Kickstart The Jogger/Argo Opens/Various and Sundry/Oscar News

Good Thursday to All...

KICKSTART THE JOGGER

Casey Twenter and Jeff Robison's "The Jogger" continues to lense in and around the Oklahoma City area.  Here's what they posted on "The Jogger's" Facebook page on Tuesday:

"That's a day 3 wrap. The footage Michael Stine has shot looks fantastic. The work ethic and demeanor of the crew is inspiring. Acting is aces. Time for some sleep and then we're on at 6 again tonight!"

Here's the link to that page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Jogger/359188407489402?fref=ts

The Oklahoma film makers have a Kickstarter account established so that they can do some desired post-production work.  Check that out here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1277883372/the-jogger?ref=city

As I have been saying...support Oklahoma film a drop a dime (or two) into Casey and Jeff's project.


ARGO OPENS

TFF #39 sneak preview "Argo" has been tearing up the festival scene since its debut in Telluride 6 weeks ago.  It opened nationwide last Friday and has benefited from terrific reviews.  Dollar-wise, I gather that the WB folks would have liked it to have done a little better business last weekend (it opened as the #2 film of the weekend behind the second week of "Taken 2") but I think that word of mouth is going to keep it going for a while.

As you might expect there aren't quite as many posts/stories today as there were Monday in the glow of its opening weekend but there are still quite a few "Argo" tidbits to pass along to you.

First, Vulture.com explores the value/utility of all the character actors that make up the "Argo' ensemble and have many thinking that it's the favorite for the ensemble acting award that will be presented by the Screen Actors Guild.  Here's that post:

http://www.vulture.com/2012/10/who-is-the-mvp-of-argos-character-actors.html

Another common thread among "Argo" stories has been the commentary concerning the "comeback' of actor/writer/director Ben Affleck.  The Herald Mail looks at that here:

http://articles.herald-mail.com/2012-10-15/lifestyle/34480754_1_film-review-film-industry-argo

Another common thread through any number of posts about the film has been comparing the fictionalized world of the film to the actual events  it is based on.  Screenrant is among the sites that have taken that on and here is their examination:

http://screenrant.com/argo-movie-facts-fiction-true-story-differences/


Omer M. Mozaffar breaks down the film on Roger ebrt's website here:

http://blogs.suntimes.com/foreignc/2012/10/the-revolution-has-been-filmed.html

And interviews continue to be posted/published.  Below you'll find The Hollywood Reporter's talk with "Argo' screen scribe Chris Terrio and Anne Thompson's talk with Affleck and film editor William Goldenberg:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/argo-screenwriter-chris-terrio-ben-affleck-iran-378972

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/affleck-talks-argo

VARIOUS AND SUNDRY ( "No", "Amour", "Barbara", "The Central Park Five", "Ginger and Rosa", "Rust and Bone" and "Everyday")

  
Here's a collection of posts/stories/reports from the last four days focused on films that played in TFF #39:

***Director Pablo Larrain talks “No” on iTunes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pablo-larrain-no-meet-filmmaker/id570750875

***"Amour" and  Haneke…

Director/writer Michael Haneke is awarded the French Legion of Honor

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-haneke-gets-french-legion-378922

Movie City News' Dave Poland interviews Haneke:

http://moviecitynews.com/2012/10/dp30-amour-writerdirector-michael-haneke-la-2012/

***Barbara

Director Christian Peltzold talks with both The Playlist and Mubi.com about Foreign Language Oscar hopeful "Barbara":

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/nyff-barbara-director-christian-petzold-talks-gdr-german-acting-vs-american-20121015

http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/spatial-suspense-a-conversation-with-christian-petzold

***The Central Park Five

The Ken Burns/Sara Burns/David McMahon doc gets a poster.  Here's the skinny from Hollywood Elsewhere and Ioncinema:

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/10/cut_and_dried.php

http://www.ioncinema.com/movies/central-park-five

***Ginger and Rosa

A first clip from the Elle Fanning starrer directed by Sally Potter is here via The Playlist:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-first-clip-from-sally-potters-ginger-rosa-starring-elle-fanning-20121017#

***Rust and Bone

My favorite film of TFF #39 has an official U.S. trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uwwJWgD6J8&feature=youtu.be

***Everyday

Michael Winterbottom's experimental, five-years-in-the-making film with a post from The Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/oct/15/child-stars-michael-winterbottom-everyday?newsfeed=true

OSCAR NEWS

Here's this week's link to Scott Feinberg's (of The Hollywood Reporter) "A Few Minutes with Feinberg":

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/a-few-minutes-feinberg-view-379501

And I have added a link to a new (well new to this blog) Oscar prognostication site.  This one is from the Huffington Post.  Here's the link:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-hogan/academy-award-predictions-2013-gold-rush_b_1967374.html

More on Monday...have a great weekend...

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