See review. Finishing Heaven Documentary Competition (USA, 2008, 76 mins)
HDCAM (25fps)
World Premiere
Directed By: Mark Mann
Producers: David Shapiro, Laurie Gwen Shapiro, Ian Rosenberg
Executive Producer: Alan Oxman Cinematographers: Maryse Alberti, Boaz Freund Editor: Amy Foote Music: The Eels, Dreadful Yawns, Rob Wagner Trio Featuring: Robert Feinberg, Ruby Lynn Reyner In 1970, at the height of New York's Warhol Factory scene, ambitious NYU student Robert Feinberg began shooting his debut film. Armed with a youthful cast and crew, his then professor Martin Scorsese as producer, and the guerilla filmmaking spontaneity of the era, the production was poised to launch Feinberg's directing career. Cut to 2007, when the cans of 16mm footage sit languishing in storage. When ex-girlfriend and firecracker actress Ruby Lynn Reyner convinces Feinberg to finally finish his magnum opus, he re-encounters the fears and self-imposed roadblocks that paralyzed him three decades ago. In this fascinating collision of past and present, Feinberg and Reyner's explosive romantic history intertwines with their ongoing artistic collaboration, and their viewing of the frozen-in-time celluloid in the editing room stirs up long-lost yet lingering dreams. Part nostalgia trip, part cautionary tale, Mark Mann's documentary sympathetically relates the timeless plight of struggling with the pressure and weight of one's own lofty expectations. -- Christine Davila |
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