September 28, 2008

CHAPTER I : HOLY YEAR 2000


Holy Year 2000 was filmed in Zakopane, Poland.
I woke up, 1999 was behind me, I had a terrible hangover after a night of vodka, in fact I was drunk but the world was still there! The Y2K computer bug that was supposed to ruin the world never came to life. I went back to sleep for a few more hours.



Thank you : Woytek from the Cockney Boot Factory




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CHAPTER I : SNOW


Snow, made in Canada, directed by Hakan Sahin, won the prize for best film in the Alba film festival. I liked it a lot. An example of regional cinema about a subject close to the filmmaker’s heart. Is it best to write these chapter blogs, like captions for photograph?



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September 26, 2008

CHAPTER I : WHY


Why was filmed during the Alba film festival. Kim and Orin Domenico were part of a press conference. Even though I make documentaries sometimes I set up situations to see what will happen - documentary constructions deconstruct truth and lies.



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CHAPTER I : 504


Would it make a difference if people knew why the Federal government is giving away taxpayer’s money to Wall Street? I went to Wall Street to see if I can film what was in fact invisible, the truth.


Sound Recording : Bette Wanderman.


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September 25, 2008

WHAT IS CAMERAWAR

we (should) own our image(s)

The 21st century started with a sigh of relief when a predicted computer glitch that had threatened to wreak havoc around the world failed to materialize. The media trumpeted Francis Fukuyama’s thesis that history was at an end and we were about to enter into a steady safe environment that would leave the conflicts of the previous century behind. History however, was not about to be put to sleep so easily. The events of 9/11 and its aftermath have brought the past roaring back with a vengeance.

The vastly complex issues we now face are “out of proportion” to what can be addressed in a single, traditional movie. Reality itself has to be re-arranged to make sense of our world. Theatrical distribution of such an undertaking would be impossible and the television networks are bought and paid for by the very corporations that are complicit in the crisis – thus, CAMERAWAR.TV.

New "film chapters" are posted on this site every Monday. A director’s blog with viewer comments accompanies each entry. Later we will release a film in cinemas and this Internet site and the film, together, will tell a new kind of story currently unavailable to the public.

Lech Kowalski

Producer Capricci Films: Thierry Lounas
Producer Extinkt Films : Odile Allard
In Charge of Production : Mathilde Trichet
Subtitles : Odile Allard and Mathilde Trichet

Remerciements: Kevin Bartelme, Alessandro Signetto, Luciano Barisone, Cyril Neyrat, Pascale Cassagnau

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