Month: November 2008

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These Are Those Things

Jordan Crane

I have often dreamed of having a house full of disasters.  Not real ones mind you, but drawings and paintings and the such, and all of them of situations going horribly wrong.  C’mon, everyone enjoys watching a house burn, don’t they?

Dean Haspiel turned me on to Jordan’s THE LAST LONELY SATURDAY and if it doesn’t break your heart, then you must already be dead.  That lead me to Jordan’s website and now I have a couple prints and dream of having more.  But lately I have been dreaming of having a house where everything just goes perfectly right, so I am not sure if they will go with the changing decor.  But his work is beautiful and worth the trip.  Red ink like blood.

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Bowl Of Noses

Art Doodle Drive Away

More Rinpa Eshidan noodling. What can I say? We’d give these drawers extra noses to come sit in the bowl.

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Let's Make Better Films

Places To Film #2.1: Glaciers (cont.)


The thoughts of the most perfect film had the bar raised by this collection of photos from Environmental Graffiti.  They capture the beauty inherent in so many glaciers.

Who is going to make the perfect North Pole Film (particularly now that it has become an island).
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Truly Free Film

Filmmaker Magazine Article on Self Distribution

another guest post today from filmmaker Jon Riess

At the urging of Jeffrey Levy Hinte – my wonderfully supportive producer on Bomb It (he’s leaving the business folks so don’t bother calling him!), I have started writing about my experiences self distributing Bomb It for Filmmaker Magazine. These articles will form the basis for the book that I am writing Reel World Survival Skills: Everything I Wish I Had Learned in Film School.

The first one just came out titled MY ADVENTURE IN THEATRICAL SELF-DISTRIBUTION, PART 1 While the article is subtitled “Or how I “invented” the two-month window and spent six months wanting to kill myself every day.” it was a positive experience overall It was gruelling – but I think the film was helped tremendously by the release. This has been confirmed by our video company Docurama/New Video.

The next article will cover DVD distribution – self distribution and working with a distributor.

Let me know what you think of the article!

Jon