Tomorrow brings us the beginning of the Salt Lake City Film Festival. And as promised we are going to be highlighting a few movies day by day before releasing reviews of the screenings we’ve attended. Yesterday, we discussed “Silver Tongues” and “Bad Fever”. Here are today’s previews!
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
Co-written and co-directed by Chris Metzler and Lev Anderson, this fantastic documentary discusses one of the most influential bands from the 80’s. Showing an all-star cast of interviews such as Flea, Les Claypool, Ice Cube, etc. This film grabs the emotion behind being in one of the most influential bands of a generation and never quite hitting the next level. I highly recommend you see this one.
Everday Sunshine will be playing at 9:30 pm on Saturday, August 20 at the The Tower Theater, and again at the tower at 12:00 PM on Sunday, August 21. The writers and directors will be on hand for Q+A after the screening.
At the heart of Fishbone’s story is lead singer Angelo Moore and bassist Norwood Fisher who show how they keep the band rolling, out of pride, desperation and love for their art. To overcome money woes, family strife, and the strain of being aging Punk rockers on the road, Norwood and Angelo are challenged to re-invent themselves in the face of dysfunction and ghosts from a painful past.
Trailer:
Between Floors
Directed by Jen White, “Between Floors” has several groups of people trapped in an elevator forced to deal with their personal issues and confront their isolation in unique ways. The film itself was shot in 1 hour snaps, where the actors followed a loose script and improvised throughout the rest. This is also on my must see list. You can catch the film on:
Friday, August 19, at Brewvies Cinema Pub at Midnight or
Sunday, August 21, at the Post Theater at 5 pm.
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_hsJdHbjzkv
Surrogate Valentine
Written by Dave Boyle, Joel Clark, and Goh Nakamura: “Surrogate Valentine”‘ stars Goh Nakamura as himself, teaching a TV star how to play guitar while the TV star teaches him valuable life lessons. The film itself looks intensely interesting, yet another highly recommended one, if you can fit it into your busy film festival schedule.
San Francisco musician & rising star Goh Nakamura’s (playing himself) life of solitude is disrupted when he is hired to teach TV actor Danny Turner (CHADD STOOPS) how to play guitar for an upcoming film. Hellbent on accurately portraying Goh’s mellow vibe for his role, Danny meticulously
studies his every move. Together, the two embark on a hilarious West Coast adventure involving live gigs, groupies, shotgun-wielding record exes and an unexpected friendship. Along the way, Goh discovers that Danny may be the missing puzzle piece in his life-long chase for Rachel (LYNN CHEN), the one that got away.
“Surrogate Valentine” will be playing Friday, August 19, at 9:30 PM, at the Tower Theater and again on Saturday, August 20, at 11:59 PM, at Brewvies Cinema Pub.
trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E4ihPOvIvAv