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Marijnke de Jong and Robin Lutz — M.C. ESCHER: JOURNEY TO INFINITY
Marijnke de Jong and Robin Lutz came Center Stage with Mark Gordon to discuss their latest documentary M.C. ESCHER: JOURNEY TO INFINITY. M.C. Escher: Journey To Infinity is the story of world famous Dutch graphic artist M.C Escher (1898-1972). Equal parts history, psychology, and psychedelia, Robin Lutz’s entertaining, eye-opening portrait gives us the man through his own words and images: diary musings, excerpts from lectures, correspondence and more are voiced by British actor Stephen Fry, while Escher’s woodcuts, lithographs, and other print works appear in both original and playfully altered form. Two of his sons, George (92) and Jan (80), reminisce about their parents while musician Graham Nash (Crosby, Stills & Nash) talks about Escher’s rediscovery in the 1970s. The film looks at Escher’s legacy: one can see tributes to his work in movies, in fiction, on posters, on tattoos, and elsewhere throughout our culture; indeed, few fine artists of the 20th century can lay claim to such popular appeal. [...]
Braden Duemmler finds WHAT LIES BELOW pure terror
Braden Duemmler came Center Stage with Mark Gordon to talk about his first feature film, WHAT LIES BELOW, an eerie tale of family, love, and trust. The film follows Liberty, a socially awkward 16-year-old, who returns home from two months at camp to find her mother living with John Smith, a charming and intelligent man with perfect teeth and a chiseled body. His good looks captivate Liberty, but she soon realizes a deception lurking behind the man who may be too perfect to be human. Listen to the interview
Seth Savoy talks about making the crime thriller ECHO BOOMERS
Seth Savoy cames Center Stage with Mark Gordon to talk about his award-winning feature film ECHO BOOMERS. The film follows five college graduates, disillusioned Millennials, who feel frustrated by college debt and an unfair economy lash out seek revenge and riches from Chicago's well-healed. Listen to the interview Seth Savoy is a Cajun American film director and screenwriter from Little Rock, Arkansas. He studied filmmaking at Columbia College Chicago. There he made multiple award-winning short films that screened at more than 65 film festivals around the world. In 2015, Seth took his script “The Echo Boomers” to the Sundance Film Festival and won an independent pitch competition that caught the industry's attention. Five years later, he directed “Echo Boomers” with two academy nominees, Michael Shannon and Lesley Ann Warren, and established his niche of fun and flashy filmmaking with strong political commentary.
Jacob Chase talks about his scary new film COME PLAY
Jacob Chase came Center Stage with Mark Gordon to talk about his latest film COME PLAY, a new film about a boy and his scary friend Larry. COME PLAY follows Oliver, a lonely young boy who feels different from everyone else. Desperate for a friend, he seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses Oliver's devices against him to break into our world, Oliver's parents must fight to save their son from the monster beyond the screen. About Jacob Chase Chase is an alum of the 2017 Sundance Episodic Lab and was listed as one of Hollywood's Top 100 New Writers on the 2017 Young & Hungry List. Additionally, he has written screenplays for Amazon, The Jim Henson Company, Cirque du Soleil and Bazelevs, among others. He won the 2016 Crash the Super Bowl contest with his commercial “Doritos Dogs,” which aired during the Super Bowl and earned him an exclusive directing [...]
Center Stage with Mark Gordon is a talk show that looks at film and the people who make it happen in front of the camera as well as behind the scenes, the award-winning actors, writers, producers, and directors.
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