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Issue 115: March/April
2007– Contents:
Once: From the Heart A guy, a girl, contemporary Dublin, eight songs, no money. These are the materials writer/director John Carney has used to shape Once. Lir Mac Cárthaigh tries to get to the heart of it. Extract
Low-Budget Dystopia Where filmmaking used to be about vision and imagination, the low-budget paradigm has made it about cutting corners and cutting wages, says Brian Guckian. Extract
Jump-starting Low-Budget Catalystproject is a new mentored scheme for producing low-budget feature films and training creative teams in how to make them. Lir Mac Cárthaigh introduces it . Extract
Trouble Every Day Aidan Beatty visited the set of Anton, the first feature film from director Graham Cantwell and writer Anthony Fox, and tried to delay proceedings as little as possible. Extract
Rise of the Machines Once a toy for the techies, machinima is now within the grasp of most filmmakers. Jasmina Kallay introduces this hybrid artform, which is proving a popular way to make ultra low-budget films.Extract
Danger is my Business From fields of fire in Braveheart to bare-knuckle boxing in Becoming Jane, Donal O'Farrell is a stunt co-ordinator who has spent nearly thirty years on the business. He talks to Adam Lacey. Extract
Killing Time in Dublin Tom Fontana is the writer/producer of cult television programmes such as St. Elsewhere, Homicide: Life on the Street and Oz. Niall Kitson caught up with him during a visit to Dublin. Extract
The Lads and Lasses from Ould Ireland
Desmond Bell, director of the acclaimed films The Hard Road to Klondike and Rebel Frontier, examines images of Ireland and the Irish in early cinema. Extract
Listening to Lynch From the 'fast' Mulholland Dr. and Wild at Heart to the 'slow' Eraserhead and The Elephant Man, Tony McKibbin examines the work of David Lynch, with a particular emphasis on sound. Extract
57th Berlin Film Festival Report Hendrike Bake reports from the international film event, that this year combined audience pleasers with tougher fare.Extract
