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Year: 2007
Director: Michael Tully
Plot: Not your typical music documentary, Silver Jew is an intimate portrait of reclusive poet/musician David Berman, the guiding force behind one of indie rock's most revered bands, the Silver Jews. In the midst of their first ever world tour, Berman, his wife Cassie, and the rest of the group traveled to Israel to play two shows and visit Jerusalem.
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]]>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:01:09 GMTSilver Jew2007Michael TullyNot your typical music documentary, Silver Jew is an intimate portrait of reclusive poet/musician David Berman, the guiding force behind one of indie rock's most revered bands, the Silver Jews. In the midst of their first ever world tour, Berman, his wife Cassie, and the rest of the group traveled to Israel to play two shows and visit Jerusalem.11Tag Target (>10)16http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s324635.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Silver_Jew/324635/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/9/16/35187.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 9/16/2008 10:01:09 AM
Body: Michael Tully does alittle bit of everything. He’s a musician. Journo/blogger/critic. Oh, and he’s directed a pair of acclaimed films, the down and out on drugs in Jacksonville narrative Cocaine Angel and the David Berman rock doc Silver Jew, which will be released on DVD next week by Drag City. Michael is currently the editor of the indie film criticism blog Hammer to Nail, creator of indiewire’s Boredom and Its Boredest blog and occasional contributor to Spout and Filmmaker Magazine. Here’s his take on why The Wire is our young century’s greatest artwork, what’s so special about Max Richter and just how tough it is to get the rights to Richard Yates stories. What films or television shows have you seen recently? Films: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (a pleasant enough diversion), Trouble the Water (major dopeness), Running Stumbled (wow, wow, wow), O Lucky Man! (i’m still not sure what that was, but i think i liked it!), Nobody Needs to Know (one week later, it’s resonating more deeply than i thought it would), Rude Boy (incredible live footage). Television: I don’t have cable, so I’m at the mercy of Netflix to catch up on television shows. in the past year, the only ones I’ve watched are the first season of 30 Rock and the first four seasons of The Wire. I was so impacted by The Wire that I made the time to go to a friend’s every Sunday night to watch the fifth and final season. (I am interested in trying to find the time to catch up on Friday Night Lights and Mad Men, but who knows when that will happen.) Which ones stuck with you and why? I consider The Wire to be the greatest work of art of the 21st Century. it’s the best literature, the best cinema, the best television, the best social commentary, the best entertainment, the best everything. So, um, yeah, I’d have to say The Wire. Does your interest in them have anything to do with your own work as a filmmaker? Everything I’m interested in is in some way connected to my desire to express myself as a writer and filmmaker. How often do you read fiction? Do you wish you read more? I read fiction all the time. The more appropriate answer to this question is that I wish i read more non-fiction. I find my tastes are shifting all the time, so hopefully I can leave behind fiction and literature and get to more pressing matters at hand. I’m a little insecure about being so fictionally inclined. What would be your ideal literary adaptation and why? I just tried to get the rights to some Richard Yates short stories that I hoped to turn into a Short Cuts-esque portrait of mid-20th Century American sadness, but that didn’t work out. I also feel like I could do cinematic justice to the stories and novels of William Trevor. Maybe it’s my Irish blood that has me thinking that? How, if at all, has reading informed your filmmaking? Reading great writing makes me want to express myself as beautifully as the writer I’ve just read has. Depending on my general state of mind, reading something exceptional either makes me want to curl up into a ball and never write again, or, on a good day, makes me want to write, write, write the day away. What are you listening to recently? Deerhunter’s “Microcastle,” the soundtrack to Benh Zeitlin’s “Glory at Sea,” The Rub’s “History of Hip-Hop,” Ham1’s “The Underground Stream,” The Walkmen’s “You & Me,” JT Songs’ “Distractions of an Age,” Silver Jews’ “Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea,” that will do for now. If you could collaborate with one musician on a film, who would it be and why? Max Richter was kind enough to agree to let us use source music for Cocaine Angel, but my goal is to find myself in a position where I could pay him money to create an original score. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:01:09 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com9/16/2008 10:01:09 AM Michael Tully does alittle bit of everything. He’s a musician. Journo/blogger/critic. Oh, and he’s directed a pair of acclaimed films, the down and out on drugs in Jacksonville narrative Cocaine Angel and the David Berman rock doc Silver Jew, which will be released on DVD next week by Drag City. Michael is currently the editor of the indie film criticism blog Hammer to Nail, creator of indiewire’s Boredom and Its Boredest blog and occasional contributor to Spout and Filmmaker Magazine. Here’s his take on why The Wire is our young century’s greatest artwork, what’s so special about Max Richter and just how tough it is to get the rights to Richard Yates stories. What films or television shows have you seen recently? Films: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (a pleasant enough diversion), Trouble the Water (major dopeness), Running Stumbled (wow, wow, wow), O Lucky Man! (i’m still not sure what that was, but i think i liked it!), Nobody Needs to Know (one week later, it’s resonating more deeply than i thought it would), Rude Boy (incredible live footage). Television: I don’t have cable, so I’m at the mercy of Netflix to catch up on television shows. in the past year, the only ones I’ve watched are the first season of 30 Rock and the first four seasons of The Wire. I was so impacted by The Wire that I made the time to go to a friend’s every Sunday night to watch the fifth and final season. (I am interested in trying to find the time to catch up on Friday Night Lights and Mad Men, but who knows when that will happen.) Which ones stuck with you and why? I consider The Wire to be the greatest work of art of the 21st Century. it’s the best literature, the best cinema, the best television, the best social commentary, the best entertainment, the best everything. So, um, yeah, I’d have to say The Wire. Does your interest in them have anything to do with your own work as a filmmaker? Everything I’m interested in is in some way connected to my desire to express myself as a writer and filmmaker. How often do you read fiction? Do you wish you read more? I read fiction all the time. The more appropriate answer to this question is that I wish i read more non-fiction. I find my tastes are shifting all the time, so hopefully I can leave behind fiction and literature and get to more pressing matters at hand. I’m a little insecure about being so fictionally inclined. What would be your ideal literary adaptation and why? I just tried to get the rights to some Richard Yates short stories that I hoped to turn into a Short Cuts-esque portrait of mid-20th Century American sadness, but that didn’t work out. I also feel like I could do cinematic justice to the stories and novels of William Trevor. Maybe it’s my Irish blood that has me thinking that? How, if at all, has reading informed your filmmaking? Reading great writing makes me want to express myself as beautifully as the writer I’ve just read has. Depending on my general state of mind, reading something exceptional either makes me want to curl up into a ball and never write again, or, on a good day, makes me want to write, write, write the day away. What are you listening to recently? Deerhunter’s “Microcastle,” the soundtrack to Benh Zeitlin’s “Glory at Sea,” The Rub’s “History of Hip-Hop,” Ham1’s “The Underground Stream,” The Walkmen’s “You & Me,” JT Songs’ “Distractions of an Age,” Silver Jews’ “Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea,” that will do for now. If you could collaborate with one musician on a film, who would it be and why? Max Richter was kind enough to agree to let us use source music for Cocaine Angel, but my goal is to find myself in a position where I could pay him money to create an original score. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/2/11/25005.aspx Post By: Karina
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Post Date: 2/11/2008 6:02:51 PM
Body: This episode of Butterknife co-stars Michael Tully, director of Silver Jew and Cocaine Angel, and Sean Prince Williams, the cinematographer of Frownland. You can go to Spout.com???s Butterknife page for more info on the series, to watch future episodes, to talk about the show, and to sign up for email updates. Previous episodes: Plastic Hassle Sicilian Style Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina
]]>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:02:51 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog2/11/2008 6:02:51 PM This episode of Butterknife co-stars Michael Tully, director of Silver Jew and Cocaine Angel, and Sean Prince Williams, the cinematographer of Frownland. You can go to Spout.com???s Butterknife page for more info on the series, to watch future episodes, to talk about the show, and to sign up for email updates. Previous episodes: Plastic Hassle Sicilian Style Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/2/11/25003.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 2/11/2008 6:00:43 PM
Body: This episode of Butterknife co-stars Michael Tully, director of Silver Jew and Cocaine Angel, and Sean Prince Williams, the cinematographer of Frownland. You can go to Spout.com???s Butterknife page for more info on the series, to watch future episodes, to talk about the show, and to sign up for email updates. Previous episodes: Plastic Hassle Sicilian Style Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:00:43 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com2/11/2008 6:00:43 PM This episode of Butterknife co-stars Michael Tully, director of Silver Jew and Cocaine Angel, and Sean Prince Williams, the cinematographer of Frownland. You can go to Spout.com???s Butterknife page for more info on the series, to watch future episodes, to talk about the show, and to sign up for email updates. Previous episodes: Plastic Hassle Sicilian Style Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2007/12/21/23021.aspx Post By: Karina
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Post Date: 12/21/2007 4:14:40 PM
Body: I’m so happy to introduce one of the coolest elements of our Butterknife promotional blitz: over the next couple of weeks, we’re going to be introducing a series of short videos made by Butterknife cast members–who are all, of course, talented filmmakers in their own right–that are inspired by/formulated to spread the word about the web series. Our first video comes from Mr. Michael Tully, director of Cocaine Angel and Silver Jew. It’s embedded above. We’ll be posting all Butterknife stuff here at SpoutBlog, but you can also subscribe to our YouTube channel, if subscribing to YouTube channels is a thing that you’re into. Oh, and on oft chance these video inspire you to make your own Butterknife-themed clip, upload it to YouTube and leave a link in the comments to this post. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina
]]>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:14:40 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog12/21/2007 4:14:40 PM I’m so happy to introduce one of the coolest elements of our Butterknife promotional blitz: over the next couple of weeks, we’re going to be introducing a series of short videos made by Butterknife cast members–who are all, of course, talented filmmakers in their own right–that are inspired by/formulated to spread the word about the web series. Our first video comes from Mr. Michael Tully, director of Cocaine Angel and Silver Jew. It’s embedded above. We’ll be posting all Butterknife stuff here at SpoutBlog, but you can also subscribe to our YouTube channel, if subscribing to YouTube channels is a thing that you’re into. Oh, and on oft chance these video inspire you to make your own Butterknife-themed clip, upload it to YouTube and leave a link in the comments to this post. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/12/11/22716.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 12/11/2007 2:00:35 PM
Body: I’m so happy to introduce one of the coolest elements of our Butterknife promotional blitz: over the next couple of weeks, we’re going to be introducing a series of short videos made by Butterknife cast members–who are all, of course, talented filmmakers in their own right–that are inspired by/formulated to spread the word about the web series. Our first video comes from Mr. Michael Tully, director of Cocaine Angel and Silver Jew. It’s embedded above. We’ll be posting all Butterknife stuff here at SpoutBlog, but you can also subscribe to our YouTube channel, if subscribing to YouTube channels is a thing that you’re into. Oh, and on oft chance these video inspire you to make your own Butterknife-themed clip, upload it to YouTube and leave a link in the comments to this post. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:00:35 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com12/11/2007 2:00:35 PM I’m so happy to introduce one of the coolest elements of our Butterknife promotional blitz: over the next couple of weeks, we’re going to be introducing a series of short videos made by Butterknife cast members–who are all, of course, talented filmmakers in their own right–that are inspired by/formulated to spread the word about the web series. Our first video comes from Mr. Michael Tully, director of Cocaine Angel and Silver Jew. It’s embedded above. We’ll be posting all Butterknife stuff here at SpoutBlog, but you can also subscribe to our YouTube channel, if subscribing to YouTube channels is a thing that you’re into. Oh, and on oft chance these video inspire you to make your own Butterknife-themed clip, upload it to YouTube and leave a link in the comments to this post. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/12/6/22592.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 12/6/2007 4:00:37 PM
Body: And now, for your weekly Butterknife update. Joe Swanberg and friends are off shooting new episodes this week, but Joe sent along some stills to tide us over. Above, you’ll surely recognize the one and only Ronnie Bronstein; after the jump, you’ll find stills featuring guest stars Barlow Jacobs (writer/star of what was probably my favorite film at Sundance 2007, Low and Behold), and Michael Tully (director of Cocaine Angel and Silver Jew). Tomorrow, we’ll continue our?? interview series with a conversation between Joe and Ronnie. And as always, you can and should check out the Butterknife page on Spout. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:00:37 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com12/6/2007 4:00:37 PM And now, for your weekly Butterknife update. Joe Swanberg and friends are off shooting new episodes this week, but Joe sent along some stills to tide us over. Above, you’ll surely recognize the one and only Ronnie Bronstein; after the jump, you’ll find stills featuring guest stars Barlow Jacobs (writer/star of what was probably my favorite film at Sundance 2007, Low and Behold), and Michael Tully (director of Cocaine Angel and Silver Jew). Tomorrow, we’ll continue our?? interview series with a conversation between Joe and Ronnie. And as always, you can and should check out the Butterknife page on Spout. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/music/MemberTagFilms.aspxmusic
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