Cinema Canada (Dec 1981)

(ee = CINE MAG. * Dansereau wraps fictional pic in Quebec City MIONTREAL,Several low-budgetfeatures have been shot this year throughout Quebec: JeanPierre Lefebvre and Marguerite LY RATT, AMIR NEAR One finished La quarantaine in StHyacinthe, while Yves Simoneau (Les veux rouges) and Fernand Dansereau (Les doux aveux! have used Quebec City as the site of their films. Dansereau, who won a Canadian Film Award several years ago as one of Canada’s outstanding filmmakers, has completed Les doux aveux, a theatrical feature starring Mar cel Sabourin and Hélene Loiselle. For Dansereau, known primarily for his work at the National Film Board in documentary, and his many labor films made in conjunction with community groups, his film isa departure. “It had been four years since Thad directed a film. | began to work on an idea with the young slowly, a ‘personage’ began to grow and develop. It was an old woman, based on my grandmother, and we decided to go ahead and work on a scenario, putting older people and adolescents together.” With obvious enthusiasm for the film, Dansereau received backing from the Institut Québécois du Cinéma and the Canadian Film Development Corp and found a single investor who was ready to put up the remaining $88,000. “We were limited by the $368,000 budget, but the shoot was far from impossible. We shot it in 22 days, paid union SLI | VEINS in SHARKYS MACAINE fees fora 23-member crew, and had four first-rate actors in leading roles, wrote music and the rest. I don’t understand why filmmaking has got so expenbeen very comronavie'd hee budget of $500,000.” After years of making films tailored to the requirements of the NFB, or with groups, Dansereau eventually felt a certain freedom in dealing with fiction. “The documentary tradition runs deep, and Helene Loiselle pointed out at the beginning of the shoot that I was simply asking her to play herself, not really to develop a character. We soon got free and began to use our imaginations in ways that were new for me. I hope that this film will communicate (cont. on p. 7) NOBODY LEANS ON SHARKY’S MACHINE. ‘ewer "oO BURT REYNOLDS . ~ ws "SHARKY'S MACHINE” sonar VITIORIO GASSMAN. BRIAN KEITH: CHARLES DURNING FARL HOLLIMAN BERNIE CASEY HENRY SILVA: DARRYL HICKMAN RICHARD UBERTINI wa RACHEL WARD i Scere ty SNUFF GARRETT Seto of Prepaty WILLIAM A FRAKER ASC ose » HANK MOONJEAN ‘onecin ty GERALD DI PEGO tee oo te rot WILLIAM DIEHL * free etre e/Cinema Canada/D Deon’ te BURT REYNOLDS inte Coming for Christmas PED eM POs OH) a TE ecember 81-January 82 ~” Clear ne” OROoN ° e CONTENTS e No. 80 — December 1981 — January 1982 Cover: Desperate for his unemployment cheque, George Segal takes on the postman while The Neighbour’s Irene Cara stands caught in the crossfire. For an In Progress report, sce page 32. Photo:Randy Munkacsi. Eqlisaniad: Rav.a marrage of-culture apd industry ........ 23 toledo) Ee A Sen ee en ee ee ee ea ee ae ar 23 GineMag Trade NewS .......2-0cc scence csecncscccnseens 3 National Pay-TV proposals .......c20cececseeveccccccesn 14-15 MET OM LES OV LES WEGMAN sescnvesbccercasvndcctigas 11 SHOOU AIDEN oy Linda KUPECEK 5.0.66 s sevice rsdalecsaes 19 trperébecela(oy iy avite ls 9 2 ee Soe oe ea ae eee ean 40-43 Fry POR SL COURIRINRON a eee S's wlaiw ps 0d 6 oe step ws ote 605s oe dees 44-45 Features The war within: Culture vs.industry, by Connie Tadros...... 24 Out of the main stream, by David Clarke .............. 26-27 Abitibi summers and winters: Andre Blanchard, CTE PET GUN Ce ee OS ee ee ent ear ir 28 Double trouble; by Judee Ganten .2..cccccccscacrcaseunste 31 In Progress “The Neighbour’: Dead dog leads to cat-and-mouse, PARE OT CAI LEE CEN Reaeva eee bn AY oo Ga, wiere minielgsacwhiale 0 ba 32 “Death Bite”: A mean appetite, by David Sharpe .......... 33 Film Reviews Ralph Thomas's “Ticket to Heaven”, by Christopher Lowry ......... te Ss ee ee 34 Claude Jutra’s ‘Surfacing’, by Florence Jacobowitz ...... 35 Harry Rasky's “Being Different’, by Christopher Lowry .... 36 Bill Reid’s “Bill Lee: A profile of a pitcher’, by Lois Siegel Be Gilles Blais’ “Les adeptes”, by Lois Pope ..............++37 Short Film Reviews Bruce Glawson's “Michael, a Gay Son”, by Barbara Halpern Martineau ......... Rescue eee 38 Derek May's “Off the Wall”, by Merv Walker .......... 38 Mazur/Elkin/Lower’s “The New Mavor’,byJohn Brooke .... 39 Linda Schuyler/Kit Hood's “The Kids of Degrassi St.”, by John Brooke Publisher: Jean-Pierre Vadros. Editors: Connie TVadros, Jean-Pierre Tadros. Associate Editor: Teri Coburn. General Manager: Del Mehes'Toronto! Staff reporter: Bruce Malloch MResearcher: Yves Gagnon. Columnists: Linda Shapiro. Les Wedman, Linda Kupecek, J. Paul Costabile. George L. George. Design: Merv Walker. Typesetting: Concept Mediatexte Inc. Subscription: Svivie Ouellet. Advertising Manager: Andre Lauzon. Subscription information: One year !12 issues): individuals $18. Companies and institutions $24. \dd $5 postage for USA and overseas. Two vears (24 issues) : Individuals $34. Companies and institutions $40. Add $10 postage for USA and overseas. First class\one year, 12 issues) : Individuals $30. Companies and institutions $36. Overseas. individuals $38. Companies and institutions $44. 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