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Tanya

They should have just played the films. All the q&a before and after each short film was very boring. Save it for the end. It's not a film festival. I would have liked to see them all, but all the chatter among the comics was too much to sit through for outsider. They all seemed to know eachother, so to them it was interesting. To an outsider though, no so much.

Written on Nov 03 2006

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David

This was the worst event we ever went to. The owner of the M Bar made us sit at assigned sitting tables even thou the place was half empty. Then half way into the play the owner was making soo much noise picking up the plates from the empty tables we could NOT hear the guest speakers talk. And to top it off the drinks were watered down.
We left early for a much better palce in Hollywood.

My rating for the M Bar is "Do not go there" even for free.

-David

Written on Nov 03 2006

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<p>Don’t let the word “Camera” in this evening’s title fool you; this is less a program of short films and more a night of comics talking about their short films! Off-beat shorts, trailers and even offer-beat live guests parade across the stage like just a night at your favorite comedy club.</p> <p>To celebrate the release of their first joke book, “National Lampoon’s Jokes, Jokes, Jokes: Collegiate Edition,” National Lampoon will be screening comedic films and letting filmmakers discuss them with the audience.</p> <p>Headliner: “Le Petomane: Parti Avec le Vent” (33 minutes) starring Ben Wise, Kevin Scott Allen, Aimee Miles
Created by over 300 people, this is a full-blown, full-costume, turn-of-the-century historical period piece shot at Universal Studios and the historic Tower Theater.
A "serious" drama based on the true story of Le Petomane, who became the highest paid entertainer at the Moulin Rouge over 100 years ago. The man, his bizarre talent and his life has inspired Johnny Depp to repeatedly proclaim to the press, “I’d play him in a minute!”
With its sweeping score and beautiful sets and costumes, Le Petomane is unrepentantly old Hollywood but with a very special twist. Writer/director Steve Ochs will be on hand to answer for himself and apologize if necessary
Here’s what some folks had to say about the film:
“…In his lavish biopic parody…Ochs…trades the rude humor that could have overwhelmed his subject for the delicious absurdity of tortured-artist cinema”
Robert Abele, LA Times
“The Best short I have ever seen!”
Alec Smight, Director – CSI:Crime Scene Investigation

Guest Set:
“We Love Your Mrs. Bevins” (4½ minutes) Danny Bevins, John Bizarre, Sarah Tiana
John Bizarre takes his camera along for a trip into the danger zone as one of the “Comics on Duty” touring bases in Afghanistan, Kuwait and Iraq. A comic from the film will join us for Q and A. We don’t care one, they’re all heroes.

Guest Set:
A Man and a Woman (3½ minutes) Robotic Cast
Brian McKim and Traci Skene can now add “filmmakers” to their varied list of job titles. As touring comics and editors of Sheckmagazine.com, the go-to source for all things stand up on the web, the pair is pretty much the dynamic duo of comedy. “A Man and a Woman” is a surprisingly insightful short film that, through minimalism and precision clockwork technology, explains the age-old dynamic between the sexes. Dr. Anton Keener will be on hand discuss his book, “A Man and a Woman; Text, Subtext and Even Subber Subtext, “written to help unravel the intricacies of the film.

Middle Act:
Ralph the Roadie (one episode, 6 minutes) Chris Bonno, Bowling for Soup
We will screen one episode director Peter Byck’s popular internet/podcast series “Ralph the Roadie” which follows the misadventures of an inept rock and roll roadie whose ambition far outdistances his competence, strength or skill set. We may get a visit from Ralph if he can find the place.

Guest Set:
“Comedy Hell” (trailer 4 ½ minutes) Rick Overton, Eric Roberts, Marty Rackham, Brian Dunckleman, Michael DeLouis
Three stand up comics go on a gig to Big Bear, CA that turns out to be a real “hell gig!” They cross a serial killer named Wayne who kills devil worshippers and other blasphemers (i.e. stand up comics). The comics do what comics do… befriend the local sheriff who has deep dark secrets, party with the waitresses and kill onstage. Wayne shows them what killing is all about when he turns anyone who doesn’t believe as he does into “angels” and sends them back to his savior. Writer/director/comic Scott La Rose will join us… alive.

HOST/MC:
Biography – (7½ minutes) David Juskow, Peter Graves, Dave Attell
David Juskow has been performing comedy in all of its myriad forms since childhood. His past is legend, his present is the stuff of dreams and his future defies prognostication. “Comics with Cameras” is gratefully blessed to have him applying his interviewer and hosting skills to this event.
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