Cinema Canada (Dec 1981)

Mann follows jazz with poetry, De Antonio helps out PrORONTO ‘Twenty-three year old Toronto tilmmaker Ron Mann, who produced and directed the highly acclaimed jazz documentary Imagine — the Sound, has begun shooting a new film about poets under the working title Poetry in Motion. Mann said the new film is similar in approach to his previous picture, adding that he hopes to compile “the first ever B.C.LRA.B. CERTIFIED V6B 4B3 g/Cinema Cana THE GREY FOX RECKLESS BY DESIGN HARRY TRACY — DESPERADO 1.A.T. S. E. LOCAL 891 MAIN P.O. BOX 5229, VANCOUVER, B.C., film poetry anthology. The film will concentrate on the per formance aspect and examine the extension of poetry into other art forms, music, dance, ete.” Several crew members who collaborated with Mann on Imagine the Sound are working on the Poetry shoot : director of photography Robert Fresco, who recently won a 1981 Bijou Award for best documentary cinematography for LOCAL 891 PRESENTS... CONTACT (604) 688-4718 “We put great people together with great pictures.” CREATIVE ART DIRECTORS AND FIRST CLASS TECHNICIANS Steady as She Goes, soundman David Joliat, and editor Peter Wintonick. Working as a consultant on the film is director Emile De Antonio, director of Painters Painting, who also consulted on Imagine the Sound. "Emile is my friend as well as being the major influence on my Career so far,’ said Mann, also noting De Antonio’s valuable contribution in making con UNIQUE AOR ITEI NS BRITISH COLUMBIA WITH tact with many leading American, and particularly New York City, poets. The crew has already filmed such notables as John Cage, William Burroughs, and John Giorno in New York, as well as Tom Verlaine and Allen Ginsberg (with the Toronto rock group The CeeDees) in performance in Toronto. Other Canadian poets already filmed include Irving Layton, John Cooper-Clark, and Toronto street poets Stuart Ross, Mark Lada, and Crad Kilodney, which Mann said represented only one-fifth of the project’s total shooting schedule. Poetry in Motion is being made on a $200,000 budget from private investors. Mann, whois producing as well as directing, expects principal photography to be finished by December 25, 1981, and anticipates the film will be completed and ready for screening sometime in May, 1982. Meanwhile, good things continue to happen with Imagine the Sound. Mann told Cinema Canada that the film has been purchased by British television's Fourth Channel through the film’s agent, Murray Sweigman, of International Tele-Film. Also, the film was awarded the Silver Hugo Award as the best feature-length documentary at the Chicago Film Festival in early November. Irwin busy as one pic breaks, another films TORONTO — Night School, an American produced suspensethriller featuring the work of Canadian cinematographer Mark Irwin, began its Canadian theatrical release November 6 in Toronto. Paramount is distributing the film, which is directed by Ken Hughes (Cromwell, Of Human Bondage) and stars Leonard Mann, Rachel Ward, Drew Snyder and Joseph R. Sicardi. Irwin photographed the film on location in Boston during the spring of 1980. Irwin has just completed work as director of photography on William Fruet’s Death Bite, and is currently working with director David Cronenberg on Videodrome in Toronto. The director-cinematographer team has previously collaborated on The Brood and Scanners. Porn fits the bill MONTREAL — In only three weeks, Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography has grossed $36,244 in a small Cineplex theatre, seating less than 100 people. Directed by Bonnie Sherr Klein and produced by the National Film Board of Canada, the film is attracting both those who come for its anti-pornography message and others who prefer its documentary footage. Cockburn film on track in Toronto again TORONTO —Extra Modern Productions’ documentary-concert film on Canadian rock musician Bruce Cockburn’s 1981 North American tour, scheduled to begin shooting October 23 in Denver, was postponed until November 19, according to producer Bill House. House, co-producing the film with Peter Walsh in collaboration with Cockburn’s manager, Bernie Finkelstein, said shooting began November 19 in Boston to follow the east coast segment of Cockburn’s tour through Philadelphia, New York, Washington, Atlanta, and Memphis. Two concerts are to be staged specifically for the film at The Music Hall, on the CONGRATULATIONS C.B.C. BEACHCOMBERS — ON YOUR 10th ANNIVERSARY — WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE SERIES ALPHA CINE SERVICE 916 DAVIE STREET, VANCOUVER, B.C. Danforth, Toronto, November 30 and December 1. The production delay meant the filmmakers were unable to record any of the western portion of the tour, which included stops in Denver, San Francisco, Seattle, and a successful appearance at Los Angeles's renowned Roxy Theatre earlier this month. But House remains optimistic about the project, budgeted at $420,000, citing enthusiastic reviews of Cockburn’s performances in the press. He added the delay had not caused any changes in the crew, headed by director Martin Lavut, director of photography Vic Sarin, and soundman John Thompson. PHONE (604) 688-7797 V6Z 1B8 TELEX 04-507757 da/December 81-January 82