Mr C's video of the LOST ARCADE World Premiere Q&A

Mr C went to the world premiere at DOC NYC this past Saturday. I was outside of the theater when it was about to go down and the standby line to get into the screening went down the block a good distance from the IFC Center. The desire to get into the screening was so high that even when the people from the fest said that most of the line couldn't get in they stayed there and waited and hoped.

While a  full report can be found over at his regular home PLANET CHOCKO but at the same time I wanted to post the video C took of the Q&A. Its brief but I thought some of you might be interested in seeing it.




And for Mr C's complete report on the LOST ARCADE world premiere go here.

Song of Lahore Q&A at the IFC Center November 4

Chocko was at a preview screening of SONG OF LAHORE and recorded the Q&A

Watch the Q&A and then go see the film- it's awesome.

Here's my original review

Chocko has been recording Q&As again : KUMIKO THE TREASURE HUNTER, SEYMOUR AN INTRODUCTION and Champs

Within the last week Chocko has been hitting various film screening where the filmmakers have been in attendance.. He was at th CHAMPS screening at the Village East Cinema, and SEYMOUR  AN INTRODUCTION and KUMIKO THE TREASURE HUNTER at the IFC Center. As he usually does he recorded the Q&As that followed the screenings. I've raided his You Tube channel and present them here for you.

One word of warning the KUMIKO and SEYMOUR sound is not the best. There is something about the IFC Center sound system which makes it difficult to record the sound. Its not just Chocko's problem but most people  I know who've tried it have had problems. I would hesitate to share the clips except this maybe the only chance you get to see these people talk about their films (for example Rinko Kikuchi only did one screening while the Zellners did them all weekend)

With out further adieu I give you post movie Q&As:

The Jimmy Wong Yu Q&A from November 11

Last Tuesday Jimmy Wong Yu appeared at Lincoln Center to get his Lifetime Achievement Award from the guys at Subway Cinema and The New York Asian Film Festival.

I previously wrote up the evening (which can be found here) but I know some of you would have liked to see the Q&A so here it is as shot by MrC.

Chocko went to THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW with BAZ LUHRMANN + SUSAN SARANDON and got this video

As part of New York Comic Con Super Week the IFC Center ran Rocky Horror Picture Show with a post film screening with Baz Luhrmann and Susan Sarandon. Chocko was there and recorded the Q&A

Richard Linklater and Ellar Coltrane talk Boyhood at the IFC Center July 10,2014

Chocko is the man when it comes to get film and video of various events. Little does anyone suspect that behind the friendly demeanor lies the heart and soul of the paparazzi who will stop at nothing, even running over his grandma to get a shot. That may sound cruel until you realize that Chocko's grandma was one of the first paparazzi and she had little respect for our intrepid reporter until the day he hip-checked her into a flower cart in order to be the one to get a shot of Tony Bennett with Snoop Dog. Ever since that day Chocko was her favorite.

But I digress....

Chocko attended a special screening of Boyhood back in July with the director and star in attendance.  I held off posting his video since I wanted to see the film before I put the video up. I say this because If I put the video up odds are I'd watch it, potentially wrecking the film before I saw it. Since I've now seen it I'm sharing the Q&A with you

JAPAN CUTS 2014: Cross Generation Communications From .5MM, GREATFUL DEAD, TALE OF IYA Screenings

Tetsuichiro Tsuta, director of THE TALE OF IYA

Living up to its reputation, the leading festival of films from Japan Japan Cuts brought a diverse offering of topics and points of view in its presentations of films from 2013 and 2014 to New York City audiences at this summer's event. This year’s slate was enriched by a number of strong independent films offering critical looks at society with no easy answers but plenty of intriguing questions. Standouts include .MM from director Momoko Andou, who adapted the story from her debut novel, GREATFUL DEAD by Eiji Uchida, and THE TALE OF IYA by TETSUICHIRO TSUTA. These films represent the promise of three assured and innovative voices arising in the Japanese film industry.

On an interesting note all three of the directors worked with a cast featuring both young and aged actors in order to wave stories that look at the relationship between different generations of Japanese. At times it speaks of reverence (TALE OF IYA), of both lack of understanding and awestruck fascination (.5MM), and in the case of GREATFUL DEAD, there is allusion to a conflict that is ruthlessly adversarial. In each case, these relations are navigated in such a way that suggests a complex situation at work.

In the realm of filmmaking, however, it can be viewed as a triumph of collaboration, with brilliant performances across generations being invoked by each director.

Below are a few communications between the talent involved in these provocative films and the audience, either in person, via video, or by letter read prior to a screening.

Prior to the screening of .5MM Japan Cuts programmer Joel Neville Anderson read a letter from Sakura Andou (LOVE EXPOSURE, PENANCE) star of the film and sister of director Momoko Andou, to the audience. I was unable to stay for the Q & A via skype with director Momoko Andou after the film.

Director Eiji Uchida prepared a video introduction before the screening of his film Greatful Dead, in which he talks about the film’s shift from serious societal critique to genre hit, and the inspiration behind religious themes in the film.

Director Tetsuichiro Tsuta appeared at New York’s Japan Society in person to introduce his film and discuss it afterwards with Joel Neville Anderson. Below are photos followed by videos of the introduction and q & a.Apologies for the video’s abrupt beginning and end, which captures only a part of the Q & A. At the outset, Tsuta answers a question about his ambitions to make even longer films (IYA ran an impressive 3 hours) using traditional filming methods. Here he speaks on directing the physicality of his leads Rina Takeda, action film favorite and martial artist, and Min Tanaka, a long established actor whose repetoire includes traditional dance.

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