Indieville : London Film Festival

What we learned from the "Fantastic Mr. Fox" junket.

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Wes Anderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" had its world premiere at the London Film Festival this week. A boatload of reporters were there -- 250 print, 35 broadcast/online -- some on 20th Century Fox's dime. After wading through the many reports, here's what I've learned: The London Film Festival is becoming a bigger deal. Its budget has been increased by $3 million from last year, which means it has the power to fly in more journalists for such events, which means more media...(read more)

Odds: "I broke the code Tarantino invented."

IFC.com - Indie Eye — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:17:14 GMT

To watch -- "Tarantino's Mind," a short from Brazilian directing duo 300ml in which a man (Selton Mello) explains his unified field theory of Quentin Tarantino to a skeptical friend (Seu Jorge, of "The Life Aquatic" and "City of God"). It all takes place, naturally, in a diner. (Hat tip -- Fimoculous.) Wong Kar-wai goes unsunglassed to Tony Leung and Carina Lau's wedding -- Movie City Indie has the picture, which is curiously deflating -- I'd always imagined...(read more)