A movie-nerd joke with two possible punchlines:
Q: What would you get if you remade The Godfather 2 as a 10-minute amateur film?
Hyman Roth: Don’t ask. It’s got nothing to do with business.
Kay Corleone: An abortion, Michael. It’s an abortion!
Hopefully our local filmmakers did better in the San Antonio Local Film Fest-sponsored Summer Remake Challenge. SALFF (myspace.com/salff) dared aspiring Coppolas to remake full-length studio films as 10-minute shorts, and the local fest will screen the results beginning 8 p.m. Friday, August 7, at the Radius Center (106 Auditorium Circle). A $5 donation to the festival gets you in the door.
And now, a little something for the ladies … The fifth-annual CineMujer International Film Festival, sponsored by the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, has extended its deadline to Friday, August 7. The festival is looking for films made within the past two years about and/or produced or directed by women. Short notice unless you’re planning a 10-minute remake of A League of Their Own or something, but if you’ve already got a film (and the requisite genitalia) ready to go, you’ve got just enough time to drop it (the film) in the mail. Get your application at esperanzacenter.org.
This article appears in Aug 5-11, 2009.