Post by Rich Curilla on Mar 10, 2012 18:04:15 GMT -5
On March 7th., Alamo Village was used to shoot a new History Channel documentary about the Alamo. This one is truly unique in that it was shot by Anima Films from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was designed for History Channel Latin America. The broadcast plan, as I understand it from producer Sebastian Gamba, is to present it on The History Channel in Mexico and other Latin American countries after a three month post-production period. This release will be followed by a similar broadcast in Europe followed by one in the United States.
The planned 2-hour production is based on a book by Paco Ignacio Taibo II, described by Anima associate Leila Ullisky as the "bestselling author and historian of Mexico." The title is El Alamo: Una Historia no Apta para Hollywood which she translates as "The Alamo: An Unsuitable Story for Hollywood."
At Alamo Village, the production team of three including producer Gamba, director/videographer Matias Gueilburt and sound recordist Edgar Farfan spent the whole day -- sunrise to sunset -- shooting the Alamo set, the Bexar set and interviews hosted by author Taibo himself. These walk-and-talk interviews were done with John Farkis, John Hinnant and myself, and were very warm and lively. Sr. Taibo is a charming gentleman who maintained an energy for the interviews that is often lacking in standard History Channel fare. In addition to these, Sr. Taibo did on-camera narration and John Hinnant provided shooting demonstrations with his Kentucky long rifle (replica of the Dickert rifle in the Alamo), a Brown Bess and a percussion rifle of the day. (P.S. -- John is a darn good shot.)
As for the book itself, it is partly a history of Santa Anna's brutal march north (like everybody in Mexico, Paco hates Santa Anna) and partly a treatis on how Alamo movies have handled the story. Currently about to be published only in Spanish, it will later be translated and published in English.
The Anima documentary team also spent several days shooting HHD events in San Antonio, verious interviews at Joan Headley's party, Mark Lemon's model and the San Antonio missions.
The planned 2-hour production is based on a book by Paco Ignacio Taibo II, described by Anima associate Leila Ullisky as the "bestselling author and historian of Mexico." The title is El Alamo: Una Historia no Apta para Hollywood which she translates as "The Alamo: An Unsuitable Story for Hollywood."
At Alamo Village, the production team of three including producer Gamba, director/videographer Matias Gueilburt and sound recordist Edgar Farfan spent the whole day -- sunrise to sunset -- shooting the Alamo set, the Bexar set and interviews hosted by author Taibo himself. These walk-and-talk interviews were done with John Farkis, John Hinnant and myself, and were very warm and lively. Sr. Taibo is a charming gentleman who maintained an energy for the interviews that is often lacking in standard History Channel fare. In addition to these, Sr. Taibo did on-camera narration and John Hinnant provided shooting demonstrations with his Kentucky long rifle (replica of the Dickert rifle in the Alamo), a Brown Bess and a percussion rifle of the day. (P.S. -- John is a darn good shot.)
As for the book itself, it is partly a history of Santa Anna's brutal march north (like everybody in Mexico, Paco hates Santa Anna) and partly a treatis on how Alamo movies have handled the story. Currently about to be published only in Spanish, it will later be translated and published in English.
The Anima documentary team also spent several days shooting HHD events in San Antonio, verious interviews at Joan Headley's party, Mark Lemon's model and the San Antonio missions.
