A new musical about 9/11 hopes to make us 'look at ourselves and laugh at our tragedies' ... but will we end up laughing at the film instead?
A question that's often asked in the immediate wake of a harrowing atrocity is "How long until I can turn this into an awesome musical?" Rodgers and Hammerstein, for example, let the dust settle on the second world war for 14 years before releasing The Sound of Music, while Lionel Bart kept quiet for two years longer than that before unveiling Blitz! However, 9/11 is a different matter. It was so huge and so singular, and the ripples from it are still being felt so acutely, that basing a musical on it at any point in time would be an act of gross insensitivity.
So it's a shame that nobody bothered to mention this to the makers of Clear Blue Tuesday, a low-budget musical based on...
A question that's often asked in the immediate wake of a harrowing atrocity is "How long until I can turn this into an awesome musical?" Rodgers and Hammerstein, for example, let the dust settle on the second world war for 14 years before releasing The Sound of Music, while Lionel Bart kept quiet for two years longer than that before unveiling Blitz! However, 9/11 is a different matter. It was so huge and so singular, and the ripples from it are still being felt so acutely, that basing a musical on it at any point in time would be an act of gross insensitivity.
So it's a shame that nobody bothered to mention this to the makers of Clear Blue Tuesday, a low-budget musical based on...
- 9/8/2010
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
Clear Blue Tuesday, a musical offering a unique perspective on the Sep 11, 2001 terror attack in New York was released here Friday. Instead of describing the attacks, the movie follows the lives of 11 New Yorkers through six consecutive September months following the 9/11 attack, as each one comes to grip with their lives in different ways. "This is not a movie about September 11. This is a tale about what happens after. September 11 was a catalyst for personal change, both good and bad. This movie is about healing, and about moving forward," the film's director Elizabeth Lucas was quoted ...
- 9/4/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
New York, Sep 4 – ‘Clear Blue Tuesday’, a musical offering a unique perspective on the Sep 11, 2001 terror attack in New York was released here Friday.
Instead of describing the attacks, the movie follows the lives of 11 New Yorkers through six consecutive September months following the 9/11 attack, as each one comes to grip with their lives in different ways.
‘This is not a movie about September 11. This is a tale about what happens after. September 11 was a catalyst for personal change, both good and bad. This movie is about healing, and about moving forward,’ the film’s director Elizabeth Lucas was quoted as saying.
Instead of describing the attacks, the movie follows the lives of 11 New Yorkers through six consecutive September months following the 9/11 attack, as each one comes to grip with their lives in different ways.
‘This is not a movie about September 11. This is a tale about what happens after. September 11 was a catalyst for personal change, both good and bad. This movie is about healing, and about moving forward,’ the film’s director Elizabeth Lucas was quoted as saying.
- 9/4/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Oh boy. Well, I should start by saying that I’m a fan of neither musical theater nor 9/11-themed movies. And since Clear Blue Tuesday seems to combine both things into one heartfelt package, I’m clearly not the target audience for this low-budget indie musical that tracks 11 New Yorkers over the course of seven years. It starts on Sept. 11, 2001. Hence the title. Its stars a handful of not-so-famous singer-songwriter-actors, plus James Naughton as “Executive.”
Some people might question Tuesday’s motives: Is it capitalizing on a tragedy? That’s the question that frequently pops up with fictional projects inspired...
Some people might question Tuesday’s motives: Is it capitalizing on a tragedy? That’s the question that frequently pops up with fictional projects inspired...
- 9/1/2010
- by Missy Schwartz
- EW.com - PopWatch
Too soon? It's true that tragedies such as the Titanic and AIDS have had musicals. And I'd go so far as to say Trouble the Water is like a Katrina musical, even if it is a documentary. But September 11? Someone made an indie rock musical about September 11. Yes. Whether or not it seems so wrong, it exists, it's titled Clear Blue Tuesday and it's opening in NYC this Friday, as you can see by its New York Times write-up. The attack on the Twin Towers happen off screen at the film's opening and then the plot follows 11 characters throughout the 2000s, focusing on anniversaries of 9/11. And most of these characters have their own song to sing.
Director Elizabeth Lucas says the 9/11 movies that have been made until now have been too serious and "overly ponderous." She says we need to "look at ourselves and laugh at our tragedies." Watch the...
Director Elizabeth Lucas says the 9/11 movies that have been made until now have been too serious and "overly ponderous." She says we need to "look at ourselves and laugh at our tragedies." Watch the...
- 9/1/2010
- by Christopher Campbell
- Cinematical
Shock has the drop on three new horror films making their DVD debut in 2010. On February 9, look for Butchered from Anthem Pictures. Set on an island, a group of teens wind up being hunted by a death row escapee who's called "The Butcher." You can only imagine where it goes from there... Click on the title for cover art and a link to the trailer. A week later, on the 16th, you've got Red Hook , from director Elizabeth Lucas and Phase 4 Films, as well as She's Crushed , an entry in the psycho bitch genre that Maverick Entertainment. Again, click on both titles for art and more. Looking ahead to March 9, Sean Young stars in Haunted Echoes , a ghost story that's been in the can for some time and is finally seeing the light of day. M. Emmet Walsh, David...
- 12/30/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Manu Narayan (Bombay Dreams on Broadway, subUrbia at Second Stage, The Love Guru starring Mike Myers) will star in the rock and roll vampire musical The Cure, running September 29th-October 11th at the American Theatre of Actors in the upcoming 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival. Written by Mark Weiser, The Cure will feature direction from Elizabeth Lucas (Wild About Harry, The Last Starfighter, and The View From Here at Nymf), and is produced by The New York Musical Theatre Festival and Samantha Saltzman.
- 10/11/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
The world premiere of teen slasher Red Hook directed by Elizabeth Lucas at the Coney Island Film Festival is on October 3rd, 2009!
Ten years after witnessing her older sister's brutal murder, Jenny Traylor (Christina Brucato) leaves her hometown in North Carolina to start her freshman year at the University of New York City. Still traumatized by her sister's death and struggling with crippling agoraphobia, Jenny tries to cope with the overwhelming city and figure out her new life, all while under the secret watch of Lt. Fox (Terrence Mann) — the police officer who shot her sister's assailant...
When Tim (Bryan Fenkart), Jenny's over-enthusiastic Resident Advisor, organizes a Welcome Week scavenger hunt, Jenny is reluctantly persuaded to join the game, along with her theatrical roommate, AnGELa (Hollis Scarborough), the sultry Deena (Frankie Shaw), and sweetheart Gavin (Tate Ellington), who is dealing with his own troubled past. But as Jenny and her...
Ten years after witnessing her older sister's brutal murder, Jenny Traylor (Christina Brucato) leaves her hometown in North Carolina to start her freshman year at the University of New York City. Still traumatized by her sister's death and struggling with crippling agoraphobia, Jenny tries to cope with the overwhelming city and figure out her new life, all while under the secret watch of Lt. Fox (Terrence Mann) — the police officer who shot her sister's assailant...
When Tim (Bryan Fenkart), Jenny's over-enthusiastic Resident Advisor, organizes a Welcome Week scavenger hunt, Jenny is reluctantly persuaded to join the game, along with her theatrical roommate, AnGELa (Hollis Scarborough), the sultry Deena (Frankie Shaw), and sweetheart Gavin (Tate Ellington), who is dealing with his own troubled past. But as Jenny and her...
- 9/30/2009
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Word came down the wire today that filmmaker Elizabeth Lucas (director of the award-winning short "Isabella Rico") has decided to jump into our genre with a feature film called Red Hook.
Red Hook (official site) kicks things off as follows: "Ten years after witnessing her older sister's brutal murder, Jenny Traylor (Christina Brucato) leaves her hometown in North Carolina to start her freshman year at the University of New York City. Still traumatized by her sister's death and struggling with crippling agoraphobia, Jenny tries to cope with the overwhelming city and figure out her new life, all while under the secret watch of Lt. Fox (Terrence Mann) — the police officer who shot her sister's assailant.
When Tim (Bryan Fenkart), Jenny's over-enthusiastic Resident Advisor, organizes a Welcome Week scavenger hunt, Jenny is reluctantly persuaded to join the game, along with her theatrical roommate, AnGELa (Hollis Scarborough), the sultry Deena (Frankie Shaw...
Red Hook (official site) kicks things off as follows: "Ten years after witnessing her older sister's brutal murder, Jenny Traylor (Christina Brucato) leaves her hometown in North Carolina to start her freshman year at the University of New York City. Still traumatized by her sister's death and struggling with crippling agoraphobia, Jenny tries to cope with the overwhelming city and figure out her new life, all while under the secret watch of Lt. Fox (Terrence Mann) — the police officer who shot her sister's assailant.
When Tim (Bryan Fenkart), Jenny's over-enthusiastic Resident Advisor, organizes a Welcome Week scavenger hunt, Jenny is reluctantly persuaded to join the game, along with her theatrical roommate, AnGELa (Hollis Scarborough), the sultry Deena (Frankie Shaw...
- 9/3/2008
- by Kryten Syxx
- DreadCentral.com
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