Backstage at Sundance : HP_uncut

Quincy Coleman & band perform live at Sundance 2008

amy brock — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:05:00 GMT

Matthew Caldwell
Creative Director - HP Newsgram

This Quincy is one cool cat.
Her song "Afraid" was featured in the academy award winning film "Crash".
More recently her song "Give it Away" can be heard in the Keri Russel film "Waitress".

Her dusky vocals and rustic, bold style are modern yet classic.

Ms. Coleman was accompanied by Jeff Pearlman on guitar and Stuart Cole (a brave trumpeter... can you imagine playing a trumpet at thirteen degrees).

They treated HP to an exclusive performance at the crossroads of Sundance, off Heber & Main.

QUINCY COLEMAN LIVE AT SUNDANCE 2008

Quincy Coleman Website

HP interviews Amy Redford

amy brock — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:25:00 GMT

Matthew Caldwell
Creative Director - HP Newsgram

Sundance's favorite daughter sat down with HP to talk about her new film The Guitar.

Watch the interview with Amy Redford

Amy Redford, daughter of Robert Redford grew up in New York City with Summers and holidays spent in Utah.

At 37 she has enjoyed an extensive acting career in films and on TV.
The Guitar marks her directorial debut.

The film, written by Amos Poe, is about a woman (played by Saffron Burroughs) who learns she has terminal cancer. She decides to spend her last days surrounding herself with her favorite objects.

We caught up with Amy on a bright tuesday morning and asked her about her film, her life under the Sundance kid and who she's listening to on her ipod.

Rooftop, fireside performance by The Submarines

amy brock — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:17:00 GMT

Matthew Caldwell
Creative Director - HP Newsgram

Red-hot L.A. band, The Submarines perform an exclusive new song called Swimming Pool.

The song will appear on their upcoming album Honeysuckle Weeks on Nettwerk Records.

The Submarines (Blake Hazzard & John Dragonetti) sat down fireside, on the rooftop of the posh Sky Lodge, in Park City. Overlooking the lights of Sundance and the surrounding snowy peaks they treated us to this sweet tune.

WATCH THE SUBMARINES PERFORM LIVE AT SUNDANCE

Hear more music from The Submarines on myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/thesubmarinesmusic

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The band Califone performs live at Sundance 2008

amy brock — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:24:00 GMT

Califone performs live at Sundance

Matthew Caldwell
Creative Director - HP Newsgram

HP is a proud sponsor of New Frontier on Main, a social and creative space that showcases artist installations, live performances, and thought provoking panels.

New Frontier on Main is one interesting, avant garde place. Think technology meets modern art.

One of the most interesting acts here is a multimedia performance by animator Brent Green and the band Califone.

The performance, called God Builds like Frank Lloyd Wright, is a rustic, swirling, rich netherworld thanks to Green's unique animation style and Califone's post-Americana sounds.

Before their show on that Sunday night, we asked the members of Califone to perform for us.

In a quiet but cold back alley, just off of Main street, they treated us to an amazing ballad called Orchid.

CALIFONE LIVE AT SUNDANCE 2008

PHOTOS FROM THE SESSION:

Califone performs on Jan 21, 2008

Jim Becker

Tim Rutili

Filmmaker Michel Gondry on the Drums - at his own Premiere Party

amy brock — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:40:00 GMT

Matthew Caldwell
Creative Director - HP Newsgram

The French love Jazz. And they play it well.

French filmmaker Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Science of Sleep) surprised the crowd at his own premiere party on Sunday. People had gathered to celebrate the premiere of his new film "Be Kind, Rewind," and were treated to a surprise performance by the film's director/screenwriter.

He was also accompanied by a fantastic French piano player (who’s name we failed to get). The two played several traditional jazz songs for the delighted onlookers.

There’s a big buzz about Mr. Gondry’s new film Be Kind, Rewind. The film stars Jack Black and Mos Def as video store clerks who, through a freak accident, end up erasing their rental tapes. To make up for the lost movies, they recreate popular films like Ghostbusters, Driving Miss Daisy and Robocop themselves.

See Michel Gondry play the drums and more, in the popular HP Commercial.

HP helps indie filmmakers with HP Broadcast Studio

amy brock — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:58:00 GMT

Angela LoSasso
Web Content Manager, Imaging and Printing Group, U.S.
Video by Kate Sheofsky

The most satisfying aspect of attending and sponsoring the Sundance Film Festival is the opportunity to help filmmakers succeed. Year after year, directors and producers have told us about how challenging it is to get publicity and media coverage for their films. We knew we could help. So HP created the HP Broadcast Studio – a high-def, miniaturized SmartHome set that gives filmmakers a complimentary turnkey solution to record and walk away with their own interviews to share with press and publicists. See what HP Broadcast Studio hosts Arnold Say and Linda Morton had to say on day 2 of the festival:

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