State of the Arts for April 1, 2005
This week on State of the Arts, we talk about the revamped Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival, protecting antiquities during war and a system that can help you pick out the perfect movie. Plus, an artist who uses poetry, music, bits of sound and complex text to explore the meaning of language.
M-Spiff
The Minneapolis-St. Paul Film Festival has a new nickname, M-Spiff. (You pronounce that Em-spiff.) We'll talk to Minnesota Film Arts director Jamie Hook about some other changes you might see.
MovieLens
Some people have a hard time finding a movie critic they agree with. The University of Minnesota has come up with a system that might help. It's called movielens.org. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts tells us more.
Corine Wegener
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts assistant curator discusses her time in Iraq saving antiquities and a new manual designed to help teach the average soldier how to do triage for artifacts they uncover.
Chris Mann
Chris Mann is a New York City based artist who uses poetry, music, bits of sound and complex text to explore the meaning of language. Tim Post reports on the U.S. premier of his latest work.
Wrenshall, Minnesota has its very own film festival. "The Free Range Film Festival" says it is devoted to celebrating independent film and clean country living. The festival runs July 29th & 30th in a huge barn on an organic farm just outside of town. Right now, they need you to send them movies.
They claim they will accept films, videos or kinescopes not made by a quote "fancy-pants Hollywood studio." Entries can be a full-length features, shorts or documentaries. It's free to enter...a small hint from the organizers to increase the chances of seeing your film in the festival: submit a movie of less than two minutes. To enter go to their website www.freerangefilm.com
