LICENSED TO FILM
I’M INTERESTED IN MOVIES WITH CREATIVE INTEGRITY. Adam Yauch
So goes the remit for Adam Yauch’s up and coming film company Oscilloscope Pictures. Adam Yauch you say? Yup, that’s Adam of Beastie Boys fame. Not content with his contribution to music (they’re back in the studio, too), Yauch has been working with film for some time, and he’s committed to making a difference there as well. His new project, Gunnin’ For That Number One Spot, sees him taking the reins as both director and producer, and through an in-depth look at eight basketball players being groomed for NBA stardom, he explores the uniquely American way in which young high school athletes become stars before they’ve made it big.
In no other country is so much media attention lavished on school or college sports. But beyond this, Yauch reveals a side to these young men (or are they boys?) that he simply wasn’t prepared for: their will to succeed. “I saw things in all of them. There was this drive, like they’re gonna will it to happen somehow, that they’re gonna find a way to just make it work.”
Yauch seems to be taking a similar approach to creating films. Check his production company’s site for a little more on what to expect, or the trailer the new film below.
