Indiewire review
Opens tomorrow 1/27/2012 for a week long run at Seattle’s NW Film Forum.
How the Fire Fell Opening night in Corvallis!
Tonight at 7pm kicks off a theatrical run at the Darkside Cinema. Next up Seattle.
http://www.darksidecinema.com/index.html
Very nice How the Fire Fell cover article and interview from Corvallis
by Cory Frye of the Corvallis Gazette Times’ Entertainer
Recent quotes about How the Fire Fell
“E.P. Davee’s chilling telling of the Bride of Christ Church cult is easily the must-see narrative feature to have emerged from Portland in the past year.” – Portland Mercury
“It was a good year for Northwest Film, and the festival includes some really great features from the region, like How to Die in Oregon, The Wanteds, and How the Fire Fell, all of which should make you proud to live here.” – Portland Mercury Blogtown
“As if peering through a faded memory, How the Fire Fell takes you through a moment of time in a haze of mystery and wonder.” -the NW Film Forum
“”Davee is a passionate filmmaker with a strong, innovative approach. I look forward to his future films. It’s only a matter of time before this director discovers a more seamless way of meshing the story and the telling in his work.” – Eugene Weekly
The Oregon Media Arts Fellowship Grant
I’m very excited to be the sole winner of this years OMAF grant. The project I have submitted has received $15,000, which should be enough to cover the costs of shooting on film. Not a bad start!
Here’s a snippet from the official announcement:
This year’s Fellowship recipient is Edward P. Davee, who will receive a cash
award of $15,000 administered by the Northwest Film Center. Davee works for
the audiovisual department of Reed College and is a longtime filmmaker with
several acclaimed short works including Crowfilm (2003), an official selection in
the 30th Northwest Film & Video Festival. His first feature, How The Fire Fell—a
dark, semi-silent telling of the Brides of Christ religious cult active in Corvallis,
Oregon, in 1903—is an official selection of the 38th Northwest Filmmakers’
Festival and will screen at the Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium on Saturday,
November 19 at 7:00 p.m.
Davee’s proposed project for the Oregon Media Arts Fellowship, entitled Lost
Division, will be shot on Super-16mm and follows three AWOL World War II
soldiers, an army chaplain, a shell-shocked 16mm photographer, and an
infantryman as they carefully traverse the dense Hürtgen forest near Belgium
over the course of two days.
According to Finne, “The subject—soldiers reacting to the horrors of war—is
timely, important, and kind of ignored. Also, the project will significantly enhance
the filmmaker’s proven skill level from graphic black and white to subtle color.
And he has the eye to pull it off. There are no doubts about his technical ability
or his level of support. I absolutely love the idea of the photographer
concentrating on beauty—an alternate reality within his reality—making images
to stay sane. I want to see this film.”
Upcoming screenings of How the Fire Fell
- On Sunday, Oct. 2nd at 8pm How the Fire Fell will screen at the NW Film Forum in Seattle as part of their Local Sightings Film Festival (http://localsightings.nwfilmforum.org/). Tickets are available in advance! http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2178008482
- On Thursday Oct. 13th at 8pm the Bijou Theater in Eugene Oregon will host a special screening. Come join us! http://bijou-cinemas.com/bijou/2011/09/how-the-fire-fell/
- On Sunday, Nov. 3rd How the Fire Fell will make it’s way up North to Bellingham Wa. at the Pickford Film Center. http://pickfordcinema.org/ Show time to be announced soon.
That’s all for now. More screenings coming soon. I hope you are all well and that I see some of your faces soon.
take care,
Edward
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Visual comparisons from How the Fire Fell
Though How the Fire Fell is merely inspired by true events and does not claim to be a biographical representation of the full story, here are some visual comparisons with both the real characters that inspired it as well as a few other visual references and similarities.
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Portland Mercury Blogtown
More super kind words from Marjorie Skinner!
How The Fire Fell: A Literal “Cult Film” — CULTUREPHILE: PORTLAND ARTS
How The Fire Fell: A Literal “Cult Film” — CULTUREPHILE: PORTLAND ARTS.
Great article from Portland Monthly’s Anne Adams !
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