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	HomeSchool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The upcoming independent feature Manic, directed by Jordan Melamed, was shot with two Sony PAL PD150s and stars Don Cheadle and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (the teen from 3rd Rock From the Sun), and was coauthored by Michael Bacall.
		Manic is her latest effort and also the first feature-length project she's d esigned that was shot entirely on DV.
		CS: For the film to be realistic, I felt that these middle- and upper-middle-class kids would have concerned parents who would only be comfortable putting their kids "away" in a pleasant and somewhat upscale environment, rather than the spooky old hospital that's the cliche of psychiatric hospitals.
	www.rain.org /homeschool/film-set-design-low-budget.html (1725 words)

	BBC - Films - review - Manic
		Set almost entirely within the confines of a psychiatric ward (where shoelaces are removed in case of attempted suicides), the film steers clear of the phony redemption offered by the likes of "Girl, Interrupted" and "Good Will Hunting".
		Partly through some astute editing, Melamed conveys the strange rhythms of institutional life for these adolescents: the sense of boredom and frustration is mixed with frenetic bursts of energy, whether on the basketball court or in a slamdance trashing of the recreational room.
		See what films are opening in the UK next year.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2002/10/18/manic_2002_review.shtml (361 words)

	Welcome to Next Wave Films
		MANIC is the story of a group of troubled teens forced to face their demons in a juvenile mental institution.
		MANIC's director, Jordan Melamed, is an AFI graduate.
		MANIC is being produced by Kirk Hassig and Trudi Callon, who are also producing the feature film DIRT which recently completed principle photography.
	www.nextwavefilms.com /presskit/manic.html (568 words)

	Manic
		Manic is one of those films that actors flock to because it allows them to express a wide range of emotions otherwise not available in other roles.
		The issue here is that Manic has no real substance to it, and feels more like a workshop for young actors than an examination of the psyches of their characters.
		It touches on the root cause on some of their issues, but most of the film is a jumble of aggression.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/manic.html (519 words)

	Manic (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Manic is a 2001 drama film directed by Jordan Melamed and written by Michael Bacall and Blayne Weaver.
		It was shown at several film festivals in 2001 and 2002, including the Sundance Film Festival.
		The region 1 DVD was released January 20, 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manic_(film) (186 words)

	FILM REVIEW;Dark Fantasy as a Refuge From a Manic-Depressive Mother - New York Times
		In the film's most serious misstep, we are asked to accept that the couple have a pact that Mae not be medicated with Lithium because it kills her "spirit." But given the severity of Mae's illness, this agreement seems both cruel and dangerous.
		This disturbing film, which opens today at the Quad Cinema, is at its best when looking at the world through Angela's eyes before she has gone numb.
		On a more somber note, the film is an almost clinical study of how children absorb their parents' psychology.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9A02E5D81F39F935A15752C0A960958260 (705 words)

	CinemaSpeak.Com - TALKING MANIC: An interview with Manic director Jordan Melamed, co-writer/co-star Michael Bacall and ...
		From the beginning, Michael and I wanted to make a film about teenagers that showed that teenagers would respond to complex characters and things that are ambiguous and things that they were really experiencing in their lives.
		If you read the script and see the film, it's the same movie, and yet, we were able to flesh out the film more by doing improvisation on the set...
		The film takes place in a home for "troubled youths." The actors, all playing parts of teenagers with socially unacceptable behavioral issues (usually violent ones) had to act alongside kids who really did have lives like the ones they were portraying.
	www.cinemaspeak.com /Interviews/manicint.html (1148 words)

	MovieFreak.com - "Manic" DVD Review by Dennis Landmann (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The thing about the question is the viewer should watch how the teenagers deal with their problems, and watching the film will give a more complete picture and understanding of their achievements as opposed to only knowing the answer.
		The film's ending is open-ended and it doesn't doesn't do much for me, I guess I don't know how to interpret it if that's what director Jordan Melamed's intention is. Most importantly the script could've used a little more focus and a better ending.
		Manic is a pretty decent film overall with several shortcomings, yet the performances are good.
	www.moviefreak.com /dvd/m/manic.htm (771 words)

	Movie Review - Manic - www.ericdsnider.com - The Official Website of Eric D. Snider
		One of the best films to come from the 2001 Sundance Film Festival was "Manic," a digital-video drama that was relegated to the second-class "American Spectrum" category and elicited no buzz before its premiere.
		"Manic" is set in a juvenile psychiatric ward, a sort of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" for troubled teens (but without an evil nurse) where kids with violent, suicidal or other antisocial tendencies come to be rehabilitated.
		Don Cheadle, who has proven a sympathetic actor in several films, most notably in Steven Soderbergh's "Traffic," is a stabilizing presence in "Manic." A scene in which he either flips out or pretends to flip out (we can't tell which) is amazingly unsettling because it's not what Dave is supposed to do.
	www.ericdsnider.com /movies/manic (818 words)

	FILM IN REVIEW; 'Manic' - New York Times
		''Manic,'' which has been sitting on a shelf somewhere since its debut at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, belongs to a school of video filmmaking that already seems badly dated.
		The film finally seems to be about an invisible, camcorder-wielding presence that has come to haunt a mental institution, as if there were an extra character in every scene that none of the other performers can see.
		Deschanel, in a role filmed before her glowing work in ''The Good Girl'' and ''All the Real Girls,'' is particularly spontaneous, unaffected and emotionally direct.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E6D8173DF936A15757C0A9659C8B63 (495 words)

	Welcome to Next Wave Films
		It is this question which the characters in Manic must face if they are to learn to control their darker impulses.
		In July 1996 Callon left Condor Communications to work in the feature film marketing division at 20th Century Fox where she was involved in all aspects of the studio marketing process.
		In addition to co-writing Manic and pursuing his acting career, Blayne is currently enrolled at UCLA studying for a degree in English.
	www.nextwavefilms.com /manic (1913 words)

	Better Luck Tomorrow & Manic & Cinemania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The truth is that the picture, for all its narrative faults, is a complicated exploration of what happens when the societal stereotypes imposed on any minority are bought into and manipulated by the minority itself--the sort of double-edged sword that marginalizes even as it shields.
		A breakthrough film for several young Asian performers, the problems with Better Luck Tomorrow begin and end with the passivity of protagonist Ben (Parry Shen), who, when asked to provide the violent plot point that propels the film to its conclusion, breaks out of character so mortally the film never recovers.
		Melamed is so intrusive in his own film that he almost manages to disguise the fact that Manic's conclusion seems to suggest that popping pills in a repressive and broken state institution is the answer.
	www.filmfreakcentral.net /screenreviews/bettermaniccinemania.htm (581 words)

	movement magazine .com : VOL. X NO. 06 YR. 02 : arts : reel guide : manic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Blayne Weaver is on the film festival fast track propelled by his screenwriting debut, Manic, which just received Best Digital Picture nods from the Berlin Film Festival.
		Manic is a dark film, there’s no doubt about it, but sometimes you need a break from the norm where daily drama includes the dating life of Tom Cruise.
		We filmed in a closed-down mental institution, a couple hours outside LA. It was basically us and the institution.
	www.movementmagazine.com /1202/arts_reelguide_manic.htm (942 words)

	Harvard Film Archive: Topics in Film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although the city film is often associated with New York and the great urban capitals of Europe, these works present Los Angeles as a rich and viable subject with many layers beneath its oft-scrutinized surface.
		Although the film is somewhat melancholic in its evocation of his relative decline in significance, it is more a celebration of his love of pop music, and the ability of innumerable artists to detect his sincerity and befriend him.
		A true city film, L.A.X. combines majestic aerial shots of the hills and skylines with grittier footage shot on the streets of Hollywood to construct a truthful reflection of the many disparate elements that comes together as the city of Los Angeles.
	www.harvardfilmarchive.org /calendars/05_spring/losangeles.html (1149 words)

	Manic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		MANIC is a drama dealing with the onset of bipolar disorder in a husband and father and the impact that it has on his family.
		Other films he's presented at Movie Monday are MY NAME IS WALTER JAMES CROSS and DRUMMERBOY The film tackles some important ground that, with discussion and Dr. Dawson there as a resource, should make for a good, informative event.
		A graduate of the University of British Columbia medical school in Vancouver, Dawson is a board certified psychiatrist, a former chief of psychiatry at the Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital, and a professor of psychiatry at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
	www.islandnet.com /mm/events/manic.htm (459 words)

	Worldwide Short Film Festival TAKE ONE - Find Articles
		Bridging the wide gap between Toronto's manic film-festival season from April through to June and the beginning of the Toronto International Film Festival in September, this year's Worldwide Short Film Festival (WSFF) proved that it is one of the best.
		By the end of the film she has given up on life and is lying in the freezersection with the frozen fish.
		The absurdity of this film goes much past the image of a pregnant man when Joe gives birth to a stuffed donkey that he names Mimi, and Pete gets angry because he was expecting a stallion.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0JSF/is_51_14/ai_n15653938 (1021 words)

	Reviews of 'Bruce Almighty,' 'Only the Strong Survive' and 'Manic'
		Most the strength of this film, tightly wound by Jordan Melamed’s direction and the script by Michael Bacall and Blayne Weaver, is the extent to which it shows the source of outward violence to be inner turmoil.
		Maybe, but by avoiding the topic the film is allowed to appear to be mainly about a love of the artists, and not be accused of having an "agenda." Into this seeming benign void, however, emerges a portrait of important Black artists now surrounded by, "saved" and appreciated by good-hearted White folks.
		If this is their reality, it would have been helpful for the film to explore this idea — in particular, perhaps, to ask the artists themselves how they feel about it.
	www.seeingblack.com /2003/x060403/almighty_survive_manic.shtml (1700 words)

	Manic
		The film charts Lyle's entry and immersion into this world as he tries to sort of his problems of anger while integrating into this community or "family," and his developing relationships with Tracy, Kenny and Chad.
		To the film's credit, there are no easy answers and no solutions close at hand, and we watch Lyle and company navigate their way through a complex maze of unbridled anger and often times defeat.
		This proves to be an overly didactic, literal and "manic" way of shooting, and it ends up taking us out of the picture, distancing us from the built-in drama of the situation, forcing us to realize we're in the grips of yet another low-budget "indie" collapsing under the weight of its plodding artistic aspirations.
	www.reelmoviecritic.com /movie20033q/id1945.htm (1041 words)

	Manic (2001): Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Don Cheadle, Michael Bacall - PopMatters Film Review
		Shot with a lightweight digital camera, the film skitters from face to face, as Lyle and his fellow patients do their best not to reveal too much in group.
		Manic leans heavily on a familiar device, making the kids into victims of abandonment and abuse (by parents and attendants).
		Manic is a movie about learned behavior: Lyle's dad beat him down, but so has most every aspect of the culture around him, insisting that he's unworthy, dysfunctional, inferior.
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/m/manic.shtml (1040 words)

	Manic Inquisitor
		I just bought more space on freewebs.com, as this film pushed the site total over 200 megs, but I want to keep that space open for future projects (more films will be appearing in the next few months).
		Three films are up so far for 2005 on the Films section, with more to come soon.
		The Films section is now up, right now with two of the films I've made at RIT and a list of all the videos and flash movies we had in past issues.
	manicinquisitor.com /index2.htm (671 words)

	Manic Noize - A Door To Opportunity
		MANIC NOIZE is a compilation series being offered by MANIC RECORDS for INDIE and DIY recording artists seeking licensing opportunities in TV, Film, Advertising, Video Gaming and New Media.
		MANIC NOIZE strives to level the playing field for these artists in particular.
		MANIC NOIZE offers INDIE and DIY artists a one-of-a-kind service by exposing their music to hundreds of these music supervisors at a time.
	www.manic-entertainment.com /manic_noize.htm (699 words)

	Manic (2001): Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Don Cheadle, Michael Bacall - PopMatters Film Review
		The movie's most effective scenes are those that observe the kids from a distance, without heavy-handed emblems, like a crow on the basketball court, or worse, a patient who thinks he's a bird.
		Manic is about learned behavior: Lyle's dad beat him down, but so has most every aspect of the culture around him, insisting that he's unworthy, dysfunctional, inferior.
		That this stepfather is even allowed into the building by doctors and administrators (who apparently didn't do their homework) is alarming, at the least, but it does provide a staggering image of the damage that adults can do.
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/m/manic-dvd.shtml (891 words)

	OFFOFFOFF film review MANIC movie by Jordan Melamed with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Bacall, Zooey Deschanel, Cody ...
		The strongly acted reality-like drama "Manic" shows scenes of life in a psychiatric unit, and it's up to you to draw conclusions about the usefulness or pointlessness of the high-tension life of the ward.
		The film is at least 50 percent about what happens outside of adult supervision, but Don Cheadle is outstanding the rest of the time as the staff psychiatrist who walks the fine line between trying to relate to the teenagers on their own level and yet maintaining his sense of authority.
		The ward in "Manic" is a little like that, if you care to see the signs of it.
	www.offoffoff.com /film/2003/manic.php (916 words)

	Amazon.ca: Manic: DVD: Jordan Melamed,Michael Bacall,Don Cheadle,Lydell M. Cheshier,Joseph Gordon-Levitt,William ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Manic centers on Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Lyle, a reticent teen with a violent streak; it's the stuff of after-school specials, but Gordon-Levitt and Melamed smartly choose to reveal his transformation through facial expressions and physical behavior rather than through spell-it-out dialogue.
		Often the frames are shaky and unstable and appear to be filmed with a handheld device.
		The acting, script, and phenomenal cinematography come together to grab the viewer's guts with razor talons-this is an easy movie to avoid, to turn away from, but those who dare to watch it, and to find their own anger and rage challenged, cannot watch it unscathed.
	www.amazon.ca /Manic-Jordan-Melamed/dp/B0000VLKVM (2102 words)

	The Shutka Book of Records \| San Francisco Film Festival
		In Shutka, according to Aleksandar Manic's peculiar and funny documentary, everything is a competition; and there is always a winner, even if the decision is disputed.
		Toward the end of the film, one character explains that everyone in Shutka is on welfare, but the town always finds money for weddings and circumcisions.
		In a sense, Manic's film could be seen as a lesson in making the most of what you've got.
	fest06.sffs.org /films/film_details.php?id=85 (286 words)

	Filmmaker Magazine \| Fall 2000: THE KIDS AREN'T ALRIGHT
		The debut effort of director Jordan Melamed, the film tracks a handful of adolescents institutionalized in a private mental hospital as they battle the hypocritical adult world that keeps them trapped there.
		The film centers on Lyle ("Third Rock from the Sun"’s Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a boy whose off-the-map rage has landed him in his sole alternative to prison: Northwood Mental Institution.
		Of his decision to film in digital video, Melamed says, "I wanted the actors to stay in character whether they thought they were on camera or not, because we didn’t know if we were going to pan to them, and we wanted the camera to have 360-degree mobility as often as possible.
	www.filmmakermagazine.com /fall2000/short_reports/manic.php (804 words)

	Manic
		Manic is a dramatized case study about the devastating illness known as manic depression and the chaos it can visit upon the lives of all those touched by it.
		Co-written by psychiatrist Dr. David Dawson, and superbly acted, the trauma of manic depression comes movingly to life.
		This vivid portrayal of the effects of manic depression on a once stable and productive person will help students understand the significant issues of bipolar mood disorder.
	www.filmakers.com /indivs/Manic.htm (192 words)

	Manic Film Review - Time Out Film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A teen One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest filmed like The Idiots (on DV, vérité-style), Manic confidently establishes its own tone and milieu through a calmly justified faith in its material.
		The setting is a juvenile psychiatric facility, a tentative, recreation centre limbo between the free world and permanent confinement - some inmates go one way, some the other.
		As their taxed warden and counsellor, Cheadle initially threatens to unbalance the film with his star baggage, but he gives a superlatively controlled, back-heel performance.
	www.timeout.com /film/72689.html (163 words)

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