2017, Jeremy Holm cut himself shaving on the set of
Jenn Wexler’s THE RANGER.
September 10, 2020
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TBT: Slice n’ Dice
September 9, 2020
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Woodstock Film Festival presents: A Tribute to Glass Eye Pix! In celebration of GEP’s 35th Anniversary
In celebration of Glass Eye Pix’s 35th anniversary, the Woodstock Film Festival will present a special tribute at the drive-in, featuring three horror movies from GEP’s extensive back catalogue (BITTER FEAST by Joe Maggio, WENDIGO by Larry Fessenden and STAKE LAND by Jim Mickle), all shot in the Hudson Valley. Fessenden notes, “These thrillers will unspool at a drive-in theater surrounded by the very woods where their stories take place, drenched in country darkness.”
Visit woodstockfilmfestival.org for more info!
September 7, 2020
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Happy Labor Day from Glass Eye Pix
On this labor day, Glass Eye Pix salutes
our crew members, the essential workers of film production.
September 3, 2020
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TBT: SATAN HATES YOU World Premiere
2010, World Premiere of James Felix McKenney’s
SATAN HATES YOU at Anthology Film Archives.
September 2, 2020
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Fessenden featured in documentary, Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Industry
When you sit down to watch a film, how often do you think about what it took to get the film in front of you? We rarely bother to think about this, but we really should. Typically, most films take years to make it to the screen, and the more limited the resources are, the longer that wait it is. This process forms the basis for Justin McConnell’s autobiographical documentary, Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Industry. Beginning in 2014 and ending in 2019, Clapboard Jungle charts McConnell’s mission to get a feature film off of the ground. Along the way, he falls into every pitfall an indie filmmaker can, and offers a brutally honest look at how tough the film industry is and what it takes to survive.
It’s not just McConnell that takes a turn in front of the camera, as he seeks out various friends and peers from the industry to find out about their own experiences getting movies made. The information gathered within these interviews is vital for anyone thinking of starting a career in the industry, and the whole documentary works wonderfully as a ‘how to’ guide. The scope of the people he sits down with are also impressive. Over the course of the film we get insights from Travis Stevens, Graham Skipper, Barbara Crampton, Guillermo del Toro, Larry Fessenden, and the late Dick Miller and Sid Haig. Larry Fessenden in particular has some lovely (but heartbreaking) things to say about the writing process and those projects that get stuck at script level.
September 1, 2020
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Screen Rant: How Shudder Is Single-Handedly Keeping 2020 Horror Movies Alive
From Screen Rant: Its the die-hard horror fans that keep the genre moving forward, mainly by spreading the word about classics, under-appreciated gems, and new releases that may go unnoticed by casual streamer. As for Shudder, the service always has loads of quality horror to enjoy, whether it’s the impressive list of featured collections or the curated playlists from industry figures like like Barbara Crampton, Larry Fessenden, or Alice Lowe (to name a few).
Be sure to stream a handful of Glass Eye flix on Shudder, such as Wendigo, Most Beautiful Island, Like Me, Psychopaths, House of the Devil, Stake Land, The Ranger and more.
September 1, 2020
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WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL celebrates Glass Eye Pix 35 Year Anniversary this Fall
By Peter Aaron
Back in March, when the cavalcade of coronavirus closures began, Woodstock Film Festival cofounder Meira Blaustein, perhaps like most sane festival organizers this year, considered canceling the beloved event. But not for long. Instead, Blaustein, who cites “a healthy dose of insanity” as part of what made her want to start the 21-years-and-still-running film festival in the first place, didn’t yield to pressure. Taking a cue from the artistic spirit of the fest’s namesake town, she and her—to borrow the festival’s famous tagline—”fiercely independent” team of fellow film lovers got creative. With traditional movie theaters currently closed in New York State, they made astute use of technology and found alternate venues at which to screen some of this year’s hand-picked selection of over 30 full-length movies and nearly 40 short films. And so (insert clapperboard clack! here) the 2020 Woodstock Film Festival will take place from September 30 through October 4, after all.
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A special component for 2020 is the festival’s 35th anniversary tribute to celebrated horror producers Glass Eye Pix (Depraved, The Last Winter, Habit) that features three locally filmed genre films: Wendigo (2001), Bitter Feast (2010), and Stake Land (2009). “Glass Eye Pix presents three films from its canon of over 50 movies, each highlighting the director’s unique voice, and each offering a glimpse at the range of stories found in the horror genre,” says head producer and area resident Larry Fessenden. “All shot in the Hudson Valley at different times of year.”
August 31, 2020
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Rolling Stone: Birdthrower Finds Peace Among Nature in ‘PRAY’ Video
Glass Eye Pal Robert Leaver (co-author THE LAST WINTER, performance art CRAWL, HOLE EARTH and star of impromptu Music Videos Let Me Drive, Dig A Hole, Crawling Home, Days of Never Before, etc. featured in Rolling Stone Magazine. On News Stands Now!
Birdthrower — a.k.a. Robert O. Leaver — has shared a tranquil video for “Pray.” The track is off his self-titled LP, released last year via Ben Harper’s new label, Mad Bunny.
Directed by Larry Fessenden, the video features sequences of the night sky as stars illuminate trees and move in a hypnotic motion. “I’ve been thinking about the faith you have in me,” Leaver sings. “And all the faith we have in what we cannot see.”
“This all came together at the height of the pandemic in New York, and the spirit of this song felt like something I really wanted to share,” Leaver said of the video in a statement. “The images in the video come from my neighbor in the Catskills, Garth Battista, who has recently been taking still shots and time-lapse films of the sky, stars and trees. Mostly at night. Beautiful images that immediately speak for themselves. His images reveal something both intimate and vast. Something we are all living with. We are in a precarious place. All we have is this fleeting and miraculous point of view.”
“The song ‘Pray’ is about finding my way to peace,” he added. “I am not part of a church or an organized religion. I think over time I’ve created my own forms of prayer and my own idea of church and it all goes back to nature. I was thinking about this and trying to write a song and I asked myself, ‘How do you pray?’ I wrote down my answer and looked for some chords. I think we all pray, whether we realize it or not. Being quiet in nature, mostly alone — that’s how I pray. I pray for faith. I pray for mercy and courage. Sometimes in a state of prayer, I feel free of any sense of self and, for a few moments, I am just a nameless witness sitting up in a tree. But a tree isn’t required.”
Leaver is the first artist to be signed to Harper’s label, which he launched last April. Birdthrower was released last year; “Pray” follows the videos for “Dreaming” and “Let Me Drive.”
