In case you missed 'ems: Late-mid-August edition
After you take in the rather spooky trailer for "The Master" above, take in the award season notes below, before the weekend carries us away on its zephyrous wings ...
-- The new film from "Sopranos" maestro David Chase, "Not Fade Away," will be the centerpiece gala selection at the New York Film Festival. Gordon Cox of Variety has that story as well as another on the fest's slate.
-- Faouzi Bensaidi's "Death for Sale" from Morocco has christened the Oscar foreign-language race with its first official entrant, writes Guy Lodge for HitFix.com. Alissa Simon's review of the film (calling it "uneven") for Variety can be found here.
-- The path to rebirth for the Streamy Awards, honoring original digital programming, is going through Dick Clark Prods., reports Andrew Wallenstein of Variety.
-- The eighth annual HollyShorts Film Festival handed out its kudos Thursday, with the top prize going to Bryan Buckley's "ASAD."
-- "Beast of the Southern Wild" special effects unit director Ray Tintori talks to the Creators Project about the making of the film's visual effects here:
A native of Los Angeles raised by two parents and "Hill Street Blues," Jon Weisman ankled his scriptwriting career and began working for Variety in 2004, subsequently serving as associate editor of features and television reporter before becoming awards editor. He promises not to use this platform to retroactively campaign for Oscars for “The Misfits,” though he’d feel justified in doing so.
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