Sunday, September 05, 1999
Radtke's 'Dream' catches eyes at fest
BY MARGARET A. McGURK
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The Dream Catcher director Ed Radtke and producer Julia Reichert came home to Yellow Springs from the Locarno International Film Festival with a special youth jury prize worth $2,500, which helped soothe their disappointment at missing out on the top awards.
The film won an enthusiastic reception; three sold-out screenings prompted festival organizers to schedule a fourth. The French newspaper Le Monde called the film “a veritable revelation” and dubbed Mr. Radtke “a shooting star.”
The filmmakers also came away from Locarno with an invitation to show the film at the Deauville Festival of American Film outside Paris, running Sept. 3 through 11, along with producer Steve Bognar, who skipped the Locarno trip. They are weighing offers from several other fests on both sides of the Atlantic.
The most encouraging response was the attention the movie attracted from international distributors, which means chances are good that it will be released in theaters, at least in Europe.
Plans for a Southwestern Ohio screening are still on hold.
INDIE SCREENING ON TAP: Meanwhile, Greater Cincinnati film fans will have an opportunity to screen locally produced movies in the coming months.
On Oct. 15, filmmaker Carla B. Guttmann will unveil her locally made short feature, Passages, at 8 p.m. at Union Terminal. Admission is $4, including parking.
Ms. Guttmann is a native of Montreal and a graduate of Brown University who moved to Cincinnati to study with sculptor Michael Skop in Fort Thomas. Several of her fellow art students contributed to the film, on both sides of the camera.
CAMERAS WILL ROLL: Chuck Swanson, whose day job is directing commercials for Procter & Gamble, will shoot a new short film, the ghostly Mischief at Midnight,Sept. 18 through 26. Locations include Scarlet Oaks Retirement Home in Clifton; the cast includes Claire Slemmer of Ensemble Theatre Company, and Annie Fitzpatrick, who lent a memorable performance to Mr. Swanson's previous short film, To Be. Composing a sound track for the film is Doug Thornton, who also is scoring the locally produced The Last Late Night for Scott Barlow.
By the time Mr. Swanson begins, Dan Frazier expects to have wrapped up the final weekend of shooting on his ultra-low-budget feature Avenging Disco Vampires. The company spent the last weekend in August at a farm in Peebles that is serving as a chief location.
TRUFFAUT AT WEXNER: The Wexner Center in Columbus honors the late French director Francois Truffaut in September with a film series marking the 40th anniversary of The 400 Blows, the debut film that catapulted the filmmaker to international fame. All the films will be shown in new 35mm prints. The schedule is:
Sept. 9 — Stolen Portraits (1993), a documentary about the filmmaker by Serge Toubiana and Michel Pascal, including interviews with Mr. Truffaut's colleagues, family and friends. Also, Farenheit 451 (1967), the chilling science-fiction story about a future where books are forbidden.
Sept 10 — The 400 Blows (1959), a semi-autobiographical tale of a troubled youth; and Small Change (1976), about a year in the life of a teacher.
Sept. 23 — Jules and Jim (1961), Jeanne Moreau stars in Mr. Truffaut's most famous love story, about two men who love the same woman; and Two English Girls: The Director's Cut (1971).
Sept. 24 — The Last Metro (1980), about a theater company during WWII; and The Wild Child (1969), about a doctor (played by the director) treating a mute boy found wandering in the wilderness.
Sept. 30 — Day for Night (1973), a romantic comedy about moviemaking; and Mississippi Mermaid (1969), a film noir
All the films are in French with English subtitles, except Farenheit 451. All screenings begin at 7 p.m. Information: (614) 292-3535, or online at www.wexarts.org
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