February 2008 Archives
From Family Communications Inc.
(Pittsburgh) - Since 1968, when Mister Rogers' Neighborhood made its national public television debut, Fred Rogers began each episode with his simple signature question in song: "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"
In honor of what would have been Mister Rogers' 80th birthday on March 20, fans of his show are being asked to wear a sweater, as Fred did on each show.
Originally published in the Blog, Burgh Diaspora
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
I'm blogging from a hospital in Boulder, Colorado. Yesterday at 3pm local time, my wife gave birth to a healthy baby girl. Pittsburgh's global extended family is now one member stronger. The Front Range may be my place of current residence, but it will never be home. The demands of economic globalization does scatter the members of a community, but these forces also have the ironic effect of strengthening our ties to one location.
By Jolie Williamson
FOR THE TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, February 15, 2008
With "George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead," the zombie film pioneer and longtime Pittsburgh resident revisits the formula that gave life to the genre.
After a lackluster trek into Hollywood-style horror flicks with 2005's "Land of the Dead," Romero scaled back his latest endeavor to reflect the indie roots of his groundbreaking "Night of the Living Dead," released 40 years ago.
By Gannett News Service
Friday, February 15, 2008
"I love the dead."
That's the title of one of Alice Cooper's particularly disturbing little ditties from back in the day. But it could also be the slogan of fans of horror movies everywhere, ever since they stepped into theaters in 1968 and had their minds blown by "Night of the Living Dead."
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Bitten by a zombie, his fate sealed, a character in George Romero's new film mutters to a friend, "Shoot me." The friend first points a video camera at the man, then a gun.
Romero's latest zombie film uses the same handheld, subjective camera approach as "The Blair Witch Project" and "Cloverfield." Calling into question the morals and motives of whoever is filming, it makes the case that YouTube and MySpace are as frightening as walking dead.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
By Timothy McNulty, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Movie trucks will be as commonplace as potholes on local streets the next few months.
The horror-thriller "Shelter," starring Oscar-nominated actress Julianne Moore ("Boogie Nights," "Far From Heaven"), is set to start shooting in the city in late March, becoming the latest in a series of movie productions to set up shop in the region.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08045/857323-42.stm
The New York Times
By KATRINA ONSTAD
Published: February 10, 2008
TORONTO
WE get the zombies we deserve.
Over five films and four decades the director George A. Romero's slack-jawed undead have been our tour guides through a brainless, barbaric America that seems barely hospitable to the living. They lurch across a bigoted civil-rights-era countryside ("Night of the Living Dead," 1968), claw at a suburban shopping mall ("Dawn of the Dead," 1978) and wander dazed in an anxious post-9/11 world ("Land of the Dead," 2005).
By Tim Schooley, Pittsburgh Business Times
Two more feature films are set to enter stage left into Pittsburgh.
A supernatural thriller titled "Shelter," and slated to star Julianne Moore, expects to begin shooting in Pittsburgh in late March
"Shelter" is a project of NALA Films LLC, a Los Angeles-based company. Its best-known film to date is "In the Valley of Elah," a family drama that involves the Iraq war.
Darlene Caamano Loquet, president of NALA and producer of "Shelter," described the project as being in pre-production, as it finalizes casting and scouts locations here. She expects the shoot to take six weeks, and the film has an estimated budget of $20 million to $25 million.
Join Steeltown co-founder Carl Kurlander as he speaks about Shining a Light on Pittsburgh Through Film.
Carl will be speaking as part of the 2007-2008 Lunch & Learn Series sponsered by the UJF Young Adult Division and Shalom Pittsburgh.
Come here Carl talk about his experiences during a car