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8th ANNUAL ATTACK of the 50 FOOT REELS

ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE HERE (beginning sept 28)

where?  American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre
when?   NOVEMBER 13, 2008  at 7:30pm
who? could be you...print out an entry form today!
how? click here to find out

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many thanks to our sponsors and others who help to make this event possible and keep  those beautiful Super 8 images flickering on the screen...

echo kodak  yale

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Here's how it works:

Each filmmaker chooses one roll (50 feet) of KODAK Super 8 film. Tri-x (black & white) Plus-x (black & white)  Ektachrome (color) Vision 200 (color negative) Vision 500 (color negative). The filmmakers shoot their films in order, in other words, all editing and cuts that are made, are made IN CAMERA. There are no splicers used. To make sure of this, the filmmakers turn in their "unprocessed" film to Flicker. Flicker hands the film over to Yale film and video for processing. The films are then transferred at Yale to digi-beta for viewing on the large Egyptian screen. The films are transferred for best color and contrast - NO EDITS or CUTS are made within the content of the film. The filmmakers give flicker their music, soundtrack, soundscape which will be orginal scores created for their film. The sound is started with the first picture, so if it works it works. It's all up in the air, like life, everyday a surprise. You never know what you're going to get. And that's the way it is with the daring and nervous filmmakers awaiting this year's ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT REELS



















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2007 Attack filmmakers and info
on their documentary films

Erik Deutschman Sukho Lee
Angelica Sarkisyan

Alden Olmsted
Regina O’Brien Danny Derakhshan
Claudia Bestor & Tony Hall Mike Ott
Jonathan Morrill
Alex Maloutas Jessica Yurasek Nick Shiflet
Jim Granato

Mark Segurson Leigh Goldstein Victor Llamas
Ivan Zorine Giles Perkins
Joshua Barash poster designed by
Paul Hammond of Yo Rodeo


special thanks to:
echo




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Nov. 6, 2006 ATTACK filmmakers

Trina Merry


Megan Donovan and Stacy Kiehl
"Jungle Jam"
Music by:  "You and Me" (Megan and Stacy)
jungle
Bob Davis
"Black Black Black"
music: traditional American folksong [sung by J. S.
Danner]
Jason Tenenbown Erik Deutschman
"Tea Time"
music: Sukho Lee
erik
Clark Vogeler Chris Wagganer
"What Are Colors"
music: "Watercolors"
cwag
Kevin Sukho Lee
"Karappo City Blues"
music by Jean Paul Yamamoto
kevin
Carter Baldwin
"The Poison Hot Dog"
hotdog

Joe Nankin
"Rush"
Music: Brandon Perlman
joe
Alex Machi & Jonathan Morrill John Schultz
"Medium Tuesday"
Music: Greg Kendall
Jason Tippet
"Nanie"
Music: Au Clair De La Lune
jason
Brian Alexander Gutierrez Chase White
"Smokey J. and the Keys"
chase
Ryan Landels
"Shoot for the Moon"
music by Bear McCreary
ryan
Nick Shiflet
"Cookin Kitty Does Pumpkinville"
nick
Mark Segurson DeWalt Mix Esther Lin &
Eugene Casey Leydon
Francisco Roel













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2005 Filmmakers
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Norwood and the 28 filmmakers from the 2005 ATTACK

AWARDS!
This year we gave out several awards to some of these outstanding filmmakers:

KODAK $500 film stock Award:
Kim Grisco,
Josh Greenbaum and Jared Anderson

IFCKC Super 8 Award:
Meredith Jenks,
Erik Deutschman

Flicker 50 Foot Super 8 Award:
Brian Netto, Joe Nankin

the 5th annual Attack was an amazing night of films. 350 people filled the Egyptian theatre and witnessed 28 super 8 films. All of the 28 filmmakers were in attendance and each crossed their fingers, and introduced their film. 
MD Mercury  (tri-x)

INFO COMING
Josh Barash  (v-2)
"Café Annoyé"

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 I made the film like most now a day, around the special effects.  I knew the effects I wanted to do, so I built a story around a place someone could get bothered often, a café.
Photo:  Close-up of actor Michael Pachelli with his eyes painted.

Contact: jb_projects@yahoo.com



Kent Hayward  (ektachrome)
"Sunset to Sunset"

Kent Hayward is a teacher and independent filmmaker living in Silverlake who encourages walking in Los Angeles.  This film is a time-lapse walk across LA starting at Sunset Junction in Silverlake, down Santa Monica Blvd. to the beach.  The walk took from sunrise to sunset.  All sound is from the same route.  Remember to always wear comfortable shoes.


Josh Greenbaum  (v-2)

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"this is...Howie Rowle"

This is the story of Howie Rowle, an average roller-skater with a 
below average chance of finding love...until now.

Written, directed, shot, and scored by Josh Greenbaum, this film  marks Greenbaum's first foray into the world of Super 8mm film. 


website:  www.joshgreenbaum.com
email:      joshgreenbaum@mac.com

Martin Blasick (v2)

martinhttp://www.martinblasick.com/

Martin Blasick is a composer and songwriter and is often found in the online forums of indieclub and filmshooting.com.



Randy Caspersen (v-2)
"California Apples"

An homage to the beautifully baffling world of student film and a tribute to experimental cinema pioneer Maya Deren. Shot with a cast of delicious apples, assorted glass objects and two handsome men, one question begs to be asked: What the hell does it all mean?

Annie Fair, Dean Micetich  (tri-x)

annie"50† For Extra Special Wishes"

This is certainly our homage to the Wim Wenders’ classic, Wings of Desire. We decided to shoot in Berlin while I was visiting Dean for a few weeks. We shot on b&w with a borrowed camera, and we were greatly focused on finding a story that led us to the golden angel from the film. Funnily enough, our final product was similar to Wenders’ in that we wanted to show what we loved about Berlin, but we didn’t have a story to tell beyond capturing the images we loved. I’ve been told “you can’t push the river”, and truly, once we eliminated the necessity of “story” the film organically became a beautiful and fun thing to make. This is our film that, despite our best efforts otherwise, became our personal story in Berlin and a collage of our favorite things about our neighborhood in Mitte. Weeks later still in Berlin, Dean went in the studio with his friends and wrote the soundtrack on which he plays all the instruments.

Gabriella Karolys (v-2)

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http://www.myspace.com/bitchesbruise

 
In the middle of the city where the only thing that reeks is piss. In what seems to be a lonely part of town the city spits out what it hides. Trouble is brewing between the "Slutty Monroes" and "The Slicksters".  Armed with what ever the streets are ruthless enough to throw out. These  hussies are armed and dangerous.
Written-Directed-Shot by Gabriella Karolys, she has just completed her first feature, Elwood Carlilse Superstar  <http://www.elwoodsuperstar.com/>
Erik Deutschman  (v-2)        
"Stare Gently"
                        
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Follow the film's instructions and (hopefully) take a phantasmagorical journey into the realms of cosmic reality.
Erik is an LA based filmmaker who dreams of living on a faraway mountain making kitsch craft items for local souvenir shops.

Brad Cooper (plus-x)

www.klownhead.com
Brad Cooper has been an active photographer, film-maker and musician in Los Angeles. Cooper drinks large quantities of coffee and enjoys Brian Eno's music.



Zzalgern0n (v5)


Kathe Burns  (tri-x)

kattitle: "teilte neu zu: reassigned"


a bartender imagines an alternate ending to the holocaust one night before closing.



Kimberly Grisco (tri-x)
"the Emotional Type"
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As native to Los Angeles, I dreamed of making my own movie and this is my big Hollywood chance! My film  is an homage to all my mentors. No, Man Ray, Andy Warhol, Wim Wenders, and Hans Neleman won't be attending but their soul, influences, and aurora will. This B&W short features actress Janene Willis (Close Encounters of the Third Kind) and in his first appearance, actor Jonathan Kananrek. The hardest part of this film for me was creating the soundtrack with the help of my Garage Band teacher Norwood Cheek, my father's typewriter, and a loaned keyboard I was able to create a fresh piece. This 3:20 minute film had both actors shot in stop animation with props including a typewriter, pieces of paper, and glass tears, expressed their thoughts and actions through flights of type and paper. Their thoughts were sent into the air via typewriter and mouth and delivered in forms unimaginable but yet understood. Is this a love story or a love hate one? You decide.
Tommy Bernard (tri-x)

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"THE NEW TENANT" is a film that celebrates the fine art of people-watching, focusing primarily on the mundane.

Written and directed by Tommy Bernard, who is continuously inspired by the work of Jerry Lewis (as director).  He continues to hold low-level jobs within the entertainment industry.

Matthew Stevens  (tri-x)
"les miserables"

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We all have our opiums, though many times we do not realize it until the source is disrupted.  Dealing with the loss will bring terror first and vision second.

Matthew Stevens, former President of the Independent Filmmakers Coalition of Kansas City,  check the IFC out at <www.ifckc.org>

Daniel Hope and Josh Kushins (ektachrome)

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Daniel Hope and Josh Kushins have been friends since kindergarten.  This is the first film they've made together.


Kenn Scott (v-5)

INFO COMING
Stephanie Ogaz (ektachrome)
"Beans? Gross!"
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Jared Anderson (v-2)

"Lite-Brite"

Grant Nguyen (ektachrome)

INFO COMING

Paul Gyuro (ektachrome)

"Analesia"

John Verive  (v5)

INFO COMING
Joe Nankin  (v2)

INFO COMING
Russell Mills  (v-5)

INFO COMING
Meredith Jenks (v2)
http://meredithjenks.com/
Emma Craig (ektachrome)

INFO COMING


Brian Netto (v-5)

"Road Picture"
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"There's....been an accident ... mine I think..."

A morality tale that finds a man struggling to detail the events that led to him lying paralyzed in the middle of a dark, winding road.

Written/Directed by Brian Netto
Produced by Tierney Sams
Shot by Sherri ( all the best artists have one name )
Starring Dave Culen and Lou Gonzalez
Make Up Effects by Jamal and Arthur Crenshaw


Gavin Wynn (ek)

INFO COMING
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thanks to Keith and the folks at YALE LAB for all of their amazing help...

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many thanks to ALEX SEGADE for designing the poster!








Norwood Cheek & the outstanding filmmakers from the 2004 Attack

2004 Attack Filmmakers

Francisco Roel
"Liar"

the 4th annual ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT REELS was quite a success. 27 super 8 films, seen for the first time by over 400 people.
Phillip Mosness
"Time Expired"
David Earle
"Everybody Shoots New York"
Gabriela Sosa
"Airwaves"
Shaz Bennett
"Pheromonal"
Zzalgern0n
"10 ways to Install a Better Dad"
John Cannizzaro
"America the Beautiful"
Jean-Pierre Caner
"Psychoanalysis part 2"
Jane Selle Morgan
"You? My Love?"
John Verive
"Grindstone"
Kathryn Bucher
"Kids and Horses"
Stephanie Ogaz
"Negative Spaces"
Nancy Jean Tucker
"Good-bye Bunny"
Christian Ackerman
"Sam"
Jeff Frey
"Sunset for American Catwoman"
Esther Lin
"Dinner"
Paolo Davanzo & Lisa Marr
The Here and Now
"Tutti Al Mare"
Molly Schiot & Mariah Garnett
"Quick Quick Oil Slick"
Heather Gaydos
"The 7th Street Bridge"
Ken Fountain
"Stuff"
Catherine Hollander
"Daily Accounting"
William Hall
"No Solicitors"
Echo Park Film Center Kids
"Join the Cinematic Revolution"
Alex Machi
"Clouds"
Chris Lopez
"Music Lesson"
Eric Kurland
"Curing Agoraphobia Through Self-hypnosis"
Gregory Schaefer
"Perverts"

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Attack poster by Alex Segade


 
 

2002
The 2nd annual Flicker
Attack of the 50 foot reels!
was quite a success. 550 people attended and witnessed 26 films never seen before.
It was 2 hours of glorious Super 8 film on the big screen.
26 filmmakers braved the unknown
see some pix from the screening

WATCH SOME OF THE FILMS!

many thanks to all of the sponsors and the American Cinematheque for hosting the screening.

Bonny Doon     Vampire


Steven Nevius,  the romantic -  submitted his film anonymously, but we found him!
Mark Lyon,Blindspot -
Mark Lyon (director), Susan Lyon (producer), and Tom Seawell (director of photography) make films as an antidote to their day jobs in advertising and commercial photography. After several years, the treatment appears to be working. The original music is by Joe Godfrey.

Ross Breitenbach, The Punk Next Door -  lives, breathes and dreams on the streets of Silver Lake with his beautiful wife Lara and their four-legged rascal  Hayden. Tiffany SimsThe Photo Shoot
recently started her own graphic design business and embraces all things lo-fi, including this, her first foray into film. www.twyggmedia.com
 
 
Andy Garn, Slim Makes Manhattan- Andy Garn is from NYC by way of NYC. He has been making super 8 since1969. He was once awarded a Student Academy Award for a Regular 8 film.
Sarah Whalan & John Schultz, Part 1 - Sarah is an acting coach for Hollywood films, John is a director working in Hollywood who got his start making super 8 films. His films include Bandwagon, Drive Me Crazy and Like Mike. Kurt Thomas and Dan Dammet, The Petey Project
Kurt Thomas is a writer and graphic designer based in Los Angeles. This is his first film. Dan Dammet is a painter and has held odd jobs up and down the west coast. This is his first film, too.
Jessica Vallot, The Anti-establishment Fairies
Christian Bruno, An Irrational Enlargement -  Starring Palmer Lamb, Sound by Guzica Romantica. Though it rarely turns out the way he expects, Christian Bruno finds Super 8 filmmaking irresistible. Toastacia Boyd - runs Predator International, manages bands and enjoys making Super 8 films. Reuben Lim, Sau Sau Boh - professional TV watcher and amateur filmmaker. Born in Singapore, raised in San Bernardino and creating in LA.
Michael Gray, Sympathy for El Diablo de FeoMichael Gray is a playwright and screenwriter who likes to take Polaroid pictures, color them, lose them in his office, find them again and then pretend they're art.
 
Sam Kuhlmann, Eyelids and Misogyny - hails from Colorado, is 24-years-old and is pleasant to be around.

Cardinal Cinema Collective, I, filmmaker

This collective of an unknown number of filmmakers landed in Hollywood 18 years ago from North Carolina. One of their members showed his film Almost Beat at the very first FLICKER in Chapel Hill in 1994.
Steve Daniels,  The Flying Squirrel
Steve Daniels is a filmmaker from Columbia, South Carolina who gets goosey over 3 things:  His front porch, his Pabst Blue Ribbon, and his Canon 1014 Super 8 camera.
Lowell Northrop, The Gremlin
"My dream is to make a modern version of A Hard Day's Night starring Axl Rose and the new Guns N Roses."

Chris Wagganer, A Day in the Life of a Water MoleculeChris works on big-budget Hollywood blockbusters for a living, but he'd much rather be making movies with his trusty Super 8.

Charles Doran, e-slay

Charles Doran is a graphic design student from Los Angeles with serious psychological traumarelating to his childhood toys.
John Cannizzaro, Gulliver's Travels
in a 2002 statement says, "I will continue to make films on Super 8 regardless of money, time, health, available film stock, industry chuckles, sanity, or people's desire to see them."

Nori Takei, Smorgasbird- Nori is a Japanese Jew from Georgia. This is her first Super8 film.
 


 

Norwood Cheek, Guitar Solos and Hot Riffs -
started flicker in North Carolina and now runs flicker in Los Angeles. He directs music videos and is working on a feature. Click here to see one of his favorite Super 8 cameras.
Ken Ehrlich, Polyhedron (painted) in thirty locations- Ken is an artist and writer based in Los Angeles. He currently teaches digital media in the art department at U.C. Riverside.
 

Mark Douglas, Pedro -  Mark is a Los Angeles experimental and documentary filmmaker who is perpetually compelled by the ordinary.
 
Erik C. Andersen, STOP- An editor by day, he hones his directing skills by shooting   documentaries on Mini-DV. "Thank you Norwood for bringing me back from the dark side - video". He is also the proud owner of one of the loudest super 8 cameras ever  made.

Patrick YonallyAttascheme

filmmaker, actor and musician from Los Angeles. You might recognize him as Dr. P from local Hip Hop Duo Clone Revolt.

David Palmer, The Powers of Preston Flair  - David is an editor and filmmaker living in Los Angeles.  Click here to see the camera he bought as a teenager in the 70's, and still uses today.


 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

Attack of the 50 foot Reels #1
October 30, 2001


2001  = 25 filmmakers shot one roll of Super 8 film. Edited entirely in camera. The films were handed over to Flicker for processing at Yale Lab. The night of the screening was the first time ANYONE saw the films - even the filmmakers. There was a lot of tension in the air, each filmmaker hoping for an in focus, well exposed film. The results? Incredible. Some of the best Super 8 films we've seen at Flicker. Look for another 50 ft reel attack each year.
Steve Daniels   - - - - - - - - - - - "Assault on 213"

Scott Sarver     - - - - - - - - - - - "Germein Lineras"

Danny Ceballos  - - - - - - - - - - "All You Need to Make a Movie is a Girl Who is also a Pistol"

Jessica Vallot    - - - - - - - - - - - "My Trip to Italy"

Chris Wessman    - - - - - - - - -  "Empty Pool"

Eric Otto, Kent Hayward - - - - -  "Relay"

Steve Stanard  - - - - - - - - - - - "Horro Scope"

Chris Wagganer   - - - - - - - - -  "Robochrist Superstar"

Jordan Dawes  - - - - - - - - - - - "Reversal of Fortune"

Patrick Yonally   - - - - - - - - - -  "le harlequin et l'appareil"

Peyton Reed   - - - - - - - - - - - "Wendy"

Sarah Whalen  - - - - - - - - - - - "A Dreamin' Darwin"

David Palmer   - - - - - - - - - - - "Unsomniac"

Anne Litt, Robert Martin, Jacob Kenner - - "Star Maps Here"

Charles Doran - - - - - - - - - - -  "Safe Word" 

Daniel Gill     - - - - - - - - - - - - "kiss me boo boo"

Norwood Cheek  - - - - - - - - - -  "Satisfaction Guaranteed"

Ian Wurth   - - - - - - - - - - - - - "untitled"

Lowell Northrop - - - - - - - - - - - "Have You Seen Axl Rose?"

John Schultz - - - - - - - - - - - - - "This Really Happened"

John Cannizzaro  - - - - - - - - - "Mr. Cinema, the Conjurer"

Scott Sener - - - - - - - - - - - - - "The 3 350's vs the Son of Auto"

Andrea Richards  - - - - - - - - - -   "Kung Fu Chow Chow" 

Lazy Dogma  - - - - - - - - - - - -  "Four-eyed Samurai"

Carol Ceballos   - - - - - - - - - - - "untitled"


 
 
 
 
 
 
 


2003
Attack #3 October 21, 2003  filmmakers

3rd Annual ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT REELS
featuring films by:
Alden Olmsted 
Alessandro Machi
Alex Segade & Juri Hwang
Bil White 
Christopher G. Cowen
Chris Wagganer 
David Palmer 
Emily Greene 
Erik C. Andersen
Jennifer Phang
John Cannizzaro
John Schultz & Sarah Whalen
Lowell Northrop 
Margie Schnibbe 
Michael Gray
Nancy Jean Tucker
Norwood Cheek 
Patrick Yonally 
Renee Kayon 
Reuben Lim 
Scott Sener 
Steven Nevius
Warren Tessler
Yun Lingner & Toni Nahar
003 Attack of the 50 foot reels
teaser images and filmmaker info

Norwood Cheek 
"model behavior"

Erik C. Andersen 
"Blink"

David Palmer
"Clean"

Lowell Northrop
"Things"

Christopher G. Cowen
"Butts Up!"

Margie Schnibbe
"A Young Girl's Diary"

Michael Gray

"No Sympathy"

John Cannizzaro

"50 feet that shook the world"

Patrick Yonally

"Live"

Scott Sener

"The 3 350's vs The 2 Wheel Bandit"

Warren Tessler

"SUEÑO"

Nancy Jean Tucker

"dreaming of..."

Jennifer Phang

"glass, blood, melting flesh etc. etc."

Alden Olmsted
"Exact Change Man"

Steven Nevius

"No More Americans"