Passing Strange Film Accepted to Sundance!
Passing Strange Film Accepted to Sundance!
#1Passing Strange Film Accepted to Sundance!
Posted: 11/23/08 at 4:11pm
according to Daniel Breaker in a recent Playbill interview, the Spike Lee "Passing Strange" film has just been accepted to the Sundance Film Festival!
hurrah! can't wait to see what's next!
the interview!
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#2re: Passing Strange Film Accepted to Sundance!
Posted: 11/23/08 at 4:15pmFINALLY!!! There have been NO updates till now.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
being.jeremiah
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#2re: Passing Strange Film Accepted to Sundance!
Posted: 11/23/08 at 4:50pmRightfully so, because they worked on the musical in the Sundance Lab as well.
#3re: Passing Strange Film Accepted to Sundance!
Posted: 11/23/08 at 4:52pmw00t!
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PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#4re: Passing Strange Film Accepted to Sundance!
Posted: 11/23/08 at 4:53pmYay!
robbie_731
Stand-by Joined: 12/15/06
#5re: Passing Strange Film Accepted to Sundance!
Posted: 12/4/08 at 5:43pm
It's official!!!: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/123985.html
But, why is this film in the "Spectrum: Documentary Spotlight"? All of the other films with it are non-fiction docs. Shouldn't it be in the dramatic Spectrum films section?
Also, they keep referring to it as a "documentary". Isn't it only a filmed version of the stage show (a la "Rent: Live On Broadway"), and not a behind-the-scenes creation of the show doc?
#6re: Passing Strange Film Accepted to Sundance!
Posted: 12/4/08 at 5:56pmI'm willing to bet that there might be more than just the performance to this. You can even say that "Passing Strange" itself is a documentary, albeit dramatized. I have no problem with the categorization.
#7re: Passing Strange Film Accepted to Sundance!
Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:11pm
I am actually really glad that it's not just a taping of the show (though i hope there IS that, of course). i think a documentary of the last day of a broadway musical (perhaps as a microcosm for something greater?) would be such an interesting subject: all those emotions, and add to that the personal nature of the show to Stew and Heidi, it could make for some fascinating cinema.
either way, i hope there's LOTS of footage of the show, and if it gets released on DVD i want a full taping :)
#8re: Passing Strange Film Accepted to Sundance!
Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:15pmI think I posted back when it was being filmed that Spike Lee was taking it to Sundance. My friend spoke to him the night before it closed and Mr. Lee told him that's what his plans were for the film.
#9re: Passing Strange Film Accepted to Sundance!
Posted: 12/4/08 at 7:30pmWell they were filming outside of the theater after the final performance, including when each actor came out of the stage door, so they must have had some conception of what to do with that footage at the time. Even if it just plays during the credits.
robbie_731
Stand-by Joined: 12/15/06
#10re: Passing Strange Film Accepted to Sundance!
Posted: 12/8/08 at 4:03pmJudging by this article, I think they're trying to lean more towards a theatrical release of some kind: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2008/12/nearly-a-quarte.html
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#11re: Passing Strange Film Accepted to Sundance!
Posted: 12/9/08 at 12:59amI'm wondering if they will release the show for regional companies. My producing partner and I are chomping at the bit to do this show!!!! Stu, if you can hear me, PLEEEEEEEEEASE release it for us in the hinterlands to produce!!!!!!!!!
robbie_731
Stand-by Joined: 12/15/06
#12re: Passing Strange Film Accepted to Sundance!
Posted: 12/24/08 at 1:46am
Page up with new description, and showtimes at Sundance:
http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/passing_strange
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