V2 Cinema, a Brazilian company devoted to creating low budget material for distribution on the internet, DVD, TV and in cinemas, have launched an online series they’ve dubbed “Think Tank”. The shorts are visual essays featuring personalities from around the world with a new episode airing monthly until December.
The group has posted the first of the six essays and it is an excellent discussion between Brazilian filmmakers José Padilha and Beto Brant. The two film makers begin by speaking about piracy and its effects on their films, the “business”, how they approach film making, what film making is for them and how their surroundings (life) play into the films they make. It’s an excellent, candid conversation well worth watching.
Aside from it being engrossing, it’s put together quite nicely by director Márcio Schoenardie.
You can check out the first short, titled Levels, at the Think Tank website. You may want to bookmark the site so as not to miss the upcoming episodes!
