This Week’s Absolute Must Read is an absolute for sad reasons: David Hudson compiles the best tribute to famed film curator Amos Vogel, who passed away last week. Actually, “curator” probably isn’t the best word to summarize all that Vogel did in his life in promoting indie, avant-garde, experimental and underground film, but no word has been invented to how important his contributions to film curation, programming and scholarship have been.After actress Elizabeth Banks dissed the ’90s underground film Surrender Dorothy in which she starred, the movie’s director, Kevin Dinovis, politely chided her for not only insulting him, but the entire indie film scene. We here at Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film don’t have to be so polite. To quote the late, great Divine, we find Banks guilty of assholism. If you want to see Surrender Dorothy, which won Best Narrative Feature at the 1998 Chicago Underground Film Festival,...
- 4/29/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Actress Elizabeth Banks has come under fire from the director of her first movie, after she branded the role the biggest mistake of her screen career.
The Hunger Games star got her first break in 1998 independent movie Surrender Dorothy when she was just a college student without drama school experience.
When asked about her career regrets in an interview with website Slate.com, she said, "Really early on, I did this one movie - I think it's called Surrender Dorothy, I'm not even sure anymore.
"The writer/director played the lead role, as well, because there was no one else to do it! And he wasn't a real actor. It was just one of those, 'What am I doing here?'
"I hadn't even gone to drama school. I was still a college student, actually. And I thought, 'I'd better go to drama school and learn how to never have this job again.'"
But Banks' remarks have angered Kevin Dinovis, the director who took the lead role in the film.
He tells The Hollywood Reporter, "I'm shocked and deeply hurt by Ms. Banks' comments, and confused as to how she could consider her first break - in Hollywood or anywhere - as a career mistake.
"What exactly does she mean by 'this type of job'? Because there she seems to insult not just my work, but rather the entire American independent film movement."...
The Hunger Games star got her first break in 1998 independent movie Surrender Dorothy when she was just a college student without drama school experience.
When asked about her career regrets in an interview with website Slate.com, she said, "Really early on, I did this one movie - I think it's called Surrender Dorothy, I'm not even sure anymore.
"The writer/director played the lead role, as well, because there was no one else to do it! And he wasn't a real actor. It was just one of those, 'What am I doing here?'
"I hadn't even gone to drama school. I was still a college student, actually. And I thought, 'I'd better go to drama school and learn how to never have this job again.'"
But Banks' remarks have angered Kevin Dinovis, the director who took the lead role in the film.
He tells The Hollywood Reporter, "I'm shocked and deeply hurt by Ms. Banks' comments, and confused as to how she could consider her first break - in Hollywood or anywhere - as a career mistake.
"What exactly does she mean by 'this type of job'? Because there she seems to insult not just my work, but rather the entire American independent film movement."...
- 4/26/2012
- WENN
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The path to "The Hunger Games" now has at least one burned bridge. The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Elizabeth Banks has slammed "Surrender Dorothy," her 1998 indie film about a junkie who's forced to dress like a woman, much to the chagrin of the film's writer-director-star, Kevin Dinovis.
Is Zac Efron the next Tom Cruise? Hollywood.com makes an in-depth analysis (complete with visual aids) of the "Lucky One" star's recent comment that,...
Heh heh, well, sort of. In celebration of the "Magic Mike" star's 32nd birthday today, BuzzSugar strips down and presents a gallery of Channing Tatum's hottest shirtless movie moments.
Want to know what's new on Movies On Demand? Let the stellar host of Heavy's The Movie Show, Camille Ford, take you through the On Demand premieres this week: Marky Mark's "Contraband" and "Pariah."
The path to "The Hunger Games" now has at least one burned bridge. The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Elizabeth Banks has slammed "Surrender Dorothy," her 1998 indie film about a junkie who's forced to dress like a woman, much to the chagrin of the film's writer-director-star, Kevin Dinovis.
Is Zac Efron the next Tom Cruise? Hollywood.com makes an in-depth analysis (complete with visual aids) of the "Lucky One" star's recent comment that,...
- 4/26/2012
- by Bryan Enk
- NextMovie
Elizabeth Banks is beloved by everyone -- but perhaps not Kevin Dinovis. At least at the moment.
Dinovis directed the 1998 film "Surrender Dorothy," which featured the first ever big-screen performance from Banks -- who was credited in the film as "Elizabeth Casey." In a recent interview with Slate.com, Banks said the experience was something of an ordeal.
"Really early on, I did this one movie -- I think it's called 'Surrender Dorothy,' I'm not even sure anymore," Banks said when asked about her biggest career mistake. After the lead actor in the film dropped out to take what Banks called a "real job" [complete with air quotes], Dinovis took over.
"The writer/director played the lead role, as well, because there was no one else to do it! And he wasn't a real actor. It was just one of those, 'What am I doing here?'" Banks said, before adding that the...
Dinovis directed the 1998 film "Surrender Dorothy," which featured the first ever big-screen performance from Banks -- who was credited in the film as "Elizabeth Casey." In a recent interview with Slate.com, Banks said the experience was something of an ordeal.
"Really early on, I did this one movie -- I think it's called 'Surrender Dorothy,' I'm not even sure anymore," Banks said when asked about her biggest career mistake. After the lead actor in the film dropped out to take what Banks called a "real job" [complete with air quotes], Dinovis took over.
"The writer/director played the lead role, as well, because there was no one else to do it! And he wasn't a real actor. It was just one of those, 'What am I doing here?'" Banks said, before adding that the...
- 4/25/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
A director is firing back after "Hunger Games" star Elizabeth Banks called the indie she made with him the worst mistake of her career. In a recent interview with Slate.com, Banks described her first acting job on the 1998 dark comedy, "Surrender Dorothy," in less than glowing terms. "The guy who was going to be the lead in the movie ... right before we started shooting, that guy got a 'real job' [makes air quotes]," the actress recalled. "And the writer/director played the lead role as well because there was no one else to do it! ... And I thought, 'I'd better go to drama school and learn how to never have this job again.'" Now Kevin Dinovis, who directed the film, is reacting to her diss: "I'm shocked and deeply hurt by Ms. Banks' comments, and confused as to how she could consider her first break -- in Hollywood or anywhere -- as a career mistake.
- 4/25/2012
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
David Mirvish, filmmaker and Slamdance Co-Founder
By Terry Keefe
As the Sundance Film Festival gets underway this week, the neighboring Slamdance Film Festival also kicks off its 18th edition in Park City as well. This writer was there for the first Slamdance Film Festival in 1995, where a small group of the festival’s founding filmmakers were screening their films in whatever venues were available, including restaurants, and soliciting whatever audiences they could find in the snowy streets, via fliers and posters. Since those early days, Slamdance has grown into a powerful force of the independent film world with its spotlight on first-time filmmakers and has screened first features from the likes of Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight), whose feature Following screened at Slamdance in 1999. Films are now regularly picked up for distribution at Slamdance, including the debut installment of the Paranormal Activity series, which was purchased by Dreamworks Pictures after...
By Terry Keefe
As the Sundance Film Festival gets underway this week, the neighboring Slamdance Film Festival also kicks off its 18th edition in Park City as well. This writer was there for the first Slamdance Film Festival in 1995, where a small group of the festival’s founding filmmakers were screening their films in whatever venues were available, including restaurants, and soliciting whatever audiences they could find in the snowy streets, via fliers and posters. Since those early days, Slamdance has grown into a powerful force of the independent film world with its spotlight on first-time filmmakers and has screened first features from the likes of Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight), whose feature Following screened at Slamdance in 1999. Films are now regularly picked up for distribution at Slamdance, including the debut installment of the Paranormal Activity series, which was purchased by Dreamworks Pictures after...
- 1/21/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
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