what! the hell! 'Paradise Lost' Filmmakers React to Release of West Memphis 3
'Paradise Lost' Filmmakers React to Release of West Memphis 3
2:17 PM 8/19/2011 by Marisa Guthrie
“To see our work culminate in the righting of this tragic miscarriage of justice is more than a filmmaker could ask for,” says director Joe Berlinger.
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky were in Jonesboro, Ark., Friday to witness the release of Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelly and to film the poignant ending to their third and final film about the case.
The three men, who were incarcerated for 18 years, were convicted in the 1993 murders of three eight-year-old boys who were found next to a muddy creek in the wooded Robin Hood Hills area of West Memphis, Ark.
Berlinger and Sinofsky’s first film in 1996, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hills, galvanized support for the West Memphis 3 with a bevy of Hollywood A-listers, including Johnny Depp and Peter Jackson, turning the case into a cause célèbre. Berlinger and Sinofsky stayed with the case, producing a follow-up – Paradise Lost 2: Revelations – in 2000. Both films were shown on HBO. And the third and final installment -- Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory – will air on the network in January. It will recount the entire saga; from the arrests in 1993 to the growing movement, through the appeals process and the uncovering of new evidence and will conclude with their release. Purgatory is scheduled to premiere next month at the Toronto International Film Festival
2:17 PM 8/19/2011 by Marisa Guthrie
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky were in Jonesboro, Ark., Friday to witness the release of Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelly and to film the poignant ending to their third and final film about the case.
The three men, who were incarcerated for 18 years, were convicted in the 1993 murders of three eight-year-old boys who were found next to a muddy creek in the wooded Robin Hood Hills area of West Memphis, Ark.
Berlinger and Sinofsky’s first film in 1996, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hills, galvanized support for the West Memphis 3 with a bevy of Hollywood A-listers, including Johnny Depp and Peter Jackson, turning the case into a cause célèbre. Berlinger and Sinofsky stayed with the case, producing a follow-up – Paradise Lost 2: Revelations – in 2000. Both films were shown on HBO. And the third and final installment -- Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory – will air on the network in January. It will recount the entire saga; from the arrests in 1993 to the growing movement, through the appeals process and the uncovering of new evidence and will conclude with their release. Purgatory is scheduled to premiere next month at the Toronto International Film Festival
Funny but true :)
Pentagon’s Lightning Gun Sold for Scraps
There was a time, not all that long ago, when the Pentagon sank tens of millions of dollars into remote-controlled lightning guns that it hoped would fry insurgent bombs before they killed any more troops. Now, disassembled parts from the one-time wonder-weapons are being sold on eBay. At least one buyer snatched up the gear, hoping to use it in his latest art project for Burning Man.
All of which would make for a funny little story, if that buyer didn’t discover that the multimillion dollar “Joint Improvised Explosive Device Neutralizers,” or JINs, were kluged together from third-rate commercial electronics, and controlled by open Wi-Fi signals. In other words, the Pentagon didn’t just overpay for a flawed weapon. On the off-chance the JIN ever worked, the insurgents could control it, too.
Anderson Cooper:)
Watch: Anderson Cooper Cracks Up During Depardieu-Inspired Punning Spree
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/08/18/watch-anderson-cooper-cracks-up-during-depardieu-inspired-punning-spree/#ixzz1VPCx0ZCX
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