And in the spirit of “Independent Film…”
(Image by Grant Hutchinson)
We recently learned that NY’s Angelika Theater bumped our NY open with less than 2 weeks to go. They told our distributor “maybe May.” If you’re wondering why, it’s to accommodate the studios whose films are still selling strong. So okay… Such is the world of Independent film. Fortunately for us, the Cinema Village accommodated the last minute change and will run the film on our original opening date of February 29th (This friday!) And, though we’re not there to verify, the Angelika said they’re still playing the trailer. They’ve also promised to update their messaging to redirect folks to Cinema Village. So that’s better than nothing. So, New Yorkers, get your tickets here.
Kendall Square, Boston, MA
March 7, 2008
Shattuck Theater - Berkeley CA
3/14/08 - Berkeley, CA
Robert Redford introducing The Unforeseen at MoMA Doc Fortnight
Executive producer Robert Redford gave a brief intro before the MoMA / Planet in Focus screening last night. Incidentally, he is introduced by Sally Berger, MoMA’s documentary curator, who helped make this event happen.
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And special thanks to Teddy Dunn for recording this video for us. (Post Screening discussion to be uploaded soon.)
MoMA Documentary Fortnight Screening, with Robert Redford
On Saturday, Feb. 16 we will be attending a special pre-release screening of “The Unforeseen” at the Modern Museum of Art in NYC. We were honored by the invitation to participate in their annual retrospective on non-fiction film, Documentary Fortnight. Executive producer Robert Redford will be in attendance to introduce the film.
Screening begins at 7pm. People can purchase tickets at the Film Desk and at the Lobby Information Desk at the Museum up to a week prior to the screening.
Tickets: $10.00; Seniors: $8.00; Students $6.00; children (16 and under) free
For more info, click here.
Tickets on Sale for the NY Opening… People are already camping out…
You don’t want to miss this one… People are already queuing up in the streets to get their chance to buy tickets… Beat the rush and buy them online at the Angelika’s website here.This could be the hottest opening since the September 14th , 2007 opening of Northern Rock (shown below)
Cinema Eye nominees Unforeseen for graphics award
So, to our surprise, the film was honored with a nomination for graphics…
Specifically, The Unforeseen was nominated for an “Outstanding Achievement in Graphics and Animation.” Though the list of nominees just had me down as “Motion Design” I wrote them explaining that Kyle Cooper/Prologue created the opening and closing titles to the film. Though these are credited separately, Laura and I both consider them parts of the body of the film. And we’re not alone… Other’s have made this exact point, like these comments from Tomorrow Unlimited’s Sublime Annihilation writeup:
Dunn’s The Unforeseen also intercuts between people’s impassioned personal views and helicopter shots that cover miles and miles of green pastures and highway behemoths, which offer the wider view. This macro/micro dialectic is perhaps best embodied by opening title and end sequences designed by Prologue Films’ motion graphics ace Kyle Cooper (Seven, Spider-Man), which recall Charles and Ray Eames’ classic Powers of Ten film, zooming from continental masses to outer space and then back to trees on the ground. Just as Burtynsky’s long shots of mounds of detritus, discarded computer parts, coal mine wastelands, and Bangladeshi shipyards portray humans as trivial adornments, dwarfed by the landscapes they’ve created, The Unforeseen attempts to excavate the relationship between people and the vast systems they inhabit.
You can see these elements (sans sound design/narration) at Prologue’s recently updated website.
So it’s my hope that The Unforeseen’s nomination will be expanded to include Cooper and Prologue. I’m cautiously optimistic that this will be the case.