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Show SCENE The Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki Arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.113 SUNDANCE: BMI SNOWBALL Canada Goose will present its annual BMI Snowball on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at Festival Base Camp, 475 Swede Alley, at 8 p.m. The event will feature a diverse lineup of talented BMI singer-songwriters including headliner Family of the Year, whose international hit "Hero" was used in the film "Boyhood," Drew Holcomb, whose Americana indie rock sounds have been featured in countless TV shows, Alexander Jean, the duo whose debut single "Roses and Violets" hit No. 1 on the iTunes singer/songwriter charts, and special guest KT Tunstall, who has released five internationally acclaimed albums. For more information, visit www.bmi.com. PARK CITY GALLERY ASSOCIATION'S MONTHLY GALLERY STROLL On the last Friday of each month, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., members of the Park City Art Gallery Association offer a free, unique showcase highlighting artists, special exhibits and art events. This month's stroll, which will be held Friday, Jan. 29, gives residents and Park City visitors the opportunity to enjoy light refreshments while exploring Park City's exciting art scene. For more information, visit www.parkcitygalleryassociation.com. AUDRA WEASER'S ‘CROSSINGS' AT JULIE NESTER GALLERY Julie Nester Gallery, 1280 Iron Horse Dr., will host an artist opening reception for Audra Weaser's "Crossings" exhibit on Friday, Jan. 29, from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Audra Weaser paints abstracted, organic images. "Crossings" refers to those places where rivers or streams may be traversed as well as to mental states of pause or reflection. The paintings suggest watery scenes pierced by light; there is a vibratory contrast between elements that shimmer with recognition yet remain elusive. And it is there viewers find h a heightened feeling of awareness. The event is free and open to the public. The exhibit will run through Feb. 23. For more information, visit www.julienestergallery.com. THE PARK CITY AQUATIC CENTER: WONDERS OF WATER EXERCISE 60+ DAY The Park City Aquatic Center, 2465 Kilby Rd., and the Sunrise Rotary Club will host a Wonders of Water Exercise 60+ Day on Friday, Jan. 29, from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. Pre-registration is required. The event is free and participants should bring swimsuits and towels. Email tklarich@pcshools. us or call 453-645-5617 to register. ARTISTS LOOKING FORWARD TO ASCAP CAFE SHOWS, C-3 www.parkrecord.com C-1 WED/THURS/FRI, JANUARY 27-29, 2016 DIY aesthetic discussed in Slamdance panel Jillette, Teller and Rifkin relay personal experiences By SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Slamdance has maintained its "Do It Yourself" aesthetic for more than 20 years, so it seemed fitting to have a coffee discussion Saturday morning with magicians Penn Jillette and Raymond Teller along with director Adam Rifkin, whose collaboration resulted in the film "Director's Cut." The film is a comedy horror that stars Jillette, Missi Pyle and Harry Hamlin. Jillette plays stalker and crowdsourcer Herbie Blount, who kidnaps Pyle and makes his own film by stealing footage shot by Rifkin. The reality is the film would not have been made without the help of more than 4,700 crowdfunders who, through the Park City-based crowdsource organization Fundanything.com, raised nearly $1.2 million to get the film made. (See accompanying story on page C-3). The panel began with moderator Paul Rachman who asked Jillette and Teller about their affection for their fans. "We were never artists. We weren't people that did stuff for ourselves. We were cheap carny trash, street performers and we did theater shows right away," Jillette told the standing-room-only crowd in the Treasure Mountain Inn ballroom. "In the beginning, we called it signing autographs, but there was no one out there. We didn't have anyplace to go, so if someone wanted to talk with us, we were available." JAKE SHANE/PARK RECORD From left: magicians Raymond Teller and Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller, along with filmmaker Adam Rifkin share a laugh as they reflect on the "Do-It-Yourself' aesthetic during Slamdance's Coffee With panel discussion at the Treasure Mountain Inn on Saturday. The three have a film called "Director's Cut" that premiered at Slamdance this year. That carried onto their hit Las Vegas show the two have been doing for years. "We are unusual for Vegas performers and Broadway performances because we meet our audience after [every show]," Jillette said. "Many stage performers are terrified of their audience, and I don't know if this is a personality thing or habit, but we [never developed] a fear of our audience." The thing the two have learned throughout their career is if people like them, they are more likely to like them in return. "It seems like an odd thing to say, bit I did ‘Celebrity Apprentice' and have spent a lot of time with celebrities and know some celebrities who unabashedly loathe their audiences," Jillette said. "They would ask people to come and give money, supposedly for charity, and then when the people arrived to give them money and hang out, [the celebrities] would show nothing but disdain." At one event, Jillette and Twisted Sister lead singer Dee Snyder decided to do something about that. "We would run over and suck up to fans of other people who didn't like them, just because we were so embarrassed of [the celebrities'] reactions," he said. Even when Jillette and Teller play London, they perform a 90-minute show and then do a two-hour post show with their audiences. "We've had the experience where many of our very quiet audience [members] are the most appreciative when we meet them," Jillette said. So, when it came to crowdfunding "Director's Cut," Jillette and Teller were ready. "When our peers found out that I was inviting people into my home, backstage, to movie night and magic lessons to meet me and Teller, they were horrified," Jillette said. Please see DIY, C-3 Documentary filmmaking is not journalism Herzog and Oppenheimer draw lines during Sundance Cinema Café discussion By SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record MEGAMIND "PUPQUIZ" CHARITY BENEFIT On Tuesday Feb. 2, the MegaMind PubQuiz will partner with the PainMixer, 728 Main St., for a "PupQuiz" charity benefit for Nuzzles & CO., from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event will be an adoption event for pet rescue nonprofit and feature teams answering questions about pets. The partition fee is $5 for a team up to five people and an additional $5 for teams with six to 10 people. Each team will get to have a pitbull puppy as a teammate and the goal is to find a loving home for the puppies. For more information or to make team reservations, email megamind.pubquiz@gmail.com. SLAMDANCE FILM HAS LOCAL FUNDING CONNECTION, C-3 Although both forms of communication attempts to reveal the truth of an issue, there is a difference between documentary filmmaking and journalism, and that was what Werner Herzog and Joshua Oppenheimer discussed at the Sundance Film Festival's Filmmaker's Lodge Monday morning. "You see too many documentaries where you see all of this investigative reporting that is finding out that this guy is bad and not only did he expose himself to a woman, but that he also has a bad political agenda," Herzog told the audience. "It goes on and on ad nauseam, but it's just journalism." Oppenheimer concurred and said he and Herzog are aware that documentary films must divorce themselves from journalism. "Yes, most documentary films are an extension of journalism, so do them and declare them journalism," he said. "I think it's a pity that nonfiction cinema and documentary filmmaking in the United States in particular, is colonized by this. It may be perhaps because of the mainstream media's failure to deeply investigate, what we, as nonfiction filmmakers, care about in the world." Sundance Film Festival veteran Herzog's new film, "Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World," which looks at the perils and possibilities of life connected to a vast network, premiered STEPHEN SPECKMAN/SUNDANCE INSTITUTE Filmmakers Werner Herzog, left, and Joshua Oppenheimer talked about their craft as documentarians during a Cinema Café Filmmaker's Lodge panel during the Sundance Film Festival on Monday. Saturday. Oppenheimer directed the 2012 film "Act of Killing" and the 2014 follow up, "Look of Silence" which examines the horrors and effects of the Indonesian Massacre of 1965 and 1966, where gov- ernment officials and the military conducted mass killing of suspected communists, Chinese nationals and left-wing sympathizers. Please see Filmmakers, C-7 Baked Macaroni & Cheese |