second skin is a 2008 american documentary film that follows the lives of seven people as they delve into the world of mmorpgs ( massively multiplayer online role playing games ) .

the film was directed by juan carlos piñeiro escoriaza and produced by victor piñeiro escoriaza and peter brauer .

second skin premiered to positive reviews and sold-out crowds at the south by southwest film festival in 2008 .

it become the no. 1 movie on online streaming site hulu.com , before completing a limited theatrical run .

the film was released on dvd august 25 , 2009 .

it is frequently included in lists of the all-time best video game documentaries .

second skin ( 2008 film )

information on the second skin site says you spoke to some experts during the film . can you tell us who ?
you don’t have to be a video game player to enjoy second skin , and you might even enjoy the film more if you you aren’t .
second skin , the upcoming documentary on the lives of mmo players , has become my fascination as of late .
the film is an interesting tour of a strange subculture that ' s becoming increasingly impossible to ignore , and for that reason , second skin is well worth a look .
second skin will be presented by empirecon at their geek pride celebration on may 21st in syracuse . go and check it out .
george carlin , who voiced fillmore , died of heart failure in june 2008 . lloyd sherr provided the voice of fillmore in the film .
that said , the film is an interesting tour of a strange new subculture that ' s becoming increasingly impossible to ignore , and for that reason , second skin is well worth a look .
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los angeles art association presents second skin : a powerful one - night only performance art event featuring kristine schomaker , denise siegel , elizabeth tobias and marjan vayghan .
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what ' s it like to live in a virtual world ? juan carlos pineiro escoriaza speaks with marisha ray about his documentary second skin , which follows hardcore video gamers .
gallagher m , wysocki cj , leyden jj , spielman ai , sun x , et al . ( 2008 ) analyses of volatile organic compounds from human skin . br j dermatol 159 : 780–791 .
second skin is fascinating , though - provoking , insightful , and more importantly , it ' s fair . there ' s a certain love for the material here and the film balances the positive and negative aspects of playing a mmorpg deftly .
i just watched juan carlos pineiro - escoriaza’s 2008 documentary second skin ( touted at sxsw and as the first widely released film about virtual worlds ) , and i must admit that my overall response is ambivalent . the film follows a group of mmorpg players , mostly world of warcraft and everquest 2 , their trials and tribulations , and attempts to articulate “something” about the nettling tensions of terms like “real world” and “virtual world . ”
second skin won honorable mention at the adobe max awards in the entertainment category . they are a global awards program that recognizes the best uses of adobe software for creating engaging experiences .
d ' amico a , bono r , pennazza g , santonico m , mantini g , et al . ( 2008 ) identification of melanoma with a gas sensor array . skin res technol 14 : 226–236 .
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the film was preceded by a short film titled hawaiian vacation , directed by gary rydstrom and starring the characters of the toy story franchise .
to get into skin of harry potter’s nemesis lord voldemort , fiennes shaved his head every day , wore fake fingernails , dentures and reptilian skin , and underwent a three - hour makeup session .
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second skin takes an intimate look at computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by the genre of massively multiplayer online games ( mmos ) . games such as world of warcraft , second life , and everquest allow millions of users to simultaneously interact in virtual worlds . second skin introduces us to couples who have fallen in love without meeting , disabled players who have found new purpose , addicts , chinese gold - farming sweatshop workers , wealthy online entrepreneurs and legendary guild leaders - all living in a world that doesn ' t quite exist .
second skin is a movie starring dan bustard , ashley esqueda , and andrew monkelban . an intimate , fascinating look at computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by the emerging , hugely popular genre of computer games .
“marjan vayghan’s second skin performance is going to take the shape of long black , lace , head dresses , which will be placed on pedestals . the artist will bring awareness to the mournful skin of funeral processions that have plagued families and communities in iran and throughout the arab spring . as governments will to hold on to allusions of power translate into ongoing genocides across the middle east , families of those who are killed wear their sorrow as a second skin and hold funeral processions throughout the streets fearless of their illegal funerals held . ”
marjan vayghan ‘s second skin performance is going to take the shape of long black , lace , head dresses , which will be placed on pedestals . the artist will bring awareness to the mournful skin of funeral processions that have plagued families and communities in iran and throughout the arab spring . as governments will to hold on to allusions of power translate into ongoing genocides across the middle east , families of those who are killed wear their sorrow as a second skin and hold funeral processions throughout the streets fearless of their illegal funerals held .
narrated by walter cronkite , this 2008 documentary is a behind - the - scenes look at the lasting impact of the 1940 documentary . . .
second skin takes an intimate , disturbing look at three sets of computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by the emerging genre of computer games called massively multiplayer online games ( mmos ) . world of warcraft , second life , and everquest allow millions of users to simultaneously interact in virtual spaces . second skin introduces us to couples who have fallen in love without ever meeting , disabled players whose lives have been given new purpose , those struggling with addiction , chinese gold - farming sweatshop workers , wealthy entrepreneurs and legendary guild leaders–all living within a world that doesn’t quite exist . second skin focuses on a couple who met in a virtual world , an addict whose life was ruined by mmos , and a group of mmo gamers who spend most of their lives inside virtual worlds .
( 3 minutes ) by laura u . marks . super - 8 film made for one take super 8 festival , organized by iris film collective , vancouver .
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second skin takes an intimate , disturbing look at three sets of computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by the emerging genre of computer games called massively multiplayer online games ( mmos ) . world of warcraft , second life , and everquest allow millions of users to simultaneously interact in virtual spaces . second skin introduces us to couples who have fallen in love without ever meeting , disabled players whose lives have been given new purpose , those struggling with addiction , chinese gold - farming sweatshop workers , wealthy entrepreneurs and legendary guild leaders - - all living within a world that doesn ' t quite exist . second skin focuses on a couple who met in a virtual world , an addict whose life was ruined by mmos , and a group of mmo gamers who spend most of their lives inside virtual worlds .
second skin at sxsw
is an amusing vlog examining the intense ride of a press tour .
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is a brief short made as a gift for one of the online communities . topping off this fully - packed special edition is the film ' s theatrical trailer and a photo gallery .
while some of the statistics this film uses might be somewhat out of date by now ( i’m assuming most of it is from between 2005 - 2008 somewhere ) , the documentation of gamers and society’s views on them is perfectly executed .
from the moment we brought you the trailer to the recent announcement that the film will debut at the opening night of austin ' s sxsw film festival i ' ve been in contact with victor pineiro , one of the film ' s writers and producers .
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but second skin is not an anti - gaming , it treats the unique and quirky cast of video game geeks with respect , probably too much at times . most of my friends are obsessive video gamers , maybe not of the mmorpg variety , but still , i recognize a lot of them in the characters featured in this film . second skin could have been trekkies for hardcore online video gamers , but at times holds back on this type of humor . i feel like the filmmakers , chose to protect some of these characters rather than give full access to the quirks connected with hardcore gamers .
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3 . second skin ( 2008 ) millions of gamers play massively multiplayer online games like world of warcraft , spending countless hours grinding for experience points and farming imaginary gold . who are these people , and what compels them to give up their real lives for fake ones online ? second skin delves into these questions in a surprisingly entertaining and not at all condescending way . it’d be easy to poke fun at wow addicts as immature man - children living in their parents’ basements — and to be fair , a few of those do show up — but second skin is about examining the social effect , both good and bad , that games present for those who love them . people who love mmo’s will finally see an honest , reasonable portrayal of their favorite pastime , while people who don’t know what they are might just become interested . this one is about as good a doc for explaining why people like video games as i’ve yet seen .
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ralph waldo emerson famously said , “to be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment . ” in today’s society it is the media and advertising that offer promises of love , happiness , success and freedom through an unattainable ideal . in kristine schomaker ‘s performance for second skin , she will use the virtual world of second life as a platform for activism .
last night i was able to catch a great movie called second skin ( bad title ) , about the culture behind the gamers who inhabit the virtual online worlds of world or warcraft , everquest and second life . over 50 million people around the world live in these online worlds , and second skin takes a look at a few of the characters in this space , running the gambit from a couple who met online in wow and will be meeting for the first time ever in the real world , to a young man who’s addiction to wow drove him to move into a boarding house as part of a 12 - step online gamers self help group called online gamers anonymous .
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carine adler’s sexy and dark debut , starring samantha morton in her first major feature film role .
addiction can come in many sizes , shapes and forms – from tobacco , drugs and alcohol to sex , chocolate and even , for robert palmer in the mid ' 80s anyway , love . second skin , a new film playing at this year ' s sxsw festival , examines a disturbing new addiction that is afflicting an increasing number of people – namely online gaming .
three voice actors of the original cars film have also died since the first film had been released . joe ranft , who voiced red and jerry recycled batteries , died in a car accident in 2005 during production of the first film . red appears in the movie and does an inaudible cry .
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it ' s one thing to snap someone ' s picture . it ' s another thing entirely to capture the essence that made you reach for your camera in the first place . now a top hollywood pro shares his secrets for the digital capture of human skin in all its variety : young , old , male , female , different skin tones and ethnicities , with makeup or without—even tattooed skin !
second skin takes an intimate , fascinating look at computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by the emerging , hugely popular genre of computer games like world of warcraft , second skin and everquest , which allow millions of users from around the world to simultaneously interact in virtual spaces . we meet couples who have fallen in love without meeting , disabled players whose lives have been given new purpose , those struggling with addition , chinese gold - farming sweatshop workers , wealthy online entrepreneurs and legendary guild leaders - all living in a world that doesn ' t quite exist .
cars 2 marks the first pixar film not to be nominated for an oscar . it is also the first pixar film not nominated for best animated feature in the 2001 - present history of that award .
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we are very excited to announce second skin premiers tomorrow december 8th at 10pm on current tv all accross the united states . they changed the name to my gaming addiction so it grabs more attention as people flip channels . luckily we are told they have not reedited the film accept to add commercials . needless to say , we are thrilled the film will be getting out to such a huge audience . tell you friends , because the more people who watch it the heavier rotation it will get .
murphy played seven characters in the film , where he had to wear a fat suit made of polyurethane and spandex , oversized rubber hands , and latex bladders . the film won an oscar for best makeup .
cars 2 is a 2011 american computer - animated action comedy film produced by pixar , and it is the sequel to the 2006 film , cars . in the film , race car lightning mcqueen ( voiced by owen wilson ) and tow truck mater ( voiced by larry the cable guy ) head to japan and europe to compete in the world grand prix , but mater becomes sidetracked with international espionage . the film is directed by john lasseter , co - directed by brad lewis , written by ben queen , and produced by denise ream . cars 2 is also the first film john lasseter has directed since the original cars in 2006 . george carlin who voiced fillmore was replaced by lloyd sherr after he died in 2008 .
viros a , fridlyand j , bauer j , lasithiotakis k , garbe c , et al . ( 2008 ) improving melanoma classification by integrating genetic and morphologic features . plos med 5 : e120 .
tagore r , thomas hr , homan ea , munawar a , saghatelian a ( 2008 ) a global metabolite profiling approach to identify protein - metabolite interactions . j am chem soc 130 : 14111–14113 .
the film was released in disney digital 3 - d , imax 3d , reald 3d , and 2d .
cars 2 made $ 25 . 7 million on its debut friday ( june 24 , 2011 ) , marking the second - largest opening day for a pixar film after toy story 3 ' s $ 41 . 1 million , but it was still the third least - attended first day for a pixar film , only ahead of up and ratatouille . it also scored the fourth largest opening day for an animated feature , trailing only toy story 3 , shrek the third ( $ 38 . 4 million ) , and the simpsons movie ( $ 30 . 8 million ) . on its opening weekend as a whole , cars 2 debuted at no . 1 with $ 66 . 1 million , marking the largest opening weekend for a 2011 animated feature , the sixth largest opening for pixar , the fifth largest among films released in june , and the third largest for a g - rated film . in its second weekend , however , the film dropped 60 . 3 % , the largest second weekend drop ever for a pixar film , and grossed $ 26 . 2 million . it became pixar ' s lowest - grossing film since a bug ' s life , making the film their first financial disappointment in north america , since the film cost $ 200 million to make . it was the most expensive pixar film for 2 years along toy story 3 , until monsters university , which is claimed to have cost $ 270 million to make .
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revealing : new media art according to laura u . marks ,
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was originally commissioned for american television but released theatrically in the uk , making it only the second animated feature to be made in britain . the first was 1954’s
hawaiian vacation , a short film starring barbie and ken from toy story 3 , was attached to cars 2 .
director : professor asbjørn grønstad 2015 - present advisory board member , film thinks : how cinema inspires writers and thinkers , i . b . tauris 2015 visiting scholar ,
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yet on the other side of the coin there are many positives to be taken from second skin . lonely individuals find a way of connecting with others through mmorpgs , and the film is full of stories in which gamers have made friends or found love in the virtual world . some of the film ' s most entertaining scenes take place at conventions where online communities ( or
guilds
in the case of wor ) meet and converse for the first time , and it ' s wonderful to witness the connection these people so obviously feel for each other .
yet on the other side of the coin there are many positives to be taken from second skin . lonely individuals find a way of connecting with others through mmorpgs , and the film is full of stories in which gamers have made friends or found love in the virtual world . some of the film ' s most entertaining scenes take place at conventions where online communities ( or ' guilds ' in the case of wor ) meet and converse for the first time , and it ' s wonderful to witness the connection these people so obviously feel for each other .
exhibition , backed by the bfi film fund , is in cinemas nationwide and on the bfi player from 25 april .
there was huge support for lynne ramsay when we asked you on facebook and twitter what we’d missed from our list . a week after we included ramsay’s 1999 movie ratcatcher in our rundown of 10 great films set in glasgow , the same film became by far the film you most suggested as our most embarrassing omission . ramsay’s second film , morvern callar , was not far behind . andrea arnold also got a lot of love : we included wuthering heights ; you thought fish tank and red road deserved to be in there too .
addiction can come in many sizes , shapes and forms – from tobacco , drugs and alcohol to sex , chocolate and even , for robert palmer in the mid ' 80s anyway , love . second skin examines a disturbing new addiction that is afflicting an increasing number of people – online gaming . more specifically , the film charts the rise of mmorpgs – massive multiplayer online role - playing games – and especially the online phenomenon that is world of warcraft .
shot by ken loach’s regular cinematographer , barry ackroyd , the film’s hand - held angles and obscured shots succinctly mirror iris’s inner chaos . significantly , rita tushingham plays iris’s mother , creating a link between under the skin and a taste of honey , an earlier british feminist film from 1961 that explored a mother - daughter relationship and a young woman’s emancipation . the film won the michael powell award at the edinburgh film festival in 1997 and was a landmark moment for british and feminist cinema in its fresh and uncompromising exploration of female sexuality , the body and familial relationships from a female perspective . sadly , adler stepped away from filmmaking in 2002 .
( a ) an s - tem image of the cross section of a 50 nm thickness gold film showing an asymmetric distribution of grain grooves , which creates asymmetric bending stiffness of the film . ( b ) a schematic of the relationship between bending moment and curvature of the thin gold film . ( c ) experimentally measured nominal stress–strain curve of the pdms substrate .
literature data on volatiles released from skin does exist [ 27 ] , [ 28 ] . a comprehensive study of human skin volatile compounds identified mostly carboxylic acids . in addition c3 - c9 aldehydes ; alkanes and alkenes ; c4 - c10 ketones and many heterocyclic structures detected [ 27 ] . skin , the largest body organ , is exposed to many environmental toxins that are either oxidants themselves or produce reactive oxygen species ( ros ) [ 29 ] . aldehydes in the skin are generated by the oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids released from membrane phospholipids by uv generated ros . consistent with these previous studies , in the current study using frozen tissue bank samples , we detected many aldehydes from frozen skin and in particular nonanal ( see table s4 ) . nonanal is formed by the oxidative degradation of sebaceous component , mainly oleic acid [ 30 ] .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
cruise put his good looks aside to play overweight , middle - aged , and extremely potty - mouthed film producer les grossman .
no stranger to adopting a new look for his film roles , in black mass , depp plays violent boston mobster whitey bugler .
the film was distributed by walt disney pictures and pixar animation studios and was released in the united states on june 24 , 2011 . the film was presented in disney digital 3d and imax 3d , as well as traditional two - dimensional and imax formats . the film was first announced in 2008 , alongside up , newt , and brave ( previously known as the bear and the bow ) , and it is the 12th animated film from the studio . the film opened to mixed reviews from critics , and is pixar ' s worst reviewed feature film to date ; even by fan standards . at the time of its release , it was the studio ' s lowest - grossing film in north america since a bug ' s life . despite this , it continued the studio ' s streak of box office success , ranking # 1 on its opening weekend in the u . s . and and canada with $ 66 , 135 , 507 , and topping international success of such previous pixar ' s works as wall - e , cars , monsters , inc . , toy story 2 , a bug ' s life , and toy story .
i caught this movie on tv after watching a rather suspicious promotional trailer . the first scene with the sensual natasha henstridge dressed in a semi - transparent white dress hooked me and i decided to give the movie a try . the first half of second skin is pretty tolerable . i felt i was watching a fair and honest low budget noir picture , certainly moving toward some major twists . but i could never expect the plot could become so flawed and the second half of the movie could become so lame and dreary . this predictable , cliché - ridden movie could have been interesting . the music and the photography create a nice , moody atmosphere . henstridge is , well . . . sensual as the femme - fatale , and macfadyen is ok as the guy running from his past . even though i don ' t like the way some scenes are cut , the real problem is the plot which turns out to be some kind of mess in the second half of the movie . after the 90 minutes of second skin it ' s frustrating to realize probably nothing will linger in your memory apart from the beauty of henstridge .
winner of the grand jury prize at the sundance film festival , troublesome creek : a midwestern was nominated for best documentary . . .
“philadelphia , ” film starring tom hanks as a lawyer with aids , opens in theaters , becoming first major hollywood movie on aids .
second skin is presented in 1 . 33 : 1 full frame . this transfer is about what you ' d expect from the low - budget documentary . the shot - on - video look does hurt the overall professional feel of the film , but the editing and interview subjects make up for those faults . contrast runs a little hot at times , and fleshtones are often saturated and grimy . the encode itself seems proficiently mastered , with very few flaws , though i did detect a slight hint of interlacing between edits on occasion .
sanchez - del - campo l , rodriguez - lopez jn ( 2008 ) targeting the methionine cycle for melanoma therapy with 3 - o - ( 3 , 4 , 5 - trimethoxybenzoyl ) - ( - ) - epicatechin . int j cancer 123 : 2446–2455 .
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early detection of melanoma is of great importance to reduce mortality . discovering new melanoma biomarkers would improve early detection and diagnosis . here , we present a novel approach to detect volatile compounds from skin .
second skin is a fantastic look into the lives of people that live in two dimensions , but at what cost or gain ? â and then there is the idea of time investment being converted in virtual assets that now have a physical value attached . over a hundred thousand gold farmers operate out of china , creating an un - level playing field where gold and advanced levels can be bought instead of earned .
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1994 m . a . in visual and cultural studies , university of rochester . 1987 b . a . with high honors , art history and sociology / anthropology , swarthmore college .
paul newman , who voiced doc hudson , died of cancer in september 2008 . lasseter was at first adamant that newman would return , even though he had announced his retirement from acting . after newman ' s death , lasseter said that they would see how the story would proceed with doc hudson . finally , it was decided that doc wouldn ' t be voiced by another actor in the movie , tactfully implying that doc hudson had died at some point between the first and second films .
these are 15 of the best video game documentaries we’ve ever watched . hit up your netflix account immediately and seek out these great pieces of film .
beyond the first bifurcation point for neo - hookean substrates , we searched for the second bifurcation possibility of the primary wrinkle when the amplitude becomes larger under further compression . however , in our limited computational search range of 1≤
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dunn wb , broadhurst d , ellis di , brown m , halsall a , et al . ( 2008 ) a gc - tof - ms study of the stability of serum and urine metabolomes during the uk biobank sample collection and preparation protocols . int j epidemiol 37 : suppl 1i23–30 .
this is the only film in the cars trilogy not to be scored by randy newman , since it is instead scored by other recurring composer michael giacchino .
second skin takes an intimate look at three sets of computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by online virtual worlds . an emerging genre of computer software called massively multiplayer online games , or mmos , allows millions of users to interact simultaneously in virtual spaces . of the 50 million players worldwide , fifty percent consider themselves addicted . from individuals struggling with addiction to couples who have fallen in love without meeting ; from disabled players whose lives have been given new purpose to gold farmers , entrepreneurs and widows , the film opens viewers ' eyes to a phenomenon that may permanently change the way human beings interact .
more specifically , the film charts the rise of mmorpg – massive multiplayer online role - playing games – and especially the online phenomenon that is world of warcraft .
at the disney shareholders meeting in march of 2014 , disney ceo and chairman bob iger confirmed that pixar is in pre - production on the third cars film .
the film’s title derives from the street in bradford’s buttershaw estate , brafferton arbor , where dunbar was brought up and drew inspiration for her gritty realist plays . eschewing convention , barnard , who shares her protagonist’s yorkshire roots , revisited a method of storytelling that she had experimented with in one of her earlier shorts , random acts of intimacy ( 2002 ) , in which actors lip - synch to audio recordings of real people talking about having sex with strangers . deployed in the arbor , the technique gives nuance to the realist elements and results in a subtly unsettling film that hailed the arrival of a fresh voice in british cinema . her second film is the highly acclaimed social - realist fable the selfish giant ( 2013 ) .
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the availability of the fresh melanoma tissue is often a limiting step in the experimental work . thus , other sources , such as frozen tissue , need to be considered and explored . with this in mind , 18 frozen melanoma and 20 frozen skin samples obtained from the chtn tissue bank were collected and analyzed . similar to our work with fresh samples , analysis of frozen melanoma and frozen skin revealed differential volatile profiles in the two biopsy sets . demographic data and histopathology reports for frozen melanoma tissue samples were summarized in the table s3 . in total , 220 compounds in the two sample sets were detected ; this is less than the 325 detected in fresh samples . out of 18 melanoma samples , only 3 were skin biopsy samples , the remaining samples were metastatic melanoma tissue from : lymph node ( 10 ) , intestine ( 2 ) , liver ( 1 ) , lung ( 1 ) and breast ( 1 ) . compounds listed in table 2 were present at a significantly increased frequency distribution in the melanoma group vs the skin group . compounds listed in table s4 are volatiles detected at a significantly higher distribution frequency in skin samples . xylene was detected in the frozen skin samples . we also detected this compound in fresh melanoma , but not in the fresh naevi group ( see discussion ) . volatiles with significantly increased mean value and their associated p - values in melanoma vs skin group are presented in table 3 . two compounds , dodecane and 5 - methyl dodecane , were significantly increased in melanoma using either the expression level ( table 3 ) or the frequency of distribution ( table 2 ) .
during the summer of 2008 , john lasseter announced that cars 2 would be pushed forward and released in the summer of 2011 , one year earlier than its original 2012 release date . the us release date was later confirmed to be june 24 , 2011 , with a uk release date set for july 22 , 2011 . the world premiere of the film took place at the el capitan theatre in hollywood on june 18 , 2011 . cars 2 was released in 4 , 115 theaters in the usa and canada setting a record - high for a g - rated film and for pixar . the latter was surpassed by brave ( 4 , 164 theaters ) .
bale’s diet consisted of one can of tuna and an apple a day . his 38kg weight loss is said to be a record for any actor for a film role .
“oprah’s faulkner . ” ed . peter lurie and ann j . abadie . faulkner and film ( jackson : university press of mississippi , 2014 ) , 120 - 145 .
no relation to jonathan glazer’s recent film , brazilian - born writer / director carine adler ’s under the skin is a phenomenally intense drama that charts the psychological breakdown of 19 - year - old iris ( played by samantha morton in her first starring role ) , who , prompted by the untimely death of her mother , tries to find meaning for herself through relentless and increasingly masochistic casual sex with strangers .
it took a long time for the team to decide of the emotional center of the film . notably doc hudson ' s death was envisaged as the emotional center of the film , as he could be considered as lightning and mater ' s father , but finally , this idea was abandoned , and lightning and mater ' s friendship was retained .
according to the film ' s site , you guys also explore the world of chinese gold farmers . is that profession as close to human slavery as many american gamers believe ?
this is the only cars film , including planes and planes : fire & rescue , where the main character does not appear with a new paint job in the last scene .
we report the synthesis and application of an elastic , wearable crosslinked polymer layer ( xpl ) that mimics the properties of normal , youthful skin . xpl is made of a tunable polysiloxane - based material that can be engineered with specific elasticity , contractility , adhesion , tensile strength and occlusivity . xpl can be topically applied , rapidly curing at the skin interface without the need for heat - or light - mediated activation . in a pilot human study , we examined the performance of a prototype xpl that has a tensile modulus matching normal skin responses at low strain ( < 40 % ) , and that withstands elongations exceeding 250 % , elastically recoiling with minimal strain - energy loss on repeated deformation . the application of xpl to the herniated lower eyelid fat pads of 12 subjects resulted in an average 2 - grade decrease in herniation appearance in a 5 - point severity scale . the xpl platform may offer advanced solutions to compromised skin barrier function , pharmaceutical delivery and wound dressings .
we used head space solid phase micro - extraction ( hs - spme ) and gas chromatography / mass spectrometry ( gc / ms ) to identify volatile signatures from melanoma , naevi and skin samples . we hypothesized that the metabolic state of tissue alters the profile of volatile compounds . volatiles released from fresh biopsy tissue of melanoma and benign naevus were compared based on their difference in frequency distribution and their expression level . we also analyzed volatile profiles from frozen tissue , including skin and melanoma .
achieving accurate skin tones is one of the most challenging tasks in digital photography . master this challenge with professional photographer lee varis as he covers a range of skin : women and men , young and old , various tones , in - studio and outdoors , tattoos , and more . his step - by - step tutorials and before - and - after illustrations demonstrate various techniques for topics such as digital - specific lighting challenges and what can and cannot be done in post - process .
rather , the film takes on several mainstream narratives to frame the stories of the gamers under the microscope : first , the narrative of power and choice and games as level playing field ; second , the narrative of love , of finding love online , of coupling and heteronormative relationships ; and third , perhaps the most prevalent , the narrative of coming of age , of growing up , of the realization that the game is just a game and that “real life” must come first . much of these things , of course , are intertwined , particularly given the intensification of neoliberalism . there are unresolved tensions that both the film and its subjects bring up and try to work through . but on the whole i argue that the film exposes these tensions as a way to excoriate them , even unconsciously or unintentinally .
there ' s an alternate reality living inside your computer , and to many gamers , it ' s no different – and oftentimes more agreeable – than the daily grind . second skin is the story of seven hardcore gamers whose lives have been changed forever by massively multiplayer online role - playing games , be it love , friendship , or addiction . the 10 million world of warcraft subscribers and the original everquest pioneers know that mmogs smoke like fantasy crack , but piñeiro equally illuminates the games ' therapeutic roles , for disabled gamers and introverts alike . the doc is a car wreck in rush hour , even from a gamer ' s perspective : you can ' t look away no matter how depressing , unbelievable , or grotesque the story becomes . but this isn ' t just the pitfalls of the gaming industry ; it ' s a hell of a lot of fun . mixing expert opinion with amazingly true testimonials , second skin might just be the most accurate and entertaining glimpse of the economy and psychology of technology since tron .
indonesian actor nicholas saptura looks dashing in most of his films . but in the dain said’s latest film interchange , which opens in cinemas today , the actor appears as a sinister creature .
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retention times from the chromatograms obtained from frozen skin and melanoma samples were used to create a table of test samples from which volatile compounds relevant for the discrimination between the skin and melanoma groups were derived . from a total of 38 samples ( 18 melanoma and 20 skin samples ) , twelve volatile compounds were identified as relevant and a fuzzy logic prediction algorithm was created . the list of these compounds with their relevant goodman kruskal lambda value is presented in figure 4a . a higher goodman kruskal lambda value indicates a higher likelihood that a volatile compound is predictive for melanoma . these potential candidate markers were evaluated by fuzzy logic analysis and demonstrated the ability to distinguish melanoma from skin with 89 % sensitivity ( 16 / 18 ) and 90 % specificity ( 18 / 20 ) . nonanal is a common and abundant compound found on human skin ( table s4 , p < 0 . 0001 , see discussion ) . fuzzy logic analysis identified this volatile as one of the 12 compounds that can be used to distinguish melanoma from skin ( figure 4 ) . leave - one - out cross validation with variable selection in each leave - one - out run was used to assess the predictive performance of the fuzzy logic analysis . the area under the receiver - operating characteristic curve ( roc ) is determined as 0 . 936 ; indicating that these 12 compounds are able to correctly classify melanoma with high sensitivity and specificity ( figure 4b ) . a graphical representation of these data is presented in the form of the heat map ( figure 4c ) .
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first and foremost , the film follows the now fashionable and almost de rigeur indie documentary trend of uncovering the secret lives of nerds , geeks , dorks , and freaks ( cf . king of kong , monster camp , darkon , ringers , and as far back as trekkies ) . i will support the projects , of course , but i do think that many of these films , second skin included , aren’t quite sure about what they’re trying to do , trying to argue . the film has been met with unbridled popularity and acclaim–i think mostly due to the fact that it is about a population that gets very little attention much less media coverage . some representation , albeit problematic , is better than no representation at all–so it seems . moreover , there is the feeling of finally being “in” and “cool” and that though the film is marketed toward a “general” audience , there is the doublefold sense that almost everyone is a “gamer” or at least understands the double - life of being online and that those who are “hardcore” gamers are sharing in some sort of inside joke , insider commentary , and imagined community .
victor pineiro : second skin explores the phenomenon of mmos through the story of three sets of mmo gamers . we follow a couple that met in everquest 2 through their first meeting and everything that results , an addict who lost everything to mmos , and a group of mmo gamers in indiana who live , eat and breathe gamer culture . alongside these stories we delve into guild dynamics by exploring the syndicate , gold farming and economy by traveling to china , and identity by hanging out with disabled mmo gamers . our movie is jam - packed .
xylene has been previously identified as skin volatile compound [ 27 ] . it is part of the btex compounds , that are gaining more attention as these compounds are found to be ubiquitous pollutants both indoors and outdoors [ 31 ] . d - limonene is significantly increased in both fresh and frozen melanoma , however , it is likely that d - limonene is an air and / or cosmetic contaminant because this compound was detected in blank air samples ( table s5 ) , and also in the frozen skin samples ( table s4 ) .
general product safety is regulated by the general product safety regulations 2005 ( gps regulations ) . they apply to all products ( new and second - hand ) used by consumers . product - specific legislation continues to take precedence in areas where the provisions have similar objectives to the gps regulations .
the second daughter was pamela . she is remembered as the most private person of the mitford family . she lived a calm life , managing the estate and growing and cooking her food . the only ‘gossip’ we know about pamela is that she had a dalliance with the poet john benjamin .
whatever the imperfection of the film’s second half , wuthering heights is a visionary piece of filmmaking , and a thoroughly modern adaptation . redrawing heathcliff from a vaguely exotic mysterious stranger to a most definitely black and fiercely resented outsider , arnold strips back the trappings and distance of traditional costume drama . it is her work with director of photography robbie ryan that’s the real revelation though : together they create a natural landscape that brutally evokes the passionate cruelty at the gothic heart of the source material .
in america , catlin had spiced his gallery lectures by appearing in 1838 in the extravagant costume of a blackfoot medicine man , with an all - encompassing bear skin draped over his body and a surfeit of animal skins hiding his face , shaking a rattle and waving a spear .
the spy theme of cars 2 emerged from a scene developed for cars , which would have seen lightning and sally go to the drive - in movie theater , where they would have seen a spy film . although the scene didn ' t make it to the final film , john lasseter loved so much the idea of spy cars that he kept it in is mind and it became a main element in cars 2 .
the full length trailer for cars 2 was released on pixar ' s official youtube account on november 15 , 2010 and later appeared in front of the animated disney film tangled . from early 2011 to the opening of cars 2 , disney / pixar massively published stills , video clips and concept art from the movie . characters of the film where also regularly revealed , and for most of them a turntable video was provided .
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bernier ur , kline dl , barnard dr , schreck ce , yost ra ( 2000 ) analysis of human skin emanations by gas chromatography / mass spectrometry . 2 . identification of volatile compounds that are candidate attractants for the yellow fever mosquito ( aedes aegypti ) . anal chem 72 : 747–756 .
the requirement for ce marking and the exact process you will need to go through varies from product to product . different types of product are governed by different european directives . for example , the trade of certain machinery , equipment and safety components is governed by the supply of machinery ( safety ) regulations 2008 ( as amended ) . the regulations implement a european directive aimed at removing technical barriers to trade .


gleason is an american documentary film released in 2016 , covering five years in the life of the former new orleans saints football defensive back , steve gleason , who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( als ) , sometimes known as lou gehrig 's disease , a rare incurable autoimmune condition associated with the former new york yankees baseball star , lou gehrig , who died from the disease in 1941 .

gleason ( film )

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“gleason” premiered at the sundance film festival to a standing ovation , garnered an audience award at the sxsw film festival and a special jury prize at the full frame film festival . the documentary also recently won the special jury prize at the seattle international film festival .
the film , which played at the sundance film festival earlier this year , follows the life of former new orleans saints player steve gleason after his als diagnosis .
amazon studios has bought u . s . rights to clay tweel’s steve gleason documentary “ gleason , ” four days after its premiere at the sundance film festival .
gleason ' s documentary begins at the end of his football career . sports illustrated released a preview of the film ( which can be seen below ) before the sundance film festival in january .
gleason
didn ' t start out as a feature film . rather , it was something much more personal - intensely so - that was begun by gleason himself in 2011 .
img films , a division of the sports agency , financed “gleason” along with team gleason members and new orleans saints player drew brees . microsoft and go pro also supported the film .
a picture caption on friday with a film review of the documentary “gleason” referred incorrectly to the child of steve gleason , the subject of the film , and his wife , michel varisco . the child , rivers , is their son , not daughter .
consequently , any thoughts of cutting them from the film were fairly quickly disregarded .
the film had already screened at january ' s sundance film festival . in addition , gleason and varisco showed it to a hometown crowd in june at the orpheum theater in new orleans . in both cases , it was enthusiastically received .
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steve gleason with his wife and son . photograph : allstar / open road films
steve gleason is the man leading the battle against als , or lou gehrig ' s disease . diagnosed at 34 , gleason ' s body began shutting down .
on the one hand , it ' s a stark and honest portrait of what it ' s like to live with als . but it ' s also a multi - layered love story - between gleason and varisco , between gleason and new orleans , between gleason and his father , and between gleason and his unborn son .
the final push to finish gleason began in earnest in the winter of 2015 , with the goal of submitting the film to the 2016 sundance film festival . the filmmakers had seven months to whittle down more than a thousand hours of footage into a coherent , feature - length narrative .
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woven throughout is an inspirational story that lives up to the
no white flags
mantra gleason has preached through his team gleason foundation ever since his 2011 diagnosis .
amazon studios has bought u . s . rights to clay tweel’s steve gleason documentary “gleason , ” four days after its premiere at the sundance film festival . “gleason” centers on the former nfl player who revealed in 2011 that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , also known as lou gehrig’s disease . the disclosure came five years after [ … ]
the former eight - year nfl veteran explains the story behind his new film , which details gleason’s struggle with als and how it ' s affected him , his wife and young son .
john cooper , director of the sundance film festival , said , “the sundance film festival is truly a place for discovery . we have seen an increase in younger audiences in recent years , showing that the next generation of independent film fans is culturally adventurous and drawn to the diverse lineup we offer each year . ”
buy dvd distributor open road films and amazon studios runtime 110 min rating r year 2016 director j . clay tweel screenwriter j . clay tweel cast steve gleason , michel gleason
amazon has partnered with open road films to co - release gleason over the summer .
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the film - making might not be particularly polished , but the subject matter of this documentary is wrenching .
diagnosed with als , former nfl football player steve gleason starts to record video journals for his unborn son .
gleason
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scott fujita , a friend and former saints teammate of gleason ' s who came on board to help produce the film , describes what the team called
fireside chats
over beer and pizza in the backyard of fellow
gleason
producer kimi culp , an old college friend of varisco ' s .
if this film portrait stirs deep emotions , they spring from a breathtakingly unsentimental embrace of life at its most challenging .
one comes to distrust gleason ’s pathos , because the documentary always appears to be selling something .
tweel has crafted a film that goes beyond the facts of gleason ' s football life . it promotes an awareness of als that trumps any well - intended ice - bucket challenge - and ranks as a profound achievement .
gleason manages to instill those triumph - of - the - human - spirit feelings despite , or maybe because of , the unvarnished and uncomfortable look into the life of gleason and those around him .
variety and urltoken both report that amazon studios has picked up distribution rights to gleason , j . clay tweel ' s documentary about former new orleans saints player steve gleason and his battle with als :
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on the day director clay tweel screened his first cut of gleason for its two central figures , former new orleans saints safety steve gleason and his wife , michel rae varisco , a handful of the couple ' s closest confidants gathered in their living room . in addition to tweel , gleason and varisco invited two of the film ' s producers , seth gordon and kimi culp , as well as michel ' s father , team gleason executive director paul varisco . the mood was one of apprehension , anxiety , even panic .
gleason opens at the theatres at canal place , amc elmwood palace and nationwide friday , july 29 .
the blocked punt embodied the tenacity and resilience of the city , and later , of gleason himself .
gleason is the man leading the battle against als , or lou gehrig ' s disease . als is a terminal disease with no cure . diagnosed at 34 , gleason ' s body began shutting down .
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it is so rare to experience an honest film even in documentary circles which often are laced with political , theoretical or philosophical agendas . this film packed a punch and was so hard to watch yet was so refreshing to experience . must see ! !
the trio developed an immediate rapport , and despite gleason ' s deteriorating health , there was much in life to enjoy and capture on film , from newborn rivers to the launch of team gleason , a nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness of als and providing cutting - edge technology , equipment and services to those stricken with neuromuscular diseases .
amazon studios and open road have released the first trailer for the emotional and captivating documentary “ gleason . ”
updated : amazon studios and open road said today that gleason will open on july 29 in north america .
we see the ups and downs of steve gleason ' s public battle with als in a heartwarming documentary .
you don ' t need to know steve gleason ' s name to be enraptured by his extraordinary story .
the power of clay tweel ' s tear - jerking documentary , based on gleason ' s video diaries , comes from the honesty and humour with which gleason presents the gradual loss of control over his bodily functions .
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( at the outset , gleason worked with sports filmmaker sean pamphilon , who wound up releasing some damning behind - the - scenes saints footage without gleason ' s permission that helped document the
bountygate
scandal . pamphilon is not mentioned or credited in the doc ; reps say that a small portion of the final film was shot by him . )
gleason , very raw and real in every way . steve is such an amazing inspiring human being ! ! ! gleason ' s documentary of the twisted insane roads he and his loved ones must come to . . .
soon , though , the story of gleason developed another twist , one that reshaped the film yet again . the following spring , pamphilon left the project altogether , and gleason described himself in a statement as
deflated and disappointed .
pamphilon had become , per the title of a 2012 gq profile ,
the man in the middle of bountygate .
one comes to distrust gleason ' s pathos , because the doc always appears to be selling something .
park city , utah - - days after its sundance premiere , the documentary gleason was purchased by amazon to be released this summer . the announcement was made on january 28th about the film documenting the spokane native and former nfl star’s battle with als .
in january , five years after gleason ' s diagnosis , gleason debuted at the sundance film festival , receiving praise for the dauntless depiction of als that this tight - knit family of filmmakers and subjects had created during years in the trenches together . open road films and amazon signed deals for theatrical and streaming distribution ; michel , whose talent for drawing features prominently in the film , sold 10 prints at a post - premiere event , her first public showing of her art . in a sense , the response signaled an end of an extended period of tumult and the beginning of a new stage . call it gleason ' s unseen epilogue .
that april , against gleason ' s wishes , pamphilon released a four - minute compilation of excerpts from his recording .
it would ' ve been easy to play gleason ' s story for sentimental uplift meant to inspire others to live life to its fullest , or as a feature - length fundraising ad for the team gleason charity assisting those living with als ,
variety ' s geoff berkshire wrote in his review of the film .
' gleason ' may accomplish both of those things anyway , but any such benefits come honestly and without manipulation by inviting viewers along on an intimate journey and holding nothing back .
for new orleans saints hero steven gleason and his wife , michel rae varisco , however , it was anything but typical .
when it does , it will accomplish one of gleason ' s main goals , which is to raise awareness of als .
“gleason” open in select theaters in new york , los angeles , san francisco , seattle and new orleans on july 29 .
the director of the documentary said they were handed 1 , 300 hours of private video from gleason and his wife michel .
this particular carpet had been rolled out just for them , as it turns out , and for the premiere of the documentary
gleason ,
a film praised as both powerful and inspiring - and , at times , unexpectedly funny - - for its chronicling of their family ' s struggle since learning in 2011 that gleason was suffering from the degenerative neuromuscular disease als , or lou gehrig ' s disease .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
at the age of 34 , steve gleason , former nfl defensive back and new orleans hero , was diagnosed with als . doctors gave him two to five years to live . so that is what steve chose to do : live . this film incorporates personal video journals from gleason for his then - unborn son to footage of his adventures undertaken as part of his mission to live his life to the fullest .
amazon has bought theatrical , tvod and svod rights , and is partnering with open road films to co - release “gleason” theatrically .
previous exclusive : amazon studios is closing a deal for all u . s . rights to gleason , one of the most acclaimed documentaries to premiere at this year’s sundance film festival . the docu focuses on steve gleason , a former nfl defensive back who played for the new orleans saints and was a local hero there who blocked a punt in the first game when the superdome reopened after the devastating hurricane katrina . he was diagnosed with als at age 34 and given five years to live . through vividly shot video journals that are a big part of the film — gleason wanted to leave a record of his life for his unborn son — director clay tweel shows how gleason took that to heart to live life as fully as one possibly can . since his diagnosis , gleason has : gone skydiving , interviewed pearl jam , spoken at the united nations , starred in a super bowl commercial , attended the state of the union address , helped pass the steve gleason act , founded the largest als research project in the history of the disease , and started one of the world’s most recognizable als organizations , team gleason . and most importantly , he became a father . the footage was shot over a period of four years .
the fate of the project was unclear . david lee , hired by pamphilon earlier that year , texted gleason saying he was still available to shoot . on easter sunday , lee filmed a family barbecue ; within weeks , gleason asked him to record the placement of a feeding tube in his stomach , putting lee into the kind of private , uncomfortable situation that distinguishes gleason from similar documentaries .
the seattle - based documentarian made run ricky run , a documentary about former saints and miami dolphins star ricky williams in 2010 for espn films ' popular series 30 for 30 . pamphilon approached gleason in the spring of 2011 about collaborating on a film and contributing to gleason ' s growing video archive — which the father - to - be saw as a chance to communicate with his child before the worst ravages of als took hold .
tweel , who previously directed finders keepers , is also editor of gleason and the film is produced by seth gordon ( the oscar winning sports docu undefeated ) , kimi culp , scott fujita , tom lavia , kevin lake , mary rohlich and thomas mceachin . mark shapiro and will staeger are exec producers . the docu was financed by img films , a division of the sports agency , along with a large group of donors / supporters surrounding team gleason that includes exec producer paul varisco and new orleans saints quarterback drew brees . microsoft and go pro also supported the film , which premiered sunday at the marc theater .
though gleason and michel continued to film each other throughout the rest of 2011 , setting up and shooting became more difficult as gleason ' s illness progressed , and the amount of footage pamphilon wanted to gather was too much for the couple to handle on their own . with pamphilon splitting time between seattle and new orleans , the decision was made to bring on a part - time videographer . that summer , 22 - year - old ty minton - small , just out of college , responded to a craigslist ad and prepared for his first assignment : recording the birth of rivers varisco gleason .
i ' m biased , but i have to say that ' gleason ' will break your heart and make it more whole than ever before ,
duplass said .
it will kill you and resurrect you with new life . it ' s hard to exaggerate the beauty and impact of this film .
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in opposing public statements , gleason and pamphilon disputed the terms of a four - page agreement reached at the beginning of their collaboration . gleason claimed that the release of any footage related to the project required his
explicit approval .
the filmmaker defended his actions , saying he ' d followed the agreement , that a mutually agreed upon mediator had approved the release , and that it was the
right thing
to do . ( yahoo ! sports reported at the time that the contract did not specifically prohibit either gleason or pamphilon from releasing audio or video prior to the completion of the film . )
it was pamphilon , tweel says , who captured one of gleason ' s most devastating moments : the sight of michel crying on the banks of bayou st . john as gleason struggles to complete the last leg of their miniature
jazz fest triathlon ,
four months after his diagnosis .
for lee and minton - small , who ' d spent years caring for gleason , playing with rivers and helping michel around the house , gleason ' s gathering momentum came with mixed feelings . on the one hand , according to minton - small , it was exciting , after so many false starts , to see the film begin to crystallize . on the other , lee says , reconciling with new voices and viewpoints after being so close to the project was challenging .
“gleason” centers on the former nfl player who revealed in 2011 that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , also known as lou gehrig’s disease . the disclosure came five years after gleason had memorably blocked a punt on the night the louisiana superdome reopened for the first time after hurricane katrina .
by the time gleason entered post - production in march 2015 , the combination of gleason ' s worsening condition , the growing number of caretaking duties and the consistent presence of cameras had worn down this small
entourage ,
as michel calls it , until the idea of continuing seemed untenable .
with any luck the film will raise awareness for a horrendous disease , and it ' s well worth a watch for its honest portrayal of a man fighting back against tremendous adversity .
one night , while traveling with gleason and michel in peru , lee declined to film the former saints star being showered off after soiling himself , because he felt that doing so would have been
crossing some sort of line .
minton - small also began to question whether it was appropriate to shoot footage of certain events .
after the film ended , there was silence . for michel , watching gleason was an
out - of - body experience
— nerve - wracking but ultimately cathartic . paul , on the other hand , was
taken aback
by its raw , unflinching portrait of two people — husband and wife , patient and caretaker — facing the rapid advance of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( als ) , with which gleason was diagnosed in 2011 , while raising their young son , rivers .
this is the best documentary i have ever watched . steve gleason is an inspiration and a hero . his wife michel is amazing too . wow !
the documentary chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring story of steve gleason , a gonzaga prep and washington state university alum who became a defensive back for the new orleans saints . gleason immortalized himself in team history in 2006 , when he blocked a punt the saint ' s first home game after hurricane katrina .
gleason , who has relied on assistive technology known as augmentive / alternative communication ( aac ) since losing his ability to speak , needed only four words .
“gleason” is incredibly frank about gleason’s physical suffering and the toll his terrifyingly implacable physical deterioration takes on his marriage . while the director’s vision never strays too far from the positive message that he and the gleasons doubtlessly wish to impart , the movie winds up being most effective at doing what cinema cannot avoid doing .
we had two guys pretty much living with us who would film any events we went to or any trips we went to ,
varisco said .
and at the house , steve has a vision - he ' s got big vision - - and he would let them know what he wanted to film . . . . it became a part of our lives .
it was the latest stop , but by no means the last one , on what has been a long , often difficult road for varisco , gleason and their little film that could . but as
gleason
prepares for a staged national rollout beginning july 29 , which is when it opens in new orleans , as well as in a handful of other select cities , including new york , los angeles , san francisco and seattle - - it ' s also one that has brought its own rewards .
but in january 2011 , when gleason called fujita from san francisco with the official diagnosis of als , the outlook was grim — so much so that fujita and former saints tight end eric johnson , both of whom reside in california , drove together to northern california to see gleason , taking him on a sunrise hike .
he film - making might not be particularly polished , but the subject matter of this documentary is wrenching . shortly after he retired from professional american football , steve gleason was diagnosed with als or motor neurone disease . this brutally candid film is partly an account of his response to the disease – he founded a charitable organisation to help other sufferers – and partly a collection of the messages he composed for the son who was conceived just after the diagnosis . the resulting movie is an unabashed tear - jerker that juggles themes such as religious faith , marital stress and the toilet - based indignities of the disease – the latter an earthy strand of humour as crucial for gleason and his family as it is for the audience .
the moment was the culmination of a process that had begun in october 2010 , when gleason , exhibiting the first symptoms of als . he decided to document his experiences in a series of video diaries . in time , the project evolved into a record for rivers , a fraught family album , a feature - length documentary and a sundance film festival selection , but at the time no one knew principal shooting on gleason had commenced — or that the tale of its making would be a compelling drama in its own right .
it paid off . in january ,
gleason
- directed by clay tweel (
make believe ,
finders keepers
) and featuring an original song by pearl jam ' s mike mccready - - made its debut at the prestigious sundance film festival . it was immediately embraced by those who saw it , with some declaring it an oscar contender .
despite the twists and turns of its long gestation , gleason is what gleason envisioned in october 2010 : a record , a document , of a family fighting through unimaginable circumstances to emerge , changed but closer than ever , on the other side . only now , audiences will be able to see that experience through their eyes .
as lee and minton - small continued to collect new footage , gleason and michel entrusted culp and fujita with shepherding the film forward . in the coming months , the pair hashed out countless ideas over pizza and beer at culp ' s los angeles home , scrawling each one on whiteboard to see what stuck . they even formed a production company , dear rivers productions .
if
gleason
makes one thing clear , it ' s that living with als isn ' t easy . it ' s not easy for gleason , and it ' s not easy for varisco , who abruptly went from becoming her husband ' s travel partner on their globe - trotting adventure vacations to his full - time caretaker .
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the assembled moments recording gleason’s physical deterioration become all the more moving when the film flashes back to him in more able days . similarly , a brief shot of an empty wheelchair , seeming to wait for its inevitable inhabitant , produces a shudder . in such instances , the movie goes beyond conventional ( but very worthy ) human interest concerns and offers something more rich and strange .
almost immediately after its sundance screening , the rights to
gleason
were snapped up by amazon studios , which brought open road films on board to release it theatrically .
when it gets down to it ,
gleason
is a difficult movie to describe , for the very reason that it functions so well on a number of levels .
“gleason” is rated r ( under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian ) for language , despite its family - friendly themes . running time : 1 hour 50 minutes .
i would think it ' s rare for an independent , almost an art - house film , to be playing at theaters across the country ,
fujita said .
you don ' t see films like this playing in green bay or kansas city or columbus , ohio , every day . amazon and open road want to make sure all those markets get a chance to see the film , which is great .
gleason ' s intimate , often harrowing depiction of its subjects ' confrontation with als — and , at times , with each other — is the result of the kinship lee and minton - small forged with gleason , michel and rivers over the course of the next three years , during which the pair recorded more than 1 , 300 hours of footage .
the two had met when fujita joined the saints in the spring of 2006 , not long before gleason ' s blocked punt in the team ' s home opener against the atlanta falcons made him a hero of the who dat nation , and a symbol of the city ' s determination to come back from hurricane katrina and the levee failures . fujita remembers gleason ' s generosity , extending an invitation to see dave matthews band at the new orleans jazz & heritage festival , and his idiosyncratic charm , which comes through clearly in gleason .
in a 2006 football game against the atlanta falcons , the new orleans saints safety steve gleason made a bold headlong leap that blocked a punt . the recovery of that ball led to a touchdown for the saints , and gleason and his team , representing the city that had been so terribly battered by hurricane katrina in 2005 , became national symbols of indomitability .
i thought , ' oh my god , this is exactly what my uncle was experiencing in the early stages ,
says fujita , now one of gleason ' s producers .
that includes some moments that varisco admits to cringing over when she watches them onscreen today . but she also realizes that those moments are some of the film ' s most powerful and most honest , and therefore the most resonant .
ultimately , that ' s the main reason that
gleason
- culled from an astounding 1 , 300 hours of footage , according to fujita - - is as powerful as it is . the cameras are there during moments of triumph , such as the family ' s visit to denali national park in alaska . they ' re there for moments of heart - wrenching defeat as gleason ' s condition inevitably worsens . and they ' re there for moments of turmoil as gleason and varisco work through the relationship issues that are all but inevitable under such strain .
the films includes footage shot over four years of gleason’s post - diagnosis activities , which include becoming a father , skydiving , speaking at the united nations , attending the state of the union address , founding an als research project and the organization team gleason — which has a mission to improve the lives of those who have als , the symptoms of which include gradual paralysis .
that’s what steve gleason , the former safety for the new orleans saints , tells his wife michel varisco in an early scene from “gleason , ” a documentary about his struggle with als ( amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ) , formerly known as lou gehrig’s disease . he’s pointing the camera at michel at first , and then he gives it over to her , and suddenly he’s looking us right in the eye . “a good filmer asks good questions to get really good material , ” steve tells michel . and wow , does “gleason” make good on that bit of advice .
the films includes footage shot over four years of gleason’s post - diagnosis activities , which include becoming a father , skydiving , speaking at the united nations , attending the state of the union address , founding an als research project and the organization team gleason - which has a mission to improve the lives of those who have als , the symptoms of which include gradual paralysis .
the hit documentary from the 2016 sundance film festival goes inside the life of steve gleason , the former new orleans saints defensive back who , at the age of 34 , was diagnosed with als and given a life expectancy of two to five years . weeks later , gleason found out his wife , michel , was expecting their first child . a video journal that began as a gift for his unborn son expands to chronicle steve’s determination to get his relationships in order , build a foundation to provide other als patients with purpose , and adapt to his declining physical condition—utilizing medical technologies that offer the means to live as fully as possible .
the hit documentary from the 2016 sundance film festival goes inside the life of steve gleason , the former new orleans saints defensive back who , at the age of 34 , was diagnosed with als and given a life expectancy of two to five years . weeks later , gleason found out his wife , michel , was expecting their first child . a video journal that began as a gift for his unborn son expands to chronicle steve ' s determination to get his relationships in order , build a foundation to provide other als patients with purpose , and adapt to his declining physical condition - utilizing medical technologies that offer the means to live as fully as possible .
this movie ( and the trailer ) get me every time . for me , seeing gleason videotape his fatherly advice for his unborn son while he ' s still able to is the ultimate act of love .
gleason is assembled from footage shot over a course of several years by director j . clay tweel , as well as by steve and his family , providing a terrifyingly intimate portrait of a rowdy and adventurous man’s gradual entrapment within himself . steve and michel are established to be free spirits who travel the world , searching for visceral experiences and generally drinking in life . their casual simpatico provides gleason with an initial jolt of pleasure that inspires foreboding . a clock hangs over the film , as we know that steve will get steadily worse . this suspense is exacerbated by steve’s video journals , which are intended for his initially unborn child , who’s delivered over the course of the film’s running time and revealed to be a boy they name rivers . as the child grows older , developing his motor skills , his father regresses , placing michel in the awkward and demoralizing position of raising two physical children , causing her to feel nearly as constrained as her husband .
and so , while she was often surrounded by cameras , often during very personal family moments , she was so distracted by the all - consuming new trajectory of her life with gleason that she hardly noticed them .
the critically acclaimed feature has roughly four years of footage , including personal and surprisingly humorous video journals shot by gleason , and clips of his globe - trotting adventures that he took to live life to the fullest .
his documentary started as a memory book and love letter to his unborn son . gleason ' s voice was stripped away at an alarming rate , so he recorded the stories he wanted to read to his son .
gleason learns to use an eye - triggered speech synthesizer , and soon makes distributing these machines a focus of team gleason , the group he starts to help others with als . tweel chronicles both the rampant success this effort has and the strain running things places on his family life . even after she hires a friend to be gleason ' s caregiver , michel can hardly keep up with tending to both her husband and an infant .
i ' m wearing you down to bones ,
he types out on his screen one day . several scenes later , we witness an exhaustion - fueled fight that , given the devotion between the two , is heartbreaking .
i ' m happy , and i get happier as we show it to more people and more people are being positively impacted by it ,
varisco said .
the more i hear that , the better i feel about the film and the whole experience .
in order for the project to attract investors and achieve the widest possible distribution , the film needed a director with extensive experience and prior credits , which function as currency in hollywood . culp and fujita interviewed more than a dozen candidates . one stood out : clay tweel .
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but it was , indeed , possible . driven by the vision and charisma of gleason , who still has full cognitive function and communicates with the help of a computer that tracks his eye movements , the project grew still more .
lee and minton - small moved to los angeles to help tweel with the editing process . the director conducted on - camera interviews with fujita , michel and other figures in the film , finding the major themes — marriage , fatherhood and the courage of als patients and their caretakers .
in cinema , the critic andré bazin noted , “the image of things is likewise the image of their duration . ” more bluntly , the subject in david cronenberg’s 2000 short film , “camera , ” observes , “when you record the moment , you record the death of the moment . ”
this marvelous documentary , directed by j . clay tweel , takes all of its cues from that early scene . steve gleason retired from the national football league after eight seasons and has been struggling with als since , trying to raise public awareness of the disease and agitate for a cure with help from team gleason , a nonprofit group founded by michel . the whole movie is as unaffected and direct as a documentary can be . nothing is off - limits here : moments of doubt and fear , disgust at failures of the body , the challenges that a debilitating illness poses to marriage and parenting ( gleason’s son , river , was born shortly after his diagnosis , and figures heavily in the story ) .
on jan . 5 , 2011—three years after i retired from the nfl—i was diagnosed with als , a terminal disease that causes your muscles to atrophy and die . there is no cure . i learned that when i was diagnosed , which was right about the time i started recording videos sharing my thoughts about what was happening to my body . nearly 1 , 500 hours of footage later we’re releasing a film , gleason , about how my wife , michel , and i have lived our lives over the last 5 1 / 2 years .
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after he is diagnosed with als , former professional football player steve gleason begins making a video diary for his unborn son , as he , his wife , and their friends and family work to raise money for als patients as his disease progresses .
shortly after that diagnosis , he and new orleans native varisco learned she was pregnant with the couple ' s first child . aware of the ruthless ravages of als , which would in short order rob him of the ability to speak , walk and even breathe on his own , gleason decided to film a series of
video journals
for his unborn son so he could make sure , using his own voice , that the child - named rivers , and who turns 5 in october - - would grow up knowing exactly who his dad is .
tweel , who previously directed “finders keepers , ” is the editor of “gleason . ” producers are seth gordon , kimi culp , scott fujita , tom lavia , kevin lake , mary rohlich and thomas mceachin . mark shapiro and will staeger are the executive producers .
for gleason and michel , the diagnosis would turn out to be just the first of that year ' s life - changing developments . six weeks later , michel found out she was pregnant , and a man named sean pamphilon was about to enter their lives .
gleason
immerses the viewer in the ordeal of incurable illness . not just that of the sufferer , but of family , friends , and loved ones as well , because , as these films make clear , such misfortunes are not just personal , but communal .
what made clay so attractive is he was the first one to say , ' i need to go get on a plane and explain to steve and michel why i need to make this film , '
fujita says .
he wanted to make the pitch to them directly , and that carried a lot of weight .
when you watch our film , you’ll see elements of football—but it’s not about football . i think sports movies , in general , tend to abide by an almost clichéd storybook narrative . the journey . the struggle . the resolution . the sunset . but from my experience , real life doesn’t work like that . real life is messy .
park city , ut — sundance institute today completed its feature film lineup for the 2016 sundance film festival with the highly anticipated narratives , documentaries , episodic work and events in the premieres , documentary premieres , spotlight , sundance kids and special events sections . the festival takes place january 21 - 31 in park city , salt lake city , sundance and ogden , utah . among the films that have premiered in these sections in recent years are boyhood , brooklyn , twenty feet from stardom , life itself , the end of the tour , mistress america , frank , going clear : scientology and the prison of belief , shaun the sheep and the jinx : the life and deaths of robert durst .
you gotta start somewhere ,
minton - small says .
when i went down there i was just young enough and just dumb enough that i didn ' t really think about it that much . i do remember thinking on the plane coming down , ' oh , shit . i ' m about to film a kid being born . '
behind the scenes of anomalisa / u . s . a . ( directors : charlie kaufman , duke johnson , screenwriter : charlie kaufman ) — michael stone—husband , father and respected author—is crippled by the mundanity of his life . on a business trip , he checks into the fregoli hotel where he is amazed to discover a possible escape from his desperation in an unassuming woman , who may or may not be the love of his life . the festival will present a screening of the film followed by a q & a ; with the creators . separately , they will speak on a festival panel explaining their creative process and how they brought their extraordinary film to life . cast : jennifer jason leigh , tom noonan , david thewlis .
wiener - dog / u . s . a . ( director and screenwriter : todd solondz ) — this film tells several stories featuring people who find their life inspired or changed by one particular dachshund , who seems to be spreading comfort and joy . cast : greta gerwig , kieran culkin , danny devito , ellen burstyn , julie delpy , zosia mamet . world premiere
the movie begins with footage of gleason , speaking haltingly but with good humor , into a video camera . ( he was born in 1977 , so his high school football career — scenes from which are included here — coincided with the ubiquity of the video camcorder ; he’s clearly accustomed to the recorded life . ) mere weeks after his a . l . s . diagnosis , he learned he was going to become a father . in archival footage , a healthy gleason romps happily with his wife , michel varisco , in various far - flung locales . more cerebral than a stereotypical football player , he is matched in post - hippie free - spirit vibes by his partner . they seem like a couple you’d enjoy spending the day with at an outdoor jam band festival . when the diagnosis hits , gleason becomes determined to give his unborn child a document of himself . this movie is that chronicle , and more .
the relationship between fathers and sons is the marrow of this emotional movie , expressed not just in steve’s relationship with his own father and son , but in an interview with pearl jam frontman eddie vedder by steve ( a talented , self - taught filmmaker himself ) about his own troubled relationship with his dad . this is a tearjerker of a film but also a joyous one .
trevor groth , director of programming for the sundance film festival , said , “many of our selections this year reveal that what resides at the core of captivating stories are fascinating , and at times heroic , characters . in shining light on these people , independent filmmakers are doing what they ' ve always done best : connecting the dots of human existence with a deeply charged emotional current . ”
resilience / u . s . a . ( director : james redford ) — this film chronicles the birth of a new movement among pediatricians , therapists , educators , and communities using cutting - edge brain science to disrupt cycles of violence , addiction , and disease . these professionals help break the cycles of adversity by daring to talk about the effects of divorce , abuse , and neglect . world premiere
at the age of 34 , steve gleason was diagnosed with als . doctors gave the former nfl defensive back and new orleans hero two to five years to live . so that is what steve chose to do - live : with purpose , for his newborn son , for his wife , and to help others with his disease .
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when i started recording journals for rivers , who’s now four , i wanted to be sure he didn’t get the “storybook sports dad” version of me . i wanted him to see the raw , imperfect , flailing person that i am . i wanted him to see my vulnerabilities , because i wanted him to know that sharing our weaknesses is how we find our strengths . and because my goal was to share my most real self with our son , that intimacy and rawness is translated in the film for the audience . i’d like to say that i’m completely comfortable with this but , truthfully , it’s downright scary . one of the themes i try to convey to rivers as i continue to shoot video journals is acknowledge your fear , but proceed anyway . i had to take my own advice as this film was being made . acknowledge and proceed .
oh , it ' s a big deal ,
varisco said from los angeles just a few hours before hitting the blue carpet with gleason and a cadre of friends , family and supporters .
we are all excited and nervous at the same time . this is like the bigwigs here in hollywood . i ' m very nervous .
michael jackson ' s journey from motown to off the wall / u . s . a . ( director : spike lee ) — catapulted by the success of his first major solo project , off the wall , michael jackson went from child star to king of pop . this film explores the seminal album , with rare archival footage and interviews from those who were there and those whose lives its success and legacy impacted . world premiere
when gleason ' s
nfl brother
scott fujita returned to new orleans in 2010 as a linebacker for the cleveland browns , he already was on tenterhooks . the prospect of returning to the superdome in colors other than black and gold left him so emotional that he headed to lucy ' s retired surfers bar the night before the game , as he often had done during his four - year tenure with the saints — only this timae he accidentally got drunk . no amount of alcohol could have prepared him , however , for gleason ' s description of his recent medical woes , and fujita , who ' d lost an uncle to the disease 15 years prior , recognized the warning signs of als .
richard linklater—dream is destiny / u . s . a . ( directors : louis black , karen bernstein ) — this is an unconventional look at a fiercely independent style of filmmaking that arose in the 1990s from austin , texas , outside the studio system . the film blends rare archival footage with journals , exclusive interviews with linklater on and off set , and clips from slacker , dazed and confused , boyhood , and more . world premiere
two months earlier , while filming gleason and fujita at a team meeting on the eve of the saints ' playoff contest against the san francisco 49ers , pamphilon had caught williams on tape urging his players to
kill the f—king head .
in light of growing concerns over traumatic brain injuries in football , he concluded that the public should hear the audio .