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Jonny Pulley, who directed the She’s Your Sister video, has been accepted into the Sundance Fllm Festival.

Media Arts BFA alumnus (2006) Jonathan Pulley has been selected to screen his senior thesis film MOVE ME in the 2007 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Program. MOVE ME, produced in the Department of Media Arts BFA program, was written and directed by Pulley, produced by Media Arts alumnus (2006) Miguel Jimenez, and crewed by Media Arts students.

MOVE ME tells the tale of Graham, who over the course of his last evening with his dad, must find a way to say goodbye before his relationship with his father slips away completely.

Jon Pulley, Jonny’s father, plays Graham’s Dad. Congratulations to Jonny (director), Miguel (producer), and Jason (DP). I’m part of the “crewed by media arts students” bit. If your going to Park City let me know. Glitterfish and its many associates will be attending.

Glitterfish Tucson AZ compatriots, The Sparkle Kids, were the winners of the “Best Film” award at the 2006 Tucson 48 Hour Film Contest.

They had to include the following elements:

Prop: pumpkin
Line of dialogue: “I don’t know, I’m not a dentist.”
Character: Bob Johnson
Genre: Horror/Thriller.

Despite the genre, the scariest part of the short is that it features a skinny white guy who is very naked. The box office would suggest that these days its all about torture-horror but personally I dig the horror-comedies.

The Arizona Daily Star ran an article on Tucson Arizona’s growing filmmaking scene.

Tucson hasn’t been a hotbed for spawning Hollywood talent. Actor Garry Shandling was born in Tucson. Oscar-winning screenwriter/producer Diana Ossana owns a home here. Actor Dennis Quaid attended the UA, as did megabucks producer Jerry Bruckheimer. As far as directors, though, only Palo Verde graduate and Oscar-nominated documentarian Kirby Dick has made a national impact from the director’s chair.

During my graduation commencement ceremony, Jerry Bruckheimer received an honorary doctorate from the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts. The applause for Dr. Bruckheimer was thunderous and noticeably louder than Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano’s who also spoke at the ceremony.

The article talks about The UofA’s film school and The Loft’s Monthly Short Film Contest. My former class mate, Jennifer Beatty, gets a mention.

According to the article, “a search of the word ‘Tucson’ on the online video-sharing Web site Youtube.com found 1,034 results.” Hmm…I’m not sure Arizona Daily Star reporter, Phil Villareal, really watched any of those videos. But if he did he must be referring to this awesome Tucson produced music video called “Caitlin sings The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Personally, I’m hype about this amazing trailer for upcoming feature film “Tucson Vice.” From the looks of the Vice trailer, filmmaker layoub42 decided to eschew 35 mm film for not only the cost savings but also the gritty realism of the digital video aesthetic.

I’ve said it before, Youtube is a place for Hollywood to incubate talent. No doubt Dr. Bruckheimer has got these guys on his radar.

This is amazing news. Youtube blogostar Steve Sutton is reviewing Channel 101 content. For those not in the know, Steve Sutton is a real life 40 year old virgin who documents his pathetic, meager life on a painfully hilarious daily Youtube video blog. From his faq:

Q: Who do you live with?
A: My mom, brother, nephew and niece.
Q: Where do you work?
A: I’m currently unemployed.
Q: Are you looking for work?
A: After looking for five years, I gave up.

Here’s the review:

These links deliver the hilarious:

• Something Awful’s exhaustive Steve Sutton writeup
• Steve Sutton’s video blog

UPDATE: Steve Sutton himself responds to Glitterfish! Life apparently not pathetic:

I’m no longer doing that. Also, I don’t consider my life to be pathetic. I would suggest that you try to behave in a more mature fashion.

While I am saddended that Steve will not be a Channel 101 regular, its nice to see him standing up for himself; however, I would suggest he reads his own fact before making such ridicolous assertions.

UPDATE 2: I just watched today’s episode and learned that Steve Sutton’s work will be airing on Tucson public access show “Happy Hour” around 2:30 pm (plus tomorrow at 8:30pm and every weekend for the next month or two). Set your Tivo’s!

If you live in the Tucson, Arizona area Glitterfish contributor Dj Erock will be playing at Heart Five Tuesday August 1st. Last time I was at a Dj Erock show I totally hooked up so definitely clear your schedule for both that night and the next morning.