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Show The Park Record C-4 Wed/Thurs/Fri, January 12-14,2005 Sundance ART. ASK FOR MORE. 'Me andlfou and Everyone We Know* For more information about the importance of arts education, please contact www. AmericansForTheArte .or g. Heartbreak and missed opportunities form crux of film By JAMA MCQUAY Record Guest Writer At the core of actor/filmmaker Miranda July's first feature exists a AMERJCANS cStnal link into the artist's past. ^*ARTS Her film, "Me and You and Everyone We Know," will screen at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, vying for recognition in the Dramatic Competition. July had been working on the film score and briefly stepped out of a recording studio just long presents enough to give a telephone interview to The Park Record. In broad terms, the filmmaker explained that the narrative of "Me and You and Everyone We Know" is about children and adults trying to connect with each other. Like many . of the film's characters, the ways in which July did not connect with others as a child remain with her li.cirl inn mini Minimi today. 'VERA DIUKE'-FEATURES A "That's all still very present in me," she says. "That's the core of BRAURAPERFORMAiNCE this movie." BY!MF.I,D\STAUNTOV" J Heartbreak and missed opportunities reverberate within the film's story. \D].c-\Di:...niRicn:D "It's channeled through many WITHIOVKAMJISIIU TV characters that in no way look like nil \ m IMI:K IIMt me," July added. "One of the main characters is a six-year-old boy, but there's something very familiar about him to me." An ensemble cast delivers multiple storylines in the festival screening, including Miranda July. The writer/director cast herself as an eccentric performance artist who meets a lonely shoe salesman. "It's funny," July says. "They sort of have an attraction/repulsion for one another." Like her role in the film, July actually is a performance artist and has produced such short flicks as Fri 1/14 8pm, Sat 1/15 8pm, "Ilaysha Royko," "The Amateurist," Sun 1/16 6pm "Nest of Tens," and "Getting Stronger Every Day." She also has performed in "The Next Big Thing," a scries of plays Underwritten by: Melissa Puff Nibley & that air on New, York Public Radio. Frank Normile of Though she is laking a break to RE/MAX Mountain Properties complete her first feature, July plans to continue radio performCall 615.8291 or for info, previews & ance in the future. The screenplay of her la'test reviews visit work, "Me and You and Everyone www.parkcityfilmseries.com perk city film series We Know," was selected to participate in the 2003 Sundance Park City Film Series Vera Drake "THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES OF THE YEAR.' Jim Santy Auditorium 1255 Park Ave. "STUPID PUZZLE" By RANDOLPH ROSS 10 15 19 20 21 22 2.1 25 27 2N ACROSS Brightened "Picnic" playwright Turkish bigwigs Wear a long face Big name in gas '50s-' 60s Mideast king Ftnvl pole Carpel computation Siuptd guilarist's purchase? Stupid exterminalor's equipment? Yet Bag wiih 98 99 102 105 106 112 113 114 116 117 30 C.mbbean music 120 31 Dentist's request 32 122 Rash sign 36 37 y) 40 A5 40 47 50 51 54 57 9) f.l Biblical construction Slupid marathonefs drink? George of Broadway's "La Cage aux Fblles" Dover dashboards Winter storm fringe benefits Big name in foil Cologne cry Stuffy Soap ester Stupid manicurist's supplies? Stupid driver's dash indicator? Start of something big, hopefully Jon of 'Two and a Half Men" Slippery swimmers A Ford predecessor Numskull Sponsorship Slupid aquarium 123 owner's acquisition? 124 Circle- mtios Court confer- 125 ences l( no longer flies 1 2 Took charge of "The Silence of 19 ihe Iambs'" org. Unaided 3 4 50 Going around and around 57 "Guarding ": 1994 film Pennies Queue after Q Palo, eg. 127 128 129 DOWN Tier Start of a parliamentary proposal Fiddled 2CXWNCAA basketball champs Sheriff's aid 1949 UN entrant Babe in the woods The Brady Bill is one 9 Enlcr carefully 10 Wall SL specialist II 16 17 18 24 26 tracks 29 Kennel cries 33 Some cameras, for short 35 Bad reception Rjych suffix 38 fixes, once 39 40 Calcutta wraps 41 Aclivss Masscy 42 Stupid aviarist's 43 44 46 47 Slupid dancer's maneuver? 12 13 Water pipe Comparatively poor 14 Dirty digs 15 Baker Callender 5 et aL Sumatra simian Fountain choice Reduces Puccini classic Present with 48 49 quarry? Avoi dance strategics Overseas network, familiarly, with "the" Go back Slupid logician's presentation? Clear tables Addams family member 52 Temple housing 53 Menu heading 55 Ernest's unseen friend, in films 98 Bakery lures 58 Nondairy option 99 ' 70s costar with 60 Rockefeller Kate and Farrah Plaza ntwk. 100 Less trusting 62 Moving day 101 Thinking-outstack loud bits, on 64 Start of an Edith stage Wharton tille 102 Ran out of 66 Chases off patience 70 arms 71 Illegally off base 103 Escape capture 73 Way around by D.C. 104 Peaks Nay follower 105 74 Laisscz _ 76 "Risky 107 Southwestern Business" costar pots 79 Part of MIT: 108 Ponder the relaAbbr. tive merits of 80 Jacques or Jean Great begin81 Former USSR 109 part ning? 82 Stupid bedding 110 Old number? salesman's 111 Packaging abbr. item? 115 Jackson of the 84 Cartoonist Modern Jazz Walker Quartet 88 Fed after a dealGovt. media 118 •T watchdog 90 Takes off 95 119 M.S. grads-to-be Pass over 97 "...like ii I" 121 Buckeyes' sen. • It \ I 124 23 Caesar el al. Cuts off No longer trendy I lot : fast driver J ust around the comer Post-Faster festival 126 2} J 32 40 41 42 43 19 17 lector's study? cate 89 Plod (through) 91 C 'au.se of a rude 92 93 94 96 awakening? Miniver's title Miss Family men Supports openly 81 92 1107 775" 112 117 na 122 123 126 Mtt ne 110 •Bias" 10a Fri., Jan 28 Racquet ('////> T h e B e s t 2:M) p.m. S c o t I n 108 •Ho in T o w n 649-6541 OCEAN'S TWELVE (PG-13) THE AVIATOR (PG-13) • NO PASSES-NO SUPER5AVERS "Coach Carter" PG-13 1:30 4:25 7:20 10:05 "In Good Company" PC-13 2:00 4:40 7:00 9:40 "Eleklra" PG-13 2:10 4:30 6:45 9:00 "While Noise" PG-13 1:55 4:20 7:10 9:30 "Meet ihe Fockers" PG-13 2:35 5:00 7:30 9:50 "Sideways" R 2:20 4:50 7:35 10:10 "The Life Aquatic" I? 1:20 4:10 10:00 "Phantom oflhe Opera" PG-13 7:15 6030 X. 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Jan. 23 Racquet C/uh Mon., Jan. 24. special student discount 55.(X), ages 12-17, \V ID 1 68 things that ended up not being difficult," July said. "I didn't know thai they wouldn't be. so I never had that peace of mind that I hope lo have nexl time" Just weeks before the world premiere of her film at Ihe Sundance Film Festival, July had yet to screen her feature from start to finish. But she was scrutinizing it nonetheless, piecemeal, during the final stage of completion. 'Tin watching it every day as I score it,*1 she says. For so many filmmakers who arrive in January for the film festival, there is nothing like sitting among a packed theater viewing their own original works on the big screen for the first time. HOLIDAY VILLAGE CINEMA 18 Chafes Hudgcl offering 68 "A Tiger Walks'" star 09 Slupid coin col- Scree nwri ting and Filmmaking lobs. In 2004. July also was ihc recipient of the Sundanee/NHK International Filmmaker's Award. Once the screenplay was solidified, it took five weeks to shoot the film in Los Angeles within a sixmonth post-production period. The feature was still being edited when July heard it had been selected lor Ihe Dramatic Competition. "You give them what you have when the deadline is there, and you hope it's good enough," said July. "We were floored... The news came at a lime when we "really needed a boost." One of the most challenging aspects of making the film was simply being a novice. "Everything was new. even the Redstone 8 Cinemas The L.A. Times Crossword Puzzle 1 6 COURTESY OF THE SUNDANCE INSTITUTE Miranda July as Christine in a scene from "Me You and Everyone We Know." July also directed the film, which will compete in the Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival starting next week. The picture is about how children and adults try to connect with each other. It is being released by IFC Films. • • I E T S Y N S Y 0 R E A R M S ATTACK ASTHMA. 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