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Show Director Jiohby Roth works on his film "lleartbrrakers," a festival favorite last year. In a seminar this week, he reviews the history of the film. Sem i nars: the soup to nuts of movies As in past years, the seminars that ; ill he held during the I 'nited States Film Festival will cover the entire creative process of filmmaking. The director is a person who guides the film thorough its entire creation. On Saturday, Jan. 18, at 10 a.m. a directing seminar will be hosted by Hector Babenco, director of Kiss of the Spider Women, at the Egyptian Theatre. He will discuss his work on script development, production, pro-duction, work with actors and editing. Another well-known director will appear on Jan. 19 at 4 p.m. at a site to be announced. In a seminar titled "An Afternoon with Sidney Lumet," the director of "Power," will discuss clips of his films. "Power" will premiere at the festival. . , A seminar on Jan. 19 at 1 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre will look at the screenwriter. Scheduled guests in- : eluding Waldo Salt (writer of Coming Com-ing Home and Midnight Cowboy), William Witliff (The Black Stallion) and Frank Pierson (Dog Day Afternoon). After-noon). . But a film needs financial and . business savvy to succeed, too. The lestival will feature two seminars on business, "Independent Film Financing" Finan-cing" on Jan. 23 at 2 p.m. in the Elks Building and "Independent Film Distribution" on Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. in the Elks Building. "Handle With Care: The Art of Marketing Documentary Films" examines ex-amines how to sell documentaries to the public. It will be held in the Egyptian Theatre ori Jan. 22 at 10 am. Another marketing issue will be brought up with "Case Study: Bobby Roth's Heartbi rakers" on Jan. 23 at 10 a.m. in the Egyptian Theatre. Director Roth, actor Peter Coyote and others will look at the film's creation and discuss the marketing of the film, whose problems may account ac-count for its failure with audiences. Heartbreakers will be screened during the lestival. (Please turn to Quickies on page B9 for a review of the movie.) A seminar titled "Cro. ?rs" w ill discuss a number of arti. ho are crossing from music and to film and back again. It will be held on Jan. 25 at 10 a.m. at the Egyptian Theatre; In connection with the seminar. The Unheard Music, a documentary about the rock-and-roll band X, will be screened screen-ed during the festival. Finally, when the film is finished, it is subjected to the scrutiny of the 4 critics. The seminar "Meet the Press," on Jan. 24 at 10 a.m. in the Egyptian Theatre, will feature critics David Ansen ( Newsweek magazine)', Peter Biskind i American Film magazine), Sheila Benson (Los Angeles Times) and Molly Haskell (Vogue magazine). , |
