[Awclist] Robb Moss' The Same River Twice

[Sara Traub]

robbmoss at samerivertwice.com wrote:Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 21:21:09 -0500
From: robbmoss at samerivertwice.com
To: sara_traub at yahoo.com
Subject: Robb Moss' The Same River Twice


Dear Paddlers,

THE SAME RIVER TWICE has just been released on DVD and we would very much appreciate your help in making your community aware of the film.

We believe that the stunning whitewater and flatwater footage and the film's portrait of a unique idyllic river experience is of particular interest to paddlers. Director Robb Moss noted: "I became a white water river guide after graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1972...working for a rafting company, living in teepees and tree houses, and spending large amounts of time outdoors seemed to follow seamlessly from campus life. A community grew up around our love of rivers...THE SAME RIVER TWICE attempts a collective, temporal mosaic of [the character's] life choices, an intimate depiction of those baby-boomers who took the sixties seriously, and then grew up."

Richard Bangs, international river explorer, world adventurer, and award winning author writes, "No film has better captured the spirit, the time, the passion, the adventure, the freedom...of an epic era; nor has any story so poignantly framed that era with the wash of the unstoppable clock, and the potent perspectives that ride with age and wisdom."

After winning the Best Documentary award at four film festivals, THE SAME RIVER TWICE received rave reviews (see quotes below) during its national theatrical release. The DVD includes an exceptional film transfer, a Q and A with the director, and his commentary track about the main characters and the critical problems he faced making the film. 

We hope you will include information (on your website, listserv, or in your newsletter) about the film and its availability from www.samerivertwice.com. 

If you are interested in reviewing the film or writing an article about it, we can send you a review copy of the DVD (please email us at dvdorder at samerivertwice.com). Schedule permitting, the director may be available for interviews. Downloadable press materials and pictures are available at http://www.samerivertwice.com/downloads.

If you would like to exchange links with our website, please email us at link at samerivertwice.com. We are upgrading our site and will have a prominently featured area where we link to other organizations. We also hope you will participate in the online forums on our upgraded site to share your perspective on the film and the issues it raises. 

Thanks very much for considering THE SAME RIVER TWICE and any help you can give us spreading the word. 

Best,

The Same River Twice Team

"Achieves a beguiling intimacy...the Colorado River's striking natural beauty, creating an organic and timeless backdrop to this poignant study of the sharp twists and turns our lives can take." 
-Time Out New York

"Although full of lithe young naked bodies cavorting in their '70s prime, the real attraction to this poignant, elegiac then-and-now boomer documentary may be the Colorado River." 
-Brian Miller, Seattle Weekly

"Mr. Moss, then a river guide and now a Harvard film professor, makes "The Same River Twice" a tone poem on the answers that were never discovered by the idealistic kids he had filmed years before and the new questions chasing them down." 
-Elvis Mitchell, The New York Times

"An engrossing film on many levels, from the undeniable aural/visual tug of river rapids and canyon walls (plus the tanned, naked bodies of the "riverdogs") to the careful storytelling and deft characterizations of Moss's present-day subjects." 
-Johnette Rodriguez, The Providence Phoenix

"***! Insightful. Profound. Succeeds through articulate, nostalgic sequences of introspection linked by poetic camerawork." 
-Ron Elder, Chicago Tribune


		
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