1983FILMMAKING
MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTORS SHOWCASE
INTERVIEWS: STEPHEN HARVEY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, RUSS MEYER, KITTEN NATIVIDAD, ROBERT WISE, PROFESSOR GEORGE CAPEWELL FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
INTERVIEWS: STEPHEN HARVEY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, RUSS MEYER, KITTEN NATIVIDAD, ROBERT WISE, PROFESSOR GEORGE CAPEWELL FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
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REEL BEGINS. MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTORS SHOWCASE INTERVIEWS. INTERVIEW: STEPHEN HARVEY, AUTHOR, FILM CRITIC, CURATOR. HARVEY IS ASKED ABOUT HIS QUALIFICATIONS TO INTERVIEW FILMMAKERS. HAS WORKED AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, WRITTEN BOOKS, BEEN FILM CRITIC, STUDIED FILMS, BACKGROUND IN FILM HISTORY.
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INTERVIEW: RUSS MEYER AND KITTEN NATIVIDAD, WHO WERE COLLEAGUES AND PARTNERS. LEGENDARY AMERICAN WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR OF CULT AND SEXPLOITATION FILMS, AND MEXICAN AMERICAN ACTOR, EXOTIC DANCER, AND PORN STAR, NOTED FOR HER 44 INCH CHEST, WHICH IS ON DISPLAY IN REVEALING GOWN. LARGE BREASTS, CLEAVAGE.
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CLOSE UP OF KITTEN NATIVIDAD APPLYING MAKE-UP TO HER LIPS, USING SMALL COMPACT, MIRROR. RUSS MENTIONS THAT THEY WILL BE SHOWING TWO OF HIS FILMS AND HE WILL BE SPEAKING, WITH KITTEN SPEAKING IN SPANISH. MEYER IS HOLDING CAN OF BUDWEISER BEER.
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NATIVIDAD SAYS THAT THE FESTIVAL IS VERY EXCITING. RUSS MEYER SAYS THAT THEY WILL BE SHOWING HIS FILMS: BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, AND "THE NEW FILM" BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE ULTRAVIXENS, OF WHICH KITTEN IS THE STAR.
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KITTEN NATIVIDAD INTERVIEWED ABOUT HER DUAL ROLE IN RUSS MEYER'S FILM. IN IT SHE SPEAKS NOTHING BUT SPANISH FOR TWELVE MINUTES. AS SHE EXPLAINS THIS SHE SHAKES HER BREASTS, PROMPTING THE INTERVIEWER TO REMARK, "YOU'RE VERY WELL ENDOWED!". SHE SQUEEZES HER BREASTS TOGETHER. DOLLY PARTON JOKE. SHE IS FROM CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO. SHE WAS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE STRIPPERS IN AMERICA, WAS MISS NUDE UNIVERSE IN 1974. FEMALE SEXUALITY.
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RUSS MEYER INTERVIEWED. HE DISCOVERED KITTEN THROUGH ANOTHER FEMALE ACTRESS HE WORKED WITH. PLANS ON HAVING KITTEN STAR IN HIS NEXT FILM, JAWS OF THE VIXEN. MEYER IS ASKED ABOUT HIS GROWING STATUS AS A FILM LEGEND, AND HE ADMITS TO A STRONG CULT FOLLOWING, WHICH HE CALLS BOSOMANIA. "OUTRAGEOUSLY ABUNDANT WOMEN".
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CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON KITTEN NATIVIDAD, TO A CLOSE UP OF HER VERY LARGE BREASTS. RUSS SAYS, "THERE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE...IT'S A TRADEMARK OF MY FILMS...MY OBSESSION: BOSOMS".
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RUSS MEYER INTERVIEW CONTINUES. HE DOESN'T THINK MOST AMERICAN MALES SHARE HIS OBSESSION, BUT HE ENCOURAGES IT.
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KITTEN NATIVIDAD INTERVIEWED, COMPARES ACTING IN FILMS TO HER EXOTIC DANCING. SHE GETS FULL SATISFACTION FROM A LIVE AUDIENCE, BUT ACTING IN FILMS IS HARD WORK. STRIPPING IS LIKE AN ULTIMATE ORGASM EVERY SECOND. SHE GIGGLES.
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SLOW ZOOM IN ON KITTEN'S ENORMOUS BOSOM. TILT UP TO CLOSE UP OF HER FACE. TALKS OF BROOKE SHIELDS. INTERVIEWER THANKS THEM, SHAKES RUSS'S HAND. INTERVIEWER WEARS INSTANT REPLAY T-SHIRT, SAME LOGO FOR MUSIC NEWS SHOW IS ON HIS MICROPHONE.
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INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT WISE: CLOSE UP OF ROBERT WISE IN 1983, THERE AS PART OF DIRECTOR'S SERIES. CU INTERVIEWER TONY WATTS AT MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL. VERY EARLY 80S FASHIONS WITH GLASSES AND MUSTACHE.
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LEGENDARY FILM DIRECTOR ROBERT WISE INTERVIEWED ABOUT HIS SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES BEING SCREENED AT THE FILM FESTIVAL: THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL AND THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN. STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE IS MENTIONED.
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| 01:06:21 381.7 |
CLOSE UP ROBERT WISE INTERVIEWED ABOUT HIS SCIENCE FICTION CLASSIC, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. AHEAD OF ITS TIME. TOUCHY, THEME AND SUBJECT MATTER WERE INDICTMENT OF POTENTIAL ATOMIC WARFARE, THE MCCARTHY ERA WITCH HUNTS, COURAGE OF STUDIO HEADED BY DARRYL ZANUCK TO MAKE THE FILM.
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CLOSE UP ROBERT WISE INTERVIEWED ABOUT MICHAEL RENNIE, STAR OF THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. CLAUDE RAINS WAS ORIGINALLY CAST. RENNIE WAS AN UNKNOWN.
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ROBERT WISE INTERVIEWED ABOUT JULIE ANDREWS, THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
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ROBERT WISE INTERVIEWED ABOUT SCIENCE FICTION FILM HE DIRECTED: THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN. CASTING MAJOR ROLE AS A WOMAN INSTEAD OF THE ALL MALE CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK. RESEARCHED THE POSSIBILITY, BELIEVABILITY OF A FEMALE SCIENTIST IN THE 1960S. WOMEN IN SCIENCE FIELD, SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. FEMINISM. KATE REID AS PLAYING THE MOST INTERESTING CHARACTER IN THE PIECE.
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ROBERT WISE INTERVIEWED ABOUT THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, HOW IT WAS NOT THAT SUCCESSFUL UPON INITIAL RELEASE BUT HAS ACQUIRED A CULT STATUS, REISSUED ON TELEVISION. THE HAUNTING HAS ALSO BECOME A CULT FAVORITE ON TV.
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ROBERT WISE INTERVIEWED ABOUT STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE, HAVING DONE SCIENCE FICTION BUT NEVER DID AN OUTER SPACE FILM. WISE WAS NOT A TREKKIE, HAD TO WATCH A FEW STAR TREK TV SHOW EPISODES BEFORE DECIDING TO DIRECT THE FILM. DESPITE BAD REVIEWS, AUDIENCES LIKED NEW STAR TREK FILM.
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INTERVIEW: PROFESSOR GEORGE CAPEWELL FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, CINEMATOGRAPHY SCHOOL. HE IS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF ADVISORS FOR MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. PRE-JUDGES, HELPS SELECT AWARD WINNING FILMS.
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CAPEWELL HAS SEEN MOST OF THE FILMS IN THE FESTIVAL, FEELS THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL IS BETTER THAN LAST YEAR'S, "THERE'S NOT AS MUCH SCHLOCK". CATEGORIES OF FILMS, FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES.
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GEORGE CAPEWELL INTERVIEWED, SAYS THERE ARE OVER 60 FEATURE FILMS IN THE FILM FESTIVAL, AND OVER 20 FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES. TALKS ABOUT DOCUMENTARY BEST BOY AND OTHERS, GIVES HIS OPINION ON THEM. FILM TOO PERSONAL, SHOULD BE CUT, THOUGH EMOTIONALLY MOVING.
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PROFESSOR GEORGE CAPEWELL INTERVIEWED ABOUT VARIOUS FILMS AT FESTIVAL, HIS OPINIONS OF THEM. KLONDIKE FEVER WITH ROD STEIGER, ANIMAL OLYMPICS, ETC.
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GEORGE CAPEWELL INTERVIEWED ABOUT DIRECTOR'S WORKSHOP IN MIAMI. TALKS ABOUT STEPHEN HARVEY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, ROBERT WISE'S SCIENCE FICTION FILMS THAT THE FESTIVAL IS SCREENING, WISE BEING INTERVIEWED, TAKING QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE. DISCUSSES HAVING AGNES VARDA, FEMALE DIRECTOR, AND SHOWING AN OLDER AND NEWER FILM OF HERS: CLEO 5 TO 7 AND ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN'T. CAPEWELL DIDN'T PICK THE DIRECTOR'S SERIES FILMS, STEVE HARVEY DID.
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REEL ENDS
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