A filmmaker focused on the experience of watching, Academy Award-nominated director Sam Green’s projects are best experienced live, previously with A Thousand Thoughts featuring Kronos Quartet and The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller featuring Yo La Tengo. His latest work, 32 Sounds, premiered at Sundance last year, featuring original music by Jd Samson and sound design from Mark Mangini. Now set for a theatrical release starting April 28, the first trailer has landed.
During its festival run in front of a live audience, the performance featured individual headphones for each audience member and included live narration by Green and live original music by Samson. This new version is specifically designed for a completely immersive at-home or theatrical experience. The film examines the “elemental phenomenon of sound and its power to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us.”
“There’s a lot of different ways of listening,...
During its festival run in front of a live audience, the performance featured individual headphones for each audience member and included live narration by Green and live original music by Samson. This new version is specifically designed for a completely immersive at-home or theatrical experience. The film examines the “elemental phenomenon of sound and its power to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us.”
“There’s a lot of different ways of listening,...
- 3/9/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
In James Cameron's new sci-fi film "Avatar: The Way of Water" -- already one of the 10 highest-grossing films of all time -- our Na'Vi heroes Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) have to move their family from the safety of Pandora's placid forests to a distant, tropical archipelago. There, they become the guests of the Metkayina, a tribe of Na'Vi that live in harmony with the oceans. The Metkayina can hold their breaths for an extended period of time, and their arms and tails have adapted for rapid swimming. Occasionally, they ride on the backs of flying ichthyosaurs, a sort of flying fish. The seas of the Metkayina are a beautiful biome of staggering alien diversity, and their villages are constructed of ropes, tents, and hammocks that hang tautly over crystal-clear lagoons from the branches of a strong, nearby tree. Like every visual aspect of the "Avatar" movies,...
- 1/6/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Filmmaker/Curator Katy Kavanaugh cites kids’ participation in international film festivals as a boon for child developmentby Jared FeldschreiberFilmmaker/curator Katy Kavanaugh, shown here, leading a “Design Thinking” workshop. On her website, she cites inventor R. Buckminster Fuller’s quote: “And then you will go out and do what no one has told you to do.”
Empathy remains at the heart of good storytelling, especially as it correlates to films designed for kids. In a “post truth” age of obfuscating facts and deceitful falsehoods seeping their way into public discourse, an idealist may often be discouraged that morality and compassion for “the other” do not reap tangible rewards. But one can find solace that there remain individual artists who — idealistic as they may be — have proven that kids who watch international films and attend international film festivals enable their capacity for empathy as they watch films in such a setting.
Empathy remains at the heart of good storytelling, especially as it correlates to films designed for kids. In a “post truth” age of obfuscating facts and deceitful falsehoods seeping their way into public discourse, an idealist may often be discouraged that morality and compassion for “the other” do not reap tangible rewards. But one can find solace that there remain individual artists who — idealistic as they may be — have proven that kids who watch international films and attend international film festivals enable their capacity for empathy as they watch films in such a setting.
- 7/16/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
"You can't keep him locked up from the world." Shout Factory has debuted the first official trailer for an indie comedy titled The House of Tomorrow, which premiered at the San Francisco Film Festival and a few other fests last year. From director Peter Livolsi, the film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school. Starring talented young actors Asa Butterfield and Alex Wolff, along with Nick Offerman, Ellen Burstyn, Michaela Watkins, Maude Apatow, and the voice of Fred Armisen. This looks like a funky, funk little punk rock coming-of-age film about a kid learning to experience the world and all it has to offer outside of his idealistic future home. Don't know where this came from but it's cool, I'm very intrigued. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Peter Livolsi's The House of Tomorrow,...
- 3/8/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A mawkish coming-of-age story that marries Sundance vibes with a soft punk spirit, Peter Livolsi’s “The House of Tomorrow” never manages to flesh out its skeleton of quirks, but its heart is definitely in the right place.
Very faithfully adapted from Peter Bognanni’s 2010 novel of the same name, Livolsi’s directorial debut is — after “Brigsby Bear” and “The Space Between Us” — at least the third new film this year that falls into the beguiling sub-genre of movies about young men who’ve been raised in isolation from the rest of the world. The stranger life gets, the more we might be compelled towards portraits of people who can stand outside of civilization and offer a new perspective on the mess we’ve made (in which case, we ought to brace for this sub-genre to get a lot bigger between now and 2020).
This one begins in a geodesic dome in the woods of Minnesota,...
Very faithfully adapted from Peter Bognanni’s 2010 novel of the same name, Livolsi’s directorial debut is — after “Brigsby Bear” and “The Space Between Us” — at least the third new film this year that falls into the beguiling sub-genre of movies about young men who’ve been raised in isolation from the rest of the world. The stranger life gets, the more we might be compelled towards portraits of people who can stand outside of civilization and offer a new perspective on the mess we’ve made (in which case, we ought to brace for this sub-genre to get a lot bigger between now and 2020).
This one begins in a geodesic dome in the woods of Minnesota,...
- 4/12/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Asa Butterfield and Alex Wolff have joined the film adaptation of Peter Bognanni's 2011 coming-of-age novel "The House of Tomorrow" at Superlative Film and Water's End Productions.
The story follows a teenage boy who lives in a geodesic dome with his eccentric grandmother, who has spent the last eleven years homeschooling him on the teachings of futurist, architect and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller.
When his grandmother has a stroke, he's forced to leave the dome and discover what it means to live a normal life. Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, Maude Apatow and Michaela Watkins also star.
Peter Livolsi helms and shooting is currently underway in Minnesota. Tarik Karam and Danielle Renfrew Behrens will produce.
Source: Variety...
The story follows a teenage boy who lives in a geodesic dome with his eccentric grandmother, who has spent the last eleven years homeschooling him on the teachings of futurist, architect and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller.
When his grandmother has a stroke, he's forced to leave the dome and discover what it means to live a normal life. Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, Maude Apatow and Michaela Watkins also star.
Peter Livolsi helms and shooting is currently underway in Minnesota. Tarik Karam and Danielle Renfrew Behrens will produce.
Source: Variety...
- 7/28/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Peter Livolsi’s big screen adaptation of Peter Bognanni’s award-winning novel “The House of Tomorrow” has added a slew of impressive new cast members. The film, which has already started shooting in Minnesota, is set to star Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, Asa Butterfield, Alex Wolff, Maude Apatow and Michaela Watkins.
The film follows “futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller’s incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.” The book was published in 2011.
Read More: Watch: Academy Award Winner Ellen Burstyn and Danny Glover Team Up in Exclusive ‘About Scout’ Trailer
The film is Livolsi’s feature debut, and he is set to serve as both writer and director on the project. He previously participated in the 2016 Sundance Screenwriters Lab and the project was a recipient of the Tribeca Film Institute Sloan Grant.
Of the news, Livolsi commented, “Peter Bognanni...
The film follows “futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller’s incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.” The book was published in 2011.
Read More: Watch: Academy Award Winner Ellen Burstyn and Danny Glover Team Up in Exclusive ‘About Scout’ Trailer
The film is Livolsi’s feature debut, and he is set to serve as both writer and director on the project. He previously participated in the 2016 Sundance Screenwriters Lab and the project was a recipient of the Tribeca Film Institute Sloan Grant.
Of the news, Livolsi commented, “Peter Bognanni...
- 7/25/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
God is a Verb Written by Gavin Broady Directed by Chad Lindsey Hook & Eye Theater, The Actors Fund Art Center, NYC November 4-November 21, 2015
Gavin Broady and the Hook and Eye Theater company’s outstanding new play God is a Verb invites audiences to step out of the box and into the geodesic dome. This bold, visually and intellectually exciting production revolves around quirky theorist, designer, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983), but it is assertively not, as the program reminds us, a biographical piece. Instead, billed as an absurdist comedy, it takes place within its subject's mind, focusing on his decades-long World Game Project but skillfully interweaving the personal and the political, the individual and the global, throughout its 100 compelling minutes.
The arrival of new World Game Project member Ida (Hannah Hartmann) provides entry into the world of Fuller, always referred to only as the Professor and played in turn...
Gavin Broady and the Hook and Eye Theater company’s outstanding new play God is a Verb invites audiences to step out of the box and into the geodesic dome. This bold, visually and intellectually exciting production revolves around quirky theorist, designer, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983), but it is assertively not, as the program reminds us, a biographical piece. Instead, billed as an absurdist comedy, it takes place within its subject's mind, focusing on his decades-long World Game Project but skillfully interweaving the personal and the political, the individual and the global, throughout its 100 compelling minutes.
The arrival of new World Game Project member Ida (Hannah Hartmann) provides entry into the world of Fuller, always referred to only as the Professor and played in turn...
- 11/11/2015
- by Leah Richards
- www.culturecatch.com
Cinemad’s Mike Plante sits down for a highly entertaining and enlightening chat with experimental documentary filmmaker Sam Green, who has gone from being nominated for an Academy Award for his film The Weather Underground to personally performing “live” documentaries such as Utopia in Four Movements and The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller.
There’s lots of things to learn here, like how to impress your doctor with one of your Oscar-nominated DVDs to more serious discussions of the power of live cinema. Plus, a surprise appearance by Vanessa Renwick!
Another great listen from the amazing Cinemad podcast series. Collect ‘em all!
Portrait of Sam Green by Vanessa Renwick.
There’s lots of things to learn here, like how to impress your doctor with one of your Oscar-nominated DVDs to more serious discussions of the power of live cinema. Plus, a surprise appearance by Vanessa Renwick!
Another great listen from the amazing Cinemad podcast series. Collect ‘em all!
Portrait of Sam Green by Vanessa Renwick.
- 8/21/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
One of the highlights of the 2012 San Francisco International Film Festival, which boasted a great lineup of films and filmmakers, was the new “live documentary” by Sam Green, The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller, featuring Green and Yo La Tengo live on stage. The notion of the live documentary is exciting as a new film movement, a far more powerful one than the overrated reemergence of 3-D.
As part of their Buckminster Fuller exhibit, Sfmoma commissioned Green to create a live documentary on Fuller in the spirit of the filmmaker’s previous work Utopia in Four Movements. Fuller is most well known as the designer of the geodesic dome for use as an event space or home for individuals. However, Green uses this project to delve into Fuller’s life; he was a unique man who believed that wars over natural resources were unnecessary, and he promoted the idea...
As part of their Buckminster Fuller exhibit, Sfmoma commissioned Green to create a live documentary on Fuller in the spirit of the filmmaker’s previous work Utopia in Four Movements. Fuller is most well known as the designer of the geodesic dome for use as an event space or home for individuals. However, Green uses this project to delve into Fuller’s life; he was a unique man who believed that wars over natural resources were unnecessary, and he promoted the idea...
- 5/7/2012
- by Mike Plante
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
One of the most anticipated annual events at the San Francisco International Film Festival is the live score performances held each year. While it would be hard to top last year’s Tindersticks live performance of their own Claire Denis scores, this year’s pairing of tUnE-yArDs (led by Merrill Garbus) and guitarist Ava Mendoza with a collection of Buster Keaton and Fatty Arbuckle films did not disappoint.
The evening consisted of four classic films, including “One Week”, “Good Night, Nurse!," “The Haunted House," and “The Cook.” The musicians quickly earned confidence from the crowd during “One Week” as Garbus’s unique vocals standing in for church bells were suddenly drowned out by Mendoza’s wailing guitar, signaling a villainous force entering the frame. During the performance, the musicians faced the films, respectfully interacting with the on-screen action instead of having it play backup to their own act. Collisions, trap doors,...
The evening consisted of four classic films, including “One Week”, “Good Night, Nurse!," “The Haunted House," and “The Cook.” The musicians quickly earned confidence from the crowd during “One Week” as Garbus’s unique vocals standing in for church bells were suddenly drowned out by Mendoza’s wailing guitar, signaling a villainous force entering the frame. During the performance, the musicians faced the films, respectfully interacting with the on-screen action instead of having it play backup to their own act. Collisions, trap doors,...
- 4/27/2012
- by Sean Gillane
- The Playlist
SFIFF55 Runs April 19 – May 3
The San Francisco Film Society today announced the complete schedule of films and events that will make up the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival, running April 19 – May 3 at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, Sf Film Society Cinema, the Castro Theatre and Sfmoma in San Francisco and the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley. The following films will premiere at the festival: World Premieres
The Fourth Dimension
Informant
The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller
Tokyo Waka
North American Premieres
The Anabasis of May and Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi, and 27 Years Without Images
Cherry
A Secret World
Winter Nomads
U.S. Premieres
Back to Stay
The Exchange
In My Mother.s Arms
Meanwhile in Mamelodi
Only the Young
People Mountain People Sea
Summer Games
Browse the full public program info at festival.sffs.org
SFIFF55 by the Numbers:
174 Films
225 Filmmakers and Industry Guests Expected
45 Countries Represented
72 Narrative Features
33 Documentary...
The San Francisco Film Society today announced the complete schedule of films and events that will make up the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival, running April 19 – May 3 at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, Sf Film Society Cinema, the Castro Theatre and Sfmoma in San Francisco and the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley. The following films will premiere at the festival: World Premieres
The Fourth Dimension
Informant
The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller
Tokyo Waka
North American Premieres
The Anabasis of May and Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi, and 27 Years Without Images
Cherry
A Secret World
Winter Nomads
U.S. Premieres
Back to Stay
The Exchange
In My Mother.s Arms
Meanwhile in Mamelodi
Only the Young
People Mountain People Sea
Summer Games
Browse the full public program info at festival.sffs.org
SFIFF55 by the Numbers:
174 Films
225 Filmmakers and Industry Guests Expected
45 Countries Represented
72 Narrative Features
33 Documentary...
- 3/28/2012
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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