Abbott here. Family visiting, and a crucial possibility that workmen will
finally be able to get here tomorrow means I'm likely to miss the meeting. I'll
just say again that I am a huge fan of Icelandic films. Despite best intentions
I have not gotten to even one trailer since last week. My input is minimal, but
I'll hope to return again. I remain the voice for "Let's put up a great old
film up on the big screen". Some piece that most people are unaware of. There
is a great article in a recent N Yorker on the life and work of James Gray.
High praise for his forgotten film "The Immigrant". I'd never heard of it and
would like to see what he made. Would I be alone in that?
There's my likely input for tomorrow.
Regrets, A
----- Original Message -----
From: Joel Johnson
To: cinemaexp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Pat Clark
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2019 10:48 AM
Subject: [cinemaexp] Re: Oct 10 Meeting
Bob:
Sorry to hear that you are not going to be able to make it to tomorrow’s
meeting. Thanks for the heads-up on “THE CAKEMAKER” being available through
Netflix. Our interest was pretty tenuous just knowing that it could be accessed
pretty cheaply through Prime Video. Now it’s a slam dunk as a goner.
Lots of people have expressed interest/intrigue about “THE SEER AND THE
UNSEEN.” There was a trailer for it with the WBUR article that Laurie
originally shared and I believe I had appended it to some of my mailings after
that. Let me know if you can’t find it and I will send it out again. The
trailer is very beautiful and certainly comes across as quite mystical.
Currently, the does not have US distribution. It is represented by a Sales
Representative called Submarine. Ken has usually wanted us to steer clear of
sales representatives that market the distribution rights of films and,
basically, act as middlemen between the production company and the actual
distributors that work with theaters and other outlets. I think it is his
experience that he tends to feel they demand high prices and are much more
difficult to negotiate with.
Pat:
Let us know if you are getting things through the listserve now. Thanks.
Joel
From: cinemaexp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <cinemaexp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
Behalf Of Laurie Graves
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2019 9:05 AM
To: cinemaexp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cinemaexp] Re: Oct 10 Meeting
Thanks, Bob, for letting us know about The Cakemaker. Definitely one to
scratch of the list. Definitely agree with your assessment of The Seer and the
Unseen. One to screen, if we can.
Laurie
On 10/9/2019 7:47 AM, Bob Stewart wrote:
Hello Joel and all,
My plans for this week have changed and will not be available for the
Thursday meeting.
Thanks, Laurie and Cliff for your brief thoughts on the list. Many of the
films you like are appealing to me as well. The Seer and the Unseen is very
interesting to me but not a lot to go on. The Icelandic release date was Oct 7,
2019. Maybe this will generate a trailer or more reviews.
Another note on a film from the list... The Cakemaker is currently
available on Netflix streaming :/
Cheers,
Bob
-- Laurie Graveshinterlandspress.comhinterlands.me
