The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominations for the 33rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards this morning. Among the nominees are docs "Armadillo," which received four nods and "The Battle for Marjah," "Better This World" and "Enemies of the People," which each received three. With 43 nominations overall, CBS is on top this year thanks in large part to "60 Minutes," while PBS came in a close second with 37. NBC, ABC and HBO also received double-digit nominations. The awards ceremony will take place Monday, October 1 at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City. Select categories are listed below -- for the full list of nominees, check out the Emmy Awards site. Best Documentary HBO Documentary Films (HBO): "How to Die in Oregon" Producer/Director: Peter Richardson Executive Producers: Melody Korenbrot, Sheila Nevins Pov...
- 7/12/2012
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Below Portland-based filmmaker Peter Richardson shares a scene from his second feature documentary, "How to Die in Oregon," winner of the Grand Jury Prize (Documentary) at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The HBO release comes out on DVD February 14. Why I Made the Film “How to Die in Oregon” was born out of a rather serendipitous moment in 2006. I was departing Portland for Sundance with my first documentary, “Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon” and, as I left my airport hotel room that morning I saw the USA Today that had been delivered to the door. One of the above-the-fold headlines announced that the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, had upheld Oregon’s Death with Dignity Law -- the law had been challenged by the Bush Administration under the Controlled Substances Act. It was clear to me in that moment that this would be the topic of my next film.
- 2/13/2012
- Indiewire
2011 has been a fantastic year for documentaries. In fact, you might see more than one on our best films of 2011 list. But in order to give the genre the recognition it deserves, we wanted to highlight all those that missed the cut. These films often provide more engaging drama with their veracity and technique than most narrative features and it killed us to skip over some we loved.
Just to mention a few that didn’t make the cut in no particular order: Tabloid, Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, Public Speaking, George Harrison: Living In The Material World, Self Made, Project Nim, The Swell Season, Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, Page One: Inside the New York Times and Cave of Forgotten Dreams. But we’ve narrowed it down to just ten with write-ups from our own John Fink, unless otherwise noted. Check them out...
Just to mention a few that didn’t make the cut in no particular order: Tabloid, Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, Public Speaking, George Harrison: Living In The Material World, Self Made, Project Nim, The Swell Season, Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, Page One: Inside the New York Times and Cave of Forgotten Dreams. But we’ve narrowed it down to just ten with write-ups from our own John Fink, unless otherwise noted. Check them out...
- 12/29/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Every single year come awards season, it's always upsetting to see the blatant misfires on the Academy's short list of films eligible for the Best Documentary Oscar. Just last year [1], the big story wasn't so much that Exit Through the Gift Shop or Restrepo were up for the award, it was that films like Catfish, Best Worst Movie and Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work were snubbed. This year it's more of the same. Much more. Fifteen films have been chosen that will be narrowed down to five to tangle for the Oscar itself and on that list are several exceptional documentaries: Bill Cunningham New York, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory and Project Nim (above) just to name a few. Not on the list, however are Constance Mark's Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey, Steve James’s The Interrupters, Werner Herzog‘s Into the Abyss, Errol Morris' Tabloid, Ian Palmer's Knuckle,...
- 11/19/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
#10. I Saw The Devil - Kim Jee-woon (March 4th) Byung-hun Lee and Min-sik Choi going head to head in a revenge drunk, ultra violent game of cat and mouse, crafted by the headstrong stylings of Kim Jee-woon? Sign me up. #9. Bobby Fischer Against the World - Liz Garbus (HBO Premiere) An interest in chess helped peak my interest, but Liz Garbus's doc about the insanity that was chess master Bobby Fischer's life is an absorbing bit of film making. With an excellent sense of pace, and a cast of interviewees that not only were probably the only people that could tell Fischer's story, but told it with ardent detail whether they loved him, or thought he was a complete nut job, the HBO doc is sure to spread the good word of chess to the masses while simultaneously entertaining. #8. Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles - Jon Foy...
- 7/5/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Director: Peter Richardson Watching characters die on film is never easy for me, but watching real people really die on film is a harrowing experience at best. I should clarify -- Peter Richardson's How To Die In Oregon is not a snuff film, it is about Oregonians who, due to terminal illness, are able to choose to take a lethal dose of medicine that will bring upon near-instantaneous death; a task that is legal in Oregon, in accordance with Death With Dignity, a state physician-assisted suicide law passed in 1994. The video footage of each death serves as legal documentation to prove that the patient died of sound mind and of their own hand. Within the first few minutes we witness -- via video footage shot by a relative -- cancer sufferer Roger Sagner take a few slurps of the physician-prescribed medicine that promptly knocks him into a coma before finally killing him.
- 5/22/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Back in 1994, Oregon became the first state to give the okay to physician-assisted death. The Death with Dignity Act allows some terminally ill patients, ones who are already within six months of their expected death, to choose when to pass. Clearly this is a testy topic, but that certainly didn’t hold director Peter Richardson back. In his documentary, How to Die in Oregon, Richards features a number of subjects including Cody Curtis, a wife and mother suffering from liver cancer, preparing to utilize her option to pass and Nancy Niedzielski, a woman who lost her husband after a great deal of suffering who is now advocating for the Death...
- 5/20/2011
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
The Independent Film Festival of Boston (IFFBoston) kicks off this Wednesday, and has a number of impressive films in its line-up. The festival will take place at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square, the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, and the Stuart Street Playhouse in downtown Boston. The festival, complete with over 110 film screenings, filmmaker Q&A sessions, panel discussions, visiting filmmakers, parties and events will showcase the best in current American and International cinema.
The opening night film of the festival is Being Elmo directed by Constance Marks will open the 9th annual festival on April 27th at the Somerville Theatre. This marks the first time the festival will open with a documentary. The film follows Kevin Clash, from humble upbringings as he follows his dream to become a puppeteer and one day work with his idol, Jim Henson, to the present day...
The opening night film of the festival is Being Elmo directed by Constance Marks will open the 9th annual festival on April 27th at the Somerville Theatre. This marks the first time the festival will open with a documentary. The film follows Kevin Clash, from humble upbringings as he follows his dream to become a puppeteer and one day work with his idol, Jim Henson, to the present day...
- 4/26/2011
- by Kristen Coates
- The Film Stage
Death is not a subject many like to tackle head on.
However, much like any worthwhile documentary, the latest film from documentarian Peter Richardson, How To Die In Oregon not only takes a distinct and absolutely haunting look into the idea of death, but also what it means to truly have control over ones life.
How To Die In Oregon takes a look at the state’s battle with the legalization of physician-assisted suicide, which, in 1994, culminated in the state becoming the first one to legalize the act. With only Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands having the practice legalized, Oregon became a hot bed for the battle for and against euthanasia. However, it’s also so very much more. Looking at the stories of those currently going through the process of ending their lives this way, the film follows those directly involved and their families, in what is one of...
However, much like any worthwhile documentary, the latest film from documentarian Peter Richardson, How To Die In Oregon not only takes a distinct and absolutely haunting look into the idea of death, but also what it means to truly have control over ones life.
How To Die In Oregon takes a look at the state’s battle with the legalization of physician-assisted suicide, which, in 1994, culminated in the state becoming the first one to legalize the act. With only Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands having the practice legalized, Oregon became a hot bed for the battle for and against euthanasia. However, it’s also so very much more. Looking at the stories of those currently going through the process of ending their lives this way, the film follows those directly involved and their families, in what is one of...
- 3/26/2011
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
The Independent Film Festival of Boston [1] recently released their full line-up and it's a doozy. Sundance favorites such as The Future [2] and Submarine [3] will be there, along with awesome documentaries like Being Elmo [4] (With Elmo In Attendance!!!) and Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times [5]. I'm looking forward to films I wasn't able to catch at Sundance and SXSW, such as the legal documentary Hot Coffee, the heartbreaking How to Die in Oregon, and the new fascinating Conan O'Brien film. Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins [6] also looks like it will rock the house. The full line-up is below. The festival is April 27th through May 4th, and it's one of my favorite movie events of the year. If you live anywhere in New England, I invite you to come and check it out. You can follow IFFBoston on Facebook for updates [7] or buy your passes now [8]! Narrative Features 13 Assassins...
- 3/25/2011
- by David Chen
- Slash Film
The alternate title for this review might as well been "Dying: this shit gets real, yo".
How To Die In Oregon is the second film from Oregon based documentarian Peter Richardson; it made its debut at the 2011 Sundance film festival. It is driven by a unique law in Oregon passed in 1994 that allows physicians to assist terminal patients in a "death with dignity" via a lethal dose of Seconal, a heavy barbiturate. I expected two hours of axe grinding and choir preachin', a trap documentaries on controversial subjects are prone to falling into (see also: Michael Moore). This is not the case with Oregon. Richardson presents a sympathetic but essentially unslanted picture of several families in the Pacific Northwest struggling with planned bereavement, for lack of a better phrase. It's like Logan's Run without the sci-fi tropes or tube-cars, and more grief.
Briefly, we have Nancy Niedzielski, who campaigned tirelessly...
How To Die In Oregon is the second film from Oregon based documentarian Peter Richardson; it made its debut at the 2011 Sundance film festival. It is driven by a unique law in Oregon passed in 1994 that allows physicians to assist terminal patients in a "death with dignity" via a lethal dose of Seconal, a heavy barbiturate. I expected two hours of axe grinding and choir preachin', a trap documentaries on controversial subjects are prone to falling into (see also: Michael Moore). This is not the case with Oregon. Richardson presents a sympathetic but essentially unslanted picture of several families in the Pacific Northwest struggling with planned bereavement, for lack of a better phrase. It's like Logan's Run without the sci-fi tropes or tube-cars, and more grief.
Briefly, we have Nancy Niedzielski, who campaigned tirelessly...
- 3/20/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
How To Die in Oregon is an alarmingly personal documentary examining the ethics and politics of killing oneself through what some call “physician-assisted suicide” – in Oregon it is called Death with Dignity Law. The film opens with home video of an elderly man having a “death party” – he has made the decision to kill himself with the assistance of his case worker from Compassion and Choice. Under the law a doctor can prescribe a deadly dose of Seconal, which the patient must administer themselves. Prior to his dose, the man’s last words thank the “wisdom of the votes of Oregon.”
Like the decision to end one’s life, the film is intensely personal – but also political. Neighboring Washington state passes a similar law, pushed forward by a women whose husband’s brain tumor caused him so much pain he virtually aged over night. Filmmaker Peter Richardson maintains an interesting balance,...
Like the decision to end one’s life, the film is intensely personal – but also political. Neighboring Washington state passes a similar law, pushed forward by a women whose husband’s brain tumor caused him so much pain he virtually aged over night. Filmmaker Peter Richardson maintains an interesting balance,...
- 3/16/2011
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
San Francisco - Romantic drama Like Crazy and a documentary over euthanasia claimed the top prizes this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival, the world's largest festival for independent movies not produced by Hollywood's major studios. The Drake Doremus-directed Like Crazy captured the coveted 'Grand Jury' award for best film as the festival neared its end Saturday night in Park City, Utah. The movie tells the relationship of a young American and British student who are split up be visa troubles. The Grand Jury prize for best documentary was given to How to Die in Oregon, directed by Peter Richardson, which portrays individuals on their death bed that are assisted in ending their life early. The top...
- 1/31/2011
- Monsters and Critics
Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Like Crazy Time for some Oscar 2012 predictions. Earlier this evening, the Sundance Film Festival announced the winners of its 2011 edition. [Full list of Sundance 2011 winners.] Drake Doremus' romantic drama Like Crazy, about a young American and his young British lover who are forced to live apart after she overstays her visa in the Us, won the jury award in the Us dramatic category. As the Englishwoman, Felicity Jones won the festival's special award for acting. Peter Richardson's How to Die in Oregon, described as a "sober" look at euthanasia — a woman takes an overdose of drugs and dies on camera — was the jury's best Us documentary. The best World dramatic entry was Anne Sewitsky's Norwegian comedy Happy, Happy, about a married woman whose sexual appetites are reawakened by a new neighbor. The winner in the World documentary category was Danfung Dennis' Anglo-American Hell [...]...
- 1/30/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
The Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for U.S. dramatic film went tonight to Like Crazy, writer-director Drake Doremus’s love story starring Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones. The Grand Jury Prize for U.S. documentary was awarded to How to Die in Oregon, Peter D. Richardson’s film about assisted suicide. Other winners announced tonight include:
World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary: Hell and Back Again, which follows a Marine from the start of his 2009 Afghanistan tour to his rehabilitation in the U.S., and shows what modern “unconventional” warfare really means to the men who are fighting it.
World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary: Hell and Back Again, which follows a Marine from the start of his 2009 Afghanistan tour to his rehabilitation in the U.S., and shows what modern “unconventional” warfare really means to the men who are fighting it.
- 1/30/2011
- by Benjamin Svetkey
- EW - Inside Movies
Movies about terminal illnesses are ready-made for emotional manipulation, a fact that director Peter Richardson exploits to the fullest extent in "How to Die in Oregon," his devastating portrait of Oregonians taking advantage of the state's Death with Dignity Act. Despite assuming a one-sided perspective on the divisive issue, Richardson's moving documentary artfully lingers on its dark topic with incessantly powerful results. Surveying a handful of cancer-ridden people considering the ...
- 1/29/2011
- Indiewire
Drake Doremus' romantic drama "Like Crazy" won the dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Saturday, securing the film festival's top awards honer. Peter Richardson's assisted-suicide-themed "How to Die in Oregon" (right)won the documentary Grand Jury Prize. "Like Crazy" stars Felicity Jones as a British student who becomes separated from her American lover (Anton Yelchin) after her visa expires. "Like Crazy" had an immediate positive response when it debuted on the opening Saturday of Sundance, and garnered multiple offers, including aggressive bids from Fox Searchlight, Summit, The Weinstein Company and others. Paramount eventually won out,...
- 1/29/2011
- The Wrap
We had been warned about How to Die in Oregon, the documentary from director Peter Richardson about a topic both incendiary and heartbreaking: legal, doctor-assisted suicide, legal in the state of Oregon since 1994. The film opens with a home movie of the 343rd person to take advantage of the law, Roger Sagner, as he takes a lethal drink and dies surrounded by his family. The film ends with another death, of 54-year-old mother of two Cody Curtis, the kind of vibrant and eternally young woman you'd never expect to do herself in-- when we first meet her, she's hiking up a mountain with two friends. (that's her at left in the image above) So, yeah, to say the movie is heartbreaking is kind of stating the obvious. I'm not normally a crier but I was shaking with emotion by the film's conclusion, both watching the decline of Cody Curtis and...
- 1/27/2011
- cinemablend.com
HBO Documentary hosted their annual bash at The Canyons resort outside of Park City over the weekend. Filmmakers, industry and others mingled casually - a contrast from the frenzy that often happens at many other Sundance parties. Pictured here are HBO Documentary head Sheila Nevins with filmmaker Peter Richardson ("How to Die in Oregon") and the network's Jackie Glover. Photo by Brian Brooks/indieWIRE...
- 1/25/2011
- Indiewire
Rating: 3.5/5
Director: Peter Richardson
In 1994, Oregon passed the Death with Dignity Act, becoming the first U.S. state to legalize “physician aid-in-dying” for the terminally ill who chose to use it. Not a law that legalizes euthanasia, the Death with Dignity Act sets rigid guidelines for how it can be done – namely, that the ill must be of sound enough mind to know what they’re doing, and they must drink down their lethal doses with their own hand. Chronicling this for a documentary results in an understandably difficult moviegoing experiences, but How To Die In Oregon treats its subject matter with such respect that the film is both hard to watch and even harder to turn away from.
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Director: Peter Richardson
In 1994, Oregon passed the Death with Dignity Act, becoming the first U.S. state to legalize “physician aid-in-dying” for the terminally ill who chose to use it. Not a law that legalizes euthanasia, the Death with Dignity Act sets rigid guidelines for how it can be done – namely, that the ill must be of sound enough mind to know what they’re doing, and they must drink down their lethal doses with their own hand. Chronicling this for a documentary results in an understandably difficult moviegoing experiences, but How To Die In Oregon treats its subject matter with such respect that the film is both hard to watch and even harder to turn away from.
Read more on Sundance 2011 Review: How To Die In Oregon…...
- 1/25/2011
- by Kate Erbland
- GordonandtheWhale
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