D.A. Pennebaker and
Chris Hegedus are back for the second part of our career spanning retrospective of the legendary filmmakers on
BYOD. ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM
MARS, THE
WAR ROOM, KINGS OF PASTRY, STARTUP.
COM, and their new project, UNLOCKING THE
CAGE are shared with clips and insight from the brilliant documentary legends. The musical inspirations and artistic philosophy that are the cornerstones for their temple of visual art is all aired in this uncensored interview with
Ondi Timoner.
Watch the first half of our interview with Pennebaker and Hegedus here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wii6fDmv50E&index;=2&list;=PLjk3H0GXhhGdZbrANmO6kYPy8IQC0GiN_
GUEST & FILM
INFO:
D.A. (
Donn Alan) Pennebaker is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of cinema verite filmmaking
. In the early sixties, Pennebaker and his colleague
Richard Leacock developed one of the first fully portable
16mm synchronized camera and sound recording systems which revolutionized filmmaking and helped to created the immediate style of shooting so popular today. In
1967, Pennebaker released the seminal film
DON’T
LOOK BACK, which followed
Bob Dylan’s last acoustic concert tour in
England. The film broke box office records and is considered a classic of both documentary and rock filmmaking.
Pennebaker’s next film, MONTEREY
POP, was a record of the 1967
Monterey International Pop Festival that launched the careers of
Janis Joplin and
Jimi Hendrix. A critical and commercial hit,
Monterey Pop was the progenitor of a host of rock documentaries, from
Woodstock to Pennebaker’s own
KEEP ON ROCKIN’ which featured rock n’ roll legends
Jerry Lee Lewis,
Little Richard,
Chuck Berry, and
Bo Diddley; and ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS,
Bowie’s final
Ziggy performance. Pennebaker’s television documentary COMPANY –
The Original Cast Album, about the recording of the
Stephen Sondheim musical’s cast
album, includes
Elaine Stritch’s infamous performance of “
The Ladies Who Lunch.”
In
1976, the filmmaker began his long collaboration with his partner and future wife, Chris Hegedus.
Together, they have co-directed a host of acclaimed films, including
1998’s
MOON OVER BROADWAY and
1994’s THE WAR ROOM. The latter film, a behind-the-scenes look at
Bill Clinton’s
1992 presidential campaign, received an
Academy Award Nomination for
Best Documentary and won the
National Board of Review’s
D.W. Griffith Award for Best Documentary.
Pennebaker’s most recent film is KINGS OF PASTRY, which follows the prestigious
French pastry competition the Meilleurs Ouvier de
France. It is co-directed by Hegedus and produced by
Frazer Pennebaker and
Flora Lazar. His subsequent projects include directing a live webcast of the
National at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music and promoting the new
Criterion Collection edition of THE WAR ROOM. He continues to collaborate with other filmmakers through his non-profit organization,
Living Archives.
ADD’L LINKS:
http://phfilms.com/
https://twitter.com/PHFilms
https://www.facebook.com/PHFilms
http://thelip.tv/show/byod-bring-your-own-doc/
http://thelip.tv/
BYOD Full
Episodes Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K66ja5WJurk&index;=1&list;=PLjk3H0GXhhGdZbrANmO6kYPy8IQC0GiN_
BYOD
Short Clips Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89yhe6G82Vg&list;=PLjk3H0GXhhGeu2DCf6Ouo7hTsA5QB2MAL&index;=1
http://www.youtube.com/theliptv
https://www.facebook.com/BYODOC?directed_target_id=0
https://www.facebook.com/thelip.tv?ref=hl
EPISODE BREAKDOWN:
00:01 THE WAR ROOM, and the
1992 election staff of Bill Clinton.
02:45 THE WAR ROOM,
Clip:
James Carville rallies the troops.
04:34
DA Pennebaker’s upbringing and his parents.
07:38
Understanding what makes an artist.
15:03 The early musical influences (78s and “race records”), and the power of filming musicians.
18:38
Working with
Depeche Mode.
19:26 Filming ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS, “It was the sexiest thing you ever saw.”
25:44 STARTUP.COM, with
Jehane Noujaim.
31:02 STARTUP.COM,
Trailer.
32:21 Capturing partnerships--and dissolutions--in documentary.
39:30 KINGS OF PASTRY, and the pastry competition.
43:44 KINGS OF PASTRY, Clip:
Competition highs and lows.
49:14 Philippe Rigollot and the stakes of the competition.
52:39 The greatest fear in a storied career.
56:31 A Kickstarter campaign and UNLOCKING THE CAGE.
- published: 29 Aug 2014
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