‘The Killing Hills’ is the new thriller by Chris Offutt. Photo: amazon Chris Offutt is the author of the short-story collections “Kentucky S
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‘The Killing Hills’ is the new thriller by Chris Offutt. Photo: amazon Chris Offutt is the author of the short-story collections “Kentucky S
Book Review: The Killing Hills
Book Review: The Killing Hills
The Killing HillsBook Review | 📚📚📚 3/5Chris Offutt | Grove Press Why I was interested in this book:Living in rural Kentucky for over a decade, my love for grit lit is endless. I had previously read and reviewed Chris Offutt’s novel, Country Dark and really enjoyed it. Who doesn’t love a compelling murder mystery set in the Appalachia country! My assessment:While I really enjoyed Country Dark,…
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Last couple of days to catch “Chuck’s Bucket,” a complicated tale of obsession and, in our case, the perfect inspiration for 21 uniquely conceived and executed projects. Based on the homonymous short story by award winning author Chris Offutt, features impressive work by the MFA Illustration Book Seminar course.
On view through Saturday, February 8 SVA Gramercy Gallery, 209 East 23rd Street
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Good night for good books. 📚👓 #myfatherthepornographer #chrisoffutt #literature #newnovels #goodbook
Take 5 with The Repeater
We’ve asked the filmmakers for the 12th annual Oxford Film Festival the same five questions. Meet Wade Vanover of Repeater. #1: In 140 characters or less, describe your movie and why someone should see it. Repeater presents one galvanizing moment in a stark relationship between a father and son, unable to communicate their fears of abandonment. #2: Biggest lesson learned in getting the film made? Best part in getting the film made? If I learned anything, it's that a quality film comes from a quality experience. It was apparent every day on set that each cast and crew member, from our crafty to David Strathairn, was personally invested in the outcome of this project, and that truly makes a difference. As far as the best part about getting the film made; personally it was the validation of simply getting it done. This was the first time I'd adapted a work, directed a crew this size, worked directly with SAG, or most notably (and intimidating) directed an Oscar nominee. As soon as pen goes to paper, there are numerous opportunities for a film to fail, and I'm just glad this one didn't. #3: Tell us about you. What is your movie making background? I really began writing and working on films when I was in the English program at James Madison University in VA, studying Southern fiction and creative writing. While there I met and worked a lot with Alex Kent (DoP of Repeater). After graduation we both started working for a health video project at the university, where we initially met many of the Repeater crew. During that time, Alex and I started Lurid Pictures, a production company that focused on music videos, short docs, and narrative promos. Since starting Lurid, we've debuted videos on various top tier music blogs (Pitchfork, VEVO, Stereogum, NPR), produced a PBS documentary, and crewed on various films and television shows. But our passion, what brought us together back in college, is narrative fiction, and Repeater is the first project of its scope and caliber that we we've gotten to produce. #4 What do you want the Oxford Film Festival audience to know about your film that isn’t obvious from its title or description? Repeater is an adaptation of a short story by Chris Offutt originally titled, "Target Practice." Offutt is a graduate professor of Creative Writing and Screenwriting at Ole Miss. In addition to his fiction and non-fiction prose, Offutt has screenwriting credits for his work in television on Weeds, Treme, and True Blood. #5: What does the future hold in store for your film and for you? It's impossible to know, but here's what I hope: we would love to spend as many weekends in 2015 as possible traveling to festivals and screening Repeater. As far as what comes next, we have a few music videos lined up, and I have a couple shorts that I plan to produce over this year. I've also been working on a feature script over the past few months. When I was 15, I said I wanted to make a movie before I was 30, so I'm trying pretty hard to make that happen. Learn more about the film festival and buy tickets to this movie at www.oxfordfilmfest.com