Some Recent Links

Posted on January 30, 2011 by yarnspinnerpress

This interview with Debra Granik on Hit Fix; “… When asked if she really hadn’t planned on watching the nominations announcements, Granik replied, “I don’t want to sound like a freak, but we really work outside of that system. We work outside of that arena. I wouldn’t have known where to listen.”…”

Edelstein, New York Movies,; The Oscars Have Thrown Me a (Winter’s) Bone; “… when I tell people I think that Winter’s Bone was the best movie of 2010 and they say, “What the hell is that? You pretentious critics pick movies we’ve never heard of…”

From The Carpetbagger, of the New York Times; “… Points to Debra Granik, the director of newly minted best picture, adapted screenplay and actress hopeful “Winter’s Bone,” for best opening line of a reaction conversation.

“I was in the Arctic Circle last night,” Ms. Granik said.

Come again?…”

This from Arnchair Travel; “… When I heard about Winter’s Bone, the winner of the Sundance Film Festival, I planned to see it in the theater, but never got around to it. I saw it on video last night, and it was fantastic …”

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Tonight at the Moxie

Posted on January 30, 2011 by yarnspinnerpress

It was a footstomping, stand-on-the-chair kind of crowd tonight at the Moxie theater and Farmers Gastropub in Springfield for the local Oscars Nominations party. Marideth Sisco and Blackberry Winter performed two sets including a couple brand new wailers that sent shivers down my spine. In attendance with Marideth were Linda Stoffel, Bo Brown, Billy Ward, Dennis Crider, Tedi May, Van Colbert and Rick Redding. Rick belted out his bar song, Missing You,  from the movie Winter’s Bone  and Marideth sang my personal favorite Big Yellow Peaches (a classic murder ballad and a nonsense song), while the first round of partygoers schmoozed and soaked in the beauty and blend of folk, old-time and gospel.

Limited seating meant standing room only at the Gastro with CD sales and signings by the band members a full time task. Several members of the movie cast were present including Shelley Waggener (Sonya), Lauren Sweetser (Gail), Beth Domann (Alice), and several others.

The movie Winter’s Bone starring Jennifer Lawrence and John Hawkes has earned four Ocar nominations; Jennifer Lawrence (best actress), John Hawkes (best supporting actor) and Best screenplay, and Best Picture. I look for at least one win and am putting my money on Hawkes who gave a stellar performance.

Old time music including Farther Along, High on a Mountain and Missouri Waltz all sang  by local veteran Marideth Sisco were featured in the movie and soundtrack. Fast becoming favorites with a crowd of listeners unfamiliar with this genre of music it rises in popularity. Marideth has received requests for CD’s from as far away as Greece, Norway and Ireland.

If you haven’t seen  this movie yet, rent it, buy it, steal it. Get your hands on a copy and slip into a world of beauty and harshness unlike any other. Oh, you’re bound to enjoy the special breed of musicians making up Blackberry Winter, ala Marideth Sisco.  

written by Sarah Denton for Marideth Sisco

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A Years Worth of Work pays off

Posted on January 26, 2011 by yarnspinnerpress

The most definitive work yet on the real Ozarks Highlands of Missouri.

An excerpt from

Ozark Highlands

National Heritage Area

Here’s what I was doing when I wasn’t flying all over the globe promoting the movie. It’s now open for public comment, let me know what you think. Read the feasibility study in it’s entirety and look at the wonderful photographs here.

–M

“The National Heritage Area (NHA) program celebrates the culture, natural beauty, recre-ational opportunities, and history of significant and distinctive regions across the United States. A portion of the Missouri Ozarks Highlands, with its remarkable landscape, history, and people, could become one of those heritage areas.

This study documents conversations, thoughts and assessments of the region, including
the landscape, residents and their combined story.”  Organized to address a variety of
criteria found in established heritage areas around the nation, this assessment concludes
with what residents want for their future and what they consider to be the most valuable
places and stories to preserve.  And, finally, this study assures local residents that they
individually select participation and what to preserve throughout their lives and the lives
of their offspring.

While many NHA’s are concerned primarily about conserving, interpreting, and preserving and existing robust historic record, high quality primary and secondary source historical documentation of the Ozarks Highlands is surprisingly limited. Much of the historical legacy rests in traditions handed down from person to person. With a sense of urgency, one resident state that, “we are one generation away from losing our stories.”

The most important and compelling question is: What is it about the land, people, history
and culture of the Ozarks Highlands that makes it nationally-significant for all Americans and a valued place for residents past and future?“

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Check out the interview

Posted on January 25, 2011 by yarnspinnerpress

This mornings interview with the News Leader.

… ““I have to confess something, I was sound asleep and a friend called me and said ‘I can’t believe you are asleep, I set my alarm for this,’” Sisco says.” …

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Winter’s Bone Soundtrack and Oscar querries

Posted on January 25, 2011 by yarnspinnerpress

There have been a lot of comments and questions about the soundtrack to Winter’s Bone and why it wasn’t nominated.

The Oscars have two categories related to music; one of them is Music, original score and the other is Music, original song. One of the songs to be in the movie was an original song but was replaced by Farther Along and “that was the right decision” states Marideth Sisco.

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More Interviews

Posted on January 25, 2011 by yarnspinnerpress

Marideth has also done phone interviews with the Newsleader and the Quill this morning. They will both be in todays paper or tomorrows.

“If I could speak to each person involved with the film, I am proud to be in the company of everyone, from Daniel Woodrell, writer of the book Winter’s Bone, to Isaiah Stone who plays Sonny. I’m so proud to be in their company.” from Marideth this morning

Here we are at Sundance. Me on the left, Alix Madigan, Hannah, Debra Granik, Jonathan Scheuer.

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Interview with KSMU

Posted on January 25, 2011 by yarnspinnerpress

I did a phone interview this morning with KSMU radio. Look for it on the morning news.

I also spoke with Debra Granik this morning and she asked me, “Are you ready to play the role of the bad-ass hillbilly Grandmother?”. I said yes.

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