the shooting of dan mcgoo is a cartoon directed by tex avery and starring frank graham as the wolf .

both avery and bill thompson voiced the lead character droopy .

sara berner did the speaking voice of lou , while her singing was provided by imogene lynn .

the cartoon was edited for a 1951 re-release , removing two cigarette-related gags from the film ( as well as the original opening titles ) .

the shooting of dan mcgoo

loosely based on the poem
the shooting of dan mcgrew .
very loosely .
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‘the shooting of dan mcgoo’ was tex avery’s second take on service’s poem , the first being the warner brothers cartoon ‘ dangerous dan mcfoo ‘ from 1939 , which phlegmatic dog star anticipates droopy .
this starts off as an adaptation of robert service ' s poem ' the shooting of dan mcgrew ' , complete with a literal depiction of a man with one foot in the grave , but when dan mcgoo turns out . . . see full summary »
basically the same plot as
the shooting of dan mcgoo
but this time in a western setting . wool kidnaps a sexy bar singer and it ' s up to droopy to save the day .
this starts off as an adaptation of robert service ' s poem ' the shooting of dan mcgrew ' , complete with a literal depiction of a man with one foot in the grave , but when dan mcgoo turns out to be droopy , it turns into another droopy - versus - the wolf gagfest .
the title is based on the 1907 narrative poem
the shooting of dan mcgrew
by robert w . service that takes place in a yukon saloon during the yukon gold rush of the late 1890s .
that one of you is a hound of hell . . . and that one is dan mcgrew .
the shooting of dan mcgoo is an animation classic ; a masterpiece reflecting the talents of director tex avery at his peak at mgm . like most avery cartoons , this short is full of site gags and punchline galore . this is a true look at the classic droopy ; . . . ( read more )
in his second film droopy enters the wolf’s world of sex , joining forces with the ever sexy red as his lover lou , while the wolf’s the villain entering the alaskan saloon and droopy is ‘dangerous dan mcgoo’ himself .
but we drank his health , and the last to drink was dangerous dan mcgrew .
. this parody of the popular robert w . service poem , “the shooting of dan mcgrew” takes place in the frozen north of coldernell , alaska , where the population of 324 ( and dropping ) keep themselves warm by downing colossal amounts of beer and beating each other senseless . only one patron refrains from taking part in the boozing and roughhousing - - dan mcgoo ( played by avery’s most popular character , droopy ) , a tough hombre with an eye for the saloon’s showgirl lady lou ( avery’s familiar redheaded showgirl ) . into the bar enters a dangerous looking wolf , who buys drinks for the house and ogles the mcgoo’s gorgeous lady love . when the interloper tries to snatch the girl and run off , he infuriates mcgoo . of course , anyone who has spent any portion of their youth watching cartoons knows it is never a good idea to make droopy mad .
the cartoon is a hilarious re - telling of the poem ‘the shooting of dan mcgrew’ by robert service . it is simply packed with self - conscious gags and puns . red is absolutely stunning , when she sings a great army song , displaying her popularity with the armed forces . her performance remains a tour of the force of animation , courtesy of animator preston blair .
the story begins in coldernell , alaska - population 320 and getting smaller . a wild , rough town where gold is king and gambling , drinking and shooting each other are the major activities . droopy is dangerous dan mcgoo , a lone gambler , whose only love is the girl . . . ( more )
many small changes were made to mgm cartoons for theatrical reissue . unfortunetly , due to a warehouse fire , all the original negatives ( and prints ) of the 1930s and 40s cartoons are lost forever . surviving nitrate prints are the only remaining record of the way these cartoons were originally shown . case in point - tex avery ' s the shooting of dan mcgoo . compare the original frame ( at left ) with the theatrical reissue frame at right .
is very thin on plot , but true avery fans watch his shorts for the gags rather than the story . avery developed an “anything - for - a - laugh” style at warner brothers , which came into full bloom when he moved to fred quimby’s animation department at mgm . the shooting of dan mcgoo is actually a loose remake of an elmer fudd short that avery produced at warner brothers ,
originally titled the shooting of dan mcscrew . this film is loaded with great sight gags , and smacks heavily of world war ii . a highlight is when lou sings ,
i never knew a wolf like you .
with the popularity of happy hound in
dumb hounded ,
. . . (
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i guess i ' ll make it a spread misere
, said dangerous dan mcgrew .
homesteaders are not popular in cattle country , so when the cows complain to dishonest dan , the cattle man , he makes it tough on the droopy family .
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while the man from the creeks lay clutched to the breast of the lady that ' s known as lou .
the film was created in the spirit of earlier upa shorts like the unicorn in the garden and the tell - tale heart which adapted classic pieces of literature to the animation medium . in this case , the inspiration came from robert service’s poem of the same name .
jerry has posted a super - rare gem on youtube : the 1965 short the shooting of dan mcgrew directed by ed graham , jr . i was so excited about seeing the film online that i asked him to let me post about it . when i first encountered this short about five years ago , the thing that popped out to me was the striking background color design of walt peregoy , who is most famously the color stylist of 101 dalmatians . unfortunately , this copy on youtube doesn’t do justice to his color work and gives only a vague taste of what an actual print looks like .
these are the simple facts of the case , and i guess i ought to know .
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it’s worth noting that the version of mcgoo that we see today is not the original version that was theatrically released in 1945 . when the cartoon was re - released in 1951 , edits were made to remove references to cigarettes , and additional alterations were made to the opening and closing titles . ( according to cartoon historian jerry beck , the original cartoon–along with most of the original prints for all of the mgm cartoons produced prior to 1951–was destroyed in the 1967 mgm vault fire , and only backup nitrate prints remain . )
till at last that old piano fell in the way of his wandering gaze .
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yet he tilted a poke of dust on the bar , and he called for drinks for the house .
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is one of tex avery’s very best shorts , and fans of both animation and booze movies should find it to be madcap fun .
below is a complete set of opening titles for tom and jerry in the hollywood bowl ( 1950 ) . the first row shows the original titles from 1950 ( the titles were super - imposed over a pan down of the starry night time sky ) . the second row are the less attractive reissue titles from several years later .
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cartoon urltoken posted these pencils ( below ) for other , earlier tom & jerry opening title cards . a version of the one on the right can be seen at the begining of the night before christmas ( 1941 ) , minus those rings in the center . were these titles painted and used at the begining of the early forties tom & jerry ' s ? no film footage has been found as of yet - but it proves that what we see today are not the original opening titles .
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the wolf escapes from prison but is hounded by the police dog named droopy . wherever the wolf goes , the little fellow is there , too .
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a bullfight contest between droopy and the wolf , staged in the chili bowl .
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so the stranger stumbles across the room , and flops down there like a fool .
droopy is a shepherd . his sheep graze into cattle country , despite the warning sign . he gets in an argument with the cattle owner , but of course , nobody wins a battle against droopy .
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droopy and spike compete in a series of athletics contests , and no prizes for guessing who starts cheating . . .
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wow – i never knew the reason that bill thompson didn’t voice all the droopy cartoons . it always seemed so arbitrary that tex avery would take over , throughout the series , haphazardly . one of those nuggets you always wonder about , but never discover the answer to . until now ! thanks , brandie !
as he watered the green stuff in his glass , and the drops fell one by one .
the wolf rides into town , terrorises it , kidnaps the girl , and is chased by the outraged townspeople , accompanied by droopy , who despite introducing himself as
the hero
at the end , in . . . see full summary »
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yet another variation on the three little pigs theme , this time told as ww2 anti - german propaganda ( the us had just entered the war ) , with the wolf as a thinly - disguised hitler .
then you ' ve a hunch what the music meant . . . hunger and night and the stars .
and the lust awoke to kill , to kill . . . then the music stopped with a crash ,
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in mgm’s 1943 animated short dumb - hounded , director tex avery debuted a new character , a laconic , quick - witted , slow - talking hound dog . originally dubbed “happy hound” ( though this is never explicitly mentioned onscreen ) , the dog spends the entire cartoon tracking down a wolf who has escaped from jail , remarkably appearing in every locale to which the wolf attempts to escape . from the city to the remotest areas of the planet , there is nowhere the wolf can go where the dog isn’t waiting for him , and every encounter with his would - be captor sends the wolf into frenetic takes marked by incredibly imaginative imagery .
the woman that kissed him and — pinched his poke — was the lady that ' s known as lou .
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a jailhouse , a tempting safe . . . and a sleeping sheriff . can the two villains make off with the loot without waking him up ? not if deputy droopy has his way . much of this cartoon is a remake . . . see full summary »
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- - wolf : ( to bartender ) : straight whiskey . ( after downing the drink , the wolf shoots to the ceiling like a roman candle . ) this stuff’s been cut !
born in lancashire , england to a bank cashier and an heiress , poet robert william service moved to scotland at the age of five , living with his grandfather and three aunts until his parents moved to glasgow four years later and the family reunited . he wrote . . .
. however , the mgm remake is faster , funnier , and much more firewater - filled . the alcohol gags fly by fast and furiously in this cartoon - - from customers drinking on the roof when it’s announced that the drinks are on the house to barflies’ ghosts continuing to drink after they have been shot .
the sixties was an interesting time for theatrical shorts in the us . as studio animation was dying out , many of the major studios offered independently - produced one - shots like this one , which was released by universal . there are plenty of other sixties one - shots that are currently owned by major studios and deserve to be made available to animation fans . these include two films by john and faith hubley that are owned by paramount– a windy day and oscar - winning herb alpert and the tijuana brass double feature –as well as ernie pintoff’s oscar - winning the critic , ken mundie’s the door , format films’ icarus montgolfier wright , and chuck menville and len janson’s stop look and listen and blaze glory .
it’s a good year for the animation world : some previously overlooked women filmmakers and japanese animation directors have been invited to join the academy this year .
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here ' s a lost original title . this is the original on - screen tom & jerry title card of the 1940s . most 1940s t & j ; cartoons that have been released on tv and home video are reissue prints with replaced / updated title art and credits ( see proof below ) . this original portrait has not been seen since 1940s .
- - although this short features numerous canines drinking themselves silly , cats are no slouches when it comes to downing the sauce . watch felix the cat tie one on in
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there stumbled a miner fresh from the creeks , dog - dirty , and loaded for bear .
that your guts were gone , and the best for you was to crawl away and die .
the music almost died away . . . then it burst like a pent - up flood ;
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a millionaire with two dogs ( spike and droopy ) leaves his fortune to droopy with the stipulation that should he be killed the entire fortune will revert to spike . guess what spike is up to ?
then he clutched the keys with his talon hands — my god ! but that man could play .
and a woman screamed , and the lights went up , and two men lay stiff and stark .
and i turned my head — and there watching him was the lady that ' s known as lou .
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in addition to peregoy’s contributions , the film also has character designs by george cannata , jr . and background layout by upa veteran bob dranko . the animation was directed by another younger design - oriented animator , george singer , and the primary animators were golden age veterans manny gould and amby paliwoda . also worth noting : the music is credited to jazz great george shearing . this is his only animation score as far as i’m aware .
and watching his luck was his light - o ' - love , the lady that ' s known as lou .
( god ! how ghastly she looks through her rouge , — the lady that ' s known as lou . )
droopy the boy scout attempts to do good deeds , but has various spike - related hurdles to overcome first . . .
they say that the stranger was crazed with
hooch ,
and i ' m not denying it ' s so .
when harman and ising began producing cartoons for mgm , they continued producing films with bosko , their star from leon schlesinger ' s looney tunes . at first bosko appeared as he had in the warner bros . releases . here ' s a spanish magazine (
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courtesy of ernesto pfluger ) announcing bosko , harman and ising ' s arrival at mgm at mgm ( with musician scott bradley and actress cecilia parker ) :
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i am a big fan of any wolf , red , and droopy cartoon . this is red ' s second cartoon and she ' s looking noticeablly taller and curvier . if i had to choose , i would say she looks her most gorgeous here . i love her voice and moves as well and for me is . . . ( read more )
. this title , at left , is from little quacker ( 1950 - note the copyright roman numerals ) . perspecta sound was not introduced until 1954 .
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droopy is an unlikely fox - hound , but the highly civilised ( and resourceful ) english upper - class fox makes even more unlikely prey . . .
perspecta sound was introduced in 1954 and the last films made in the process were released in 1957 . perspecta , for those unfamiliar with it , was an optical sound system that created an ersatz stereophonic effect from a monophonic soundtrack . this system was initially promoted by paramount pictures corp . in conjunction with its vistavision photographic process . perspecta sound system was used extensively by paramount and m - g - m , with a few warner bros and universal films also mixed in the system .
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when we see what is happening inside the saloon , there is a sign which reads
noisy - is ' nt it ?
it should read
isn ' t .
i like to drink . i like to watch movies . i like to watch movies about drinking . i like to write about the movies i’ve watched , but only if i’ve had a drink first .
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but after a few cartoons , harman & ising redesigned him to be a more realistic human black boy .
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a wolf convict makes his escape , but is pursued by a diminutive mountie who seems to be everywhere .
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dinty is a 1920 american silent comedy drama film written by marshall neilan specifically for wesley barry , a young actor known for his freckled complexion .

prominent among the supporting players were colleen moore , marjorie daw , pat o'malley , and noah beery .

the film is extant , archived in the filmmuseum in amsterdam .

dinty ( film )

the film titled stewski was done by bbdo minneapolis advertising agency for dinty moore in united states . it was released in feb 2017 .
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released november 29 , 1920 , dinty was successful . a booklet on wesley barry ' s life was put out concurrently , part of the movie ' s promotional strategy . neilan also used the release of dinty to debut a campaign to improve the artistic quality of film stills .
still from the american comedy film dinty ( 1920 ) with colleen moore and wesley barry , on page 83 of the october 30 , 1920 exhibitors herald . | pinterest | colle…
still from the american comedy film dinty ( 1920 ) with colleen moore , on page 83 of the october 30 , 1920 exhibitors herald . | pinterest | colleen moore , comedy …
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who was never at any stage of production to be included in the film .
moore , on loan from christie film company , would sign a lucrative contract with neilan when production for dinty was completed . anna may wong appeared in an uncredited role that also led to more work with neilan ; after dinty , he created a role for her in bits of life for which she earned her first screen credit .
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to support herself and her infant son dinty , doreen labors night shifts as a scrub woman until , at the age of twelve , dinty ( wesley barry ) becomes the family ' s breadwinner by selling newspapers . doreen , meanwhile , suffers from tuberculosis and gets weaker by the day .
dinty is a newsboy whose fight to care for his ailing mother leads him into conflicts with the other boys on the street and then with drug smugglers in chinatown .
talking about how the book couldn ' t possibly be told in one film at any especially slow moment .
meanwhile , in chinatown , when judge whitely ( j . barney sherry ) imprisons the son of opium smuggler wong tai ( noah beery ) , wong tai retaliates by kidnapping the judge ' s daughter ( marjorie daw ) . dinty , whose work as a newsboy has familiarized him with the chinese underworld , leads police to wong tai ' s hideout and saves the judge ' s daughter from a bizarre death by torture . as dinty ' s mother has succumbed to tuberculosis , the grateful judge whitely adopts dinty .
portions of the film were shot on location in san francisco including chinatown and adolph b . spreckels ' mansion . the end of the film was shot on location on catalina island . sets were designed by ben carré .
in an earlier film , go and get it ( 1920 ) , barry played a supporting role as a paperboy named
dinty
. neilan used the character to create a story in a similar vein as a starring vehicle for barry , who was being groomed by the studio .
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thanks for the link . i was watching this , unfortunately it froze up at about the 26 minute mark . interesting film .
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was discovered at the czech national film archive in 2001 . the academy of motion picture arts and sciences spent $ 80 , 000 to restore it and translate the czech titles back into english , and audiences can once again enjoy a film featuring one of the silent era’s most delightful comediennes .
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when i hear “independent film” these days , i think of something not financed and / or distributed by one of the major film studios . it may come from a smaller department within one of these large companies , but odds are it was made for less than $ 10 million and there’s typically a limited number of screens on which it will screen . the film might star one or many recognizable actors , all of whom took a giant pay cut because they believed in the material , but probably not someone who’s won an academy award in the last few years . i don’t mind using “indie film” for these kinds of movies , but for the modern micro - budget , no - name equivalents of slacker , clerks , and pi , maybe something like “diy film” is more appropriate . that term suggests that the film truly was made independent from the studio system with more than just filmmaking performed by its creators .
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. moore protested her husband’s firing by walking out on the film she was acting in at the time , and threatened to retire . first national responded by threatening to sue . eventually they came to an agreement , and both moore and mccormick returned to the studio . the first film moore made after the incident was
when the title appears at the end , and the trio presumes the movie was filmed backwards , wondering what kind of crazy director would film their movie backwards . . .
as a descriptor , “independent film” does still mean something — consider all of the low - budget films that are released simultaneously on vod and in theaters , something that still seems very far out of reach for anything with a moderately big budget or actors attached — but it’s not as easy to pinpoint as it used to be . when , say , the weinstein company has its own smaller distribution arm ( radius ) to release something smaller than philomena or august : osage county , the concept of independent film is expanded to a near - comical point . i’d say that , ideally , a film that’s crowdfunded on kickstarter or indiegogo is closer to a true “independent” film , but then , the upcoming veronica mars movie isn’t that independent . “independent film” still means something , but i think it’s becoming a more crowded field , as opposed to something that’s soon to be replaced .
in 2012 , west of memphis , the documentary film based on echols’ story , directed by academy award nominated filmmaker amy berg and produced by echols and davis in collaboration with the multiple academy award winning team of peter jackson and fran walsh — both long time supporters of echols — premiered at the sundance film festival and was released to theaters in late december .
snape : what would three young gryffindors such as yourselves be doing inside . . . on a day like this ? bill ( as harry ) : we were going to eat dinty moore straight from the can and leer at the victoria ' s secret catalogue . oh wait , that ' s you , professor !
first off i want to say that i ' m not going to write about neither the plot nor the contents of this film , while it ' s rather unnecessary . the best way to describe
dirty pretty things
, is in my opinion , that it is like a beautiful poem . it flows easily and because of the fact that the cast are such good actors / actresses , almost every scene in the film affects you in some way . this is certainly not another hollywood flick , because of the fact that it is so realistic . at times you actually forget that you are watching a film . chiwetel ejiofor , audrey tautou , sergi lópez and the rest of the brilliant cast were new to me but i am going to keep following their careers , as i am hopeful that they will rise and get recognized for the great actors that they are . i strongly recommend this film , for it is most certainly like a breath of fresh air in the otherwise monotonous movie jungle . . . i easily give this film a 9 out of 10 .
for me , “independent film” is about the circumstances under which a film is made . when a filmmaker doesn’t have to worry about market research or product placement or what some higher - up has to say , then that’s independent , regardless of how much it costs or who’s writing the checks . likewise , a film made completely outside of all traditional forms of financing and distribution still may not be independent if there are behind - the - scenes moneymen who can dictate choices . there just aren’t that many truly independent films out there these days - but that number is thankfully increasing through crowdsourcing , which is fascinating and exciting , but also doubly burdensome on the viewer .
. the film caused a sensation , and made the flapper style and look instantly popular . overnight , moore became the onscreen epitome of the flapper . she and mccormick married that same year , and both of their careers flourished .
that “colleen can’t get a break . ” without missing a beat , another offer came her way : “although she signed with neilan and will begin work in a month , film director king vidor decided nobody but colleen would do as costar in his upcoming film opposite david butler , prevailed upon neilan to loan her out . …miss moore is going to work as a vidor star beginning next week , instead of partying around with a certain handsome dark young man . ”
by the way , are films disappearing from the site ? i did have down that the betty compson version of the little minister was on the site , but i ca ' nt find it now ( unfortunately i didn ' t save the url and i think it may have been under another title ) . nor can i find the film il veleno della parole . also , i know i watched a few minutes of the 1914 film focolare domestico which was at the the url :
never mind , again , because anna and the boy import dramatic interest into the story when it needs it . and director francis lawrence generates suspense effectively , even though it largely comes down to the monster movie staple of creatures leaping out of the dark , gnashing their fangs and hammering at things . the special effects generating the zombies are not nearly as effective as the other effects in the film ; they all look like creatures created for the sole purpose of providing the film with menace and have no logic other than serving that purpose .
. though , blind , she is given sight the hero , who has fallen in love with her . the film was a hugh e . dierker photo drama production . though technically working for al christie , he was more than happy to let her pursue her career .
independent film has a meaning , but it’s gotten more specific . it’s no longer an umbrella term that applies to non - mainstream entertainment . this year’s independent spirit best feature nominees , all good films , are an example of how the line between independent and wide releases are blurred ( e . g . inside llweyn davis is a nominee , and it’s distributed by cbs films , which is hardly independent ) . nowadays true “independent film” applies to work that eschews the system altogether . shane carruth’s upstream color is a great example , as it was truly made without assistance from a boutique distribution company . this development is not a bad thing — it’s genuinely heart - warming that large - ish companies embrace cinema — but it forces us to adjust what it means to make a film without the usual channels for help .
the film echoes , in its brief running time , the main plot and the story drawn from duhham ' s frustrated screenplay , with events being mirrored from one to the other as she pursues the next level of her relationship with her roommate . dunham is a recent college graduate , and creative nonfiction often plays like a sophomore project : her character is an awkward mary sue , the dialogue veers wildly between naturalistically affectless and calculatingly clever , and the whole film often plays like the work of someone who thinks she ' s the first person to have a good idea .
, and in it colleen played indira , a young persian woman ; a more exotic background for her character than usual , though she pulled it off . the film was produced by hayworth pictures corporation , sessue hayakawa ' s own company , with its offices on the corner of sunset and hollywood boulevard ; after years of being shunted into stereotypical asian roles , sessue had formed his company to have control over his own material and productions . the film was released in early may , 1920 . just prior to its release , she has appeared as the blind girl mary harrison in
in
i am legend ,
the situation raises questions of logic . if neville firmly believes he is the last healthy man alive , who is the vaccine for ? only himself , i guess . fair enough , although he faces a future of despair , no matter how long his cans of spam and dinty moore beef stew hold out ; dogs don ' t live forever . and how , i always wonder , do human beings in all their infinite shapes and sizes mutate into identical pale zombies with infinite speed and strength ?
as the author of independent queer cinema , i like to think “independent film” is a phrase that describes those filmmakers who are creating work outside the traditional , or mainstream parameters . writer / directors like todd verow and everett lewis , who make great gay films on micro - budgets and on their own terms . they resist big money and “name” actors and tell original stories . i admire them because they are truly “independent , ” insisting on operating outside of any studio system , much like john cassavetes did when he started directing and the term “independent film” was first coined . in this digital age , where almost anyone can ( and does ) make movies , verow and lewis continue to forge their own paths for themselves and their fans , like me .
reviews of the film were generally favorable . the dramatic mirror called it
a photoplay of remarkable direction , excellent acting . . . and perfect photography
. the reviewer for motion picture news wrote :
there are enough elements in this feature to please every type of picturegoer .
positive reviews appeared in trade papers variety , wid ' s , and the exhibitors herald .
this is a tough one . in the strictest sense , an independent film is a movie produced outside the hollywood studio system . but there are problems with such a reductive definition . the studios are headed toward a place where they just produce tent poles . it’s unclear what “hollywood studio system” even means in 2014 . clearly , the “majors” don’t tell the whole story . where do companies like annapurna pictures , cbs films and the weinstein company fit on that spectrum ? budget doesn’t seem to be an appropriate limiting factor either ; in many ways , a $ 30 million film could be produced in the same fashion as a $ 200 , 000 production or a $ 50 , 000 film . i think of “independent” more as a state of mind than anything else , connoting a willingness to tell a real story about real people unencumbered by megalithic corporate influence . it’s sad that we’ve gotten to a place where the standards have been so severely lowered that we need a special term for movies like that , and it’s probably time to start thinking about a more useful way to consider what independent cinema really means . i wish i had the answers .
dinty w . moore i s author of dear mister essay writer guy : advice and confessions on writing , love , and cannibals ( random house 2015 ) , as well as the memoir between panic & desire , winner of the grub street nonfiction book prize . moore has published essays and stories in the southern review , the georgia review , harpers , the new york times sunday magazine , the philadelphia inquirer magazine , and the normal school among numerous other venues . a professor of nonfiction writing at ohio university , moore lives in athens , ohio , where he grows heirloom tomatoes and edible dandelions .
btw , using david kiehn ' s great book on anderson ,
de lafaard
(
the coward
) with broncho billy anderson must be
the cowboy coward
from 1911 . he notes that a print of it exists at the nederlands filmmuseum and the summary of the plot matches the film exactly ( although the names of the characters were changed in the dutch titles ) .
independent film is a genre . an unclear , defined genre that filmmakers and studios seem to try and fit into . i also feel like it is , borderline , a derogatory term in this day and age . i don’t use it that way , i rarely use the term in any way shape or form , but when i hear it used it is almost always with a negative connotation .
was released in october 1920 , and while colleen appears tense in many scenes ( almost afraid at some of the antics going on around her , although that could have been part of her characterization ) her comic timing can be seen getting better . the film was adapted for an oliver moresco comedy / musical play that had been a hit a year or so earlier , the play itself an adaptation of a play just a few years earlier called
bella i love you . . . edward i love you . . . kevin oh , they love each other ? ! well , that hadn ' t been made clear to me over the course of the eight hours of film leading up to this ( speaking in an increasingly enraged and frustrated tone ) which consisted entirely of these two . . . idiots ! ! ! sitting in a field of buttercups ! ! ! mumbling about how much they love one another ! ! ! ! !
jerry ' s mother in law and a lesson in jealousy both have sidney drew , but paired with clara kimball young instead of mrs . drew . i found the former film the funnier of the two . i just watched father ' s hatband last night , and it ' s a way better print than the grapevine version found on the films of norma talmadge . it ' s sharper , better contrast , better framing , and more complete . so if you ' ve only seen the grapevine version , it ' s worth a look . cute film , too . another good vitagraph comedy that steve didn ' t mention is stenographer troubles , which has a great cast . i spotted norma talmadge , clara kimball young , lillian walker , and probably anita stewart ( can anyone confirm ? ) , as well as the featured cast of john bunny , florence turner and flora finch . who is the pretty girl who is the first stenographer ? does anyone recognize any of the men ? greta
last week , i saw that a nearby theater had put up posters for her and inside llewyn davis in a local bookstore , with an ad underneath that read : “independent film in denton . ” i don’t know the ins and outs of how these movies were financed , but the wording of the ad threw me . are these really independent films ? her may have an “indie” feel , but it still opens with the warner bros logo front and center . to my mind , an independent film in today’s world looks more like upstream color . carruth’s fingerprints are everywhere on that movie creatively , but he also orchestrated its theatrical roll - out . her and inside llewyn davis aren’t exactly “mainstream , ” but they were put out by very well - oiled operations . to say that a movie is a bona - fide “indie” today , i think you would have to consider how that movie was released and not just how it was financed or how much control the filmmaker had over the project .
creative nonfiction isn ' t a disaster by any means . dunham , who has done interesting web design work for nerve , has a keen visual sensibility , and brings a solid grasp of composition and framing to the film , which is sometimes a joy to look at despite its low budget . it ' s unlikely that it ' ll get picked up for distribution without some major changes and a padded run - time , which is only likely to benefit its director , who needs to mature a bit until her storytelling abilities match her visual ones .
once filming was complete , moore went on a sailing trip with her parents , leaving the increasingly difficult mccormick behind . he stayed drunk the entire time she was gone , and insisted on re - editing the film in her absence . when moore returned , she found that he had shortened almost every scene , ruining the payoffs to all the jokes . fortunately , the editor had kept all the footage cut by mccormick , and he , moore , and neilan restored it while mccormick was drying out in a sanatorium . moore finally divorced mccormick in 1930 .
( 1937 ) . at least two incidents in the film were based on their life : a drunken mccormick once attempted suicide by walking into the ocean , although , unlike the fictional norman maine , he survived ; and , in 1927 , when he was fired from first national for his drinking , moore , then at the height of her popularity , phoned an executive at the studio and announced herself by saying , “this is mrs . john mccormick . ” adela rogers st . johns , one of moore’s closest friends ( she would write moore’s biggest hit , 1928’s
oooh , thanks for posting the note about a vitagraph romance , that ' s a different version than the blackhawk version , which i have been told is the same as the moma version and just consists of the last part of the film starting with clara and jimmy going to the vitagraph lot , and has intertitles identifying blackton , et al . this one ended abruptly , i ' m not sure if it got stuck or if i really came to the end . anyway , i was certainly delighted to see that ( and will now need to update my website accordingly ) greta
first on the slate was creative nonfiction , the feature film debut from lena dunham . the story involves a self - flattering college student who ' s involved in a quasi - platonic relationship with her male roommate , and is struggling to complete a screenplay which , for reasons of quirkiness and archaic hipsteris , she is composing on an old electric typewriter . if nothing else , creative nonfiction lives up to its title , as it mirrors the often - bewildering aesthetic of the ' fifth style ' of writing which brought us such heavy - on - the - creative , light - on - the - nonfiction stories as a million little pieces .
( 1933 ) written by preston sturges and co - starring spencer tracy , but she came to recognize that she was too strongly identified with an era that had now passed , and she retired from the screen . after a brief second marriage , she wedded a widowed chicago businessman with two children in 1937 , and kept busy with philanthropic work , raising her family , and playing the stock market . she was a founder of the chicago international film festival . after her husband’s death in 1964 , she moved to a ranch in paso robles next to the home of old friend king vidor . she remarried once more in 1983 , and died in 1988 .
it wouldn ' t be terrible hard to get the beginning translations done of these with using ocr with screen shots . you would do the negative image function of your image software to get black text on white background . then you would copy and paste them to a larger sheet , and feed that into a common optical character recognition to get text that you could do computer translations with , and then re - enter and edited version of that into titled image files to re - insert into the film , or use as sub - titles . of course , having a fluent dutch proofreader would be important . - - robert pearson paramind brainstorming software urltoken telical books urltoken
did you ever get through the rest of the film ? i ' m kind of aghast what looked like the plot resolution as best as i could figure out with the dutch titles - - it didn ' t really match the afi description . the dream sequences were the best part , but i kept waiting impatiently for a dance sequence , but no such luck . she did take out a shoe and look longingly at it at one point . nice clothes and very nice sets , but very heavy with titles , and mae ' s not a particularly good actress . it came off to me as pretty ridiculous . i ' m looking forward to seeing her other films , though .
thanks for posting . it took some work to get it to play but was worth seeing . marjorie daw has nothing really to do , but nice to see her in anything . i ' m pretty sure i spotted arhur hoyt . the site got me curious so i tried other actors and companies . i found
a vitagraph romance
1912 with james morrison , clara kimball young and even flora finch . great scenes of the lot and some cameos . of course , the subtitles are in dutch . i also found an annie bos film from 1913 ,
de lavende ladder
, with , of course titles in english . it takes forever to get them to play , but maybe someone is willing to look for more .
these days i tend i think of it as more of an aesthetic descriptor than a real movement . that said , i do like the way that the “independent” american picture is in a constant cycle of reinvention , and believe that this is a fundamental element of the american film industry . just as the new hollywood saw a sea - change in the industry , the post - tarantino boom of the early - 90’s developed in to a new hierarchy of interesting , creatively - driven hollywoodcinema ( outlined in great detail in books like sharon waxman’s rebels on the backlot ) . similarly i wouldn’t be surprised to see the current heavyweights of indie one day occupy the same kind of spots that the likes of paul thomas anderson and david o . russell do right now .
“independent film” as a sub - hollywood genre is long - dead , but the spirit of independently produced cinema will forever remain . startling films are consistently being made on the fringes , with the obvious winds of cheap technology and easy outlets for online distribution at the backs of artists everywhere . from alex ross perry to joshua oppenheimer , filmmakers continue to do their thing and many eventually break through to a more mainstream context . and here’s the thing : because the possibility for actually making money is so remote , the motivations for making films in the first place is being fueled by some of the more interesting human impulses ( everything from political activism to the need to feed ego ) , which results in more interesting films . let’s call this new wave the free cinema .
anne waldman is a poet & teacher , and with allen ginsberg co - founder of the jack kerouac school of disembodied poetics at naropa institute in boulder , colorado in 1974 . during the late sixties she ran the st . mark’s church poetry project , and gave exuberant , highly physical readings of her own work . she was featured along with ginsberg in bob dylan’s experimental film ‘renaldo and clara . ’waldman is one of the most interesting , vibrant and unpredictable members of the post - beat poetry community . her list of publications is voluminous . she has written more than 42 books , most recently kill or cure ( penguin poets ) and her book - length poem , iovis ( coffee house press ) . she is now working on book iii of iovis . waldman has been acknowledged as a major–and a mature–voice in american poetry . urltoken
the main problem with american prince is pallotta ' s hyperactive camera work , all wandering focus and unnecessary close - ups . instead of sticking with scorsese ' s measured , controlled focus , pallotta makes the mistake many documentarians do when faced with subject matter that boils down to a series of talking heads : he thinks the solution is to have the camera hop all over the place in what needs to me nothing more than a master shot of a man talking in a hotel room . but the camerawork is secondary to prince ' s unparalleled ability to hypnotize an audience with his stories , and that comes through in spades . he was present at one of the most dynamic periods in film history , and while he claims not to miss the movie biz at all , he accumulated enough stories during that time to entertain audiences for a generation . any opportunity to get him in front of a camera should be taken .
fiction writer jennifer egan is the author of the 2011 pulitzer prize - winning novel a visit from the goon squad . her book , which chronicles characters involved in the san francisco punk - rock scene , was optioned for a tv series by hbo in 2011 . a visit from the goon squad also won the national book critics award for fiction , and was named to the best novels of 2010 list of the new york times , the washington post , time , slate , salon , and people . she is the author of the invisible circus , a novel which became a feature film starring cameron diaz in 2001 ; look at me , a finalist for the national book award in fiction in 2001 ; emerald city and other stories and the bestselling the keep . her short stories have appeared in the new yorker , harper’s magazine , granta , and mcsweeney’s . she is the recipient of a guggenheim fellowship in fiction .
this is an interesting one . instead of getting into a long , drawn out diatribe , i’ll just tell a story . a few weeks ago i was on a first date with someone and she brought it up to me that she didn’t like independent movies . i resisted the urge to lecture her about generalizations ( though considering there was no second date , it wasn’t like i had anything to lose ) and instead asked what she meant , and she said “you know , movies with actors i don’t recognize and sad story lines . ” basically , i tell that quick story to illustrate that i don’t think the average moviegoer knows what an independent film is anymore . when i told her that technically the wolf of wall street was funded independently , her mind was blown . she sees a shaky camera and thinks indie , not where the money came from or who’s behind it , and that’s probably a more common line of thinking than i realized .
kevin : words wordswordswords words . . . words words words . mike : ( whenever neo asks a question ) no , don ' t ask ! oh god , he ' s gonna go on for like ten minutes . . . no , don ' t encourage him ! bill : well good , we ' re done , can we - ( the architect starts talking again ) gah ! the guy ' s like a parrot in a cracker factory . kevin : that ' s right , folks , the action flick of the summer ! the instruction manual for my snow blower is gripping compared to this clown ! mike : oh look , bite my nuggets , colonel sanders . kevin : look , jack perkins , could you sum up , my car ' s doubled - parked ! our priority , the next film will be two solid hours of fighting robots . bill : oh dear god , get off the screen ! kevin : words words wordswordswords words words .
the last screening of the night — and well - attended it was , too — was the documentary best worst movie . writer / director michael stephenson takes a look at troll 2 , an ultra - low - budget horror flick thrown together in 1989 by a hack italian director and a well - meaning but largely hapless cast . it so happens that stephenson was part of that cast : at 11 years old , he was the child star of troll 2 , which has gone on — by dint of its low budget , terrible acting , bizarre dialogue and completely incomprehensible plot — to become a cult phenomenon , widely beloved despite the fact that it is frankly terrible . stephenson sets out to gather together the people he worked with on the film , and come to terms with how troll 2 has been transformed from something they were all embarrassed to admit they had anything to do with to something that is a source of some pride , albeit in an incredibly perverse way .
i ' m only halfway through
the right to love ,
but am impressed enough with that to comment . far from finding it excruciating , i think it ' s a stunning production in regards to the lighting , cinematography , and sets - all on good display in a beautiful , if damaged , print . one wishes there were more of george fitzmaurice ' s silents around to see . ( the opening title on the transfer miscredits direction to richard wallace , who helmed an unlrelated 1930 film with the same title . ) the acting from both murray and david powell is restrained , and very good . while it is a bit title heavy , it didn ' t seem extraordinarily so for the period . unfortunately , many of the shots are abbreviated , some lasting less than a second , which throws the pacing off kilter . it could also stand to be run a bit faster than 18 fps - not that i ' m complaining . delighted to be seeing it at all ! the plot is probably not to all tastes , but if you do have a taste for romantic melodrama artfully staged , i highly recommend it !
this question of “what is an independent film” has tantalized us for the better part of at least three decades , and has been answered through so many phases and filters for understanding the purpose of movies . each attempt at answering exposes an underlying set of assumptions of how we think independent movies should define themselves within / around / against / underneath the conventions of art , industry and politics . after all this time , i wonder if it’s now better to simply abandon the term . what if we instead call all movies “dependent” films ? what if we focus our attention on how “independent” movies , like all movies , are subservient in some way to a given set of ideological agendas and economic forces that drive them into existence ? our very desire for “independent” may belie a dependency on our part : a belonging within a system , coupled with a desire to break free from it , a desire for freedom that itself threatens to enslave us in it . instead of seeking to understand that system more thoroughly , we seek to escape from it by embracing anything that offers itself as “independent” . it’s like a shimmering oasis at the far horizon of the desert of our culture , beckoning to us . this time , instead of rushing after it as i have so many times in the past , i’m increasingly inclined to ask myself what i might do if it’s not really there .
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i am legend
have special effects so good that they just about compensate for some later special effects that are dicey . we see manhattan three years after a deadly virus has killed every healthy human on the island , except one . the streets are overgrown with weeds , cars are abandoned , the infrastructure is beginning to collapse . down one street , a sports car races , driven by robert neville ( will smith ) , who is trying to get a good shot at one of the deer roaming the city . he has worse luck than a lioness who competes with him .
neville has only his dog to keep him company . he lives barricaded inside a house in greenwich village , its doors and windows sealed every night by heavy steel shutters . that ' s because after dark the streets are ruled by bands of predatory zombies - - hairless creatures who were once human but have changed into savage , speechless killers with fangs for teeth . in his basement , neville has a laboratory where he is desperately seeking a vaccine against the virus , which mutated from a cure for cancer .
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( 1964 ) starring vincent price , and
the omega man
( 1971 ) starring charlton heston . in the original novel , which stephen king says influenced him more than any other , neville cultivated garlic and used mirrors , crosses and sharpened stakes against his enemies , who were like traditional vampires , not super - strong zombies . i am not sure it is an advance to make him a scientist , arm him and change the nature of the creatures ; matheson developed a kind of low - key realism that was doubly effective .
never mind . given its setup ,
i am legend
is well - constructed to involve us with dr . neville and his campaign to survive . there is , however , an event which breaks his spirit and he cracks up - - driving out at night to try to mow down as many zombies with his car as he can before they kill him . he is saved ( i ' m not sure how ) by a young woman named anna ( alice braga ) , who is traveling with a boy named ethan ( charlie tahan ) .
he takes them home , and she explains they are trying to get to a colony of survivors in vermont . neville doubts that such a colony exists . i doubt that she and the boy would venture through manhattan to get there . yes , she has doubtless heard his nonstop taped voice on all am frequencies , asking to be contacted by any other survivors . but we have seen every bridge into manhattan blown up as part of a quarantine of the island , so how did they get there ? boat ? why go to the risk ?
i am legend
does contain memorable scenes , as when the island is being evacuated , and when neville says goodbye to his wife and daughter ( salli richardson and willow smith ) , and when he confides in his dog ( who is not computer - generated , most of the time , anyway ) . and if it is true that mankind has 100 years to live before we destroy our planet , it provides an enlightening vision of how manhattan will look when it lives on without us . the movie works well while it ' s running , although it raises questions that later only mutate in our minds .
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the saver is a canadian drama film , written and directed by wiebke von carolsfeld and released in 2015 .

based on a novel by edeet ravel , the film stars imajyn cardinal as fern , a young girl who is determined to assert her independence after the death of her mother .

taking over her mother 's work as a house cleaner , she finds a book on how to become a millionaire , and resolves to start saving her money .

the film 's cast also includes pascale bussières , alexandre landry , monia chokri , pascale montpetit , brandon oakes and hamidou savadogo .

von carolsfeld garnered a canadian screen award nomination for best adapted screenplay at the 4th canadian screen awards in 2016 .

the saver

the main character of wiebke von carolsfeld’s boldly affecting new film the saver is a 16 - year - old montreal girl who just happens to be aboriginal .
imajyn cardinal stars in the saver as a high school student who must fend for herself after her mother dies unexpectedly .
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using lots of hand - held camera and shooting cardinal often in close - up , von carolsfeld establishes an edgy intimacy in the saver , heightened by the use of jump cuts ( she edited the film herself ) to give the story an almost documentary feel .
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the saver tells the story of fern , a teenaged girl who finds herself orphaned in the middle of a harsh montreal winter . determined to avoid her mother ' s tragic fate , fern sets out to build . . . see full summary »
saver plus is delivered in partnership with berry street , the benevolent society , the smith family , and other local community agencies – bethany , ballarat group training and jewish care victoria . the program is funded by anz and the australian department of social services . go to urltoken for more information .
the brotherhood of st laurence ( bsl ) acknowledges and understands its obligations under the un convention on the rights of the child and recognises that all children and young people have the right to be treated with respect and care , and to be safe from all forms of abuse . bsl has a zero tolerance towards child abuse . read the official statement signed by the executive director .
saver plus is a matched savings and financial education program , offered locally by community organisations in every state and territory .
saver plus , is australia’s largest and longest running financial education and matched savings program . since 2003 over 32 , 000 saver plus participants have saved more than $ 17 . 3 million , with anz matching $ 14 million for education expenses .
page returned the favour by offering tips to cardinal , who was nervous about the pressure of carrying a lead role .
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finding the right actor was essential . von carolsfeld did a cross - canada search , considering over 100 aboriginal candidates before settling on calgary’s imajyn cardinal , daughter of cree actor michelle thrush ( aptn’s blackstone ) , who plays her mom in the saver .
saver plus is an initiative of brotherhood of st laurence and anz , and delivered in partnership with local community organisations . it is funded by anz and the australian government . read more . . .
he ' s a saver and she ' s a spender ; you think the marriage would be doomed but he keeps them from going into bankruptcy and she makes sure they have a lot of fun .
established in 2003 to encourage saving for education expenses , saver plus is now offered in more than 60 communities across australia . more . . .
the saver reflects this eclecticism , with a mixed cast of francophones ( pascale bussières , monia chokri , alexandre landry ) , anglophones ( paul spence ) and visible minorities ( aboriginal actor brandon oakes , burkina faso native hamidou savadogo ) .
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the saver tells the story of fern , a teenaged girl who finds herself orphaned in the middle of a harsh montreal winter . determined to avoid her mother ' s tragic fate , fern sets out to build a new life for herself . when youth protection comes looking , she bolts . at one of her mother ' s cleaning jobs , she finds the book 50 ways to become a millionaire . ' all you need to do is save , ' it promises . fern decides to do just that , replacing her grief with the quest to become a millionaire .
saver plus assists individuals and families on lower incomes to build assets and improve financial capability , and has supported thousands of lower income earners to develop a lasting savings habit .
cardinal doesn’t give a lot away , retaining a deadpan stoicism for much of the film , which is perfect for the character of a shell - shocked 16 - year - old but doesn’t offer audiences much in the way of traditional dramatic points of engagement .
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based on the 2008 novel by former montrealer edeet ravel , the movie — which screens thursday , oct . 8 and sunday , oct . 18 at the festival du nouveau cinéma — follows fern , a high school student who must fend for herself after her mother dies unexpectedly .
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the saver screens thursday , oct . 8 at 3 p . m . at pavillon judith - jasmin annexe ( salle jean - claude lauzon ) , 1564 st - denis st . , and sunday , oct . 18 at 7 p . m . at concordia’s j . a . de sève theatre , 1400 de maisonneuve blvd . w . , as part of the festival du nouveau cinéma . wiebke von carolsfeld will introduce the film on oct . 18 . for tickets and more information , visit urltoken .
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the strength of ravel’s protagonist drew von carolsfeld to the story . fern drops out of school when her mother dies , and takes over her housecleaning gigs . intrigued by a book on how to become a millionaire , she finds other jobs and begins to stash away money .
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the main character of von carolsfeld ' s boldly affecting new film is a 16 - year - old montreal girl who just happens to be aboriginal .
“she’s an unusual character , and i felt that ( my approach ) had to be gritty , ” the director said . “i always wanted to go closer on her face . i was constantly saying that to the director of photography : ‘don’t go away from her face ; stay on her face . ’ i find her face fascinating . ”
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“that’s my style , ” von carolsfeld said . “i would like people to engage with a film emotionally as well as intellectually . to do that , you have to give them the space to engage .
understatement is von carolsfeld’s specialty . her second feature , 2013’s stay , was a glacially paced love story featuring a pre - stardom taylor schilling ( orange is the new black ) and aidan quinn ( elementary ) .
cardinal had little acting experience , which is nothing new for von carolsfeld . she gave ellen page her first film role in her 2002 debut marion bridge , which won best canadian feature at the toronto international film festival .
finance is seldom romantic . but the idea of peer - to - peer lending comes close . this is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms . those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend .
“you have to think in my films . if you watch them a second time , you may see connections you missed the first time . i don’t like to be too explicit . imajyn , as an actor , is like that . behind her eyes , stuff happens . ”
“i really loved the character , ” von carolsfeld said . “she’s feisty , independent , she struggles . it’s not about her finding a boyfriend or being too thin or too thick ; it’s about surviving and building community . i’m an immigrant to canada , and that’s something i can relate to . ”
participants make regular deposits towards a savings goal over a 10 - month period and attend workshops to build their financial management skills . when participants reach their savings goal , anz matches the amount – up to $ 500 – towards education costs including uniforms , text books , laptops , sports equipment , music tuition , tafe or apprenticeship costs , and much more .
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“it’s about a native person , but it’s not about her being native , ” von carolsfeld said last week , over coffee in mile end . “it’s quietly revolutionary to do that . there’s very little of it in our culture , which predominantly ( tells stories about ) white people who were born here , stephen harper’s ‘old stock . ’
“i find it very sad . my canada is full of immigrants , people who are not white , were not born here and have accents , or who were born here but are not white . and you don’t see that on screen . ”
“ ( cardinal ) had had small parts before , but nothing like this , ” von carolsfeld said . “she was worried , especially about remembering lines . she spoke to ellen page for an hour or so , and that calmed her down a lot . she often thought back to that conversation . one thing ( page ) said is : ‘don’t worry about lines — they’ll come . ’ “
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