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on April 12
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Posted project update #10Special 50% discount for Cimmfest screening
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on April 5
CIMMfest
Posted project update #9Exclusive Work-In-Progress Screening of Parallax Sounds
Post CommentDear Friends,
We are pleased to announce that a special work-inprogress screening of Parallax Sounds will be presented on Saturday, April 14th at the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival (CIMMfest) More info, tickets and passes at http://cimmfest.org/parallax-sounds/.
As a special Thank You, all our Kickstarter backers can recieve a special 20% off the price of a festival pass.
Discount promo code for passes is "parallax"
Cast and crew members will be present for q&a after the screening.
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on August 31, 2011
CIMMfest
Posted project update #8Thank You!!! and a new interview with Damon Locks
Post CommentDear Friends,
Our campaign has been successful thanks to the generosity of all of you who donated and all who helped spread the word! Big THANKS to all of you!
In the final days of the campaign, our friends at Music Film Web published this interview with Damon Locks from the Eternals, which gave us the final push to finish with success. Check it out:
http://www.musicfilmweb.com/2011/08/damon-locks-chicago-post-rock-music-documentary/
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on August 29, 2011Funded!
PARALLAX SOUNDS documentary by CIMMfest
A film that links Chicago’s distinctive urban landscape and the dreams and doubts of a generation of influential post-rock musicians.
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103% funded $10,345 pledged
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on August 4, 2011
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Posted project update #725 Days Left = 5 Donor Challenge
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on July 27, 2011
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Posted project update #6REELS Chicago Coverage
Post CommentHello fans!
Wanted to share the news with everyone that the Chicago-based film webiste, REELS Chicago wrote a great article on Parallax Sounds and our benefit at The Hideout tonight!
Check it out below and if you're in town tonight, swing by The Hideout!
http://www.reelchicago.com/article/famous-chicago-musicians-doc-preview-hideout
Famous Chicago musicians in doc preview at The Hideout
By Ruth L Ratny July 25, 2011
FANS OF GREAT BANDS and ground-breaking Chicago composers and musicians of the ‘90s are invited to The Hideout Wednesday, July 27, to see a preview of a feature doc by Paris-based filmmakers, called Parallax Sounds.
In short, award-winning Italian director Augusto Contento, who lives in Paris, aims to show “two sides of the city” and how it inspired Generation X’s transformational music, as exemplified by five world famous Chicago artists.
And just what are those “two sides of the city?” Are you ready? According to producer Giancarlo Grande, they are … our big brutal winter and glorious hot summer. (Think about it.)
Chicago’s great musicians featured in the doc are producer/guitarist Steve Albini, (Nirvana, Cheap Trick); singer/instrumentalist Ian Williams (Battles); jazz musician/composer/improviser Ken Vandermark, named by the Reader as 2011 Best Jazz Musician; vocalist/keyboardist Damon Locks (The Eternals), the Reader Best’s 2011 Dancing Front Man and composer/singer/guitarist David Grubbs.
“Interviews with the musicians are about the experience of the ‘two cities.’ When you hear the music you know the city,” says Grande, who has fallen in love with Chicago (weather notwithstanding) its architecture, friendly, helpful people, and wants European cities to know Chicago as he and Contento have discovered it.
Parallax’ budget of $400,000, supported with a Dreihaus Foundation grant, is shy $100,000, says Grande, but they are hopeful of filling the gap and The Hideout event will help.
“We want Chicagoans to be part of this, to be engaged in a movie about them and that show the feeling of the city, its beauty and culture” says Grande, who would have a great future in city tourism if he settled in Chicago.
When the film wraps in October, they would love to screen at Sundance and thereafter at film festivals in Europe.
The $20 Hideout ticket includes the doc preview, a DJ set by Damon Locks, other special guests, food and drink, 5:30-8 p.m. -
on July 22, 2011
CIMMfest
Posted project update #5Parallax Sounds in the Chicago Reader!
Post CommentHi Everyone,
Wanted to let you know that we made the Three Beats section on cover of this week's Chicago Reader! On top of the Reader story, this week was a big success with the sound engineers working hard on mixing the soundtrack, and filming on location every day with week at the Sears tower, O'Hare airport and a little hidden gem we found at the Francisco Brown line L stop.
Please spread the word that we're shooting, interviewing and working to raise funds every day.
PS - here's a clip of our latest interview with Steve Albini.
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on July 15, 2011
CIMMfest
Posted project update #4Ian Williams Interview Photos
Post CommentWe just finished interviewing The Battles' Ian Williams in different locations around Chicago.
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on July 13, 2011
CIMMfest
Posted project update #2Benefit at the Hideout on July 27th
Post CommentFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 11, 2011UNEARTHING THE SOUNDS OF THE CITY THAT WORKSAvant-Garde documentary illuminates how Chicago’s urban landscape has inspired the daring attitudes and music of the Nineties and beyondCHICAGO, IL, July 11, 2011 - Through the lens of award-winning filmmaker Augusto Contento, Parallax Sounds(http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cimmfest/parallax-sounds-documentary) awakens our understanding of Chicago's dynamic urban landscape and how it inspired a transformational era in the music and culture of the so-called Generation-X. Backed by Paris-based Cineparallax, Parallax Sounds is currently in production, capturing the pulse of Chicago’s uniquely creative culture emerging from some of the most unexpected places.From our modern airports to buildings erected for the Chicago World’s Fair over a century ago, on the El and the metropolitan shores of Lake Michigan and in back allies, Contento overlays intimate, gorgeous imagery of Chicago with an original score and interviews featuring world-renowned Chicago-based musicians including:· Steve Albini - Producer (Nirvana, The Stooges, PJ Harvey, Pixies, Cheap Trick); Guitarist (Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac)· Ken Vandermark - Jazz musician, Composer, improviser (Vandermark 5, Spaceway Inc., Flying Luttenbachers); Chicago Reader Best Jazz Musician of 2011· Damon Locks - Vocalist and Keyboardist (The Eternals, Trenchmouth), Chicago Reader Best Dancing Front Man 2011· Ian Williams - Singer, Multi-instrumentalist (Don Caballero, Storm & Stress, Battles)· David Grubbs - Composer, Singer, Guitarist (Gastr del Sol, Bastro, Squirrel Bait)In a recent interview for the film, Steve Albini drew the parallel between the determination of the city that works and the artists working within it:“Musicians in Chicago generally have decided what kind of music they want to make or how they want to pursue music, and they go that way regardless of what’s popular. When grunge music started to become popular in the mainstream, you heard quite a few bands adopt those moves in other places...that didn’t happen in Chicago. You still had bands like the Jesus Lizard, Tortoise and Shellac following their own heading. That’s what distinguishes musicians from Chicago.”On July 27th, the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia, Chicago, 5:30 pm will host A Benefit to Support the Production of Parallax Sounds featuring a twenty minute worldwide preview, Damon Locks DJ’ing, other special guests and free food and drink. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at: www.hideoutchicago.com.
In addition to Cineparallax, Parallax Sounds is supported by contributions by CIMMFest, BulletProof Film (William S. Burroughs: A Man Within), and Germany’s Troika Entertainment.About Director Augusto ContentoAugusto Contento is the award-winning filmmaker of Tramas (Locarno Film Festival), Strade Trasparenti (Locarno Film Festival) and Roads of Water (Opening Night, Rome International Film Festival). FilmCritica Magazine recently named him one of Italy's most promising filmmakers of his generation.About CineparallaxCineparallax is an independent film production company founded in Paris, France in 2004 by filmmaker Augusto Contento and film producer Giancarlo Grande, Cineparallax distinguishes itself by projects that challenge definitions and blend experimental film, documentary, music and visual arts. Born as a creative laboratory, the company emphasizes international artistic collaboration and explores alternative ways of funding its projects. Cineparallax’s activity has brought together professionals, production companies and art institutions in France, Italy, Brazil, England, Germany, United States, Australia and Finland. The films produced by Cineparallax have been exhibited in film festivals and special events all over the world, have received international awards and have been acquired by TV channels in France, Italy, Brazil and Finland.###Press Contact:Giancarlo Grande -
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Parallax Sounds is produced by Paris-based Cineparallax. With production partners BulletProof Film (William S. Burroughs: A Man Within), and Germany’s Troika Entertainment, the documentary has so far secured distribution deals in France, Italy, Germany,... view more
