THE GLASSES: EPISODE 2
The Glasses, a very successful short fantasy based science fiction film produced by the great new upstart in brilliant alternative Independent filmmaking that goes by the moniker 360 Sound and Vision Entertainment, has manifested itself into producing a sequel of The Glasses, another short film going by the same title, alternatively called The Glasses: Episode 2. The initial film rode to success by utilizing a vastly innovative grass-roots street marketing campaign on the streets of New York City that enabled the 9 minute short film (packaged with a 22 minute documentary, and a series of innovative music video's) to sell many thousands of DVD's both nationally and internationally, grossing profits many times it's production budget and prompting many fans of the film to demand a sequel. Now low and behold after a good 3 year run on the DVD circuit, the sequel has finally gone into production, produced by the sensational 360 Sound and Vision Entertainment a cutting edge New York City based motion picture firm and utilizing the talents of writer-director Dwayne Buckle, we go behind the scenes of this fantastical futuristic fable about a pair of designer sunglasses that gives sights into the near future, only to see not-so-good things. The unknowing, mysterious nature of the film sends chills up your spine as things are happening before they actually happen, you as a viewer only wish to inform the unbeknownst character to not to continue whatever he/she was set about to do, as the passive mundane nature of the film's heart-pumping delivery hit's you sharply but eerily as you realize it is only you that have been forewarned!
With a deluxe cast of extraordinarily diverse talent participating in the The Glasses: Episode 2, which includes VH-1 reality-show star Kwame Smalls (IT from I Love Money 2 & I Love New York 2), Shawna Bermender (Jack Goes Boating a new film directed by Phillipp Seymour Hoffman, Zoolander, The Deed To Hell), Nick Raio (Guile from Street Fighter: The Later Years, Dennis Leary's Rescue Me, The Sopranos), James Thomas Bligh (Brooklyn's Finest directed by Antoine Fuqua, Burn After Reading, Sex in the City) and mixed together in a pool of cleverly done B-Movie styled blood and gore make-up effects topped off by a string of great music and arrangements makes the movie, which is filled with unsuspecting, unlucky, and untimely scenarios only makes The Glasses:Episode 2 a compelling visual and aural cinematic experience worthy of many more sequels to come and perhaps maybe even a feature length version, which from what we heard from the creator of The Glasses franchise Dwayne Buckle, is in the works.
Writer-director Dwayne Buckle shooting with the Sony EX-1 HD camera outfitted with a Letus lens adaptor on the set of The Glasses: Episode 2
Actor Kwame Smalls in make-up in a scene from The Glasses: Episode 2
The original Glasses movie poster from the first film.
BIFF: The Buffalo International Film Festival
Kicking off it's 3rd year the Buffalo International Film Festival, in Buffalo New York aims to showcase works of rare artistic magnitude. The festival also serves as a meeting point between filmmakers of worlds both past and present and integrates various genres of films culminating over various decades and subject matters and gives audiences new opportunities to witness rare innovations in the techniques of film.
In 2007 the Buffalo International Film Festival was responsible for the discovery of the Vitascope Theater, part of Edisonia Hall, the first purpose-built movie theater in the world which opened in 1896. the festival now sponsors a yearly event celebrating the creation of the Movie Theater in Buffalo. In 2008, it screened more than 25films including regional and national premieres. It holds a Spring Gala and Fall festival. In 2009, the Spring Gala is a celebration of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse arranged through The Walt Disney Company as the festival's founder Edward Summer, is a longtime film enthusiast and also a writer of many early Mickey Mouse cartoons.
The 2009 Festival brings a special premiere of the award winning documentary "Walt and El Grupo", WALT & EL GRUPO chronicles the amazing ten-week trip that Walt Disney and his hand-picked group of artists and filmmaking talent (later known as “El Grupo”) took to South America in 1941 at the behest of the U.S. Government as part of the Good Neighbor Policy. Within just three short years after the phenomenal success of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” the Walt Disney Studios experienced a chain of financial challenges that ultimately led to the infamous animators strike. Also during this time, the Roosevelt administration had growing concerns about Nazi and Fascist influence in Latin America, and the rest of the world was slipping further into war. In stark contrast to these trying times, Disney and his colorful group of artists found themselves on a lively trip full of hope and discovery as they explored various South American cities, which later in turn laid the foundation for the development of animated feature films such as "The Three Caballeros" and others.
Also this year The Buffalo Film Festival will be hosting the Western New York Premiere of the controversial film "The Minority" by Director Dwayne Buckle, as well as hosting an intimate discussion on Independent Filmmaking with the director, scheduled for October 14th at 7pm at the Market Place Arcade Theater. With a well diversified and quality selection of films, the Buffalo International festival will serve a s a beacon of hope for audiences wishing to experience film in a new perspective.
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The board of Advisors includes: Tom Fontana, Lauren Belfer, Lawrence Block, A.R. Gurney, Nancy Kress, Herbert Hauptman, Jim Steranko, Howard Bloom, Edward Summer, Lloyd Kaufman, David Shire, Mort Walker and others.
MICHAEL MOORE: CINEMA A LOVE STORY
Michael Moore was born in Flint, Michigan, and attended Catholic schools, including a year in the seminary, which he says accounts for his healthy respect for the fires of hell that he believes to be located somewhere just outside Crawford, Texas. He was an Eagle Scout, Newspaper Boy of the Week, and, at 18, the youngest person ever elected to public office in the state of Michigan. Moore is the Oscar and Emmy-winning director of the ground-breaking, record-setting films "Roger & Me," "Bowling for Columbine," and "Fahrenheit 9/11," which also won the top prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and went on to become the highest grossing documentary of all time. It became the first documentary ever to premier No. 1 at the box-office in its opening weekend. Film Comment called it "The Film of the Year."
His 2007 documentary, "Sicko" is self described as, "a comedy about 45 million people with no health care in the richest country on Earth." Moore investigated American health care horror stories, focusing on large American pharmaceutical companies, the corruption in the Food and Drug Administration, and even brought injured 9/11 rescue workers to Cuba to receive treatment. Moore also earned the label of America's No. 1 selling nonfiction author, with such books as "Stupid White Men and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation," and "Dude, Where's My Country." No other author has spent more weeks on the New York Times hardcover non-fiction list from 2002-04 than Michael Moore. "Stupid White Men" was also awarded Britain's top book honor, "British Book of the Year," the first time the award has been bestowed on an American author.
Moore has two additional books published by Simon and Schuster: "Will They Ever Trust Us Again: Letters from the War Zone," which is a compilation of letters he has received from soldiers in Iraq and from their families back home; and "The Official Fahrenheit 9/11 Reader," which contains loads of backup materials for the film, plus essays, and the film's screenplay. In addition to winning the Academy Award for "Bowling for Columbine," Moore won the Emmy Award for his NBC and Fox series, "TV Nation" and was also nominated for his other series, "The Awful Truth" (which the L.A. Times called "the smartest and funniest show on TV.") Moore also wrote and directed the comedy feature "Canadian Bacon" starring the late John Candy, and the BBC documentary, "The Big One." He has directed music videos for R.E.M., Rage Against the Machine, Neil Young, and System of a Down.
His other best-selling books include "Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American," and "Adventures in a TV Nation," which he co-wrote with his wife Kathleen Glynn. His books have been translated in over 30 languages, and have gone to #1 in Italy, Germany, France, Japan, Great Britain, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand. Moore lists his hobbies as reading, gardening and removing corrupt officials from power.
