I Am in Need of Music a new CD of Elizabeth Bishop poems set to music by soprano Suzie LeBlanc is now available for sale. It seems many are inspired by Bishop's work these days. Congratulations to Suzie LeBlanc for finishing this ambitious project.

In the Waiting Room plays Atlantic Film Festival

In the Waiting Room our latest adaptation of an Elizabeth Bishop poem will play at The Atlantic Film Festival on Sunday Sept. 15th at 1pm.  "Overwhelming" and "surrealism" are words used to describe it.  How about that!  And we're paired up with Anne Verrall's new movie Stroll.  Good news!  For those in the area we hope you can go.

Sandpiper Adaptation Featured at Radiolab Blog

Robert Krulwich of Radiolab just featured my adaptation of Elizabeth Bishop's poem Sandpiper. He talks about intersection of art and science which I think is a fascinating topic. Also, I love Radiolab.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/07/08/200032179/wheres-my-dinner-it-was-here-a-second-ago-the-sandpiper-s-dilemma

First Death in NYC

One of my favorite independent bookstores in the world, McNally Jackson in NYC is hosting an evening on literary filmmaking this Thursday night at 7pm. I am on the panel and will show First Death in Nova Scotia and then anything could happen after that! Please join the fun if you're in New York City.

They love us in Ireland!

From St. Michael's College 

"It is beautifully atmospheric and captures the poem incredibly well." Thanks for the plug Ms. Healy!

Vimeo!

First Death now up on Vimeo too.  Looks good.

Kind Words By Jury Member at Zebra Film Festival

First Death got a nice mention by Steffi Eisenschenk, a writer in the online German magazine Freitag. Here's our translation of what she's written about her experience as a member of the jury at the Zebra Film Festival in Berlin:

My top five after the Screening:

Balada Catalana (Laen Sanches - Frankreich 2010, Gedicht: Vicente Balaguet)

I come from..., (Daniel Lucchesi, Alex Ramseyer - England 2011, Gedicht: Joseph Buckley)

First Death in Nova Scotia (John Scott - Kanada 2012, Gedicht: Elisabeth Bishop)

Heimweg (Franziska Otto - Deutschland 2010, Gedicht: Peh)

Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation (Martin Wallner, Stefan Leuchtenberg – Deutschland, Gedicht: Martin Wallner)

Only “Balada Catalana” got votes from all five jury members. Nevertheless there were trade-offs and pleas of consideration for “First Death in Nova Scotia.” And we realized how difficult it is to decide as a jury. There may only be one winner.

What I found so ingenious about “First Death in Nova Scotia“ was the blending of the live action and animation techniques. At the same time the style changes revealed the film's interpretation of the poem. I thought that was most original. You can tell, it stays with me.

And here is the link to the whole article--

http://www.freitag.de/autoren/seisenschenk/ich-bin-die-tat-vom-deinem-gedanken