It was a wonderful night celebrating documentary filmmaking at the fourth annual Cinema Eye Honors, held in the beautifully renovated Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, N.Y. on January 18th. Hosted by filmmakers Aj Schnack (Kurt Cobain: About a Son) and Esther Robinson (A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory), the nominees comprised of some of the best documentary films of 2010, truly a celebration of nonfiction filmmaking rather than a competition. David Schwartz, the chief curator of the Museum, relayed the thoughts of many filmgoers who say that “the best films at festivals are the documentaries.” The night kicked off with musical accompaniment by the Quavers and an excerpt of Utopia in Four Movements, performed by Sam Green. His excerpt was at both funny and poignant, touching upon a mix of history and comedy, segueing between 1960s ideas of the future world to...
- 1/19/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Last night's fourth annual Cinema Eye Honors, the awards show dedicated entirely to documentary excellence, belonged to street artist Banksy. His film "Exit Through the Gift Shop" took home two awards including the film's top prize for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking and the man himself delivered the acceptance speech of the night. Well, not quite the man himself, since Banksy was a no show (obviously, since nobody outside of one random seller on eBay). But "Gift Shop" producer Jaimie D'Cruz, accepting the award on Banksy's behalf, read some words the man himself had prepared. And they were fantastic. After some pleasantries, D'Cruz got down to business. I had my tape recorder rolling. Here was Banksy's speech:
"Now's not the time for long, rambling speeches. I'll leave that for the director of 'Waiting for Superman.'
I'd like to thank the Cinema Eye awards. It's great...
"Now's not the time for long, rambling speeches. I'll leave that for the director of 'Waiting for Superman.'
I'd like to thank the Cinema Eye awards. It's great...
- 1/19/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
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