With a career that has now spanned two decades, and seen efforts ranging from micro-budget indies (“Following“) to superhero movies (“The Dark Knight” trilogy) to original blockbusters (“Inception“) to a documentary about cult animators (“Quay“), we’ll basically buy a ticket for whatever Christopher Nolan does next. The filmmaker always seems eager to explore new terrain and “Dunkirk” might just be his most ambitious effort yet.
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- 12/14/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The Quay Brothers In 35Mm screens this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (April 22nd. 23rd, and 24th) at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 E. Lockwood, Webster Groves, Mo 63119). The program begins each evening at 7:30.
Christopher Nolan has launched some of the most ambitious blockbusters of the past decade including Inception, Interstellar and his Batman trilogy. The filmmaker’s newest project has nothing to do with his own films. Screening this weekend at Webster University, The Quay Brothers In 35mm is a dazzling collection of experimental shorts from identical twin stop-motion animators Stephen and Timothy Quay. Curated by Nolan himself, and including his new eight-minute short film, Quay, the program finds Nolan using his international recognition to shine a spotlight on two of the most visionary animators working in cinema today.
The program consists of Nolan’s 8-minute documentary about the Quays and three shorts by the Brothers Quay:
In Absentia...
Christopher Nolan has launched some of the most ambitious blockbusters of the past decade including Inception, Interstellar and his Batman trilogy. The filmmaker’s newest project has nothing to do with his own films. Screening this weekend at Webster University, The Quay Brothers In 35mm is a dazzling collection of experimental shorts from identical twin stop-motion animators Stephen and Timothy Quay. Curated by Nolan himself, and including his new eight-minute short film, Quay, the program finds Nolan using his international recognition to shine a spotlight on two of the most visionary animators working in cinema today.
The program consists of Nolan’s 8-minute documentary about the Quays and three shorts by the Brothers Quay:
In Absentia...
- 4/19/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Those prone to mental disturbances and nightmares, or possess a fear of dolls, dirt or general unpleasantries would do well to avoid the Brothers Quay and the bulk of their unconscious unfurling oeuvre, but everyone else is due a hearty recommendation. Take it from Christopher Nolan, who recently wrapped a documentary, simply titled Quay, on the mysterious identical twin directors and curated a selection of 35mm prints of their work to hit the road on a new theatrical tour. Like so many others, Nolan caught a stray Quay film on British cable by accident, and unable to catch the names of its creators through the swirl of credits in beautifully stylized calligraphy, was haunted by its alluring, impenetrable imagery.
From their minutely detailed and grittily textured beginnings in the early ’80s with films like The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer, in which a professor literally empties the head of his student,...
From their minutely detailed and grittily textured beginnings in the early ’80s with films like The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer, in which a professor literally empties the head of his student,...
- 12/15/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
There are few names in the film world that mass audiences both recognize and give some sort of connotation to. Martin Scorsese. Steven Spielberg. Michael Bay. All of these names are not only recognizable to just about 100% of any particular audience entering a cinema, but instantly bring to mind the type of picture one would expect to see come from them. However, not all filmmakers have the pleasure of being the world-changing, name brand cinematic legends that few like the men named within this paragraph are, despite deserving that (and so very much more). So, in turn, some curation may be needed as not only an introduction to a singular cinematic universe, but also a perfect entry point into a world that cinephiles may not have been introduced to.
That’s what makes the work that Zeitgeist Films, Syncopy and beloved filmmaker Christopher Nolan have done with regards to their...
That’s what makes the work that Zeitgeist Films, Syncopy and beloved filmmaker Christopher Nolan have done with regards to their...
- 12/2/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
If you are a fan of traditional stop-motion animation, there’s a good chance you’ve seen some of the delightfully bizarre work of the Quay brothers. Stephen and Timothy, identical twins from Philadelphia, made their mark after directing several breathtaking animated shorts in Europe, creating disturbing worlds inhabited by decaying, hand-made puppets that often reference esoteric works of literature, music, and art. Unmistakable in their idiosyncratic visions, their unique style became a staple in art house cinema and influenced a generation of filmmakers and animators. While much of their work was difficult to find outside the festival circuit or the occasional museum retrospective, that’s changed with a new, pristine Blu-ray release of their collected shorts distributed by Zeitgeist films.
Featuring their breakthrough film Street of Crocodiles, a collection of their MTV-commissioned shorts Stille Nacht, and their most recent works, Through The Weeping Glass and Unmistaken Hands, as well as many more,...
Featuring their breakthrough film Street of Crocodiles, a collection of their MTV-commissioned shorts Stille Nacht, and their most recent works, Through The Weeping Glass and Unmistaken Hands, as well as many more,...
- 12/1/2015
- by Raffi Asdourian
- The Film Stage
Read More: Jenny Slate and 'Obvious Child' Director Making Female-Focused Road Trip Comedy for FX Studio 360 and Jenny Slate have teamed up to introduce "It's a Wonderful Short," a "holiday film fest" that asks for 30-second or less film submissions about any winter holiday. Slate will judge the contest, and selected films will be posted to Studio 360's website. There is no cap on the number of films one person can submit, and any movie-making methods are allowed, including Vine and Instagram, as long as they are uploaded to Youtube or Vimeo. The deadline for consideration is December 7 at 11:59pm Et. Check out the full submission details here. Read More: Christopher Nolan's 'Quay' Short Film Hitting Blu-ray in November...
- 10/28/2015
- by Karen Brill
- Indiewire
The Quay Brothers, or The Brothers Quay as they were introduced to me, have been working in stop-motion for over 3 decades yet most horror fans do not know of them. This could mainly be because their work is in the short film format which is hard to gain a audience outside of film festival circuits. Some light was brought onto them when they made the cover for the Canadian horror magazine, Rue Morgue, back in November of 2005 – along with other stop-motion artists like Robert Morgan (The Separation from ABCs of Death 2) and Jan Svankmajer. Earlier this year, director Christopher Nolan took on the project of compiling some of the shorts from The Quay Brothers over their 30 years of filmmaking in addition to Nolan’s short documentary on the brothers. If you weren’t lucky enough to see this collection, which was only exhibited via 35mm, the good news is that...
- 10/27/2015
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Christopher Nolan's follow up to "Interstellar," "Quay," a documentary short about filmmakers Stephen and Timothy Quay, is but one of the many highlights of "The Quay Brothers: Collected Short Films," a new Blu-ray due Nov. 24. The London-based identical twins and stop motion animators, born in Norristown, Penn. in 1947, have long-flourished outside the mainstream bubble, contributing to stage plays and paying homage to their favorite obscure directors, including surrealist Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer in a 1984 short. "Duke of Burgundy" director Peter Strickland told us in an interview that "Street of Crocodiles" is one of his favorite films, and here's why: "I don't understand it at all but that's one of my favorite films. Mood and atmosphere: you can't put a price on that, you can't put it on the page. It's really about going with those highs and lows, almost like music in a sense." Nolan, whose...
- 10/27/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Read More: Why 'The Quay Brothers in 35mm' is One of Christopher Nolan's Greatest Accomplishments One of the the year's biggest treats for cinephiles was Zeitgeist Films and Syncopy's "The Quay Brothers in 35mm," a 70-minute program curated by Christopher Nolan that included three stop-motion animations from brothers Stephen and Timothy Quay, along with Nolan's own short film about their production process. The collection, screened exclusively on 35mm, has been touring the country since early September and wraps up tonight at the Tiff Bell Lightbox Theater in Toronto. Fortunately, anyone that missed these must-see shorts, and Nolan's documentary "Quay," are in luck as the distributors have announced the program's Blu-ray release for November 24. In addition to the films screened during the national tour, the Blu-ray will also include 12 more shorts from the Quay Brothers. Bonus features include audio commentary from the directors, plus a 28-page booklet that...
- 10/27/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Christopher Nolan: Next movie has release date. Next Christopher Nolan movie release date Warner Bros. will release the first post-Interstellar Christopher Nolan movie on July 21, '17. The film has yet to be baptized. Warners, which began its days as the Rin Tin Tin studio, also released Nolan's Batman trilogy movies, which collected $2.463 billion worldwide. Besides, the studio handled the sorta sci-fier Inception (2010), which took in $825.53 million, in addition to earning a Best Picture Academy Award nomination. The outright sci-fier Interstellar, which received mixed-to-unenthusiastic reviews in North America, opened in Nov. 2014. The film went on to gross $675.02 million worldwide, $188.02 million of which in the U.S. and Canada. Paramount handled the domestic release, while Warners took care of the international distribution. Mystery Movie As for Nolan's upcoming effort, in case there is a screenplay (or a blueprint of one) or any prospective cast members, no details have been given out so far.
- 9/9/2015
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
The next time you can watch a brand-new Christopher Nolan feature film will be July 21, 2017, THR reports. The unnamed project will find a home with Warner Bros., and will open in an already claustrophobic blockbuster summer (between the next Spider-Man and the next Planet of the Apes — yes, that will be the best summer in history, maybe). And that's about all that's known now because Nolan, in typical Nolan fashion, has asked that all other details about the movie be kept under wraps. So for now, you can either keep convincing yourself that he's coming out with a live-action reboot of Wall-e starring Tars that will surprise-drop next year, or — if you really need a dose of Nolan, as well as reality — you can check out Quay, his short about stop-motion animators and twin brothers Stephen and Timothy Quay. (EW notes that it will be available on Blu-ray on October...
- 9/9/2015
- by Sean Fitz-Gerald
- Vulture
The next movie from Christopher Nolan will be released on July 21, 2017 - but we're still to find out what it's called and what it's about.
This is the first bit of news about the project from Warner Bros, the studio which made all of Nolan's Dark Knight series and 2010's Inception.
The upcoming film will be Nolan's first feature since last year's Interstellar, which grossed $673 million worldwide and was handled by Paramount domestically and Warner Bros internationally.
The director did recently follow up Interstellar with a short documentary about two stop-motion animators, Quay, which premiered at the Film Forum in New York City last month.
Nolan will also discuss the future of film in a special talk at BFI London Festival 2015 in October. He will focus on the importance of seeing movies projected on film as an "essential part of our cultural experience", as well as discuss why the debate around film needs to change.
This is the first bit of news about the project from Warner Bros, the studio which made all of Nolan's Dark Knight series and 2010's Inception.
The upcoming film will be Nolan's first feature since last year's Interstellar, which grossed $673 million worldwide and was handled by Paramount domestically and Warner Bros internationally.
The director did recently follow up Interstellar with a short documentary about two stop-motion animators, Quay, which premiered at the Film Forum in New York City last month.
Nolan will also discuss the future of film in a special talk at BFI London Festival 2015 in October. He will focus on the importance of seeing movies projected on film as an "essential part of our cultural experience", as well as discuss why the debate around film needs to change.
- 9/9/2015
- Digital Spy
Above: Franciszek Starowieyski’s 1970 poster for Mademoiselle (Tony Richardson, UK/France, 1966).In Christopher Nolan’s new short film about the Quay Brothers (titled—with Nolan’s predilection for mono-nomenclature—simply Quay) he gives us a clue to some of the twin animators’ influences in the film’s opening shots. After drawing back the curtains in their curiosity shop of a studio, Timothy Quay opens a glass cupboard to remove a book. Blink and you’ll miss it, but on the shelves are books on Marcel Duchamp, Spanish sculptor Juan Muñoz, Czech artists Jan Zrzavy, Vlastislav Hofman and Jindrich Heisler, and—most prominently—a book on Polish artist Franciszek Starowieyski.I wrote a few years ago about the Quays’ love of Polish film posters and Franciszek Starowieyski (1930-2009) is one of the indisputable later masters of the Polish school. From the mid 50s until the late 80s he produced some 100 film...
- 8/30/2015
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
Christopher Nolan is among the filmmakers headlining the 2015 BFI London Film Festival's first-ever Lff Connects, a new series of provocative conversations about the future of film and its impact on other creative industries, from TV and music to art, games and technology. Nolan and artist Tacita Dean, celebrated for her grand-scale Tate Modern exhibition Film in 2011, will launch the talks on Friday, October 9 at the BFI Southbank in a conversation about the importance of film projection—which is something Nolan has long-advocated with his films including 70mm-exhibited "Interstellar," and his position on the board of Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation. Christoper Nolan most recently premiered his new documentary "Quay," about identical twin stop-motion animators The Quay Brothers, in New York. Read More: Cate Blanchett to Receive BFI Honor They will be joined by Austrian Film Museum director Alexander Horwath, an expert on film preservation and archiving....
- 8/28/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Following in the wake of Christopher Nolan's "Quay" and Noah Baumbach's "De Palma," it seems another filmmaker has put together a documentary on the sly recently.
"The Master" and "Inherent Vice" helmer Paul Thomas Anderson has crafted "Junun," a 54 minute documentary about Anderson's regular musical collaborator Jonny Greenwood as he travels to India to record a record with Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur.
The pair were hosted by the Maharaja of Jodhpur and the album was recorded in a 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort with a large number of famed musicians from the region.
"Junun" is slated to premiere at the New York Film Festival in October, but as for an eventual public release - no word on that as yet.
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"The Master" and "Inherent Vice" helmer Paul Thomas Anderson has crafted "Junun," a 54 minute documentary about Anderson's regular musical collaborator Jonny Greenwood as he travels to India to record a record with Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur.
The pair were hosted by the Maharaja of Jodhpur and the album was recorded in a 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort with a large number of famed musicians from the region.
"Junun" is slated to premiere at the New York Film Festival in October, but as for an eventual public release - no word on that as yet.
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- 8/22/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Wednesday night at New York City's Film Forum, Christopher Nolan premiered his new short documentary about the Brothers Quay — a pair of legendary experimental animators — and afterward took the stage with them to discuss their work. The occasion was opening night of a touring 35mm program of Brothers Quay films, which was curated by Nolan and will be at Film Forum through Tuesday. It features three of the Quays’ best-known shorts — 2000’s Karlheinz Stockhausen–scored reverie of madness In Absentia, the playfully degenerate 1990 film Comb, and the noirish nightmare Street of Crocodiles (1986), possibly their masterpiece.Nolan’s film, simply titled Quay, makes no attempts to replicate the animators’ much-imitated style. Instead, it shows Timothy and Stephen Quay — identical twins, in case you were wondering — at their studio in England, discussing their craft. As anyone who has seen even a minute of their footage can tell you, the...
- 8/21/2015
- by Bilge Ebiri
- Vulture
Whatever is in the air that led to three major filmmakers doing low key or even “secret” documentaries this year, we love it. Christopher Nolan just debuted Quay, his 8-minute short about animators the Quay Brothers. Noah Baumbach worked with Jake Paltrow on De Palma, a portrait of director Brian De Palma which will premiere at the […]
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- 8/21/2015
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Directing documentaries in secret seems to be the trendy thing to do among A-list filmmakers at the moment. We’ve already had Christopher Nolan’s short film “Quay,” which premiered a few days ago, and Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow’s “De Palma” will screen at Venice in a few weeks. But the biggest news of all has just arrived, with the New York Film Festival revealing that they’re world-premiering a new documentary from Paul Thomas Anderson. Read More: Supercut Breaks Down The Influence Of Martin Scorsese On Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Boogie Nights' Pretty much unheard of before now, “Junun” (which runs 55-minutes, so is technically a short) sees the “Boogie Nights” and “Inherent Vice” helmer accompany frequent collaborator, Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, to Rajasthan in northwest India to see Greenwood record an album with Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur and a host of famous world musicians. Described...
- 8/21/2015
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Read More: Christopher Nolan and Zeitgeist Films to Release 'The Quay Brothers in 35mm' in 11-City Theatrical Tour Christopher Nolan has launched some of the most ambitious blockbusters of the past decade, bringing viewers into the labyrinths of the mind and turning a superhero film into one of the defining works of the 21st century, yet the most important thing the filmmaker has done might not have anything to do with his own heralded oeuvre. Opening last night at Film Forum in New York City, "The Quay Brothers in 35mm" is a dazzling collection of experimental shorts from identical twin stop-motion animators Stephen and Timothy Quay. Curated by Nolan himself, and including his new eight-minute short film, "Quay," the program finds Nolan using his international recognition to shine a spotlight on two of the most singular visionaries working in cinema today. Nolan has done a major miracle for cinephiles with this miraculous 35mm production.
- 8/20/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The sci-fi director’s new documentary investigates the animator Quay twins. Here, they reveal how British weather, maths and lizards help to create their films
“So, on that last one. What was your inspiration?” By the third time the moderator uses this generic, parody-of-a-bad-interview question, one could only smile.
This is no ordinary Q&A. This is a session with a man, usually hammered by fanboy-ish questions, getting a chance to do a little geeking out. Christopher Nolan, director of Memento, The Prestige, Inception, Interstellar and the Dark Knight Trilogy is using some of his considerable industry clout to promote a programme of newly scrubbed-up 35mm short films by stop-motion animators the Brothers Quay. In addition to In Absentia (2000), The Comb (1991) and Street of Crocodiles (1986), the collection includes Quay, an eight-minute mini-documentary of the brothers in their cramped, magical London studio filled with decaying doll parts, screws, wigs chewed by bugs and old cameras.
“So, on that last one. What was your inspiration?” By the third time the moderator uses this generic, parody-of-a-bad-interview question, one could only smile.
This is no ordinary Q&A. This is a session with a man, usually hammered by fanboy-ish questions, getting a chance to do a little geeking out. Christopher Nolan, director of Memento, The Prestige, Inception, Interstellar and the Dark Knight Trilogy is using some of his considerable industry clout to promote a programme of newly scrubbed-up 35mm short films by stop-motion animators the Brothers Quay. In addition to In Absentia (2000), The Comb (1991) and Street of Crocodiles (1986), the collection includes Quay, an eight-minute mini-documentary of the brothers in their cramped, magical London studio filled with decaying doll parts, screws, wigs chewed by bugs and old cameras.
- 8/20/2015
- by Jordan Hoffman
- The Guardian - Film News
It’s a cliche to say that there aren’t many filmmakers quite like insert-director’s name, but in the case of the American identical directing duo known as the Quay Brothers, there truly isn’t another voice in the world of cinema that is quite like theirs.
For over 30 years, the pair of Pennsylvania-born filmmakers have been turning out some of cinema’s most original and breathtakingly unforgettable feature films, mixing a love for Eastern European literature with an equally deep affinity for puppetry and stop motion animation. Marked by a dark sense of humor and an assured hand in mixing live action and animation, the Brothers Quay have, with films like The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes, become some of the most interesting names in the world of film, genre be damned.
However, as the medium of short film becomes more and more widespread and well regarded, a new...
For over 30 years, the pair of Pennsylvania-born filmmakers have been turning out some of cinema’s most original and breathtakingly unforgettable feature films, mixing a love for Eastern European literature with an equally deep affinity for puppetry and stop motion animation. Marked by a dark sense of humor and an assured hand in mixing live action and animation, the Brothers Quay have, with films like The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes, become some of the most interesting names in the world of film, genre be damned.
However, as the medium of short film becomes more and more widespread and well regarded, a new...
- 8/19/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Massive news today for fans of creepy, old-school animators, The Quay Brothers, who've influenced at least one whole generation of other creepy filmmakers and storytellers, including Christoper Nolan.Partnering with Zeitgeist Films and Syncopy, Nolan and the Quays are embarking on a Us tour of select Quay Brothers' films entitled The Quay Brothers in 35mm. Featuring Street of Crocodiles, The Comb, and In Absentia, the films are curated by Nolan, and this tour includes his new short film, Quay, "about the inner workings of the London-based animators' studio." Audiences will be treated to "a 70-minute program featuring stunning new 35mm prints of three short films by Stephen and Timothy Quay, alongside the world premiere of Christopher Nolan's short film Quay, will make its debut in a...
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- 8/12/2015
- Screen Anarchy
We're huge fans of animators Timothy and Stephen Quay around these parts. The filmmakers have been creating haunting stop motion films since the 80's. Their work, as curated by Christopher Nolan, is headed on tour and presented in 35mm film. Films being presented include Absentia (2000), The Comb (1991) and Streets of Crocodiles (1986),
Along with their films, Their a short documentary titled "Quay" will show. Quay is directed Nolan.
Following a New York run, The Quay Brothers in 35mm will travel to 10 cities including Dallas (Alamo Drafthouse Richardson, 9/3-7), Los Angeles (Cinefamily, 9/4-10 with appearances by Nolan), Houston (Museum of Fine Arts, 9/12-13), Austin (Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 9/17), Cleveland (Cleveland Cinematheque, 9/24-27), Boston (Brat [Continued ...]...
Along with their films, Their a short documentary titled "Quay" will show. Quay is directed Nolan.
Following a New York run, The Quay Brothers in 35mm will travel to 10 cities including Dallas (Alamo Drafthouse Richardson, 9/3-7), Los Angeles (Cinefamily, 9/4-10 with appearances by Nolan), Houston (Museum of Fine Arts, 9/12-13), Austin (Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 9/17), Cleveland (Cleveland Cinematheque, 9/24-27), Boston (Brat [Continued ...]...
- 8/12/2015
- QuietEarth.us
For anyone who is eager for a new Christopher Nolan project, your need may just be satiated. It was announced last month that Nolan’s short documentary about the Quay brothers was complete and would be featured in an 11-city theatrical tour, entitled The Quay Brothers in 35mm, that Nolan curated. And the trailer for the tour has been released, and it looks like it’s going to be a creepy good time.
Now not everyone may be familiar with brothers Timothy and Stephen Quay, two American animators who have been creating stop motion films since the 80s. By the looks of the trailer, the works of the Quay brothers are haunting and riveting creations that deserve to be celebrated. Their films that will be featured in this tour are In Absentia (2000), The Comb (1991), and Streets of Crocodiles (1986), along with Nolan’s short documentary titled Quay. For more information on the tour,...
Now not everyone may be familiar with brothers Timothy and Stephen Quay, two American animators who have been creating stop motion films since the 80s. By the looks of the trailer, the works of the Quay brothers are haunting and riveting creations that deserve to be celebrated. Their films that will be featured in this tour are In Absentia (2000), The Comb (1991), and Streets of Crocodiles (1986), along with Nolan’s short documentary titled Quay. For more information on the tour,...
- 8/12/2015
- by Sarah Pearce Lord
- SoundOnSight
Christopher Nolan surprised pretty much all of us last month when we found out his next project was already completed, though as a short documentary about stop-motion animators Stephen and Timothy Quay it is less notable than, say, a full-fledged feature film followup to last year's sci-fi epic Interstellar. No matter, while Nolan continues developing his next feature, a trailer for The Quay Brothers in 35mm has debuted, teasing a presentation of three of the Quays' short films and Nolan's documentary Quay, which you can check out below. The Quay Brothers in 35mm includes a 70-minute program featuring new 35mm prints of In Absentia, The Comb and Street of Crocodiles and a presentation of Nolan's short, which takes a look at the inner workings of the Quay brothers' studio. The program will make a one week run in New York and then expand to 10 additional cities ahead of an...
- 8/11/2015
- by Jordan Benesh
- Rope of Silicon
What's Christopher Nolan been doing these last few months? Well, he just finished a draft on an undisclosed screenplay (see below), so details will surely surface about that soon. But in the meantime, Nolan's directed a new short film called "Quay" about his admiration for the acclaimed Quay Brothers (Stephen and Timothy Quay) and the inner workings of their London-based animators' studio. Known for their beautifully creepy stop-motion animation work (no, those famous Tool videos from the 1990s are not by the Quay brothers work, but made my animators directly influenced by their work). Nolan has been such an admirer of their works for years, he's curating and putting on an upcoming retrospective of their films. Last month Nolan's Syncopy Films and Zeitgeist announced an 11-city Quay Brothers theatrical tour followed by a Blu-ray compilation of their films. Nolan and the siblings will make in-person appearances in select markets starting August 19th in New York.
- 8/11/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Read More: Christopher Nolan and Zeitgeist Films to Release 'The Quay Brothers in 35mm' in 11-City Theatrical Tour As Indiewire previously reported, Zeitgeist Films and Christopher Nolan's Syncopy are partnering on a national tour of select Quay Brothers' films, curated by Nolan and including his new short film, "Quay," about the inner workings of the London-based animators' studio. "The Quay Brothers in 35mm," which includes a 70-minute program featuring new 35mm prints of three short films by Stephen and Timothy Quay and Nolan's "Quay" short film, will make its debut in a one week run at New York City's Film Forum beginning Wednesday, August 19. Nolan and the Quays will be together for opening night discussions, and the Quays will be present throughout the first weekend. The program will then travel to 10 additional cities, including Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Detroit and Chicago. The tour will be followed by the.
- 8/11/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Christopher Nolan recently announced a new project entitled Quay, a documentary short about two British stop-motion animators. Set to premiere next week, it’s a far cry from Nolan’s blockbusters in both scope and subject matter. Yet it’s clearly a personal project, with Nolan using his clout and money to promote two obscure filmmakers.
Every artist – director, star, screenwriter – has some project that they want to make above all. A deeply personal, original idea; an autobiographical story; a favored story or hero they wish to celebrate. If a filmmaker is successful or lucky enough, they get a chance to produce them. Yet sometimes the reaction isn’t what they expect.
Francis Ford Coppola started his career directing exploitation films for Roger Corman, notably the horror film Dementia 13 (1963). Then he toiled as screenwriter and occasional director, helming the musical Finian’s Rainbow (1968) and the more personal The Rain People...
Every artist – director, star, screenwriter – has some project that they want to make above all. A deeply personal, original idea; an autobiographical story; a favored story or hero they wish to celebrate. If a filmmaker is successful or lucky enough, they get a chance to produce them. Yet sometimes the reaction isn’t what they expect.
Francis Ford Coppola started his career directing exploitation films for Roger Corman, notably the horror film Dementia 13 (1963). Then he toiled as screenwriter and occasional director, helming the musical Finian’s Rainbow (1968) and the more personal The Rain People...
- 8/11/2015
- by Christopher Saunders
- SoundOnSight
The Quay Brothers: On 35mm, a 70-minute program featuring new prints of three short films by Stephen and Timothy Quay, will debut in a one-week run at New York's Film Forum on August 19. This includes the world premiere of Christopher Nolan's documentary short "Quay," with Nolan and the Quays on-hand to discuss the works. Nolan handpicked "In Absentia" (2000), "The Comb" (1991) and "Street of Crocodiles" (1986) for this program, which will travel to 10 cities (listed below). "Crocodiles," unfolding an eccentric and nightmarish world populated by a melancholy puppet unfettered by his master, was the Brothers' first film to be shot on 35mm. Read More: Discover the Brothers Quay, Identical Twin Animators Who Inspired Christopher Nolan The program, from Zeitgeist Films and Syncopy, travels to Dallas (Alamo Drafthouse Richardson, 9/3-7), La (Cinefamily, 9/4-10 with appearances by Nolan), Houston (Museum of Fine Arts, 9/12-13), Austin...
- 8/10/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Read More: Tribeca: Bennett Miller Gets Christopher Nolan to Open Up About the Studio System and His Biggest Fears Zeitgeist Films and Christopher Nolan's Syncopy are partnering on a national tour of select Quay Brothers' films, curated by Nolan and including his new short film, "Quay," about the inner workings of the London-based animators' studio. "The Quay Brothers in 35mm," a 70-minute program featuring new 35mm prints of three short films by Stephen and Timothy Quay, and Nolan's "Quay" will make their debut in a one week run at New York City's Film Forum beginning Wednesday, August 19. Nolan and the Quays will be together for opening night discussions, and the Quays will be present throughout the first weekend. The program will travel to 10 additional cities, including Dallas (Alamo Drafthouse Richardson, 9/3-7), La (Cinefamily, 9/4-10 with appearances by Nolan), Houston (Museum of Fine Arts, 9/12-13), Austin (Alamo Drafthouse.
- 8/10/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The fall festival rush is upon us. Locarno is currently ramping up. Venice has released their line-up and Thom Powers and the Toronto International Film Festival team have dropped a bomb with a previously unannounced new feature from powerhouse docu-provocateur Michael Moore. It is truly a miracle that the production of a film such as Moore’s upcoming Where To Invade Next (see still above) managed to go completely undetected by the filmmaking community until it was literally announced to world premiere at one of the largest film festivals in the world. Programmed as a one of the key films in the Special Presentations section at Tiff, the film sees Moore telling “the Pentagon to ‘stand down’ — he will do the invading for America from now on.” Also announced to premiere at Tiff was Avi Lewis’ This Changes Everything, which has slowly been rising up this list, as well as...
- 8/7/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
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