Podcast Interview with composer Darius Holbert (Hobo with a Shotgun, Quick Draw, Oh the Places You’ll Go!) + links to excerpted animation patterns in HD + Blu-ray reviews of Hobo with a Shotgun (EOne) and Street Trash (Synapse Films).
After making a winning faux trailer for a contest to promote the release of Grindhouse (2007), Jason Eisener hit the jackpot with an opportunity to expand his short-form teaser of a fed up, shotgun-wiedling hobo cleaning up a scummy town into a feature film. The resulting work is a surprisingly fun homage to sadistic, reactive action-dramas of the eighties, but with a healthy sense of self-deprecating humour packed into an over-the-top, wet-and-violent cartoon…
Based on his same-titled short film, then 21 year old writer / director J. Michael Muro hooked up with his teacher / Document of the Dead filmmaker Roy Frumkes to expand the short’s material into a feature-length film. Frumkes had managed to balance an unusual career as film instructor / filmmaker for several years, but Street Trash provided a plum opportunity to enter the horror / exploitation genre with a bang…
Book review of Winifred Phillips’ A Composer’s Guide to Game Music (MIT Press) + related reviews integrated from the old website.
Winifred Phillips’ decision to start her composing career exclusively in video games isn’t unique, but she may be one of the most dedicated and articulate composers working today, and her latest work – a book-length intro guide to the highly specialized craft of game music – is a meticulously written tome…
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