{"id":5616,"date":"2012-11-23T16:30:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T22:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=5616"},"modified":"2015-11-11T22:51:17","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T04:51:17","slug":"c-u-film-leader-11-23-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=5616","title":{"rendered":"C-U Film Leader: 11.23.2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

The C-U Film Leader<\/strong>
\n November 23, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Featuring:<\/em> Dreamscape Cinema, Nina Paley & more!<\/p>\n

The <\/em>C-U Film Leader<\/strong> normally appears Thursdays on <\/em>C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> to point our readers towards interesting cinema activity relevant to <\/em>Champaign-Urbana, Illinois<\/strong>, and the surrounding area. Please support the artists and their work, attend screenings and events, and otherwise become active in our wondrous little world!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Happy post-Thanksgiving<\/strong>, dearest readers! We hope you are enjoying time with family and friends but can steal away a moment from the dinner table, televised football, and Black Friday consumerism to skim through this week\u2019s C-U Film Leader<\/strong>, our new \u201cbeta mode\u201d column. We plan to drum(stick) up at least one more helping next Thursday, November 29<\/strong>, so feel free to send feedback via cuconfidential [at] gmail [dot] com<\/strong> or unload your thoughts in the Comments field below. Cheers!<\/p>\n


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4 :: DREAMSCAPE CINEMA LAUNCHES KICKSTARTER
\nCAMPAIGN FOR HAUNTED LAKE PICTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a while since Monticello\/Champaign<\/strong> producer Robin Christian<\/strong> has alerted us about projects under development at his Dreamscape Cinema<\/strong><\/a> studio, but it seems he intends to combine elements from a recent box-office smash and his own previous production in the story for his next film. While seeking distribution for the family fantasy MY DOG THE SPACE TRAVELER<\/strong><\/a>, the main location of which is a lake in the countryside, Christian is taking a stab at Kickstarter<\/strong> fundraising for the horror tale PARANORMAL LAKE<\/strong><\/a>, the main location of which is most likely a similar lake saddled with PARANORMAL ACTIVITY<\/strong> style mayhem. You can read over the plot crunch and pledge levels on this page; Dreamscape looks to amass a $25,000 budget by Friday, December 21<\/strong>, with shooting to presumably take place in 2013.<\/p>\n


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3 :: ANIMATION FAVE NINA PALEY RETURNS TO URBANA,
\nRELEASES BRAND-NEW SHORT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remember those Heartland Magnetic Powers [TM] we mentioned last week in CULead<\/strong>? Come to find out, they\u2019ve struck again as alternative cartoonist and animator Nina Paley<\/strong> has returned to her native Urbana<\/strong> for a spell after wowing the world with colorful tour-de-force<\/em> SITA SINGS THE BLUES<\/strong>. News-Gazette<\/span><\/strong> writer Melissa Merli<\/strong> discussed with Paley the motivations behind her move in a \u201cStudio Visit\u201d piece run last month<\/a>, also delving into her macabre Jewish-themed short THIS LAND IS MINE<\/strong> which is a sample scene from the proposed feature SEDER-MASOCHISM<\/strong>. You can review many of her early visual concepts, animation tests, and thought processes on her Web site<\/a> as well as donate to the project; however, turn away if you can\u2019t handle the lack of Disney<\/strong> sentimentality or DreamWorks<\/strong> superficiality.<\/p>\n

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2 :: DESPITE EXHIBITION INDUSTRY GLOOM,
\nNORMAL THEATER TURNS 75 YEARS OLD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last week, we hemmed about the future of downstate Illinois<\/strong> movie theaters<\/a> and hawed about their fellow bijous now belonging to the ages<\/a>. Had we realized it earlier than the last minute, we would have added a positive exclamation point to our commentary as the Normal Theater<\/strong><\/a> celebrated its 75th anniversary last Saturday, November 17<\/strong>, with a showing of seasonal perennial THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER<\/strong> (1940), according to Dan Craft<\/strong> of the Pantagraph<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. Returned to its former Art Deco glory by the Town of Normal<\/strong> in the early Nineties, the Normal projects a creative mix of appealing-to-all-quarters fare up on its screen as described by Chuck Koplinski<\/strong> in a News-Gazette<\/span><\/strong> \u201cCinema-Scoping<\/strong>\u201d entry posted today<\/a>. Why not deliver a personalized \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d to 209 North St.<\/strong> in downtown Normal when you can!<\/p>\n


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:::: BEEP! ::::<\/strong><\/p>\n


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That\u2019s it for this week, gang. The Leader<\/strong> has spoken!<\/p>\n

If you have relevant news, opportunities, dates, or promotions that you would like included in <\/em>CULead<\/strong>, please forward the who, what, where, when, and how much to <\/em>cuconfidential [at] gmail [dot] com<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Compiled by Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n

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Prior \u201cCULead\u201d<\/a> | Next \u201cCULead\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe C-U Film Leader\u201d no.82 \u00a9 2012 Jason Pankoke\/C-U Blogfidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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