In the short film I Think I Thought, actor-writer-director-producer Matthew Modine portrays Joe, a seemingly average guy who harbors a troubling addiction. The seven-minute ironic fable is based on a joke someone once told Modine about a man with a "thinking problem." The story is spare on dialogue, unfolding almost like an early silent film, enhanced by a contemporary musical score composed by jazz artist Ben Wolfe. Filmed in New York, I Think I Thought played at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. Then it was released May 13 on iTunes, in a package with another Modine short, the controversially titled (but highly patriotic) To Kill an American. Modine, who recently completed an arc as Mary-Louise Parker's boss on the Showtime hit Weeds and has appeared in such films as Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, financed these shorts himself. He made them, in fact, for very little money — using digital video technology...
- 8/25/2008
- by Mark Dundas Wood
- backstage.com
The 317 short films selected for the 2008 Palm Springs International ShortFest include movies directed by Kate Hudson ("Cutless"), Kirsten Dunst ("Welcome") and Matthew Modine ("I Think I Thought") and films narrated by Whoopi Goldberg ("The Descendant") and Robert Redford ("The New Environmentalists").
ShortFest, marking its 14th year, runs Aug. 21-27 at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs. Festival director Darryl Macdonald and film curator Kathleen McInnis have assembled 53 world premieres, 47 North American premieres and 24 U.S. Premieres, collected in 51 themed programs.
The opening-night screening on Aug. 21 at 6:30 p.m. will be highlighted by award-winning films including "Life's Hard" (Romania), "Manon on the Asphalt" (France), "Procrastination" (U.K.), "Sikumi" (On the Ice) (U.S.), "Tadeo Jones and the Basement of Doom" (Spain) and "The Wednesdays" (Ireland).
ShortFest, marking its 14th year, runs Aug. 21-27 at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs. Festival director Darryl Macdonald and film curator Kathleen McInnis have assembled 53 world premieres, 47 North American premieres and 24 U.S. Premieres, collected in 51 themed programs.
The opening-night screening on Aug. 21 at 6:30 p.m. will be highlighted by award-winning films including "Life's Hard" (Romania), "Manon on the Asphalt" (France), "Procrastination" (U.K.), "Sikumi" (On the Ice) (U.S.), "Tadeo Jones and the Basement of Doom" (Spain) and "The Wednesdays" (Ireland).
- 8/4/2008
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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