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ABOUT Ojai Film
Festival - Home Page Welcome to the Seventh Annual Ojai
Film Festival - October - 2006 •••
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The Ojai Film Festival, like the new
millennium, was launched in 2000 with great vision
and promise.
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Conceived as an independent film festival
set in the enchanting town of Ojai - only 70 miles
from Hollywood - the Festival has since grown into
a world-class showcase nestled in the pristine
mountains of Southern California.
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Films shown at the Festival provides an
enthusiastic audience for the creative efforts of
both emerging and established filmmakers.
•••
The Festival features memorable ceremonies
to honor the industry's luminaries - recipients of
Lifetime Achievement Awards. -
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Ojai Film Festival 2006
/ By Donna Jeffries, Larry Leverett & Tweeni.
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ABOUT AC LYLES
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Television International Magazine loves to visit
"Shangri-La," especially Tweeni, our youngest
intern reporter, says publisher, Josie Cory. The
tviNews journalists assigned to cover the Ojai
event with Tweeni, loved the car ride up into some
of the most beautiful countryside in California.
Tweeni said what got her excited the most was, "the
festival's opening barbecue at the Ojai Arts
Center." MORE
ABOUT TWEEN
SAVVY
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This year's festivities include the best of
world-wide new independent films, and as they say
it • Hot filmmaking seminars with top industry
icons • Special screenings of film classics
• Opportunities to mingle with the filmmakers,
directors, production staff, and • Premieres
and pre-release screenings of major motion
pictures.
•••
World-renowned cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs was
honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award this
year. He was absolutely charming as he chatted and
posed for photos with us at the opening night
event. Kovacs was the brilliance behind the camera
for such films as "Easy Rider," "Paper Moon," "Five
Easy Pieces," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind,"
"Ghostbusters" and dozens of other wonderful
films.
•••
We really enjoyed learning and "Exploring the
Visual Language of Film" during Kovacs' Saturday
afternoon seminar, reported Tweeni. We were treated
to extensive film clips of some of his greatest
cinematic work. Between clips of "Easy Rider,"
Kovacs revealed how much of the enjoyment he
derived while working on this film came from being
able to highlight the great American landscape...
shooting on location in the magnificent Monument
Valley and all across the country.
•••
He shot most of the outdoor scenes from an old
station wagon while riding along side the bikers on
their cross-country tour. As wonderful as it all
was, apparently things got a little crazy, "Imagine
spending three weeks in a station wagon with Jack
Nicholson?!" Kovacs exclaimed.
•••
On Saturday evening the Award Gala was held at the
gorgeous Ojai estate known as Glen Muse. With its
impressive frontage, fountain and expansive
driveway, the enamored crowd scattered about,
sipping delicious organic wines from Ojai's Casa
Barranca Winery and tasting scrumptious hors
d'oeuvres.
•••
Also attending the Gala was TVI's friend A.C.
Lyles. Lyles (won the Lifetime Achievement Award 2
years ago, and actor Peter Strauss, this year's
Master of Ceremonies. Levertt ended up introducing
the two of them.
•••
Strauss's gorgeous dark-haired wife joined in also.
reported Tweeni. We noticed her earlier and were
still trying to figure out where we had seen her
before. She looked so familiar it was beginning to
drive us nuts, especialy Tweeni.
•••
She admitted to being an actress but teasingly
would not reveal her name or what movies she's been
in, claiming that this was "Peter's night." Just as
she finished taking a group photo for us, Strauss
was called to deliver his opening address.
•••
Strauss' speech was remarkable to say the least! He
certainly knows how to deliver drama; stressing
everything from the time-limit enforced on him by
the heads of the Festival, to the perils of actors
in general being abused by the film industry, to
the glory of all participants ending up at this
wonderful Festival... "Forget Cannes, Venice, and
Berlin!"
•••
Ironic or sardonic... either way, it was a real
butt-kicker of a speech. Bravo to a truly great
actor. When the charismatic Strauss finished
handing out the awards to the winning filmmakers,
it was time for actor Malcolm McDowell to award
Kovacs his Lifetime Achievement Award. Frankly, we
were so blown away by Strauss that we don't even
remember what McDowell had to say.
•••
After the awards were given out, Tweeni reports
that the whole tviNews team met actor Bill Paxton,
who was so friendly and down-to-earth that we could
almost swear we were talking to an old family
friend.
•••
Bill can be seen in a whole slew of hit films such
as "Titanic," "Terminator," "Aliens," "Twister,"
"Apollo 13." "True Lies," "Commando" and dozens of
others! He is currently starring in the HBO smash
hit "Big Love" playing a man who has several wives!
•••
Bill enthusiastically introduced us to Cissy
Wellman, the daughter of legendary director William
Wellman. What a beautiful bundle of energy she was!
We had noticed everyone clamoring to be near her
earlier in the evening and now we knew why.
•••
During the course of the Festival, Larry, Donna and
myself also had the chance to get to know some
extremely talented filmmakers such as Bruce Geisler
and marketing director Natalie. Their documentary
"Free Spirits," about the rise and fall of a
controversial Renaissance community in
Massachusetts, was one of the hits of the Festival.
•••
During TVI's interview with Panavision V. P. of
Marketing, Phil Radin, he discussed a concept of
doing a documentary about Panavision, utilizing
Panavision cameras.
•••
Kovacs has worked on several films with
Bogdanovich, such as "What's up Doc?", "At Long
Last Love", "Nickelodeon" and "Mask." Kovacs also
worked with another great director whom Larry and I
had the good fortune of interviewing on our
"Hollywood Beat" show; Martin B. Cohen. Cohen and
Kovacs collaborated on "Rebel Rousers" which was
another "Easy Rider" inspired film also featuring
Jack Nicholson, along with Bruce Dern and Diane
Ladd. What a small world it is!
•••
While working on "Paper Moon," Kovacs was thrilled
to have the rare opportunity to shoot a black and
white film. Alas shooting in black and white can
also have its challenges, but Kovacs was determined
to triumph.
•••
Fortunately enough, one of the most magnificent
filmmakers in history happened to be staying at
Bogdanovich's home during part of the shoot. Kovacs
proceeded to pick the brain of none other than
Orson Welles... whom I also had the opportunity to
pick the brain of when I literally smashed into him
head-on at the Ma Maison restaurant several years
ago.
•••
We were both rounding a corner at the same time as
he was headed for his favorite table (carrying his
tiny black poodle) and I was headed for the powder
room! But that's another story.
•••
As for Welles' advice to Kovacs; red filters were
the key. Unfortunately, the drawback was losing two
f-stops. But with Kovacs' brilliant mind and keen
eye, the movie turned out to be a smash success...
even earning an Oscar for the film's young star
Tatum O'Neal, of which Larry reminded Kovacs and
the audience.
•••
Kovacs also showed clips of the hit film "Shampoo,"
starring Warren Beatty. He briefly mentioned that
there was a bit of financial worry on the set.
Larry related to me about how he himself was
mistaken by Warren Beatty for a heavy-handed
financier while visiting the "Shampoo" set.
•••
Yes, the world of Hollywood can be full of
surprises. One thing is certain, Kovacs' films all
feature good solid stories. He, in fact stated that
the kinds of films he has always been interested in
have NOT been films filled with special effects but
films about people, and he wishes more films were
like that today.
•••
I promptly burst out in applause to give
recognition to that wish that I also hold dear...
in response, the entire auditorium also broke out
in applause. Kovacs summed it all up by saying that
it is now in the hands of the future generation of
filmmakers and hoped that they would indeed create
more meaningful films.
•••
Kovacs also treated us to clips from our old pal
Peter Bogdanovich's film "Paper Moon." Earlier when
we had mentioned to him about Bogdanovich inviting
us up to his home to interview him, Kovacs joked
that he was surprised Peter even had a home!
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seems our TVInews coverage of the annual
Ojai
Film Festival 2006
became another fantastic event for our news
reporters and participants! We made friends with
Laszlo Kovacs who shot "Easy Rider", "Paper Moon",
"Five Easy Pieces", "Close Encounters of the Third
Kind", "Ghostbusters" etc. and Bill Paxton from
"Titanic", "Terminator", "Aliens", "Twister",
"Apollo 13", "True Lies", "Commando" and is now
starring in the HBO hit "Big Love" (as a man with
several wives). Donna said she again met up with my
old friend, Paramonts, A.C. Lyles who then
introduced him to Peter Strauss - the festival's
Master of Ceremonies and knocked the whole Ojai
Valley off their rockers with his nasty/cussing
opening speech!! Anyway, the event was a good one
to open the holidays with.
Josie
Cory
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TVI
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