"Field Guide to November Days" Trailer (Premieres May, 2010)
Quotes
[Nick Peterson] is one of the best young filmmakers I have come across in a long time. His unity of vision is rare and gives me hope for the next generation of American filmmakers.
Gus Van Sant, filmmaker
[“Field Guide to November Days”] is a true breakthrough in a new aesthetics that has its roots in the architectural language of Michelangelo Antonioni. …Like an American “Satyricon,” Peterson captures life in the process of being lived, refusing to bookend it with beginnings or endings, preludes or epilogues. …[”Field Guide” is] evidence of a New American Underground that is giving voice to a generation that has, for too long, been judged dispensable and inarticulate.
Bill White, Seattle PostGlobe
Peterson has gifts that defy pigeonholing, especially his judicious use of music, a terrific feel for shot-framing and, crucially, awareness that showing is better than telling.
Stan Hall, The Oregonian
[“Field Guide’s”] execution is demonstrably sensitive and artful.
Marjorie Skinner, Portland Mercury
Nick Peterson's Yellow is a breath of fresh air. Amid the grainy, the gritty, and the grim–in short, in contrast to virtually every other American "first film" out there–Peterson brings the brightness, the brilliance, the wonder, and the mystery of poetry (and song!) to his work. He has the best, the most exciting"eye" of any young filmmaker in my experience. Yellow is visually delicious, acoustically dazzling, and completely original, fresh, and new in its sensibility. And it doesn't hurt that it is deeply perceptive and penetrating as well. It is an eye- and ear-opener of a film–one of my favorite "unknown masterworks" of the past five years.
Ray Carney, professor\author
My favorite narrative film of the festival… [Nick is] Perhaps the best image-maker in the [2003 NW Film Festival].
James Benning, filmmaker on "Three"
…one of the most original features to come out of Portland in recent years.
Northwest Film Forum on "yellow"
…Peterson has created a winning, offbeat breakthrough.
Brian Miller, Seattle Weekly on "yellow"
…an arresting new talent… "Two" and "Three" are a truly brilliant pair of nearly silent, gorgeously filmed, edited and scored works.
Shawn Levy, The Oregonian
Peterson has quickly become one of the city's most promising writer-directors.
Brian Libby, Willamette Week
Nick Peterson's short film "Contingent" is brilliant and firmly places the filmmaker at the top of the local talent pool.
David Walker, Willamette Week
Latest News
Filmed by Bike Screening
"Field Guide" is screening twice in this years Filmed by Bike festival: Saturday, April 16th, 9pm and Sunday, April 17th, 5pm. Both screenings are at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton Street).
Field Guide Nov Screenings
"Field Guide" is screening twice next month: Monday, November 8th, 7:30pm at the AMS Bike Co-op Film Night (6138 Student Union Boulevard, Vancouver, BC) and Thursday, November 11th, 7pm at the 37th Northwest Film and Video Festival (1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR).
Bike Tour
Mary and I will be embarking on a 1500+ mile bike tour of our latest film "Field Guide" from Vancouver, B.C. to Sand Diego, CA starting June 10th. Details here: http://bit.ly/9l1P6C
Field Guide Premiere
We will be premiering our new film, "Field Guide to November Days:" 7pm, May 14th, 2010 at the Whitsell Theater (1219 SW Park Ave)
Sound Unseen – Minneapolis, MN
"yellow" is screening in this year's Sound Unseen film festival: Sunday, August 26th at the Ritz Theater (345 13th Ave NE).