Cinematographer and director Andrew Rossi told us about filming "Ivory Tower," his U.S. Documentary entry at 2014 Sundance. "Ivory Tower" calls into question the worth of higher education in a time where education is becoming increasingly more expensive. Rossi previously shot "Page One: Inside the New York Times," "Le Cirque: A Table In Heaven" and his first film "Eat This New York." Which camera and lens did you use? I used a Canon C-300; a Canon 5D Mark II with L Series 24-105mm, 24-70mm and with Zeiss 50mm and Zeiss 28mm as well. What was the most difficult shot of your movie, and how did you pull it off? Shooting at the school Deep Springs, in the desert of Death Valley in California was most challenging. My fellow cinematographer Andrew Coffman and I were trying to get locked offed beauty shots, accurately exposed for the hot desert sun,...
- 1/21/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
By Terence Johnson
Managing Editor
The sign of a good documentary is if it gets a visceral reaction from an audience member. That reaction could be emotional or the desire to learn more, a documentary can’t succeed unless it has that. Ivory Tower, the documentary that takes on the topics of education costs and the models with which students are taught, certainly engenders much emotion and should spark further conversation about these topics.
That being said, Ivory Tower was one of the most infuriating movie watching experiences I’ve had in a while. I spent that last hour of the 90 minute running time pretty much livid at the film, despite it’s impeccable crafting. The film seems to be in the business of asking questions and shaping the narrative to fit it’s own importance, which is does extremely well, but it also detracts from the film. This is...
Managing Editor
The sign of a good documentary is if it gets a visceral reaction from an audience member. That reaction could be emotional or the desire to learn more, a documentary can’t succeed unless it has that. Ivory Tower, the documentary that takes on the topics of education costs and the models with which students are taught, certainly engenders much emotion and should spark further conversation about these topics.
That being said, Ivory Tower was one of the most infuriating movie watching experiences I’ve had in a while. I spent that last hour of the 90 minute running time pretty much livid at the film, despite it’s impeccable crafting. The film seems to be in the business of asking questions and shaping the narrative to fit it’s own importance, which is does extremely well, but it also detracts from the film. This is...
- 1/19/2014
- by Terence Johnson
- Scott Feinberg
It’s that time again. The biggest American film festival is upon us, and this year the Ioncinema crew will be descending on Park City with eight feet on the ground and eight eyes on Park City’s various and plentiful screens. Eric Lavallee, Nicholas Bell, Caitlin Coder and I will be covering just about every inch of this year’s festival here at Ioncinema.com, as well as on that ever increasingly vibrant instanews network – Twitter. Be sure to follow @ioncinema and, as stated above, my personal handle @Rectangular_Eye, as we’ll be tweeting throughout the festival with breaking news, reviews, and sightings, all the while trying to keep up with the massive amount of content sure to be coming from this year’s Sundance filmmakers themselves, most of which have their own Twitter accounts and are listed at length below (minus the world & short programs). Whether you...
- 1/16/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Part two in this year’s Sundance Twitterverse series, we are bringing you direct contact with most of next year’s Oscar short list. No one on this list is repped more than the No No: A Dockumentary (@dockumentary) crew, who are all sporting profile pics from the film on their feeds.
U.S. Documentary Competition
Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory – @AliveInsideFilm
Editor Manuel Tsingaris – @MTsingaris
Composer Itall Shur – @ItaalShur
All the Beautiful Things – @ATBThingsMovie
Director John Harkrider – @pathetic100
Captivated The Trials of Pamela Smart
Cinematographer Naiti Gámez – @naitigamez
The Case Against 8 – @TheCaseAgainst8
Co-Director Ben Cotner – @bcotner
Producer Rebekah Fergusson – @R_Films
Composer Blake Neely – @cowonthewall
Cesar’s Last Fast – @CesarsLastFast
Co-Director Richard Ray Perez – @BraveNewRick
Producer Molly O’Brien – @mobworks
Editor Lewis Erskine – @EditorSavant
Editor Carla Gutierrez – @CarlitaGu
Cinematographer James Chressanthis – @NoSubtitles
E-team - @ETeamFilm
Subject: Human Rights Watch – @hrw
Co-Director Katy Chevigny – @mightychevs
Co-Director...
U.S. Documentary Competition
Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory – @AliveInsideFilm
Editor Manuel Tsingaris – @MTsingaris
Composer Itall Shur – @ItaalShur
All the Beautiful Things – @ATBThingsMovie
Director John Harkrider – @pathetic100
Captivated The Trials of Pamela Smart
Cinematographer Naiti Gámez – @naitigamez
The Case Against 8 – @TheCaseAgainst8
Co-Director Ben Cotner – @bcotner
Producer Rebekah Fergusson – @R_Films
Composer Blake Neely – @cowonthewall
Cesar’s Last Fast – @CesarsLastFast
Co-Director Richard Ray Perez – @BraveNewRick
Producer Molly O’Brien – @mobworks
Editor Lewis Erskine – @EditorSavant
Editor Carla Gutierrez – @CarlitaGu
Cinematographer James Chressanthis – @NoSubtitles
E-team - @ETeamFilm
Subject: Human Rights Watch – @hrw
Co-Director Katy Chevigny – @mightychevs
Co-Director...
- 1/16/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
This week’s Boardwalk Empire was a rather dour affair with dark overtones serving as harbingers of things to come. Primarily focusing on the attempts to deal with the lone surviving witness of Jimmy’s (Michael Pitt) liquor heist fiasco, we got to see a bit of Van Alden’s (Michael Shannon) true colors as well as take a fascinating tour through 1920′s medical practices (let’s just say I’m glad they have pills for that now).
Van Alden reminds me of a preacher who spends his entire career on the pulpit bashing homosexuality only to finally admit that he’s gay. He’s all twisted and knotted up behind a veil of propriety and rules while secretly repressing some sick…something. His method of getting Rothstein’s lackey to literally “open up” wasn’t just over the top, it takes some sort of crazy to stick your bare hand in someone’s gut…...
Van Alden reminds me of a preacher who spends his entire career on the pulpit bashing homosexuality only to finally admit that he’s gay. He’s all twisted and knotted up behind a veil of propriety and rules while secretly repressing some sick…something. His method of getting Rothstein’s lackey to literally “open up” wasn’t just over the top, it takes some sort of crazy to stick your bare hand in someone’s gut…...
- 10/5/2010
- by Michael Mahoney
- TVovermind.com
This is a Recap of Boardwalk Empire Episode 2, “The Ivory Tower”, originally airing September 26, 2010. If you thought the first episode was Olde Timey Gangstery, then hoo boy, you were correct in that evaluation. Episode 2 of the ‘Walks picks up with Nucky getting a visit from the resident prohibition agent, the joyless, no-nonsense, no-sympathies, yes-hat Agent Van Alden: Live-Action Rex Banner isn’t buying Nucky’s explanation that Hans Schroder, the baker’s assistant with one minor arrest 10 years ago, mastermined the previous week’s gangster mass-murder, and shrugs off Nucky’s shady offer to speak with the sheriff, Brother McIncahoots. We find out later that the agent isn’t just mad at Nucky but also generally joyless, evidenced when he writes this unromantic letter to his wife: Van Alden returns to his supervisor with the series-establishing line that compared to Arnold Rothstein, Nucky Thompson is the “much bigger fish.” Congratulations – you watched the opening credits.
- 9/27/2010
- by Dan Hopper
- BestWeekEver
Opening with the funeral of Chicago crime lord Big Jim Colosimo, this week’s episode of Boardwalk Empire was all about the fallout.
Jimmy had to deal with the repercussions of his actions and the toll they were taking on Nucky. Nucky’s complacency with Jimmy’s crime had consequences for him in both the legal and criminal world. The only people not dealing with some of the effects of their crimes were the Chicago gangsters, but that probably will be changing very shortly.
Chicago reporters were buzzing around Torrio and his men, looking for any indication that the city’s rival mobster was somehow involved. In the most amusing/disturbing moment of "The Ivory Tower," a Chicago Tribune reporter unknowingly told one of Torrio’s men, Capone, that he plans to run with a story connecting his boss to the crime and asks for a statement.
While beating and kicking the reporter,...
Jimmy had to deal with the repercussions of his actions and the toll they were taking on Nucky. Nucky’s complacency with Jimmy’s crime had consequences for him in both the legal and criminal world. The only people not dealing with some of the effects of their crimes were the Chicago gangsters, but that probably will be changing very shortly.
Chicago reporters were buzzing around Torrio and his men, looking for any indication that the city’s rival mobster was somehow involved. In the most amusing/disturbing moment of "The Ivory Tower," a Chicago Tribune reporter unknowingly told one of Torrio’s men, Capone, that he plans to run with a story connecting his boss to the crime and asks for a statement.
While beating and kicking the reporter,...
- 9/27/2010
- by tlopez@utk.edu (T-Lo)
- TVfanatic
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