Author Archives: Alex

Snoopy Dancing Before the World Premiere

Anchorage International Film Festival Diary (part 2) Cool movies and cool people: Andrew Thomas took footage Ralph J. Gleason shot nearly 40 years ago of Vince Guaraldi, shot a bunch of new interviews with jazz artists and cultural figures to … Continue reading

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Yes, I Do Want to be Friends with Star the Reindeer

Anchorage International Film Festival Diary (part 1) 70 plus in Los Angeles when I leave. 8 degrees in Anchorage when I land. But I’ve pledged never again to complain about weather warmer than 30 below, so I put on my … Continue reading

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Denali (by Matt Hopper)

Ceremonial start of the Iditarod in Anchorage. Song is Matt Hopper’s “Denali” from his new album Jersey Finger. Check out his music at http://www.matthopper.com.

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Googling

While waiting for the turkey hangover to subside, I made this little Google-Search story:

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Mush! You Huskies Podcast

I was on the Mush! You Huskies podcast talking about Iditarod, Mush (the movie), and the Anchorage International Film Festival today. Thanks to Robert & Michele Forto — check out the show below (and check out Robert’s Iditarod blog too). … Continue reading

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Postcard Post

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Like MUSH on Facebook

MUSH has a page up on Facebook now… go here and “Like” it!

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Trailer is up

Click on the Trailer link above to view it. Anchorage screening schedule is up! Click here for MUSH screenings. And click here for the main AIFF site.

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So Long, Temp Music

It was fun while it lasted, but we both knew it had to end. Another week of digitally fixing sound, smoothing out rough transitions, replacing the crappy temp music with kick-ass permanent music, two short clips restored, two more removed. … Continue reading

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Anchorage International Film Festival

I’m thrilled to announce that MUSH will have its world premiere at the Anchorage International Film Festival in December as part of the Snowdance program. When I first started working on this movie, my hope was to have it premiere … Continue reading

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