I know it's incredibly last minute but the 31st Annual Hunter College Film Festival is coming up this week on Friday at 3 pm-ish and Saturday "Selects" at 6 pm. If you would like to submit your work, it's due this Wednesday by 4 pm in the drop off box in the Film and Media Office at 433HN. They are also looking for volunteers so if you can, please contact Ruomi Hampel at ruomi@hotmail.com.
On a different note, last Friday I had the wonderful opportunity to go see Michel Gondry speak at the Times Center. Excluding myself, there were about 6 other Hunter students who also went. I sat up front as he spoke about his music videos (Bjork, The White Stripes, and The Rolling Stones in particular) and about his 5 feature films (Human Nature, Eternal Sunshine, Science of Sleep, Be Kind Rewind, and Dave Chappelle's Block Party). He told some interesting anecdotes about stuff that happened during filming and his influences for his film concepts. He also spoke a little about the importance of scripts. Unfortunately, we ran out of time and we couldn't ask any questions directly but it was overall a very interesting and fun experience. We got a very personal look at Gondry as well as a little glimpse into his creative mind. I recorded the whole conversation so if anybody is interested, I could give them a copy. I must warn you though that his french accent is pretty hard to understand at times, especially through a recording.
According to a friend, she said that when Wong Kar-Wai came to NY, there was a 45 minute Q&A session afterwards so there is a good chance that that will occur in future guest speakers. If you didn't already, you should probably reserve your tickets for Werner Herzog. Get them here.
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