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scott (the magician) ryan
By nothingbutthestruth
July 14, 2009 at 10:42 pm |
Recently, Scott Ryan received a wad of $ from FilmVic to do a nine? part series based on the Magician. Has he joined the enemy? Or is he just a naughty boy? I wasn’t that impressed with the Magician, and it will be interesting to see if he can sustain the unique’ambience’ of his first movie over five or six hours. I mean how many people can you kill between backstories, while driving around in a car with someone witnessing it all in the backseat with a camera?
Al
July 15, 2009 at 1:30 pm |
I thought The Magician was an amazing achievement in performance, writing and direction on a shoestring budget.
Part of the problem is that people who have legitimate concerns about the industry are often seeking funding. I applaud Scott for pulling no punches in his 90 minute interview. I’ve met a lot of filmmakers making this doco, he’s one of the purest artists I’ve encountered.
Although I don’t always agree, I appreciate your feedback, Alex. Why not lose the anonymity and let us know who you are?
July 19, 2009 at 10:39 pm |
I was impressed by The Magician and I also thought it demonstrated that a good film can be made on the smell of an oily rag. It’s well-written and performed though the visuals are a little ordinary. Digital cam at night often comes up looking a big dull.
July 27, 2009 at 9:34 am |
What did you find ‘amazing’ about this film? It was ok…Its about time those at the more progressive end of the industry got over ‘the smell of an oily rag syndrome’…lets face it: 80 minute pot boilers and ‘amazing’ dig-cam movies won’t cut it in the real world, nor do anything to help advance our industry, which is stuck in a vortex of political correctness, chardonne socialism ( check out the Melbourne film festival’s poilitical aggenda) and, as Scot points out, unbridled nepotism. What our industry lacks is a level playing field: where talent is nurtured and rewarded, and projects given funding on the basis of a good script and their appeal to the general public.
The few successes our industry has had over the past couple of years, should give us some cause for hope, but let’s not get too cocky. The great majority of funding is still being handed out to dud projects, most of which, stick to the funding bodies for years – like leechers – until they’ve sucked out every cent, then they just ‘disappear’. Don’t believe me? Check it our for yourselves. It’s a racket.
Al ( the ghost who talks)
July 28, 2009 at 9:06 pm |
It’s a racket? I don’t think so and you can’t prove it. Unless you want to be a researcher on this project.