Dutch directing collective PostPanic has expanded its relationship with Savage, signing on with the shop–which maintains offices in New York and Prague–for representation in North America. Savage, under the aegis of founder Pavla Burgetova, had already been working with PostPanic in Europe.
Based in Amsterdam, PostPanic’s expertise spans live action, motion graphics, visual effects and 2D/3D animation. The collective’s core members include co-founder Mischa Rozema and Chris Staves. The former is perhaps the best known helmer in the collective while Staves–who directs and heads up the in-house effects team at PostPanic’s central Amsterdam studio–was a former partner and director at Psyop, New York, as well as creative director for both MassMarket (N.Y.) and Method (L.A.)
Most recently, Savage and PostPanic teamed up to produce lauded titles for the 2011 OFFF Design festival in Barcelona, Spain. Shot on location in Prague, the project combines live action with provocative, graphic-led visual effects guiding the viewer through a grim scenario embedded with the names of artists appearing at the festival. The press and festival attention generated by the piece helped garner Rozema a feature film project on which he is currently working.
PostPanic’s work spans varied platforms, from traditional broadcast to production of digital assets for websites and mobile, as well as several 3D projection spots for such clients as Mattel’s HotWheels.
Among PostPanic’s collection of kudos is a 2009 AICP Next Award in the Experiential category for the “Lost Ring” film trailers, part of the digital campaign created by AKQA San Francisco for McDonald’s sponsorship of the 2008 Olympics. PostPanic has turned out work over the years for such U.S. agencies and clients as Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, McCann Erickson, Nike and Google.
Additionally Savage has lined up a couple of independent reps in the U.S., with Siobhan McCafferty & Associates now handling the West Coast, and Catherine De Angelis of Hot Betty covering the Midwest.
“Megalopolis” Is One From The Heart–Of A Reflective Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola believes he can stop time.
It's not just a quality of the protagonist of Coppola's new film "Megalopolis," a visionary architect named Cesar Catilina ( Adam Driver ) who, by barking "Time, stop!" can temporarily freeze the world for a moment before restoring it with a snap of his fingers. And Coppola isn't referring to his ability to manipulate time in the editing suite. He means it literally.
"We've all had moments in our lives where we approach something you can call bliss," Coppola says. "There are times when you have to leave, have work, whatever it is. And you just say, 'Well, I don't care. I'm going to just stop time.' I remember once actually thinking I would do that."
Time is much on Coppola's mind. He's 85 now. Eleanor, his wife of 61 years, died in April. "Megalopolis," which is dedicated to her, is his first movie in 13 years. He's been pondering it for more than four decades. The film begins, fittingly, with the image of a clock.
"It's funny, you live your life going from being a young person to being an older person. You're looking in that direction," Coppola said in a recent interview at a Toronto hotel before the North American premiere of "Megalopolis." "But to understand it, you have to look in the other direction. You have to look at it from the point of view of the older looking at the younger, which you're receding from."
"I'm sort of thinking of my life in reverse," Coppola says.
You have by now probably heard a few things about "Megalopolis." Maybe you know that Coppola financed the $120 million budget himself, using his lucrative wine empire to realize a long-held vision of Roman epic set in a modern New York. You might be familiar with the film's clamorous reception from critics... Read More