King's Dollar Babies sweep UMaine Saturday
Emily A. Whitney
Issue date: 9/29/05 Section: Style
Experience the fervor of the minor league. Taste the strength that is hungry direction, and couple that, with the heat from low-budget. Mingle with creators. Soak still with unborn stars. This Friday, cringe from beneath the buzz of an amateur film. The second annual Dollar Baby Film Festival is here.
Stephen King should be proud: For a dollar, independent filmmakers have been able to adapt his short stories into short films since the early 1980s. Thanks to King, an expansive group of these "shorts" were compiled and shared at last year's first Dollar Baby Film Festival. Now, there will be a few reruns and some premiers, but hopefully another encouraging turnout.
"To adapt his work and bring it to the screen was a wonderful opportunity as well as a dream come true," Julie Sands, director of "Lunch at the Gotham Cafe," a film that will be premiered on Friday, said. "I wanted to do a dollar baby with a level of quality that was indistinguishable from a feature film. I think I succeeded but you will have to be the judge of that."
Sands is one of the many directors showcasing their work this weekend. On Friday, her film is showing at 8, followed by a Q&A with her, producer Steve Wozniak, producer Lauri Hope, and artist Dennis Calero. Then, there will be a screening of "Riding the Bullet", directed by Mick Garris.
"Riding the Bullet" premiered on Aug. 1, 2004, but is set in 1969 from the perspective of a hitchhiker. Alan is a desperate college student, trying to cross the state overnight to reach his hospitalized mother.
"Most of the movies that I've made since I started directing in 1986 have been in the horror genre. And several of them had been King projects," Garris said. "I'm just a King fan who is lucky enough to have directed more films based on his work than anyone."
This event will take place at Cinema 10 in Bangor at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8 and provide for both films. On Saturday, tickets are $5 dollars and encompass all the day's events. At noon, the festival moves to Donald P. Corbett Business Building on campus, and screenings will be divided into three films with two panels.
Stephen King should be proud: For a dollar, independent filmmakers have been able to adapt his short stories into short films since the early 1980s. Thanks to King, an expansive group of these "shorts" were compiled and shared at last year's first Dollar Baby Film Festival. Now, there will be a few reruns and some premiers, but hopefully another encouraging turnout.
"To adapt his work and bring it to the screen was a wonderful opportunity as well as a dream come true," Julie Sands, director of "Lunch at the Gotham Cafe," a film that will be premiered on Friday, said. "I wanted to do a dollar baby with a level of quality that was indistinguishable from a feature film. I think I succeeded but you will have to be the judge of that."
Sands is one of the many directors showcasing their work this weekend. On Friday, her film is showing at 8, followed by a Q&A with her, producer Steve Wozniak, producer Lauri Hope, and artist Dennis Calero. Then, there will be a screening of "Riding the Bullet", directed by Mick Garris.
"Riding the Bullet" premiered on Aug. 1, 2004, but is set in 1969 from the perspective of a hitchhiker. Alan is a desperate college student, trying to cross the state overnight to reach his hospitalized mother.
"Most of the movies that I've made since I started directing in 1986 have been in the horror genre. And several of them had been King projects," Garris said. "I'm just a King fan who is lucky enough to have directed more films based on his work than anyone."
This event will take place at Cinema 10 in Bangor at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8 and provide for both films. On Saturday, tickets are $5 dollars and encompass all the day's events. At noon, the festival moves to Donald P. Corbett Business Building on campus, and screenings will be divided into three films with two panels.