SAVE THE DATE: Guest Lecturer: Zachary Levy - Thursday, April 22nd at 2:00pm in the Studio

Filmmaker, Zachary Levy, has offered to speak to our students on Thursday, April 22nd at 2pm in the Studio. Scott VanOrdstrand has been kind enough to offer his class time to host this event for our students and would like to extend an invitation to everyone.

His film, Strongman, will be shown at Starz Film Center later that evening beginning at 7:00pm.

Below are some web links that Zac suggested for to view prior to his visit. Please take a few moments to watch the trailer and read some of his articles below.

Facebook invite for the Starz Center shows: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102836659757395

Trailer for the film: www.strongmanfilm.com/trailer.html http://www.strongmanfilm.com/trailer.html

Description of the film and some pull quotes:
Strongman
(Dir. Zachary Levy, 2009, 113 min.)

One of the most poignant and hauntingly original American documentaries in years, Strongman tells the up-close-and-personal story of Stanley "Stanless Steel" Pleskun, who can lift dump trucks and bend pennies with his bare hands, but who struggles to transcend his chaotic New Jersey home life and the toll of his slowly-but-surely advancing age. Years in the making and assembled with rare skill and intelligence, Strongman is tender and tough, comic and tragic, simple and endlessly rich - a Fellini-esque testament (in the best sense) to the unlimited possibilities of independent, nonfiction filmmaking and the most hypnotic example of the Maysles-style "direct cinema" tradition in years. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Festival and a smash at the South-by-Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival. --- Elliot Wilhelm, Detroit Institute of the Arts

"Phenomenal...profoundly moving and honest...the debut of a new important American documentary filmmaker"-- Ramin Bahrani, Goodbye Solo, Chop Shop

"Breaks new ground in its approach...A true respect not only for its subjects, but for the documentary form."-- Ross Kauffman, Academy Award winner, Born into Brothels

"Strange and strangely beautiful"-- Variety

Articles

For the film business classes-- a piece I wrote on independent film distribution for Filmmaker Magazine-- http://filmmakermagazine.com/news/2009/10/making-our-diy-moment-matter-by-zachary-levy/

For the artistic classes an interview I recently did for Turner Classic Movies Blog--
http://moviemorlocks.com/2010/03/28/a-brief-interview-with-strongman-director-zachary-levy/#more-20663