Freddy Krueger Is Back!

Freddy Krueger, full name Frederick Charles Krueger — is the main fictional character from the Nightmare on Elm Street series of films. Created by Wes Craven and portrayed by actor Robert Englund in every film of the series, he is an undead serial killer[2] who can attack his victims supernaturally from within their own dreams when they are in a state of sleep. Freddy is commonly identified by his burnt disfigured face, red and green striped sweater, brown fedora hat, and trademark metal-clawed leather glove. Freddy Krueger’s origin has slowly evolved over the course of the film series. Each subsequent film revealed new information that intertwined with the backstory established in the original film A Nightmare on Elm Street.A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child provided the origin of Krueger’s birth; which began with a tragic incident involving his mother in the early 1940s. During a Christmas holiday, a young nun named Sister Mary Helena (a.k.a Amanda Krueger) was accidentally trapped inside “the Tower”, a wing containing the worst of the criminally insane at Westin Hills psychiatric hospital. Amanda was raped and tortured numerous times by the one hundred patients confined there. She was found days later, close to death and now pregnant. Frederick Charles Krueger was born months later after a breech birth and was given up for adoption.

The sequel Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare showed that Krueger was placed with an abusive alcoholic named Mr. Underwood (portrayed by Alice Cooper) who abused him physically and emotionally. As a child, Freddy exhibited sociopathic behavior, which included killing small animals. Socially, he was often ridiculed by his peers. In his late teens, Freddy practiced self-mutilation; learning the "secret of pain", he murdered Underwood.Later in adulthood, Krueger would go on to marry Loretta, with whom he would have his daughter Kathryn Krueger. The Krueger family resided in Freddy's childhood home at 1428 Elm Street.[3] Kathryn was shown to still be a child when children from the neighborhood went missing and were later found dead. Soon after, Loretta learned that in the basement of the house, Freddy had a secret room where he would keep devices of torture, newspaper clippings of his crimes, and different versions of his clawed glove. Promising that "she won't tell" she was strangled by Freddy in front of Kathryn, "for snooping in daddy's special work". Krueger worked at the local power plant, and it was there where he had taken and murdered twenty missing neighborhood children; killing them in the plant's boiler room. The police were unable to solve the cases and newspapers dubbed the mysterious killer the "Springwood Slasher".

In 1966, Freddy was arrested for the murders of the missing children. Young Kathryn was put into foster care and was later adopted. Due to the search warrant not being signed correctly, all evidence was considered inadmissible, and Krueger was released in 1968. Amanda Krueger, who had followed Freddy’s trial, heard of his release and hung herself in the tower where she was raped. The neighborhood parents of the children Freddy had murdered found him in his boiler room later that night and threw Molotov cocktails in the building, trapping Freddy within. Just moments before his death, Freddy was approached by three dream demons. These demons search the mortal world for the most evil soul and, in turn, give that person the power to turn dreams into reality. Freddy accepted their offer to "be forever" as the flames consumed him. Afterward, Freddy's remains were taken to Penny Brothers Auto Salvage and locked in the trunk of an old red Cadillac. Presumably to help erase Krueger's existence, the Thompson family moved into the house on 1428 Elm Street. Adopted by the Burroughs family, young Kathryn was taken away from Springwood and her records were sealed.

Most Beautiful Smile of The World

Julia Fiona Roberts (October 28, 1967) is an actress with a famous smile and she is also Academy Award-winning American film actress and former fashion model. She shot to fame during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy, Pretty Woman, opposite Richard Gere. Since then, Roberts has become the highest-paid actress in the world, topping the Hollywood Reporter's annual power list of top-earning female stars for four consecutive years (2002-2005). Her career includes films such as Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, and Ocean's Eleven, which have collectively earned box office receipts well over $2 billion. She won the Best Actress Academy Award in 2001 for her critically praised turn as the title character in Erin Brockovich after two previous nominations during the 1990s. For her fame and wholesome image, she is often referred to as "America's Sweetheart". An unprecedented $25 million was paid to Roberts for her role in 2003's Mona Lisa Smile. As of 2007, Roberts' net worth was estimated around US$140,000,000.[2] She was also the first actress to appear on the cover of Vogue and the first woman to land on the cover of GQ. She has been named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" a record-setting eleven times, tied with Halle Berry. In 2001 Ladies Home Journal ranked her as the 11th most powerful woman in America beating out then national security advisor Condoleezza Rice and first lady Laura Bush.
She maintains a close friendship with actress-activist Susan Sarandon.

Jaime Zavala's Virtuosity

Nacido en 1976 en Viña del Mar, Jaime Zavala Benavente comenzó en 1988 sus estudios de guitarra y teoría. Aunque siempre se negó a tomar clases, sus propios métodos, altamente rigurosos y disciplinados, lo llevaron a transformarse en uno de los guitarristas más dotados técnica e interpretativamente, lo que habla de su gran capacidad musical y creativa.
Durante sus primeros años, Jaime Zavala se dedicó a absorber todo lo que llegaba a sus oídos: el rito diario lo constituían las 8 horas de estudio que cumplía religiosamente, donde analizaba la técnica de los guitarristas de bandas que sonaban en las radios en aquellos años, y estudiaba también Guitarra Clásica y Teoría Musical.
El esfuerzo de Zavala rápidamente daría que hablar. Ya en 1991, Jaime Zavala era permanentemente invitado a eventos en distintos colegios de Viña del Mar, donde deslumbraba a la audiencia por su virtuosismo y juventud. Pero Zavala, siempre en una posición extremadamente autocrítica, solía reprobar sus interpretaciones. Esto se debía a que recién durante ese tiempo tuvo la oportunidad de escuchar a algunos de los mejores guitarristas del mundo. Yngwie Malmsteen, Vinnie Moore y Joe Satriani se transformaron en la obsesión desde ese entonces para Zavala. Por ello estuvo ausente de todo evento hasta fines de 1992; sólo en ese entonces consideró que estaba en condiciones de presentarse. Pero la obra de los grandes maestros clásicos desde el comienzo acompañó a Zavala. Johann Sebastian Bach y Nicolò Paganini, sus preferidos, siempre tuvieron el más alto sitial en el concepto musical de Zavala. El problema era que no había forma de unir escuelas tan distintas, por ello Zavala se mantenía estudiando Guitarra Clásica, Guitarra Eléctrica y Teoría Musical en forma separada.
Definitivamente inclinado a estudiar Guitarra Eléctrica, pero sin intenciones de olvidar sus estudios paralelos, Zavala logró depurar su técnica hasta lograr un nivel jamás imaginado. En 1994, con sólo 18 años, se había transformado en uno de los mejores guitarristas de la región.
Al ingresar a la carrera de Ingeniería Civil Electrónica, en la Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Zavala debió ceder la mayor parte de su tiempo, antes dedicado a la música, al estudio científico. Pero eso no significó un obstáculo en la carrera musical Jaime Zavala, puesto que al verse limitado en el estudio y ejecución de la Guitarra Eléctrica, se dedicó a perfeccionar sus conocimientos de Teoría Musical, con el apoyo del músico Javier Pozo. En ese momento comienza a concretarse uno de los sueños más profundos de Jaime Zavala: componer música, bajo una sólida base teórica y una fuerte inspiración emocional. En 1994 se integra al staff de trabajo de Yngwie Malmsteen, lo que facilita de gran manera su difusión internacional. Durante el verano de 1995 Zavala se presentó con gran éxito en distintos eventos en Santiago. Su reputación de virtuoso, que siempre le ha molestado, comenzaba a conocerse. Pero en ese año Zavala estuvo muy complicado con su problema vocacional: Tenía mucho que entregar pero sus estudios de Ingeniería no lo dejaban rendir el cien por ciento. Y Zavala no estaba dispuesto a rendir menos que eso. Fue durante 1995 en que Jaime Zavala se dio cuenta que "hacer música es mucho más que interpretarla". En ese momento decidió dar prioridad al estudio y a la composición que al escenario.
En 1996 Zavala ya era reconocido como uno de los grandes guitarristas de Chile. En Mayo, el GIT del Musician's Institute of California, en Estados Unidos, publica durante un mes sus lecciones "Advanced Techniques for Electric Guitar". En ese año comienza a concebir la idea de transcribir obras doctas para ser interpretadas por instrumentos modernos, en su afán de lograr la perfecta comunión de sus dos tendencias musicales, y compone varias de las Sonatas que componen su Op.1. También se presenta con éxito en conciertos en Viña del Mar y Santiago.
1997 es uno los años más fructíferos para Zavala. Compone la gigantesca obra "Magno Himno CDP Op.2", para orquesta sinfónica y banda; termina de escribir las "7 Sonatas para Guitarra Clásica Op.1", comienza con sus primeras transcripciones de obras doctas, que finalmente conformarán el Op.4, y escribe un grupo de 4 estudios para Guitarra Eléctrica publicados como "The Electric Guitar Etudes Op.3", piezas que persiguen el afán instructivo de los 24 Capricci de Nicolò Paganini.
En 1998, crea el Tour de Force, nombre con el que bautizó sus conciertos de música docta para Guitarra Eléctrica (y el nombre que se daba en el siglo XVIII a los conciertos para violín de compleja ejecución). Decide dar prioridad al estudio y la composición, y realiza sólo 4 conciertos durante este año. Hace una magistral transcripción del Himno Nacional de Chile, para Guitarra Clásica, y del Himno Inglés "God Save The Queen", que forman "Transcriptions of National Anthems Op.5" y crea su primera obra para orquesta de cámara, "Concerto Nº1 in Sol maggiore Op.6". Trabaja inspirado en las composiciones de Jaime Barría, fundador de la banda chilena Bordemar, en un proyecto de folklore moderno, de donde aparecerá la "Cueca Progresiva". En Noviembre es aceptado como miembro del grupo mundial de Discusión y Análisis de la obra de Johann Sebastian Bach.
Durante 1999, compone un par de sonatas para Guitarra Clásica bautizadas como "Madre e Hija Op.7"; el "Concerto Nº2 in Mi minore Op.8", la "Overture Lorena Op.10" y "Allegro for Gabriela Op.11" (Obras para orquesta de cámara); el "Presto Op.9" (Obra para Clavecín), y varios experimentos musicales no catalogados. Realiza un par de conciertos en Santiago, fuera del concepto de Tour de Force.
El año 2000 momentos importantes suceden en la carrera de Jaime Zavala. Viaja a Estados Unidos, a buscar la magnífica guitarra que encargó a Ibanez, bautizada como "Ibanez Guarneri del Gesú", un verdadero lujo de instrumento que contribuye a realzar la técnica y calidad interpretativa de Jaime Zavala. En Mayo, el Istituto di Studi Paganiniani de Génova declara aprobada su transcripción para Guitarra Eléctrica de una de las sonatas para violín de Nicolò Paganini. Algunos críticos afirman que "hay muchos virtuosos pero Zavala es el único que logra hacer hablar su guitarra", por lo que la demanda por ver en vivo a Zavala, interpretando sus complejas transcripciones en su excepcional guitarra, se torna aún más alta cuando anuncia que el 2000 será el último año del Tour de Force. Finalmente, en los últimos días de Diciembre, en un pequeño lugar y acompañado por sus familiares y amistades más cercanas, realiza el Grand Finale del Tour de Force. En Febrero del año 2001, Jaime Zavala se incorpora como guitarrista estable al proyecto musical de MOMO. En una nueva faceta, totalmente ajena al virtuosismo que le valió el respeto de mucha gente y en muchos lugares del mundo, Zavala espera seguir con su objetivo: "más allá de la música, de la técnica y de lo que representa en sí la interpretación, están los sentimientos y los lugares mágicos a los cuales te puede llevar una melodía. Si yo, con mi música, soy capaz de llevar a alguien a esos lugares y de lograr que afloren los sentimientos, ese es el mejor premio que puedo recibir".

Antonio Jara, Kammermusic das Köln Orchester, Mayo 2001.

Contact: jzavalab@hotmail.com

Lisa Krueger's Cut

Lisa Krueger directs Heather Graham on the set of Miramax's Committed - 2000

LISA KRUEGER (writer/director) grew up in the suburbs of San Francisco and attended the University of California at Berkeley. In her Junior year she was one of three undergraduates to be invited to the university's graduate-level Paris Film Program. After her year in Paris, Krueger returned to Berkeley, where she wrote an honors thesis on film music. After graduation, she returned to Paris, where she continued her studies under the direction of Christian Metz at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, and taught English at the University of Paris and at the American Center for Students and Artists. She began experimenting with the American Center's extensive video equipment, and was commissioned by the Center to create a series of video vignettes for use in its classrooms. Moving to New York City, Krueger worked briefly as an assistant to the video curator of the Museum of Modern Art, and then became a production manager for Academy Award-winning director Zbigniew Rybczynski. She also line-produced the American segments for Alain Tanner's "La Vallée Fantôme" and Pierre Granier Deferre's "La Couleur de Vent." Eager to move from production to directing, Krueger took up script supervision, or continuity, as a kind of "earn while your learn" film school. As a script supervisor, she worked closely with such directors as Jim Jarmusch (on "Mystery Train" and "Night on Earth"), Abel Ferrara ("King of New York") and James Ivory ("Mr. and Mrs. Bridge"), and was able to absorb first-hand the creative and technical aspects of movie-making. She then wrote, directed and co-edited "Best Offer," a half hour short described as a "coming of age story about a young girl's transition from four-legged love objects (horses) to two-legged ones (boys)." Featuring cinematography by her brother Tom and production design by her brother Mathew, "Best Offer" premiered at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival and went on to win awards at the San Francisco Film Festival, Chicago Film Festival, Houston Worldfest, Oberhausen and the CINE Golden Eagle, among others. "Best Offer" was also licensed for numerous television showings around the world. Krueger's first feature-length screenplay, "Manny & Lo," was honored by Robert Redford's Sundance Institute when it was chosen for its 1994 June Filmmakers and Writers Lab. As a "Sundance Fellow," Lisa was invited to rehearse, shoot on video and edit scenes from "Manny & Lo" with the actors of her choice (among them Mary Kay Place) over the course of four weeks in the mountains of Utah. Seasoned filmmakers/advisors were on hand to offer feedback, including Robert Redford, Arthur Penn, Alan Pakula, Paul Brickman, Richard Pierce, Morgan Freeman, Sally Field, and others. The institute also organized a stage reading of "Manny & Lo" with Morgan Freeman narrating. (Other films developed at the Sundance Filmmakers Lab include "Reservoir Dogs," "Impromptu," "Fresh," and "I Like It Like That.") Lisa Krueger currently divides her time among Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.