Martin Girard & Bruce La Bruce To Co-Write New Film: Twincest

Woolf + Lapin’s Martin Girard and Bruce La Bruce received SODEC funding to write Twincest.

The new project comes right after La Bruce’s Gerontophilia, which is inspired by the coming-of-age Harold and Maud love story. And much like Gerontophilia, Twincest is quite a departure from the director’s usual stylized exploitation outings, such as LA Zombie.

“Twincest tells the story of identical twins Dominic and Daniel who are separated from their adulterous, lesbian mother shortly after their birth in 1950.”

La Bruce reunites with Gerontophilia producer Nicolas Comeau of 1976 Productions.

The production is slated for a 2015 summer start.

Michael Lawrence’s Brand Film: Getting the Band Back Together

This is the work of a new addition to Woolf + Lapin, emerging director Michael Lawrence, whose subtle direction adeptly humanizes the Google brand.

It’s about a group of old-time rockers getting back together after a decades-long hiatus. But there’s a catch. The members of the band in question, Patriarch, live whole states apart.

Enter Google Fiber, where technology is limitless and makes it possible to jam together, wherever you are. The film is touching not only because of its real, authentic characters, but how it bears down on the “what-ifs” that we’ve all had to live down at some point in our lives. Plus, the association to Google is absolutely seamless and frictionless. Michael did this under the Paradoxal banner.

Rock on Patriarch!

Lamar + Nik Save Us From Boring, Formulaic Music Videos

This is MNEK’s “Every Little Word.”

The up and coming directing duo behind the cool video goes by the moniker Lamar + Nik. Despite living in separate states (Oklahoma + Seattle), the directors who make up this exciting and highly creative pair have also helmed music videos for the Pixies, Samantha Crain and Lushlife (for “Magnolia,” which got considerable notice).

In this interview given to NewsOK, Lamar + Nik talk about “the humdrum horrors of what they’ve dubbed the “three-band half-story,” thusly explaining how they are saving us from boring narrative formula one music video at a time.

Félix & Paul At Tribeca to Present Their Virtual Experience “Strangers, A Moment With Patrick Watson”

Woolf+ Lapin’s Félix & Paul (from the emerging virtual reality company Once) are at Tribeca’s Bombay Sapphire House of Imagination from April 23rd to the 26th to show their cinematic vr experience “Strangers: A Moment With Patrick Watson.”

“Before I was really conscious of what my mind was telling me, I figured this guy was just sitting in front of me in the room… It was unbelievably cool.”

– Meghan Veal, Vice Motherboard

“It seemed so real that at one point I actually reached for my smartphone to take a picture.”

– Laura Hudson, Wired

“The most impressive Oculus Rift demo I have personally tried.”

– Jonathan Tustain, roadtovr.com

Unfortunately we can’t show any of this stuff here because it just wouldn’t do it justice. But the proprietary 3D 360º live-action recording technology they have developed is a sight to behold. After having sampled the experience for themselves, many industry insiders agreed that it’s the future. And it’s going on right now at Tribeca’s Bombay Sapphire House.

Tilda Swinton and The Eternity Dress

Our friends over at Same Art did this. It’s pretty cool.

“The Eternity Dress is a performance by Olivier Saillard and Tilda Swinton  which premiered on Novembre 20th, 2013, in the amphitheater of L’École nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris  in the framework of the Festival d’Automne à Paris  .”