Film/TV Aug 4, 2010 at 5:10 pm

The Genius Award for Film Goes to Robinson Devor and Charles Mudede

Lindy West
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Incredibly awkward but tough to find fault with, especially if Mudede gives his share to NWFF. Congrats!
clint on August 4, 2010 at 5:17 PM Report this
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Congratulations!
Morgan on August 4, 2010 at 5:24 PM Report this
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Congrats!

Shirtless oil wrestling is called for!
Will in Seattle on August 4, 2010 at 5:26 PM Report this
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Yay :)
care bear on August 4, 2010 at 5:31 PM Report this
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I dunno about Zoo but they deserve it for Police Beat! :)
SeattleSeven on August 4, 2010 at 5:36 PM Report this
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Congratulazioni!
kim in portland on August 4, 2010 at 5:53 PM Report this
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Excellent!
m@tt on August 4, 2010 at 5:57 PM Report this
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This makes me very, very happy. Congratulations to both.
gloomy gus on August 4, 2010 at 6:00 PM Report this
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Nice on all counts.
DOUG. on August 4, 2010 at 6:16 PM Report this
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Lindy, YOU are the genius!
seandr on August 4, 2010 at 6:40 PM Report this
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Well done! Congrats, Rob and Charles.
emma's bee on August 4, 2010 at 7:13 PM Report this
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Wow, seriously? You guys give your award to your staffer? And based on a 14 min work in progress? And because someone somewhere actually liked Police Beat and Zoo? (Maybe you could give Sean Porter a genius award for his camera work on those two but they simply stalled as narrative pieces.). Epic fail.
LiberatusQuirkus on August 4, 2010 at 7:14 PM Report this
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Congrats!!! (seriously!)
Cato the Younger Younger on August 4, 2010 at 7:17 PM Report this
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FUCK YEAH CHARLES!!!
scratchmaster joe on August 4, 2010 at 7:29 PM Report this
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@12: you're probably thinking Sean Kirby, though Sean Porter also rules. If memory serves, Porter worked on Zoo as well, but whatevs.
Farts Weird on August 4, 2010 at 9:23 PM Report this
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Zoo didn't interest me. I saw Police Beat at the library and, recognizing Devor's name from work, decided to check it out. It had its moments -- "delicately funny" is a perfect description -- and was certainly more interesting and stylish than a lot of films, but was a bit too surreal for me. But genius-level filmmaking? I dunno. To me, genius-level filmmaking would be Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel battling a horde of Islamic extremist drug-cartel vampire banker zombies, followed by an hour-long love scene between them and Penelope Cruz.
Roma on August 4, 2010 at 9:53 PM Report this
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Great news for Charles, but it doesn't make Rob any less of an abusive asshole. Did anyone on the committee think to ask why Rob can't find another crew in Seattle who would be willing to work for his $100/day bullshit?
on August 4, 2010 at 10:33 PM Report this
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Does this mean Charles can quit his day job? Please?
TVDinner on August 4, 2010 at 10:58 PM Report this
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Congrats! I was going to download the movies and watch them, but only Police Beat was on The Pirate Bay and it doesn't have any active seeders...
PaulBarwick on August 4, 2010 at 11:24 PM Report this
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proud.
reverend dr dj riz on August 4, 2010 at 11:39 PM Report this
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The conflict of interest could have been eliminated if you had just fired Charles from his job writing credibility-straining/aneurysm-inspiring Slog posts, given him another $5000 (on top the $5000 awesomely donated to NWFF), and forced him to spend 100% of his time making Police Beat-level-of-genius films!!
d.p. on August 5, 2010 at 12:03 AM Report this
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Dear Slog-- Please allow this genius to focus on making great films. Specifically, please make him stop posting senseless crap to slog.
eclexia on August 5, 2010 at 12:56 AM Report this
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let's hope charles can use this award to quit his day job and start showering us with awesome surrealist films instead of boring pseudo-intellectual blog posts!
planned barrenhood on August 5, 2010 at 6:50 AM Report this
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I love how awkward the word awkward is.
avatar on August 5, 2010 at 8:57 AM Report this
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@24 - Best comment.
Asa on August 5, 2010 at 11:19 AM Report this
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A cake is a cake. guys--but if there's $$$ involved, Charles should've been ineligible. What's next--you going to give a journalism award to Dan?
Timmytee on August 5, 2010 at 11:23 AM Report this
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congratulations, Charles, you & Mr Devor both deserve this award!
Josh Bomb on August 5, 2010 at 11:37 AM Report this
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I hope this and the future work to a quality DVD release of Devore's The Woman Chaser.
McGee on August 5, 2010 at 11:43 AM Report this
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Somewhere in the film on Sara Jane, one hopes that Oliver Sipple is given due credit for saving Ford's life.

http://www.glreview.com/article.php?arti…
Rhett Oracle on August 5, 2010 at 1:39 PM Report this
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@29, he is: "The bitch has got a gun."
Charles Mudede on August 5, 2010 at 5:16 PM Stranger Staff
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I know Mudede-bashing is a traditional Slog pastime, but I want to take the opportunity to say how much I enjoy his posts (okay, most of the time).

xoxo,
YFISF
Your friend in SF on August 7, 2010 at 7:13 AM Report this
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I personally liked Zoo. If not them, then what other local feature length film makers were deserving? I'd like to check them out.
Rick Deckard on September 18, 2010 at 8:31 PM Report this
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I personally liked Zoo. If not them, then what other local feature length film makers were deserving? I'd like to check them out.
Rick Deckard on September 18, 2010 at 8:34 PM Report this

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