Director's Chair #6: Bigelow and Campion

LAMBs in the Director's Chair
Event #6 co-starring
Jane Campion and
Kathryn Bigelow
March 16th to 18th of 2010

We are moving onward and upward to the sixth installment of the Director’s Chair series, which marks a special occasion for us. It is the first installment to feature two directors instead of one, in addition to starring the first appearance of a woman director. The decision to have two director’s co-star in a single Director’s Chair event is based upon the short list of directorial credits for each one. Both of them have made a very strong impression on the art of movie making with such a small amount of published work. I applaud them for talent for making such a strong impact.

Kathryn Bigelow is a woman who has been splashed all over the news for the last couple of months because of her directorial work on the war film The Hurt Locker (2008). She also made history for being the first woman to receive the DGA award for her work on the film. It has been seventeen years since the release of Jane Campion’s award winning work on The Piano (1993), and she is still working on releasing new films including the recently released period film Bright Star (2009).

I wish everyone the best in their writing endeavors for this event. Remember that you should not be limited to writing only film reviews for the event. Be creative by including an editorial about the professional career of the directors or some other creative approach that could offer a different perspective of their work. With all that being said, here are a few general rules that will apply to the Director's Chair event:

• You must be currently listed as an active member of the LAMBs site to participate.
• The submitted articles for the event can be either a film review or an editorial about his career as a director.
• Every participant is allowed to submit multiple reviews and/or articles for the event.
• All submissions are to be sent by e-mail to mattehavoc@gmail.com with a direct link to each published article.
  
• DEADLINE to participate in the event is March 15th at 10 PM (local time).

These guidelines have been enacted as a way to avoid the possibility that your article or articles will be accidentally over looked. If I do not receive an e-mail with a direct link to the published articles by the deadline then there is a chance that your submission will not be included in the event. I will noticed the date stamp in the e-mail, so try not to pull the wool over my eyes. That was a lame sheep reference, I know. Hopefully, you were paying attention.

Do not risk the chance of being left behind. I will admit that I do not have the available time to peruse through all 445+ members of the LAMBs site to find any articles that are related to the event. So, it would very helpful for me if you would be able to e-mail me any and all articles that you may have for the event with a direct link. Feel free to ask any questions if you have one. In the mean time here are a few banners to post on your blog site to help promote the event.

Code for the Promotional Banner

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