the films i want to make are films that speak honestly about people who live in this country.ew, maybe even a little bite. we worked out of our apartments about a year-and-a-half ago, and it's a hassle working out of your apartment. there's no separation between work and life. so we decided to create a place for those without money. (larry meistrich) the shooting gallery is a home for independent filmmaking within two floors here, about 10,000 square feet of anything you could think of having to do with making films. you could shoot here for a couple hundred dollars a day, cast and have a somewhat more professional atmosphere than casting out of your apartment. and at the same time, not spending a lot of money and keeping that money for the production you're working on. you've just got to get up and get the film stock, and borrow a camera and go out and shoot it, as opposed to sitting around and planning and submitting, trying to raise funding through the powers that be. well, the film that we made cost $35,000 dollars, so there isn't a lot of precedence for that. so what we w

cherished films. much more than i ever sensed that the american journalists loved and cherished pictures. but i was sort of idealized and idolized and lionized. and i felt wonderful about that and i said to myself, "gee, there really is a generation overseas that loves movies with a passion." he once mentioned to me that he liked to make -- there were films and there were movies. and he liked to do films. unaware he'd be the biggest moviemaker of all time. (dramatic music playing) that's a 20-footer. "jaws," because it came from a number one best-selling novel that universal gave a little more topspin to the advertising program. but no more so than they gave to the other 12 films they had coming out that year. i know that they didn't spend any more money on that film than they did on any other film in terms of publicity. only after "jaws" was a hit the first week in theatres did universal begin chasing the success to keep the film in the awareness of the public. (yelling) get everybody out! (narrator)

i'm a film commissioner for the city of san francisco. i'm a single parent, putting a child through college right now. i have to say this rebate program really did save my life and a lot of ways. i worked on a lot of the movies that came in that worked with the rebate program and i know how close some of them were to leaving. it makes a huge, huge difference, the amount of money that comes in. you have heard it all here. it is a wind situation for so many that i hope you will extend the program. -- it is a win situation. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm the manager of public policy at the san francisco chamber of commerce. the san francisco chamber of commerce urges your support for the extension of this film reprogram. extending this in san francisco will have a positive impact on the city by continuing to restore production and acting jobs, stimulating economic activity and reinvigorating the film industry. since 2006, films using the san francisco rebate program have been responsible for thousands of jobs in san francisco and more t

now let's talk a little about the best film of last year the film. that got the main the main. nation's enemy may not go towards the artist first let's ask francis ford coppola the oscar winning director himself what he thinks of the film which snagged this year a major academy award the artist i think what the artist tells you there's a lot to learn from that movie the artist says that for cinema project to be very simple but if it's simple it has to have the key ingredients the artist had a good ending it had a good beginning and had actors that were very lovable and engaging and you know the actor had a beautiful smile and it had one scene in the middle that was very interesting that expressed its theme the theme when he had the dream about the sound so what the artist tells us is that cinema can be simple but if it's simple it has to have these few ingredients and if it does them well it can be a huge and it can it can really please please an audience well you know that was a unique project buddy but they did it well and they had conviction it was very brave. to make a blac

i mean, i admire alexander payne's films for that reason. his films are plainspoken.y don't-- they don't steer you into a particular kind reaction. >> rose: is it part of manipulating your emotion, the audience's emotion? >> yes, i think that's exactly what it is, yeah. >> rose: i think it was said, once you go to india your life will never be the same. >> i read that just before i went and wrote it in the back of my diary. >> rose: is it true? >> for me entirely true. >> rose: tom? do you feel that way? >> it's a stellar experience. there are places i have been in the world where people say, remember the time you were in bulgaria? and i go, oh, yes, i remember. in fact i've never been to bulgaria so i don't mean anything. >> rose: we've established you don't like to travel. >> it is an indelible experience. i will never forget it, and i'm not sure-- i wouldn't the to repeat it. >> i wouldn't mind going back. >> rose: but what was it? >> for me, the culture shock i never really got over the sort of culture shock. and that essentially boiled down to the difference betw

and his most recent film is barcelona. happen to have been born in france and i've spent some time in europe. i've noticed that the french have a term for hollywood movies, "le happy end"-- the happy ending that provides that wonderful narrative closure-- in love stories, the kiss that must always precede the end. today we'll be looking at the meaning of hollywood style for artists. we should start out by defining our terms and making sure that we all understand the same basic things about what we're calling "hollywood style." if i can start with paul schrader how would you define this term and to what extent has this hollywood style shaped you? the "hollywood style" means two things: one, it means the best that money can buy. you buy the best talent in the world-- the best books and writers. you bring them to hollywood and you spare no expense. that's the real fundamental hollywood principle. and then i think, aesthetically a second thing is the assumption of the anonymous observer. that is, in a classic hollywood movie i

a panel spoke about shooting the hbo film in san francisco. that was a great meeting to be at, because those producers were taking down notes and coming up to me afterwards and arresting more about the program. we got a lot of coverage from that one breakfast. the combination of this recent press and positive reaction at the breakfast is creating buzz about san francisco and our rebate program. i expect this to translate into more production shooting here in the near future. overall, i feel the scene in san francisco rebate program has been a great success. since 2006, the city has rebated a little more than $1.5 million. those productions paid more than $12 million in wages, employed almost 4,000 when you add in the background actors, and had a direct local spend of more than $40 million. i think these numbers show that this estimate we're making with the rebate program is paying off. already for the coming year, i know of two feature films which plan to apply for the rebate program, including the woody allen film that will be shooting here h

documentary film makers. we have a lot to talk about. i am also excited about some of the ideas that have already been on the books. but now that we have the space, we have a great -- production crews have already started here. i understand there is pot luck productions. cob great -- congratulations for being here. [applause] >> there is stampede productions here. >> [applause] >> there is ecopoise here. [applause] >> and then there is a production company, and i will have to admit to you when i heard this name, i thought they were engaged in horror films. scary cow. [applause] >> having learned what they do, and what their reward system is and how they incentivize by rewarding the great initiatives that some of the film has, and when their popularity grows, they get rewarded to get their next film. i love that concept. i have an entry for you. it is something called too legit to quit. [laughter] anyway, i had a little bit of fun watching the producers of that come out as well. that should indicate to you the

saba sahar is an afghan film maker. in her home country, her films are a tough sell for male audiences. sebastian heidinger spent four years accompanying her for his documentary, "traumfabrik kabul" - "kabul dream factory." in one of the world's most dangerous countries, the afghan people have lived in fear for decades. through her films, saba sahar wants to change that. >> she's a pop icon in afghanistan. her first film, "quanoon," which came out in 2004, got a huge amount of press. it was a sensation -- the first time a woman appeared on film this way. she's been famous there ever since. >> saba sahar does it all -- she produces, directs, and acts. sometimes she plays a police officer -- it's her job in real life, too. she loves her work, even though being a woman in a male- dominated profession isn't always easy. her fame has brought controversy. during the filming of "kabul dream factory," she and her crew received threats. she says her car was shot at. >> it's not true that everyone in afghanistan is opposed to ar.

what else can we get out of it in terms of later film productions? i'm excited about woody allen coming to san francisco and maybe he will reprise himself as virgil stark well or do something like a new production of "what's up doc" or vertigo. he needs -- we need something iconic to put san francisco on the map again and it shows san francisco in the greatest way, the beauty of this city is what we are going to make happen and that will have a great effect on this city and the city's economy in years to come and i think the art form itself is something to invest in as well. i do appreciate the concerns supervisor kim has around local hiring. i think the room is packed with people here who are local residents who i think expect to benefit from the film program. if we need to tighten up, and i sure if we do it in this legislation or separately, but it makes sense we invest locally in our protection element and staffing and services we have in san francisco. but i will be supporting this ordinance and i want to see a move forward and be successful. sup

what made you decide to make this type of film as opposed to, say, a short film or independent film?> well, i think i have enough production experience behind me to be able to tackle a big project. but what i like about this project is not only the genre, which is noir, film noir, but i'm approaching it in stages. it is three stories. i'm going to tackle each story as a separate short film. each story a 35, 40-minute film. when i'm done with the first, move on to the second one, so on, so forth. i think it's a good approach for my entry into the feature film world, so to speak. >> all right. it's called "sf noir." it's not in production yet. one month from now you'll go into production. >> exactly. >> the web address for more information. we'll be back and talk more with dante. >>> we're back with dante on "comunidad del valle," producing the new movie called "sf noir." i know you're in talks with richard montoya. >> yes. >> one-third of culture clash. his name comes with some good background. >> absolutely. >> some credentials. >> absolutely. that's why we stuck with the idea of try

expanding what films can do. these films were produced in association with nih and cdc. we were -- the two federal agencies were responsible for assuring the accuracy of the content of those films. the films were supported by the michael and susan dell foundation and kaiser permanente and the iom is the group which facilitated the interaction of the four partners with hbo. but part of what was invested by the michael and susan dell foundation and casey permanente was an investment to extend films as community action strategies. 40,000 copies of the dvds with a screening kit available by communities or institutions that link back to a community action kit which in turn links to a variety of sources on the hbo website, and links back to cdc and kaiser permanente and other institutions. and we hope these films can foster a discussion at the local level and begin to organize communities and institutions about what they can do to reverse the epidemic. we may be at a turning point on whether we can sustain the energy t

we have four nights and more than 10 0 films. >> over 120 films this year.f emerging. we have fill ms from 15 different countries. a few things have been shot locally. it's an maizing array of film. -- amazing array of film. >> reporter: bernadette, good morning to youful -- to you. >> morning . >> reporter: let's talk about you film, see you soon again. >> that's correct. it's a story about a principal character who many here in baltimore know. he and the side character have been going to school for many, many years to tell their story, their life story of surviving the hollow cost. it's about getting the story across to the young generation. the story is also about what happened to them. i think that in 2012 we know those stories, we think we know them. every individual one has to be told in their own way. it's about their pressing desire and for us as these new generations to receive the stories beyond their lifetime. >> reporter: thank you. great to see you. good luck with the movie. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: we have to mention, a couple years a

you know, it's nitrate film. we're talking -- i could have been buying something that was virtually useless. but i took the risk. i took a leap of faith. and as a result, got it transferred, sent it on to scottsdale, arizona, where they digitized it, et cetera, et cetera, and eventually it was sold in new york city through my agent to yale university. a picture speaks 1,000 words, a moving picture speaks a million words. it had happened nowhere else. you might have had an element of someone similar to doing a reverend jones in a harlem, new york. but not running around oklahoma, not running around the southwestern region of the country. everyday life, special events of community. parades and commencements and the homemakers group. it's a slice of life that he -- if he had not had the wisdom to capture via film would have been lost forever. i've never seen any film before in my life. blacks that own oil wells here in oklahoma. covered several families, and i'm not talking about dozen, two or three dozen barrels a

including small films on stigma a very powerful film, which emphasizes the discrimination that obese individuals suffer. but also films that point to community solutions. there's a film on nashville which is one of our cppw communities in which the mayor has take an leadership role to increase physical activity infrastructure, building sidewalks, extending bike trails, as well as food-based initiatives. another important film is on latino health access. a group in santa ana, california which documents efforts to the control obesity and its major sequela, diabetes. and there's a very poignant, one of most poignant moments in any of the films, is when there's a small boy -- a young boy who's overweight who goes to a parking lot after hours because that's the only access they have to a place where he can be physically active and says in just this most striking voice, can't they build a park somewhere, somewhere for us? isn't there someplace where we can go? and that is the problem. addressing the disparities. there's another film, in fact, on disparity, another on fruit and vegetable in

film john titus you quit your job as i highly paid lawyer and made this film bailout tell us about it what so important about the message of the film that you simply had to make it well the coverage of the financial crisis in the u.s. hasn't told properly we didn't think that there was really no narrative holding it together it's couched in terms of complexity and excess levers and all sorts of jargon that no one really understands when the reality behind the financial crisis here is that it's one of fraud every minute perpetrated by wall street on main street that you know wall street is essentially stolen money from main street and that's really what's hobbling the economy here and that story had been told yet so we set out to do that on film. is a crazy story in and of itself because they were telling people we need ten billion survive and twenty billion it would have will be ok when all was said and done they have a six hundred billion dollars hole. whole goal is is to attempt to allow these banks to earn their way with time and with gifts from the federal reserve with quantitativ

the economic affairs of the member states you know the girl with the dragon tattoo i remember that film she was a ward of the date and what you're saying is that in france doesn't matter who the president is they are simply being taken care of by the bureaucrats in brussels who in turn are being taken care of by the technocrats in some other country who in turn are being taken care of by the kleptocrats in washington and on wall street in the city of london they're all being taken care of by the fabulous banking cartel and they're doing such a bang up job on it and the other thing to remember about wards of the state. are some our favorites by the abuse of state or the legal guardian to be abused so in the case of the film the girl with a dragon tar tattoo she was horribly abused by the man who was supposed to be her guardian on behalf of the state and there are certain countries if you look at europe of course greece is horribly abused by its legal guardian yeah well i think that's a good point that the the wards are being abused like the character in that film the girl the dragon tatt

liz claman remarked the film wasn't even funny. should be but it wasn't. >> bill: i didn't happen to seat cable guy. >> you are the cable guy. >> bill: i am the cable guy and i resented being made fun of in that film. all right. still a tie with one more to go. >> i just got that right. >> bill: you got it. >> right i got it right. >> pay attention, cable guy. >> bill: doocy leads by one according to doocy. duck sowch contains one of the famous sequences of all time. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bill: the film contains one of the funniest sequence. that wasn't it. [ laughter ] now, the three named grouch brothers were harpo, grouch owe and chico. what was the fourth? cards up, please. that's right, zeppo. just because you aren't alive doesn't mean you don't know. george washington you weren't alive but we still know. formidable. i think we should give her a hand. great american news quiz, the most successful movies of all time ( bell rings ) they remind me so much of my grandkids. wish i saw mine more often, but they live so far away. i've been thinki

and this tepee actually figures into a silent film. it's got all -- mostly kiowa with some comanche cast members, but all indian cast. and i had seen it in that film. and so i could not believe that i was looking at the same thing. and it actually took me three days of me looking at stills from the film and then looking at what was on the floor to convince myself that yes, i am seeing what i'm seeing. and then once i did, the first people that i actually told about it were the descendants of the family that made this tepee. and like i said, they thought it had been long gone so, they were ecstatic. it's almost like it's too good to be true. the silent film had been rumored for years that this existed. and there were photographs from it that nobody knew where the film was. and through a series of events o.h.s. was offered the film was an artifact that we had to purchase it. and we finally raised enough funds, we purchased it, we raised more funds and preserved it. but then to turn it right around over several years and to actually find

liz claman remarked the film wasn't even funny.ion it should be but it wasn't. >> bill: i didn't happen to seat cable guy. >> you are the cable guy. >> bill: i am the cable guy and i resented being made fun of in that film. all right. still a tie with one more to go. >> i just got that right. >> bill: you got it. >> right i got it right. >> pay attention, cable guy. >> bill: doocy leads by one according to doocy. duck sowch contains one of the famous sequences of all time. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bill: the film contains one of the funniest sequence. that wasn't it. [ laughter ] now, the three named grouch brothers were harpo, grouch owe and chico. what was the fourth? cards up, please. that's right, zeppo. just because you aren't alive doesn't mean you don't know. george washington you weren't alive but we still know. formidable. i think we should give her a hand. great american news quiz, the most successful movies of all time edition. we'll be right back with it emily's just starting out... and on a budget. like a ramen noodle- every-night budg

i do think the successful film industry -- i cannot stand a film that should be made in san francisco but they made it in vancouver. why have an alcatraz that is not really out the trash? -- it is not really alcatraz? we still have one of the have ot beautiful places. i am also investing in china sf, by the way. i want some of those companies from across the world to come and fell san francisco, the real san francisco, and make movies for people in china and japan and all over the world -- come to film san francisco. we have some interesting enticements' going on about how we can get them over here. and being the first chinese mayor, i'd better get some chinese filmmaker to come here. [laughter] otherwise, i miserably failed, because i would love san francisco to be shown at 2 1 billion people in china, to show them about our history. because there is a connection there. they need to learn that. there will be a lot. everything from documentary's do -- i think this is exciting. i am letting you know a little bit of my excitement when it comes to films, that i am very interested to make

some films paint a bleak look and all is not lost. >> and there have been many more films and the bridge never plays a supporting role. whether filmed from above or below or alongside or traveling there is no bad angle for the golden gate bridge. >> fun look. thank you very much. among closures planned this weekend there is caltrans closing down the dunbarton bridge to allow it to better manage earthquakes. it should be reopened by ak a.m. tuesday morning in time for people heading back to work. >> and there are orm closures this afternoon, muni shutting down at 7:00 tonight they'll be closed for 10 days to allow work on the intersection along carl avenue there. is a run down for you of the closures on abc 7 news.com. just click on see it on tv. remember our waze traffic app can help you navigate through all of this. and to learn more bo to abc 7 news. >> i know what you're thinking. umbrella? >> this is owed. sandhya patel is here now. >> this is late in the season but we're going to get showers out of town. that is the answer to my earlier tease. there is a view from our ski resorts. y

c-span: you use the film you showed them the film?guest: i showed earlier short pieces so they got a sense of the production quality. c-span: let me ask a different way if you were not headed in the direction of basically supporting the idea of choice, but they have funded you? >> guest: i think it depends on the funding probably. i mean, they really had no say over the final product, so as far as they were concerned, it could have ended up either way. no, no way. she was a little trepidation sexually about us filming and was very generous to open her school doors not knowing the year with the final film would look like. c-span: here is eva moskowitz at a public space hearing. before we do that, public space and be limited to it in the last clip, the charter schools are located sometimes inside of another school? >> guest: it's called colin locating in the new york that happens very often that they will have, you know, the one thing that the chancellor has done in the traditional public school system is bring down large schools to be

>> film director james hahn convinced his girlfriend they were shooting a short film but he had something else in mind. >> will you marry me? >> yes. >> there had been a huge trend of these video proposals now. there was matt and jenny and he had his girlfriend taking off to the movies and he had a trailer inserted at the movie theater. >> a story about two people who find true love right around the corner. >> the trailer showed him asking his father-in-law for permission and he had a camera pointed at his bride to be to catch her emotional reaction. >> what are you waiting for? >> in the trailer you see matt racing to the theater and then surprises jenny in person and gets down on one knee. >> will you marry me? >> people are being amazingly special and unique, and then making sure for certain it is captured and becomes entertainment on youtube. >> carly ronie says the bar is definitely set high these day. jess had a mural made on the street properly placed so kate lynn couldn't miss it. >> logan organized a flash mob in central park before getting down on one knee for jenna and david an

why would i go see this film?odern mormon experience in an interesting and entertaining way. it's something that you don't get a lot with the way mormons are covered in articles and in the news. it's a chance to set the -- >> you're implying there's a nuance missing perhaps. yeah. >> tell me what that is. let's be out front. what would you like to have people know about mormons that they don't know? where is the texture that's missing from coverage? >> well i think mormons are individuals. everyone's different. and this gives us a chance in the movie to see the story of four different people as they go down to this spring break experience and struggle to find a mate or struggle with not finding a mate, and it's -- it's a way to really understand what it means to be mormon and that it's not the same for everyone. >> mormons are not supposed to drink. they are not supposed to take caffeine or mood-altering drugs or narcotics and they're not supposed to have premar till sex. some sbrerptd it more strictly than that,

here is the trailer for the film because people are going to talk a lot about this film. >> come spend your autumn years in an indian palace. this is the day. it is a luxury development where all residents are in their golden years. like the coast of florida. >> yeah, but with more elephants. >> flight 247 is boarding now. >> would you like some of this? i believe it is called rafata. >> if i can't pronounce it, i don't want to eat it. >> this is your first time in india? >> yes, if that would be all right. >> it is going to be extraordinary. >> welcome to the best marigold hotel! >> it is amazing. oh! >> i want the hotel in the brochure. >> in we have, in india we have a saying, everything has a happy ending so if it isn't happy, it's not the end. >> the challenge is to cope with it and not just cope, but thrive. i have a job. >> i would like to make the first public speech in my life. >> imagine me naked. >> i am afraid i gave that up several years ago. >> ah, there you are. good as new. >> really? >> no, of course not! >> would you like me to not fix that chair? >> how could you bea