For this week's Best Shot episode, the last 'detour' before the final three classics for the season, I wanted to introduce all of you to the short films of Jamie Travis. The Canadian filmmaker has only made one feature, the phone sex comedy For a Good Time, Call... (2012) and he's been making a living with commercials and the MTV series Faking It of late. His true claim to fame and the reason we should all root for bigger feature film things to come are his two short film trilogies.
Jamie Travis and the trilogy that hooked me
I first became obsessed with his work when I was on a festival jury and saw the first film in the Patterns trilogy, a trilogy which might be semi-accurately described as a fusion of Lynchian nightmare, oddball musical, and romantic dramedy. A few years ago I geeked out and embarrassed myself when I...
Jamie Travis and the trilogy that hooked me
I first became obsessed with his work when I was on a festival jury and saw the first film in the Patterns trilogy, a trilogy which might be semi-accurately described as a fusion of Lynchian nightmare, oddball musical, and romantic dramedy. A few years ago I geeked out and embarrassed myself when I...
- 8/6/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Jamie Travis who had his debut film (For A Good Time, Call…) premiere at Sundance this past year will, according to Deadline, set-up his sophomore project with Footprint Features’ Adam Saunders (upcoming Jesse Zwick’s About Alex), Mxn’s Mason Novick (Bad Words) and Michelle Knudsen producing. Described as a “500 Days Of Summer meets Groundhog Day,” basically what any hot-blooded individual would give an arm and a leg to alter in their former life, casting is supposed to be announced shortly.
Gist: Written by John Whittington, this is about a man who spends the perfect first night with the girl of his dreams only to get stuck in the friend zone for the next three years – until he gets the chance to travel back in time to change that night, and his fate, over and over again.
Worth Noting: Travis had an impressive six short films (two short film trilogies...
Gist: Written by John Whittington, this is about a man who spends the perfect first night with the girl of his dreams only to get stuck in the friend zone for the next three years – until he gets the chance to travel back in time to change that night, and his fate, over and over again.
Worth Noting: Travis had an impressive six short films (two short film trilogies...
- 10/4/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
I thought I'd share a few of my adventures at the Nashville Film Festival whilst practicing on my wacom tablet -- so hard to get the hang of this, the wacom not the Nashville. (I've been to the Nashville Festival a couple of times so I think I have the hang of it now.) I arrived in my Herzog tee -- I always live in mortal fear that some Herzog freak will grill me about good ol' Werner since I probably don't know as much about him as I should given the human advertisement aspects of t-shirt wearing. My favorites are Grizzly Man and Aguirre the Wrath of God and Nosferatu but Werner is prolific so I can't say I've seen everything.
The jurors and guests of the festival stay in downtown Nashville where you can get to the touristy parts quick but the festival is actually at a multiplex called Regal Green Hill.
The jurors and guests of the festival stay in downtown Nashville where you can get to the touristy parts quick but the festival is actually at a multiplex called Regal Green Hill.
- 4/16/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
if you missed part one
I have a small window of time in Tribeca duties so I must wrap the unfortunately brief Nashville Film Festival coverage.
New Directors Competition
This is the jury that I served on along with Lou Harry A&E editor of the Indianapolis Business Journal and actor Brian O’Halloran who you’ll remember from Clerks. It's interesting to watch so many debut features back to back because patterns do emerge in regards to strengths and weaknesses within first efforts. The jury discussions were yet another reminder – as if I needed one covering the Oscars so closely each year – that one man’s treasure is another man’s… anyway, the discussions were lively and fun but so much disagreement! We ended up not spreading the wealth much because we were very divided about our slate of films and even the individual achievements within the films. Our...
I have a small window of time in Tribeca duties so I must wrap the unfortunately brief Nashville Film Festival coverage.
New Directors Competition
This is the jury that I served on along with Lou Harry A&E editor of the Indianapolis Business Journal and actor Brian O’Halloran who you’ll remember from Clerks. It's interesting to watch so many debut features back to back because patterns do emerge in regards to strengths and weaknesses within first efforts. The jury discussions were yet another reminder – as if I needed one covering the Oscars so closely each year – that one man’s treasure is another man’s… anyway, the discussions were lively and fun but so much disagreement! We ended up not spreading the wealth much because we were very divided about our slate of films and even the individual achievements within the films. Our...
- 4/27/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
With his fusion of bright colors and rich art direction all shot through with an undeniable layer of melancholy, Canada’s Jamie Travis invites comparison to Tim Burton at first glance. But stick around a little bit and you’ll find an entirely unique voice - one of Canada’s best - slowly building recognition around the globe. Travis’ Patterns trilogy was my own entry point to his work, a striking and surreal trio of shorts that has racked up a pretty healthy array of festival appearances and awards around the globe. But for his latest, The Armoire, Travis moves away from Patterns to complete a second trilogy of shorts that he began with his 2003 debut, Why The Anderson Children Didn’t Come To Dinner, and continued with 2006’s The Saddest Boy In The World. Here’s the synopsis:
11 year-old Aaron plays a game of Hide and Seek in which...
11 year-old Aaron plays a game of Hide and Seek in which...
- 8/11/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
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