Filmcritic.com - The Best Unreleased films of 2007
The film got this recent writeup from Filmcritic.com.
11. The Unforeseen - Fellow critic Chris Barsanti aptly defined Laura Dunn’s sublime documentary as “more elegy than position paper” in his coverage of 2007’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival. The same can be said about the work of the film’s most prominent producers: Terrance Malick and Robert Redford. In telling the story of land developers in Austin, Texas and the Biblical struggle over the area known as Barton Springs, Dunn’s magnificently visual feature-length debut sidesteps grandstanding and ventures for a more personal brand of political portrayal. The eye of the storm centers on a greedy (not evil) land developer who lost all his money and pride on the project while the large corporations backing him went onto their next pet project. Texan talking heads range from lobbyists for both sides of the aisle to Willie Nelson to Redford himself putting in their two cents on the issue but they are tapestries for all intents and purposes. Ultimately, it’s Dunn’s use of imagery, working with cinematographer Lee Daniel (a frequent collaborator of Richard Linklater), which edges The Unforeseen into the select lineage of environmental documentaries that transcend both environmentalism and documentary filmmaking.
Watch “The Unforeseen” theatrical trailer.
My superhero husband cut this trailer — and I’m very proud of it. Also, special shout out to Despair (Walter and Justin rock) for your help making this possible. To watch, click here.
Film slated to open Feb. 29 in NYC. Stay tuned for more details.
Princeton Environmental Film Festival Screens “The Unforeseen”
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Princeton Environmental Film Festival Screens “The Unforeseen”
We are honored to be part of this very compelling and thoughtful set of films on the environment sponsored by the Princeton Public Library.
Saturday, January 5 @ 4pm
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Mortgage problems take their pound of flesh out of UBS
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/business/worldbusiness/10cnd-bank.html?exprod=myyahoo
In a somber conference call with reporters, UBS’s group chief executive, Marcel Rohner, warned that the bank would lose money in the fourth quarter and possibly for the entire year. It canceled its cash dividend.
But Mr. Rohner insisted that the outside investors would shore up UBS’s capital base, despite a portfolio of subprime-related assets that he said deteriorated rapidly after the bank’s first write-down.
“It puts us in a position to absorb any future shocks, if there are any,” Mr. Rohner said. “We don’t operate from a position of fear.”