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^ Two women filmmakers
Sharon Genasci likes It here Pe
riod
A filmmaker of ten years, she's
had her choice of places to work
After working and studying in
England, Eugene and New York
City, she and her husband Don
moved back to Eugene for keeps
"We both like Eugene It was a conscious
decision to move back here,” she said, sitting in
the 5 o'clock sun of her backyard garden
"Eugene s a good place to make films It's
opening up in many ways There are a lot of
good filmmakers, and a growing sensibility.”
"It's very difficult here in areas of equipment
and facilities, but in some ways it's easier The
most important thing is that this town is loaded
with talent There are some fully professional
people in this town, she said
With the help of these "very talented people,”
Genasci has recently completed two documen
tary films dealing with the effects of the reces
sion on the timber products industry "Company
Town,” a finalist at the lOBO American Film
Festival, deattf^f^ the cj^fce of a mill and
attempts of thelrerkers to it and operate it
as a cooperative Oregon Work,” which was
recently aired on KEZI, deals with a mill in
Philomath which continues to operate at a loss
because the owners realize the harm closure
would do to the community and their employees.
“I think women filmmakers do approach (their
subjects) differently. I take masculine subjects,
like mills, and approach documentary work from
a feminine point of view — more personal,
concentrating on the human side of the issues
and personal relationships of the people in
volved Of course, I don’t like to generalize I
know men who might approach it the same
way ”
Despite the success that she's had with
her documentaries, Genasci said she prefers
making fiction films ”1 think any filmmaker
secretly does," she said. "I like documentaries,
but it's really fun to work on fiction Most film
makers do documentaries because that's what
you can get money to make ”
' It's always a problem trying to raise money,"
she said In making "Company Town,” for
example. Genasci received $10,000 from the
Oregon Commission tor Humanities, $500 from
a community group, and she borrowed
equipment from the University film department.
The finished film cost exactly $10,500 to make,
and was then displayed at the New York Film
Festival alongside films costing hundreds of
thousands of dollars
"It's really tough, going out and finding a
Sharon Genasci
constituency who wants a film made,” she said.
“There’s grant writing, but that's getting even
tighter these days.”
Despite funding problems, Genasci said she's
excited about three projects which she wouldn’t
describe at present. She's also doing some
commercial spots and a project for the Eugene
Council for Human Rights in Latin America.
Does she sometimes yearn for an environment
where her filmmaking might be more profitable?
Genasci turns and looks at the irises growing
in her garden. The spring sunshine is tempered
by a gentle breeze which brings the scents of the
garden wafting by our chairs. She turns back to
the questioner, just smiles and shakes her head.
by matt meyer
1
Penny Allen’s new film hits ‘Paydirt’
t has been a special privilege to be able
to make a fantasy and have people get off
on it,” says Oregon filmmaker Penny
Allen "It's gratifying I'm satisfied with
the plot and story — I think it provokes
people to think I mean, money's
reward^ also, bi^f’aydirt' hasn t hit
paydirt ^
Allen's second f*n Paydirt, ” is about the
cultivation of marijuana to finance a struggling
winery owned by a couple and their partner
They're ripped off by Mafia-like thugs, and do
something about it
The story is set inNewberg, and is based on
a true story "Paydirt” was filmed at a vineyard
in Newberg, and at an actual marijuana farm
somewhere in southern Oregon The film crew
had to be blindfolded while they were taken to
photo by mat! nwyn
their location, and had to scrabble to douse
lights and cover reflecting equipment whenever
planes flew overhead
Allen says there are good and bad sides to
filming in Oregon "Lots of people here are
extremely talented, but there's a limited season
and it's much riskier Hollywood has the right
climate. Oregon doesn't have the huge pool of
technical workers, either," she said As a result,
she had to have the sound mixing done in
California and the lab work done in New York
Despite these setbacks, Allen has shot both
of her films in Oregon, acting as writer, director
and producer on both projects
"Being a woman filmmaker isn't tougher or
easier (than being a male filmmaker)," she said
"It depends on the situation It's not more
difficult to direct It matters in promotion
because you’ve got to be interested in putting
yourself in public. I don't like that.”
Hours of time spent promoting the film have
paid off, and "Paydirt” is becoming a success
around the world (the movie debuted in The
Hague. Holland). “Paydirt,” which opens Friday
at the Valley River Twin Cinema, shows that
things can be done here that are "world class ”
To Allen, the film's success has been excit
ing and satisfying. "This is something I've put a
couple of years into and will continue to do in
the future My film is still a part of my life —
there's no endpoint to the process. I'm happy
with Paydirt' .
"The worst thing in doing your own film is
when it's completely done. It makes a giant
switch to being an object and a product. The
creative aspects stop. The intuitive activity is
over.”
by sherrie miner
Penny Allen
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