Posted on April 1, 2008 by movingtargets
Even among the other stunning shorts in the Little Minx Exquisite Corpse series, Phillip Van’s “And She Stares Longingly At What She Has Lost” stands out. Hypnotic, texturally gorgeous, and quite devastating, She Stares is the clearly the work of a massive young talent. Van graciously answered our questions about his fascinating background, artistic process, [...]
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by movingtargets
Jeen Lee’s Fish, an extraordinary short that combines live action with CGI to tell the story of two roommates, is the newest winner of the Crackle Shorts Contest. Jeen took some time out from her work at PSYOP, an animation ad agency, to answer our questions about her deft pastiche of the real and the, [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2008 by movingtargets
What would Brian Lonano do? Sorry, couldn’t help it, but seriously, I shouldn’t make jokes because this guy could send an ATTACKAZOID - one of the diabolical, laser spraying giant robots in his unbelievably good short ATTACKAZOIDS! - to turn me into paste. The young and dripping-with-talent Lonano recently answered a few of our questions. [...]
Filed under: Interviews | Tagged: aliens, attackazoids, brian boitano, CGI, children of men, forbidden planet, hostel, ILM, sci-fi, star wars, the evil dead, the martian chronicles, tim burton, war of the worlds | No Comments »
Posted on February 29, 2008 by movingtargets
With a foot in the Lone Star state and a foot in queer theory, Jenn Garrison makes undeniably unique short films - The Funeral Singer and Checkout are two of the most daring, strange, and affecting shorts on Crackle. We got a chance to talk to her about her experience as an outsider filmmaker, the [...]
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Posted on February 5, 2008 by movingtargets
Quick, name five successful filmmakers who played in an acclaimed metal band in the 80s and were contestants on a network reality TV show. Having trouble? That’s because there’s only one - Phil Allocco, who in addition to his stints in Law and Order (the metal band) and On the Lot (the Spielberg-created reality show), [...]
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Posted on December 11, 2007 by movingtargets
Sonnyboo, nee Peter John Ross, has 56 clips on Crackle. 56! Somehow, this wildly efficient and enthusiastic filmmaker found time to answer our questions. If he sounds distracted, it’s possible that he was directing a movie at the same time as the interview.
Crackle: Tell us about yourself. How did you get into [...]
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