
• Louisville’s Voice-Tribune this week includes a very kind piece on me here, and
• Thursday at 3:30pm I’ll be calling into Terry Meiners‘s show.
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