After living among us for the past half dozens years, Adrianne Finelli will be leaving shortly for Pennsylvania. I took the opportunity to ask her a few questions. MARK: Where will you be moving to and what will you be doing there? ADRIANNE: I’m moving back to Pennsylvania, not back to Philly, but the other […]
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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews: Adrianne Finelli
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Special Projects Also tagged Adrianne Finelli, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Bethlehem, Bethlehem Steel, Dan F. Friedlaender, documentary film, Edinboro University, exit interviews, Film, film making, home movies, independent film, Lehigh Valley, MFA, Nancy Heers, pain, Pennsylvania, Perspective on Pain, Philadelphia, Prison Creative Arts Project, Roseto, Shadow Art Fair, Shirley Axon, Slate, steel, suicide, teaching, Temple University, The Dance of My Grandmothers, time-based media, University of Michigan, urban farming, Work Gallery, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews 8 Comments
Emilia Javanica on the Red Blob Massacre, and what it’s like to shoot one’s first independent film
A few months ago, I announced here on the site that an aspiring filmmaker in Ann Arbor, by the name of Emilia Javanica, was looking for actors to cast in a comedic horror film that she was making called the Red Blob Massacre. Well, the film has just completed production, and I took the opportunity […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged animation, art films, art school, art students, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, b-movies, Basket Case, books on filmmaking, Brad Smith, Bride of the Monster, Carrie, Cat People, Cavern Club, Chuck Sipperley, Dale Newton, David Lynch, DIY, Emilia Javanica, Eraserhead, fear of death, film ideas, George Kuchard, grants, Harry Shannon, horror movies, independent film, John Gaspard, John Waters, Little Otik, Michael McCarty, Nosferatu, performance art, puppet Mark, Red Blob Massacre, Robert Rodriquez, silent film, Simon Alexander-Adams, Sins of the Fleshapoids, Smuckers-Wagstaff Grant, Stand By Me, Steve Wild, Swamp Women, The Blob, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, University of Michigan, Why We Write Horror 9 Comments
Temple Grandin to speak in Ann Arbor on September 9
It’s just been announced that noted animal scientist and advocate for the autistic, Temple Grandin – a woman recently immortalized on film by Claire Danes, and honored as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people – will be coming to speak at U-M as part of the School of Art & Design’s Penny W. […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Other, Science Also tagged autism, calming, cattle, Claire Danes, cows, grazing, hug machine, humane slaughter of cattle, hypersensitive, livestock, meat, meat packing, Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitor Series, slaughter house design, stress reduction, Temple Grandin, The Woman Who Thinks Like A Cow, Thinking in Pictures, University of Michigan 12 Comments