list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around At the Death House Door on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/At_the_Death_House_Door/365067/default.aspx Title: At the Death House Door
Year: 2008
Director: Peter Gilbert
Plot: The one question virtually unanswerable by proponents of the death penalty scarcely needs to be repeated: But what of the situations where an innocent man is accidentally shuttled off to execution? Taking this as a cue, opponents of capital punishment believe that any margin of error, no matter how small, makes the entire enterprise suspect. One person who shares such a conviction is Carroll Pickett, minister to death row inmates at a penitentiary in Texas; for 15 years, Pickett had no reservations about presiding over executions, until that fateful day when his path crossed with that of a Hispanic man named Carlos de Luna, unjustly accused of homicide. Shortly before this - his 96th official execution - was to occur, Pickett tape recorded much of his last day with de Luna. Listening to it, he became unshakably convinced of the man's innocence, and used his inner conviction as an impetus to team up with crime reporters from the Chicago Tribune and delve into the facts surrounding De Luna's highly questionable arraignment. With their documentary At the Death House Door, James and Gilbert both tell Pickett's heart-rending story and use it as a springboard into broader penetrative issues about capital punishment. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
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]]>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:07:57 GMTAt the Death House Door2008Peter GilbertThe one question virtually unanswerable by proponents of the death penalty scarcely needs to be repeated: <i>But what of the situations where an innocent man is accidentally shuttled off to execution?</i> Taking this as a cue, opponents of capital punishment believe that any margin of error, no matter how small, makes the entire enterprise suspect. One person who shares such a conviction is Carroll Pickett, minister to death row inmates at a penitentiary in Texas; for 15 years, Pickett had no reservations about presiding over executions, until that fateful day when his path crossed with that of a Hispanic man named Carlos de Luna, unjustly accused of homicide. Shortly before this - his 96th official execution - was to occur, Pickett tape recorded much of his last day with de Luna. Listening to it, he became unshakably convinced of the man's innocence, and used his inner conviction as an impetus to team up with crime reporters from the Chicago Tribune and delve into the facts surrounding De Luna's highly questionable arraignment. With their documentary At the Death House Door, James and Gilbert both tell Pickett's heart-rending story and use it as a springboard into broader penetrative issues about capital punishment. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide5Slightly Tagged (1-5)384http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s365067.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/At_the_Death_House_Door/365067/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/5/28/30104.aspx Post By: Karina
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Body: “I refused to sign the absurd online petition that was drafted to stop Uwe Boll from making more movies,” writes Alex Ross Perry at Tisch Film Review. “Not because I do not believe in the power of online petitioning to accomplish social change, but because of my genuine appreciation for the films of Uwe Boll.” The IndiePix Blog brings word of Rooftop Panorama, a three-day series of panels, screenings and parties hosted Rooftop Films and co-sponsored by IndiePix and Shooting People. It runs from June 12-14; Rooftop Films kicks off their summer screening series this Saturday with a free screening of At the Death House Door in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Speaking of the devil: At the Death House Door co-director Steve James has published an essay called “The Decline of the Longitudinal Doc” at IFC.com. “For me, longitudinal docs are the most deeply satisfying form. Spending years following a story is the ultimate act of filmmaking discovery, because you don’t know where the journey is leading, no matter how perceptive you think you are,” he writes. “If you spend years filming people, they will grow to be something more than just a ’subject.’” Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth
]]>Wed, 28 May 2008 22:01:19 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog5/28/2008 6:01:19 PM “I refused to sign the absurd online petition that was drafted to stop Uwe Boll from making more movies,” writes Alex Ross Perry at Tisch Film Review. “Not because I do not believe in the power of online petitioning to accomplish social change, but because of my genuine appreciation for the films of Uwe Boll.” The IndiePix Blog brings word of Rooftop Panorama, a three-day series of panels, screenings and parties hosted Rooftop Films and co-sponsored by IndiePix and Shooting People. It runs from June 12-14; Rooftop Films kicks off their summer screening series this Saturday with a free screening of At the Death House Door in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Speaking of the devil: At the Death House Door co-director Steve James has published an essay called “The Decline of the Longitudinal Doc” at IFC.com. “For me, longitudinal docs are the most deeply satisfying form. Spending years following a story is the ultimate act of filmmaking discovery, because you don’t know where the journey is leading, no matter how perceptive you think you are,” he writes. “If you spend years filming people, they will grow to be something more than just a ’subject.’” Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/5/28/30103.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: “I refused to sign the absurd online petition that was drafted to stop Uwe Boll from making more movies,” writes Alex Ross Perry at Tisch Film Review. “Not because I do not believe in the power of online petitioning to accomplish social change, but because of my genuine appreciation for the films of Uwe Boll.” The IndiePix Blog brings word of Rooftop Panorama, a three-day series of panels, screenings and parties hosted Rooftop Films and co-sponsored by IndiePix and Shooting People. It runs from June 12-14; Rooftop Films kicks off their summer screening series this Saturday with a free screening of At the Death House Door in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Speaking of the devil: At the Death House Door co-director Steve James has published an essay called “The Decline of the Longitudinal Doc” at IFC.com. “For me, longitudinal docs are the most deeply satisfying form. Spending years following a story is the ultimate act of filmmaking discovery, because you don’t know where the journey is leading, no matter how perceptive you think you are,” he writes. “If you spend years filming people, they will grow to be something more than just a ’subject.’” Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 28 May 2008 22:01:09 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com5/28/2008 6:01:09 PM “I refused to sign the absurd online petition that was drafted to stop Uwe Boll from making more movies,” writes Alex Ross Perry at Tisch Film Review. “Not because I do not believe in the power of online petitioning to accomplish social change, but because of my genuine appreciation for the films of Uwe Boll.” The IndiePix Blog brings word of Rooftop Panorama, a three-day series of panels, screenings and parties hosted Rooftop Films and co-sponsored by IndiePix and Shooting People. It runs from June 12-14; Rooftop Films kicks off their summer screening series this Saturday with a free screening of At the Death House Door in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Speaking of the devil: At the Death House Door co-director Steve James has published an essay called “The Decline of the Longitudinal Doc” at IFC.com. “For me, longitudinal docs are the most deeply satisfying form. Spending years following a story is the ultimate act of filmmaking discovery, because you don’t know where the journey is leading, no matter how perceptive you think you are,” he writes. “If you spend years filming people, they will grow to be something more than just a ’subject.’” Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/5/23/29806.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 5/23/2008 10:00:53 AM
Body: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be huge regardless of what any critic says about it, and for good reason. It’s freaking Indiana Jones! Why is Indy so compelling? And why have attempts to repeat him (Romancing the Stone?) failed every time? And a movie we think everyone should be compelled to see. We interview one of the greatest documentary filmmakers alive, Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie), and Reverend Carrol Pickett, a prison chaplain and activist who presided over 95 death row executions in Texas. Their documentary, At the Death House Door, sets a new gold standard in “issue” docs. (At the Death House Door airs on IFC Thursday night at 9:00.) (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store or to our RSS feed and an episode will download each Friday) Filmcouch #71 - Indiana Jones and the Death Penalty Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 23 May 2008 14:00:53 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com5/23/2008 10:00:53 AM Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be huge regardless of what any critic says about it, and for good reason. It’s freaking Indiana Jones! Why is Indy so compelling? And why have attempts to repeat him (Romancing the Stone?) failed every time? And a movie we think everyone should be compelled to see. We interview one of the greatest documentary filmmakers alive, Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie), and Reverend Carrol Pickett, a prison chaplain and activist who presided over 95 death row executions in Texas. Their documentary, At the Death House Door, sets a new gold standard in “issue” docs. (At the Death House Door airs on IFC Thursday night at 9:00.) (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store or to our RSS feed and an episode will download each Friday) Filmcouch #71 - Indiana Jones and the Death Penalty Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/5/23/29805.aspx Post By: paul
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Body: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be huge regardless of what any critic says about it, and for good reason. It’s freaking Indiana Jones! Why is Indy so compelling? And why have attempts to repeat him (Romancing the Stone?) failed every time? And a movie we think everyone should be compelled to see. We interview one of the greatest documentary filmmakers alive, Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie), and Reverend Carrol Pickett, a prison chaplain and activist who presided over 95 death row executions in Texas. Their documentary, At the Death House Door, sets a new gold standard in “issue” docs. (At the Death House Door airs on IFC Thursday night at 9:00.) (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store or to our RSS feed and an episode will download each Friday) Filmcouch #71 - Indiana Jones and the Death Penalty Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul Moore
]]>Fri, 23 May 2008 14:00:40 GMTpaulpaul on spout.com5/23/2008 10:00:40 AM Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be huge regardless of what any critic says about it, and for good reason. It’s freaking Indiana Jones! Why is Indy so compelling? And why have attempts to repeat him (Romancing the Stone?) failed every time? And a movie we think everyone should be compelled to see. We interview one of the greatest documentary filmmakers alive, Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie), and Reverend Carrol Pickett, a prison chaplain and activist who presided over 95 death row executions in Texas. Their documentary, At the Death House Door, sets a new gold standard in “issue” docs. (At the Death House Door airs on IFC Thursday night at 9:00.) (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store or to our RSS feed and an episode will download each Friday) Filmcouch #71 - Indiana Jones and the Death Penalty Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul Moore http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/3/14/26215.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) is one of the best documentary filmmakers alive. (Listen to his interview here.) He may be drawn to an issue to start a project but, unlike Michael Moore or Morgan Spurlock, he doesn’t investigate issues. He takes on the much greater challenge of showing us a fully rounded human being for whom the issue is a backdrop, one of many. It’s the difference between meeting the poster-child for an issue–say AIDS in Africa–and being that poster-child’s best friend. For At the Death House Door, the issue is the Death Penalty. But the accomplishment is how Steve James and co-director, Peter Gilbert, make us intimate with the complicated life of Reverend Carroll Pickett. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:01:09 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com3/14/2008 2:01:09 PM Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) is one of the best documentary filmmakers alive. (Listen to his interview here.) He may be drawn to an issue to start a project but, unlike Michael Moore or Morgan Spurlock, he doesn’t investigate issues. He takes on the much greater challenge of showing us a fully rounded human being for whom the issue is a backdrop, one of many. It’s the difference between meeting the poster-child for an issue–say AIDS in Africa–and being that poster-child’s best friend. For At the Death House Door, the issue is the Death Penalty. But the accomplishment is how Steve James and co-director, Peter Gilbert, make us intimate with the complicated life of Reverend Carroll Pickett. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/3/14/26214.aspx Post By: paul
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Body: Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) is one of the best documentary filmmakers alive. (Listen to his interview here.) He may be drawn to an issue to start a project but, unlike Michael Moore or Morgan Spurlock, he doesn’t investigate issues. He takes on the much greater challenge of showing us a fully rounded human being for whom the issue is a backdrop, one of many. It’s the difference between meeting the poster-child for an issue–say AIDS in Africa–and being that poster-child’s best friend. For At the Death House Door, the issue is the Death Penalty. But the accomplishment is how Steve James and co-director, Peter Gilbert, make us intimate with the complicated life of Reverend Carroll Pickett. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul
]]>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:00:57 GMTpaulpaul on spout.com3/14/2008 2:00:57 PM Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) is one of the best documentary filmmakers alive. (Listen to his interview here.) He may be drawn to an issue to start a project but, unlike Michael Moore or Morgan Spurlock, he doesn’t investigate issues. He takes on the much greater challenge of showing us a fully rounded human being for whom the issue is a backdrop, one of many. It’s the difference between meeting the poster-child for an issue–say AIDS in Africa–and being that poster-child’s best friend. For At the Death House Door, the issue is the Death Penalty. But the accomplishment is how Steve James and co-director, Peter Gilbert, make us intimate with the complicated life of Reverend Carroll Pickett. (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/3/9/26010.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: The Reverend Carroll Pickett (whose interview I’ll post later) either fell in or was called to a ministry wherein he walked 95 death row inmates through their final hours and, ultimately, to the gurney where they were executed by lethal injection. He’s a stoic Texan and fascinating man explored in Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) and Peter Gilbert’s new documentary, At the Death House Door. We talk about unwrapping this complicated minister and whether or not they planted a bottle of wine at the family dinner where Rev. Pickett’s children interrogate him about his job. SXSW 2008 interview: Steve James and Peter Gilbert At the Death House Door SXSW news, reviews, interviews and discussions Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:00:53 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com3/9/2008 4:00:53 PMThe Reverend Carroll Pickett (whose interview I’ll post later) either fell in or was called to a ministry wherein he walked 95 death row inmates through their final hours and, ultimately, to the gurney where they were executed by lethal injection. He’s a stoic Texan and fascinating man explored in Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) and Peter Gilbert’s new documentary, At the Death House Door. We talk about unwrapping this complicated minister and whether or not they planted a bottle of wine at the family dinner where Rev. Pickett’s children interrogate him about his job. SXSW 2008 interview: Steve James and Peter Gilbert At the Death House Door SXSW news, reviews, interviews and discussions Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/3/9/26008.aspx Post By: paul
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Body: The Reverend Carroll Pickett (whose interview I’ll post later) either fell in or was called to a ministry wherein he walked 95 death row inmates through their final hours and, ultimately, to the gurney where they were executed by lethal injection. He’s a stoic Texan and fascinating man explored in Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) and Peter Gilbert’s new documentary, At the Death House Door. We talk about unwrapping this complicated minister and whether or not they planted a bottle of wine at the family dinner where Rev. Pickett’s children interrogate him about his job. SXSW 2008 interview: Steve James and Peter Gilbert At the Death House Door SXSW news, reviews, interviews and discussions Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul
]]>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:00:35 GMTpaulpaul on spout.com3/9/2008 4:00:35 PMThe Reverend Carroll Pickett (whose interview I’ll post later) either fell in or was called to a ministry wherein he walked 95 death row inmates through their final hours and, ultimately, to the gurney where they were executed by lethal injection. He’s a stoic Texan and fascinating man explored in Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) and Peter Gilbert’s new documentary, At the Death House Door. We talk about unwrapping this complicated minister and whether or not they planted a bottle of wine at the family dinner where Rev. Pickett’s children interrogate him about his job. SXSW 2008 interview: Steve James and Peter Gilbert At the Death House Door SXSW news, reviews, interviews and discussions Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/documentary/MemberTagFilms.aspxdocumentary
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