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Written by Noralil Ryan Fores
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
When producer Rhea Scott approached a group of five talented upcoming commercial filmmakers, the result was an "exquisite corpse" structured quintet of short films, each dynamic and gorgeously detailed. Over two weeks, SM speaks with four of the contributors, today Chris Nelson & Malik Hassan Sayeed. Then, check in next issue for interviews with Josh Miller and Phillip Van. All shorts can be viewed at http://littleminx.tv.
 An awkward teen, black V-neck sweater and plaid skirt clad, sits isolated at one end of an audition room. On the other end is a conference table swamped with television executives, each of them debating the teen’s relative commercial appeal. “She worries me,” one says. “She’s a different direction. She’s real. Plus she looks like my cousin,” another counters. It’s a nightmare of sorts for a child actor, that horrible, lasting threat of potential rejection. Slyly funny and hugely warm-hearted, Chris Nelson’s Little Minx contribution short She Turns Back and Faces Forward At Peace parodies the culture of child stardom, addressing along the way issues of adolescent identity and independence. Read more
 The girl stares down at the twentysomething in the hospital bed. Even from behind, she seems resigned, as if she knows in advance how this is all to resolve itself. As images blend reality and dream in Malik Hassan Sayeed’s She Walked Calmly Disappearing Into the Darkness, a journey between life and death, consciousness and memory wears out a path. It’s gravity-filled, poetic yet violent and jarring take on existence, how fragile it really is. Read more.
Editorial Note: Publication of Miller & Van interviews pushed from Monday, June 9 to Thursday, June 12 due to publication back-ups. We sincerely apologize for the delay. |
Noralil Ryan Fores |
| About the author: |
| Editor. A perpetual wanderer both literally and metaphorically, Noralil Ryan Fores grew up in a theater with an acting teacher for a mother and a professional videographer for a father. Right in line with her upbringing, she went on to study in the film program at Florida State University then jumped ship to grab a graduate degree in Magazine, Newspaper and Online Journalism from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. She has interned for South Florida's City Link Magazine and served as an editorial assistant for MovieMaker Magazine. Currently, she lives and writes from Atlanta. |
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