What would January be without BEHIND THE LENS supporting Slamdance Film Festival and taking a look at some of the films screening in the upcoming festival! And boy have we got a couple of winners for you on this week’s show thanks to JOHN HSU talking about STARRING JERRY AS HIMSELF and ALEX RAPPOPORT talking WITH PETER BRADLEY!
First up, producer/writer/actor JOHN HSU is live talking about his new film, the documentary STARRING JERRY AS HIMSELF. A contender in the Documentary Feature category at Slamdance, this is a film you’ve got to see to believe. Filled with heart, joy, sadness, and mystery, the film is a “docu-fiction hybrid that blurs the lines of reality while staying true to the subject and his story.” Skillfully edited to tell this unique story, John provides a real insider perspective to the “making of” STARRING JERRY AS HIMSELF; John is Jerry’s son and also appears in the documentary. And get ready for a real life twist by film’s end. With good-humor and heart, John walks the line between objective filmmaker and son and shares it all with us.
STARRING JERRY AS HIMSELF screens at Slamdance with a premiere screening on Saturday, January 21st at 7:30pm and an encore screening on Monday, January 23rd at 2:45pm
And then, director/cinematographer/editor ALEX RAPPOPORT is on hand discussing his new documentary which is going head-to-head with STARRING JERRY AS HIMSELF in the Slamdance Documentary Feature category – WITH PETER BRADLEY.
An intimate documentary portrait of abstract artist Peter Bradley, now age 79, this is a reflection by Bradley on life, on art, his career, and his artistic process. I have long admired some of Bradley’s early works from the 1970s but then he kind of disappeared from the canvas until 2021. A truly up close and personal look at an incredible man. Discussing his directorial choices at length for style, development of a through-line, visual approach, use of color, and more, Alex gives us a very interesting discussion on his filmmaking approach not only with WITH PETER BRADLEY, but in general.
WITH PETER BRADLEY has its premiere screening at Slamdance on Sunday, January 22nd at 12:45pm and an encore screening on Tuesday, January 24th at 5:30pm
