The Films Within Wholphin Issue One
still photo of film Al Gore Documentary directed by Spike Jonze
USA, Documentary, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:13:00

Q: Can you tell the story of being asked to make this movie? Spike Jonze: This campaign manager named Carter Eskew called me up and asked me if I would be interested in coming up with some campaign commercials. I'd never really been involved in politics at all, but I was starting to think about politics more and was wanting to participate. But I had a hard time deciding what kind of commercial to make because I realized, like the rest of the country, I didn't really know who Al Gore was. So I suggested that what I could offer would be to simply go down and get my impressions of Al Gore. And I just went with my video camera by myself, and just tried to gather, in a small unobtrusive way, a... more info
still photo of film Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody? directed by Miguel Arteta and Miranda July
USA, Narrative, 2005, 00:04:11

What happened was this: I had just finished shooting Me and You, and was waiting for my editor to finish the first rough assembly so I could begin editing. In the meantime I felt like I was in so deep with this movie stuff that I was never going to write another short story ever again. But then I wrote these three dialogues, and even though they weren't too substantial, I felt relieved that I had produced something somewhat literary. I read them to Miguel, and he said, "I want to shoot it this weekend." I read them through and saw that I had indeed written something more like a script than a short story. Miguel called up Mike White and John C. Reilly, and Chuy Chavez was still in town, shoot... more info
still photo of film Writer, The directed by Carson Mell
USA, Animation, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:10

still photo of film Soldier's Pay directed by David Russell
USA, Narrative, 2006, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:11:18

still photo of film Grimm's Tales 2: Death of the Hen directed by Brian Dewan
USA, Animation, 2006, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:15:45

still photo of film Big Empty, The directed by J. Lisa Chang and Newton Thomas Sigel
USA, Narrative, 2006, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:21:04

still photo of film House in the Middle, The directed by
USA, Documentary, 2006, 00:06:00

Presented by the National Clean Up, Paint Up, Fix Up Bureau in 1954 Atomic tests at the Nevada Proving Grounds (later the Nevada Test Site) show effects on well-kept homes, homes filled with trash and combustibles, and homes painted with reflective white paint. Asserts that cleanliness is an essential part of civil defense preparedness and that it increased survivability. Selected for the 2002 National Film Registry of "artistically, culturally, and socially significant" films.... more info
still photo of film Delicious, The directed by Scott Prendergast
USA, Narrative, 2006, 00:15:54

still photo of film Malek Khorshid directed by Ali Akbar Sadeghi
Iran, Animation, 2006, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:16:00

still photo of film Tatli Hayat (The Sweet Life) directed by Jack Pendarvis, Brian Reich and Rodney Rothman
Turkey, Comedy / Satire, 2006, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:25:00

Rescripted Turkish Sitcom... more info
still photo of film Stairway at St. Paul directed by Jeroen Offerman
USA, Narrative, 2006, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:08:30

still photo of film Great Escape, The directed by Jeroen Offerman
Netherlands, Narrative, 2006, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:10:11

still photo of film Untitled Patton / Byrne Piece directed by
USA, Comedy / Satire, 2006, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:06:42


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