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Show B-6 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 28-31, 2020 The Park Record Park City-based film insiders share their movie and TV streaming favorites to cope with the quarantine Lists range from documentaries to disaster and sports SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Three local film-industry insiders — documentarians Celene Beth Calderon and Jill Orschel and Utah Film Studios vice president of operations Marshall Moore — have shared some of their favorite films and series to help the community pass time while they adhere to Summit County’s COVID-19 stay-home order. Calderon’s documentaries Calderon, who is currently readying her Ted Bundy documentary miniseries “Killing Theodore” for release, is attracted to true-crime and documentaries. But the true crime stories she enjoys aren’t the type that romanticizes the perpetrators, she said. Much like “Killing Theodore,” (see accompanying story) Calderon enjoys hearing from those the crimes have touched, such as victims, their families and those involved in the investigations, she said. The list, which is mostly streaming on Netflix starts with “The Lost Girls” by Liz Garbus. “Liz is a famous documentarian, and this was her first feature,” Calderon said. “It’s based on a true story about a mother who, while searching for her lost daughter, learns about the disappearance and deaths of more than a dozen sex workers.” Next on the list is “Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator” by Eva Omer. “This is a documentary about the founder of Bikram Yoga, and his fall in the wake of rape and sexual harassment allegations,” Calderon said. “I think people need to watch it to see what a scumbag he was.” Calderon also enjoys the Netflix limited series, “Who Killed FOR YOUR INFORMATION Meetings ALATEEN (801)205-2130 AL-ANON Theresa (435)640-3421 | (435)659-9667 St. Lukes Episcopal Church, 4595 N. 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Closed Meeting (Alcoholics only) Faith Congregations Malcom X,” produced by Ark Media. “I need to give Ark a shout out because I just signed with them to produce another series after ‘Killing Theodore’ is done,” she said with a laugh. One of the Calderon’s least heavy true-crime documentary series choice is “Tiger King,” which follows the story of Joe Exotic, an animal park owner, who finds himself accused of hiring a hitman to murder an animal rights activist. “While this film isn’t uplifting, it’s not as dark as ‘Who Killed Malcom X,’” she said, “if people want something gripping to binge, because each one of the seven episodes gets crazier and crazier.” Calderon’s “Holy Grail” of documentaries, which happens to not be a true-crime release, is “Crip Camp,” which was the opening night film at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The film, directed by James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham and executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama, is an uplifting story about how a summer camp for disabled students helped lay the groundwork for the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to Calderon. Another feel-good documentary for Calderon is Morgan Neville’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” on HBO, which focuses on the late Fred Rogers, of PBS’s “Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.” In addition to those documen- taries, Calderon enjoys other films that have a documentary-like feel such as Bob Spiers’ “Spice World” and Christopher Guest’s “Best in Show.” “I didn’t have great taste in films when I was child,” Calderon said about “Spice World.” “So I wouldn’t trust my judgement based on that.” Still, “Best in Show,” a 2000 mockumentary about a group of dog owners who take their pups to a national dog show, did garner a list of awards and nominations. “It was one of my favorite films from when I was a kid,” Calderon said. “That is my go-to feel-good movie.” Orschel’s craft Orschel, an award-winning documentarian and curator of the annual Park City Filmmaker’s Showcase, chooses her favorite films and series based on their overall quality of filmmaking. Here are some of Orschel’s recommendations: • “Outlander” on Hulu. “I’ve never had time to dive into this show until now,” she said. “Even my husband Eddie, who was too busy pre-COVID19 to watch anything, is all in with me on this show.” • ”Narcos” on Hulu. “When I asked my friend who is a life coach and inspirational speaker what we can possibly watch together, she said hesitantly, ‘Narcos,’ the notoriously violent Netflix show about Mexican drug cartels,” Orschel said. “My PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO Local filmmaker Jill Orschel enjoys using the COVID-19 isolation to catch up on new series and favorite films. friend admitted she’s ‘addicted to it,’ but the filming and acting are off the charts.” • ”This Is Us” on NBC.com “(I’m watching) because a couple other friends and my sister are watching it, and one of them said the writing is the most emotionally intelligent she’s seen in a long time,” Orschel said. • “Derry Girls” on Netflix “I will watch Derry Girls with another friend in Brooklyn, who says it’s an adult comedy about a tumultuous time in working class Northern Ireland in the 1990s,” Orschel said. 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SUP031 CRC 2639259 08/19 CS 9370361 09/18 COURTESY OF CELENE BETH CALDERON Filmmakers Celene Beth Calderon and Timothy John Psarras have changed the name of their Ted Bundy documentary series from “Theodore” to “Killing Theodore.” has always been one of the goals for the series, which Calderon and Psarras started making in 2017. “Originally it was going to be about Ted Bundy and his victims,” she said. “After we did some initial interviews with survivors and victims’ families, we decided it needed to be about the victims.” The project is undergoing a slight shift during the COVID-19 pandemic, Calderon said. “While we’re stuck at home, we’re revamping every episode to how we really want them to be,” she said. “So when we can Richard Potashner Senior Vice President Financial Advisor 60 East S. Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84111 +1 801 322-7683 Richard.Potashner@MS.com The Potashner Group go out, we plan to do some follow ups with prior interviewees.” The series will also include some insight by Calderon and Psarras. “We plan to talk about our journey, and give the audience a glimpse of how we have changed as people while working on this thing,” Calderon said. One change for Calderon is her increased advocacy work for battered women. “This all started because of the work I was doing on this project,” she said. Another change was reexamining the series’ tie-in merchandise, which included T-shirts that were sold to help raise funds for the filming. “What has happened over the past couple of years is the rise of ‘murder-bilia,’ including Ted Bundy Christmas wrapping paper that was available over the holidays,” Calderon said. “That really made us step back and decide to discontinue our T-shirts. We need to have the last say in this.” The last say may take longer than anticipated, because the production is in legal limbo, according to the filmmaker. Burning Wheel Productions, the company that Calderon and Psarras signed with in 2018, has left the project, Calderon said. “When we signed, they gave us some money upfront to interview individuals, which was great,” she said. “Once we started post-production, the money stopped coming, which hit our production team in Burbank with no payments.” A few months later, Calderon found out Burning Wheel signed on with another company, which further complicated things. “I began getting messages from other companies, including one form Toronto, which I met with last summer, but that deal fell through last winter because the U.K. company wouldn’t release us from the contract,” she said. “So at this point we’re doing everything we can to get released from the contract.” |