The Cutting Edge; Turner Classic Movies documentary profiles past and present independent filmakers FINAL Edition

• Published in: The post and courier
• Main Author: Thompson, Bill
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Charleston, S.C The Post and Courier 22.06.2006
• ISSN: 1061-5105

These two projects will be produced within the next year using students from USC, Clemson, and Trident Technical College as crew members and trainees, as well as in journeyman positions, according to the S.C. Film Commission. The Production Fund was created to develop "collaborative projects in film, video and multimedia between professionals in motion picture and related industries, and South Carolina institutions of higher learning." Additionally, USC, Clemson and Trident Technical College have formed the South Carolina Film Consortium with the Commission, enabling independent producers and other professionals in motion picture-related fields to work in tandem with Consortium members. Mexican actor and sometimes political activist Gael Garcia Bernal, 27, first made waves in the Oscar-nominated 2000 film "Amores Perros," followed by even more critical acclaim in the somewhat overrated "Y Tu Mama Tambien" (2001). Next, he played a lascivious priest in 2002's "The Crimes of Father Amaro." Bernal's latest is "The King," described as an "American Western Gothic" of incest, murder, prostitution and arson which also harbors a subtext on the immigration issue. Bernal plays a Navy vet turned drifter named Elvis, born of a Mexican mom and an American dad (William Hurt) he never knew. Now Elvis is seeking out his father, a Baptist preacher in a Texas and his legacy.