#ondi timoner

[k-wame]

Matt Smith as Robert Mapplethorpe & McKinley Belcher III as Milton Moore MAPPLETHORPE: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT (2020) dir. Ondi Timoner

[oldfilmsflicker]

I really wanted a life of my own. | Directed By Women Viewing Guide

[ulrichgebert]

“Wenn du mich jetzt verläßt, werde ich schwul.” sagte Robert Mapplethorpe zu Patti Smith. Spürend, daß er nur kurz zu leben habe, wollte er etwas unvergessliches schaffen, was ihm schließlich auch gelang, als er merkte, daß Schönheit und der Teufel das gleiche sind. Wegen seiner katholischen Erziehung! Mapplethorpe ist nicht die psychologisch ausgefeilteste Künstlerbiographie, und irgendwie auch nicht das große Kunstwerk, daß es hätte werden müssen, aber weil Matt Smith aussieht, wie er aussieht und es auch sonst einiges zu sehen gibt (Mapplethorpe-Photos!) schauen wir’s trotzdem gerne.

[dare-g]

We Live in Public (2009)

[greensparty]

Talking with Peter Holmström of The Dandy Warhols

Portland, OR alt-rockers The Dandy Warhols have been letting their freak flag fly for 30 years now. Seriously! The band was formed in 1994 and have consistently been releasing one psychedelic rock album after another. To coincide with the band's thirteenth studio album Rockmaker, which drops today from Sunset Blvd. Records, they began a tour a few weeks earlier. The new album is very much a rocker and it's worth picking up. Prior to the album release, they put out the single "Danzig With Myself", one of the coolest song titles in recent memory!

In my review of the band's 2019 album Why You So Crazy, I wrote that it was "the band’s best album since 2000′s Thirteen Tales of Urban Bohemia." Happy to report the new album is the band leaning into their hard rock tendencies. When I saw the band at Royale in 2019 celebrating their 25th anniversary, they played a ton of hits and dropped balloons on the audience at the end. I wrote "This band really made me believe the dream of the 90s is still alive!" When the band returned to Royale on March 5, they didn't have the balloon theme, but they didn't miss a beat. There was a brief technical glitch, but like any professional, they kept it going. This show was super special in that they were doing some new material off the album before it was even released. They also did a ton of their standards like "We Used to be Friends", "Good Morning" (one of my favorites FYI), "Bohemian Like You" (a big soundtrack song), "The Last High" and "Not Your Bottle" (a song they hadn't done in 20 years) among others.

Through this blog I've had the chance to cover The Dandy Warhols quite a bit. In 2019, I interviewed leader Courtney Taylor-Taylor via email. In 2020 I interviewed keyboardist/bassist Zia McCabe via zoom. So the next step was my first Dandy Warhols in-person interview with guitarist Peter Holmström backstage before the Royale show. He was relaxed, cool and very generous with his time. In addition to his work with The Dandy Warhols, Peter also has the side project Peter International Airport and he has played in Rebel Drones, The Mutants, and Sun Atoms! Busy guy indeed, so I appreciate his meeting with me while he was in Boston.

Peter Holmström and me

Me: In 2020 the band released Tafelmuzik Means More When You're Alone, a 3.5 hour album! You're making a lot of musicians feel downright lazy in contrast.

PH: Honestly, that's just us being lazy because that's stuff that was recorded a while before that we had and we just felt like we needed to put something out. More for everybody else during that time.

Me: Now the band's new album Rockmaker, which drops on March 15, is a much leaner 41 minutes. Tell me about the new album?

PH: The concept was that all of the songs start with a riff essentially, which is not a new thing, but it's new for us. We mostly write songs starting with a chord change and a melody and the riffs come later. This time we decided to come up with some heavy guitar riffs and come up with some songs around that, which was a very fun exercise. I was not into it at first, the idea that it was going to be a metal record. I had no interest in that. But as soon as I figured out that it wasn't going to be metal, just heavier guitar, then I came up with plenty of riffs and we got a record made.

cover of the new album Rockmaker

Me: The Dandy Warhols have always had a lot of rock star friends, but this new album features appearances by Slash, Frank Black and Debbie Harry. What was it like working with these icons of music?

PH: Unfortunately we don't ever get to be in the studio together. But still, having Debbie Harry sing on a song I co-wrote, that's...I didn't know that was on my bucket list! That's an amazing thing that my teenage self would be freaking out over. I'm still freaking out over it. Truly amazing!

And Slash - whoever would've guessed? That's just crazy. And Frank Black is super fucking cool! Another never would've expected that. But, hey - great!

Me: It's funny you mention bucket list because my next question is: are there any musicians on your bucket list you'd like to work with?

PH: [pauses] Yeah, of course there's lots of people. With my side project [Peter International Airport] I try to work with all of those people, because they're more the people I want to work with. But with The Dandys' it's not necessarily the ones who make sense, it's more the curveball ones that we end up with. I mean Mark Knofler - that's odd. I mean, Daniel Ash is somebody I would've loved to have been a part of this record. He doesn't seem to play on other people's records.

Zia McCabe, Brent DeBoer, Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Holmström live at Royale Boston on 3/5/24

Me: In addition to The Dandy Warhols, you also have your side project Peter International Airport. Any chance they might be opening for The Dandy Warhols soon?

PH: No. I would do it, but Courtney doesn't seem to like that idea. He doesn't like any of our side projects opening up. And it would be exhausting.

Me: I do need to ask, this year marks the 20th anniversary of the documentary film Dig! about the friendship and rivalry between The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. I know the band has had a complicated history with both the documentary and director Ondi Timoner, but what's it like for you to know that this film has amassed a cult following, just had the 20th anniversary treatment at Sundance and has brought in new fans?

PH: I try not to think about it too much, because it's not an accurate documentary. She told a story - a very captivating story - using real footage (for the most part) and we gained from it but we also suffered from it. Right when that came out that was right around the time the press wanted to turn against us anyway and we got just terrible reviews of our record that had nothing to do with the record. It was all about their view of who we were from the movie. Like big ones, Rolling Stone and Spin. Just horrible reviews. And then Anton [Newcombe of Brian Jonestown Massacre] got people showing up at shows and just yelling at him to get him to freak out for years. And finally it's come back around so it's about the music. So yeah, it's a weird one. Zia wanted to take part in the 20th anniversary screening at Sundance but none of the rest of us did.

The Dandy Warhols live at Royale Boston

Me: Favorite album of The Dandy Warhols?

PH: It's a bit of a cliche but it's probably always going to be Thirteen Tales of Urban Bohemia. Just because pre-Thirteen Tales there was an innocence that got changed as soon as we had an actual hit. Then everything changed after that, including the way we recorded because that's when digital recording kind of took over. It stopped being about writing songs, then learning them, then going into the studio. It became more about building songs in the studio. There's nothing wrong with that it's just different. Because of that, there's an innocence to the magic thing that happened that we'll never go back to.

For info on The Dandy Warhols

[screenzealots]

"The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution"

An energetic documentary about the younger generation of disenfranchised Wall Street disruptors who are unafraid to lose it all, if it means they can shake things up and change the world.

Internationally acclaimed documentarian Ondi Timoner‘s latest work is one of her most timely. In “The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution,” the director examines the world of normal folks turned millionaire stock traders by taking a deeper look at the influence gaming, social media, and digital avenues had on the traditional American Dream. By interviewing the founders of WallStreetBets and…

[cybilsaenz]

HOW TO MAKE A GREAT DOCUMENTARY (In My Opinion)- Masterclass Trailer from Interloper Films on Vimeo.

WATCH FULL CLASS HERE: gum.co/UoOC In this two-hour masterclass, critically-acclaimed two-time Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning director Ondi Timoner (DIG!, WE LIVE IN PUBLIC, BRAND: A Second Coming, and most recently her new series for Viceland JUNGLETOWN) takes you through the process of creating a great documentary - from choosing a subject to developing your idea into reality. Timoner shares clips from her films to demonstrate tips and techniques that will forever transform how you approach filmmaking - from pre-production through production, to post-production through distribution and beyond!

Part One: DECONSTRUCTING THE PROCESS Choosing a Topic • Pre-Production • Production

Ondi discusses assessing the relevancy and longevity of your topic. She offers personal insight into selecting a format (feature? short? series?) and how to set a schedule and create a budget. Finally, Ondi talks about interviewing methods and how to deftly use b-roll.

Part Two: THE EDIT

Opening Your Film • The Long Road • Music • Graphics • Closing Your Film

Ondi addresses how to open your film in a way that grabs the audience. She gives tips on how to stay focused and overcome hurdles during the long editing process. She demonstrates how and when to use music, motion graphics and animation to (literally) illustrate a point or an esoteric concept. Lastly, Ondi discusses how to end a film so effectively that people can't stop talking about it over dinner afterwards! Part Three: DISTRIBUTION

Festivals • Finding Your Audience • Redefining the Gatekeeper

Ondi talks about how to find and build an audience before the film is completed and then how to mobilize that group to promote your film. She explains how to plan the premiere to attract the best distribution options. Finally, she shares how filmmakers are redefining the gatekeepers of distribution by utilizing new platforms. Note! The two-hour Full Version includes a 45-minute Q&A in which the audience asks insightful questions about artistic integrity, choosing main characters, organizing the edit, audio gear & more!

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Ondi Timoner is known as a dynamic force in in the documentary world. Bestowed with the honor of opening the 2015 SXSW Film Festival with her latest documentary, "BRAND: A Second Coming," Ondi has put herself in the upper echelon of doc makers through such brilliant features as DIG! & WE LIVE IN PUBLIC - both awarded the prestigious Sundance Grand Jury Prize and in the permanent collection of the MoMA NY. Ondi's vision goes far beyond what she infuses into her own feature docs. As an entrepreneur, curator, and web pathbreaker, Ondi continues to push the boundaries through such web-based projects as atotaldisruption.com - a "constantly releasing" documentary that profiles entrepreneurs, inventors and artists of our time from a place of passion & humanity - and BYOD (Bring Your Own Documentary) - the only talk show about documentaries in the world, 5 years strong with over 300 episodes. Her latest project is JUNGLETOWN, an ongoing television series (season one will be ten hours) and feature-length documentary (to be shot over years) which follows the building of “the world’s most sustainable modern town” through the eyes of the young adults who, facing climate disaster, are moving to the Panamanian jungle. It will premiere on VICELAND in 2017. She has also written the script for MAPPLETHORPE, the story of controversial visionary photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, which she is set to produce and direct in the spring of 2017.

[petnews2day]

‘The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution’ Review: A Heady Documentary Looks at How Stock Trading Turned Into a ‘Rebellious’ Addiction

New Post has been published on https://petn.ws/s1Ulq

‘The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution’ Review: A Heady Documentary Looks at How Stock Trading Turned Into a ‘Rebellious’ Addiction

In the history of casual comments that sound like they could mark the end of civilization, there’s a staggering contender in “The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution” — all the more so because it comes from an investor who sounds reasonably intelligent. The movie, the latest documentary provocation written and directed by Ondi Timoner, is […]

See full article at https://petn.ws/s1Ulq #ReptileNews

[suchananewsblog]

‘The New Americans: Gaming A Revolution’ Review: Ondi Timoner’s Provocative Doc Previews The World That Awaits Us – SXSW

Wanna feel old? Contrary to popular depictions of millennial youth as being disenfranchised, politically feckless and bone idle, this eye-opening documentary might be the bazooka that’s needed to shatter all those cozy assumptions. So of-the-moment is Ondi Timoner’s latest work that it premiered almost exactly when the collapse of SVB made international news, and though that particular…

[tctmp]

Biography  Drama

[k-wame]

Robert Mapplethorpe & Milton Moore ↳ You're perfect. And we'll take care of you. ↳ MAPPLETHORPE: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT (2020) | dir. Ondi Timoner

[eug]

So great to be back on the stage at the Walter Reade Theater last night, I was thrilled to host a screening of “Last Flight Home” with filmmaker and friend Ondi Timoner (right). We’ve hung out and chatted at festivals so many times over the years but it was particularly meaningful to be able to connect with Ondi yesterday. Last night felt special. It was the eve of Ondi’s 50th birthday, she sat alongside her sister Rabbi Rachel (left) and Ondi’s wife Morgan was in the audience (they met during the making of “Last Flight Home” and married in Telluride this fall when the film screened at the Festival there). Early on in her career Ondi was at Lincoln Center and MoMA with her breakthrough music documentary, “Dig!” The insightful film, about The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, played at New Directors/New Films in 2004 after winning Sundance’s Documentary Grand Jury Prize that year (she won the award again in 2009 for “We Live in Public”). Ondi’s latest trip to the Sundance Fest was in January with this new doc, “Last Flight Home,” a daring, intimate look inside the Timoner family as terminally ill father Eli decides to end his own life. Ondi shared that being a filmmaker served and supported her as she navigated the harrowing experience of her Dad’s end of life decision. Watching the powerful, emotional film again, I was struck by the bravery of Ondi and her family as they opened up their lives to share, with such love and humanity, the complex individual decision at the heart of the film. Shout out to icon Sheila Nevins and her team at MTV Documentary Films as well as my friends at Cinetic. It was a memorable New York night. Happy birthday, Ondi! Congratulations! 💜 (at Walter Reade Theater) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl1PNxyOzBv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[oldfilmsflicker]

new-to-me #74 - Last Flight Home (2022)

[greensparty]

Congrats and Thanks to Ondi Timoner

Last month I had the pleasure of talking with director Ondi Timoner on her moving documentary Last Flight Home. Read the full interview here.

When I posted the interview both Ondi and Last Flight Home shared it on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreensPartyBlog/status/1615178551325593603

Now congrats are in order for Ondi and the Last Flight Home team as it has been nominated for Best Documentary Screenplay at the 2023 WGA Awards! Fingers crossed for Last Flight Home to win (it should’ve been nominated by the Academy if you ask me).

Thank you and Congrats Ondi!

[esperwatchesfilms]

Dig! (2004)

ESE: 25/100

50 +10 for titties -10 for narcissistic bullshit -10 for F-slur -10 for Anton Newcombe AND The Brian Jonestown Massacre in-fighting +5 for The Dandy Warhols being properly productive -10 for Anton’s father killing himself on Anton’s birthday +5 for the photo shoot at the BJM house +5 for Zia -10 for Anton suggesting police search his van full of drugs in Georgia +5 for Courtney Taylor -10 for R-slur +10 for the wise decision to send Joel instead of Anton to NY -10 for the creepy “present” Anton gave The Dandy Warhols +10 for The Dandy Warhols’ success in the UK and the rest of Europe -5 for an obviously biased viewpoint