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Thursday, March 30, 2006
"Will somebody with bankroll please give Oren Shai a budget to make a feature film?"
Pollystaffle.com has put up a great new review of 'Heavy Soul'.
Give it a Read.
Some quotes from the article:
"Will somebody with bankroll please give Oren Shai a budget to make a feature film?"
"Shot on 16mm on a budget of $10,000, “Heavy Soul” looks better than some features that cost millions."
"“Heavy Soul” would fit perfectly as a DVD bonus feature on a Something Weird Video release. It just looks a hell of a lot better than their usual archive shorts."
Oren.
Monday, March 20, 2006
SXSW Backlash, Reviews and Other Oddities
Back from the SXSW Film Festival which was nothing short of fantastic.
'Heavy Soul' had 3 screenings and was very well received.
The Austin Chronicle has described the film as:
"Oren Shai genre-hops from black-and-white Reefer Madness-inspired educational films to color-saturated Lynchian scenes to tell the story of a young girl and her bad trip down the road of addiction."
And this is a review posted today on The Greencine Daily Blog:
Heavy Soul Oren Shai knows how to draw attention to a film. First, by sending a somewhat insulting email (if taken seriously); then, by mailing an elaborate package to my office designed to look like a mental patient's hospital records. I wasn't prepared to like it (granted, when folks usually go to this much work it is to compensate for something lacking in the film). However, it is an accomplished, stylish, well-made short with a star-turn by Sally Conway.
In addition, I was interviews by Jennifer Nathan from The Roundtable on WAMC. The interview was to air today and will be streamed very soon (look out for a link).
I will have a full recap of the festival published on Films In Review in the following week or two.
Watched 20+ films during this week and I am not surprised that my two favorites: 'The Notorious Bettie Page' and 'Tales of Rat Fink' both deal with the 50's-60's. Other films of note were 'TV Junkie', 'Things That Hang From Trees', 'Jam', State Vs. Reed' & 'Summercamp!' and the shorts 'Nevel is the Devil' and 'Coney Island 1945'.
Also attended two great live shows by Of Montreal and one of my favorite New York bands: The Dansettes.
Will post pictures from the fest very soon. Keep looking!
Oren.
Sunday, March 05, 2006
The Brooklyn Independent Screening Series
The Brooklyn Independent Screening Series will screen 'Heavy Soul' on May 1 together with the feature film You Are Alone and the short Twitch.
In addition, check out the Heavy Soul Myspace Page.
Saturday, February 18, 2006
New Heavy Soul Poster
Hopefully, soon you will be able to see this all over Austin:
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Desperate Teens, Juvenile Delinquents and Bobby Soxers at SXSW
Today SXSW released their film schedule...
Check out the SXSW Heavy Soul Page
The screening times and days are as follow:
Heavy Soul
Screening in: Reel Shorts 3
11:00 AM, Sunday March 12th - Alamo S. Lamar 1
2:15 PM, Tuesday March 14th - Alamo S. Lamar 1
11:00 AM, Friday March 17th - Alamo S. Lamar 1
In addition to these news - check out the new Heavy Soul Website
And as always - look up Heavy Soul on Myspace
Yours truly,
Oren
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Upcoming Screenings:
Heavy Soul
* May 1 - The Brooklyn Independent Screening Series
* April 7, 8, 9 - hi/lo Film Festival, San Francisco
* Mar 12, 14, 17 - SXSW, Austin, TX.
* Mar. 1 - Anthology Film Archives, New York
'Baby in the Rain'
* April 7 - The Anza Club, Vancouver
* Mar. 25 - The Boston Underground Film Festival
Yediot America (Hebrew)
The Roundtable - Radio Interview
The Austin Chronicle
Greencine Daily Blog
Pollystaffle.com Review
Recent Posts:
"Will somebody with bankroll please give Oren Shai a budget to make a feature film?"
SXSW Backlash, Reviews and Other Oddities
The Brooklyn Independent Screening Series
New Heavy Soul Poster
Desperate Teens, Juvenile Delinquents and Bobby Soxers at SXSW
'Heavy Soul' goes to SXSW
hi/lo Posts 'Heavy Soul' Details
'Baby in the Rain' at Best of the Fest
"'Heavy Soul' at the Hi/Lo Film Festival
'Heavy Soul' at Ocularis
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