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Director Dave Boyle with his next film budget. Dave Boyle has made three feature films including Big Dreams, Little Tokyo, White on Rice, and Surrogate Valentine which is currently touring film festivals. Surrogate Valentine stars musician Goh Nakamura and debuted at the South By Southwest Film Festival in Austin and has shown at film festivals including Cleveland International, Seattle International, Dallas International, Bamfest, and San Francisco International Asian American. In this podcast, Boyle explains how he’s fluent in Japanese, why his films feature Asian Americans, how he’s come up with his movie ideas, filmmaking, and what projects he’s working on next. Giant Robot Podcast: Director Dave Boyle by realgiantrobot
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The Dynamiter – Director Matthew Gordon It’s rural Mississippi. The film centers around a young boy, played by William Ruffin who is 14 and trying to survive along with his younger half brother and aging grandma in their serious hick shack. Ruffin is an oddly muscular young kid who played gripping role as a young man thrust into being a mom, a dad, and a responsible provider. Yet you forget that even though he’s living in the “rough and tumble” hick land of inner Mississippi, he’s just a poor kid with no real income and an older brother who plays the role of an ass, but actually qualifies it by saying he does no different than anyone else. Decisions are made by the young man and his yearning for a family. His mother is gone for mysterious reasons, and ultimately needs to make sacrifices to get somewhere. Well shot, this is a beautiful work of cinema. [youtube]w8Y37EmYV2s[/youtube] Sawdust City – Director David Nordstrom Sawdust City is a story about a family that’s broken apart. One brother has the “right” life, a pregnant wife, a house, and facial hair. The other is a wanderer who is in town for Thanksgiving who’s there to find his father. The search is on, and they spend the day drinking in odd bars and meeting people who help them solve the mystery of the missing father. Through out the day, they establishing their bond. Meanwhile you find out about each of the brothers and there’s some turns that make the outcome of the film. Yes this could happen, and the culture of the bars give you a slice of life in small town America. People are who they are and this film personifies that. [youtube]aWhvt99dVYA[/youtube]
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The cardiac kids of Asian cinema in the USA are still going after ten years. Every year there’s more directors, what seems like more films, and definitely more press. Congrats to the New York Asian Film Festival. It starts in just a few days. There’s a lot going on in July, and it looks to be an action packed month. (WSJ – Martial Art-House) (NYAFF site)
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Put it up on the glass: Surrogate Valentine poster framed and hanging in Brooklyn Academy of Music’s cinema.
Surrogate Valentine debuted in New York last Thursday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music‘s BAMCinemaFest of new films. The film’s stars came out and shone along with all the East Coast Asian Pacific American stars.
Director Dave Boyle (left) and star Goh Nakamura (right) introduce the film, explain they’ll be drinking during the screening but will return after for a Q&A.
The film’s over and they’re back, joined by co-executive producer, Michael Lerman.
The women of Surrogate Valentine step up: left to right, Di Quon, Mary Cavett and Lynn Chen. Co-writer Joel Clark has snuck in on the far right.
Di gets goofy.
Goh is the best. He’s like when Beyonce is both the guest star and the musical guest on SNL.
I’ll be interviewing the filmmakers tomorrow night. It’s $20, but you can see this engrossing documentary that any food fan should see. Yes, you spend $20 on a simple appetizer so this isn’t much more, but what you do get is an insane tale of a sushi place that’s Michelin 3 star rated. Meals there begin at $300 and never disappoint. Make reservations one month in advance! This is part of the Cape Legacy Series which I’m proud to be part of. [youtube]Hi1jxRanimU[/youtube]
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