By Aaron Hillis
Last December, I met filmmaker Azazel Jacobs at a coffee shop just down the street from the Tribeca loft he grew up in, and where his parents . avant-garde cinema icon Ken Jacobs and longtime collaborator Flo . still rent. Though he now lives in L.A.'s Echo Park neighborhood, Aza was back in NYC for final tweaking on his third feature, "Momma's Man," before its unveiling at Sundance '08. The reason for our meeting was mostly professional, as Benten Films (a DVD label I run with film blogger Andrew Grant) had fallen in love with Jacobs' previous film, "The GoodTimesKid," starring his real-life girlfriend Sara Diaz, "I'm Going to Explode" writer/director Gerardo Naranjo, and himself. (Benten will release "The GoodTimesKid" in early 2009, so let the shilling stop here).
Several months later, after a distribution deal with ThinkFilm fell through and Kino picked up the slack, "Momma's Man...
Last December, I met filmmaker Azazel Jacobs at a coffee shop just down the street from the Tribeca loft he grew up in, and where his parents . avant-garde cinema icon Ken Jacobs and longtime collaborator Flo . still rent. Though he now lives in L.A.'s Echo Park neighborhood, Aza was back in NYC for final tweaking on his third feature, "Momma's Man," before its unveiling at Sundance '08. The reason for our meeting was mostly professional, as Benten Films (a DVD label I run with film blogger Andrew Grant) had fallen in love with Jacobs' previous film, "The GoodTimesKid," starring his real-life girlfriend Sara Diaz, "I'm Going to Explode" writer/director Gerardo Naranjo, and himself. (Benten will release "The GoodTimesKid" in early 2009, so let the shilling stop here).
Several months later, after a distribution deal with ThinkFilm fell through and Kino picked up the slack, "Momma's Man...
- 8/20/2008
- by Aaron Hillis
- ifc.com
Like father, like son. The hot indie director of the moment is Azazel Jacobs, whose dad, Ken Jacobs, happens to be a legendary experimental film maker.
Now it's Azazel's turn. He's on the receiving end of a retro at Bam Rose Cinemas in the run-up to the Aug. 22 opening (at the Angelika) of his third and most accomplished film, "Momma's Man," which garnered positive buzz at Sundance.
The mini-fest, tomorrow through Friday, comprises "Momma's Man" as well as Azazel Jacobs' first two...
Now it's Azazel's turn. He's on the receiving end of a retro at Bam Rose Cinemas in the run-up to the Aug. 22 opening (at the Angelika) of his third and most accomplished film, "Momma's Man," which garnered positive buzz at Sundance.
The mini-fest, tomorrow through Friday, comprises "Momma's Man" as well as Azazel Jacobs' first two...
- 8/10/2008
- by By V.A. MUSETTO
- NYPost.com
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