What are our expectations when we sit down to watch? How strong are they? Are these expectations actually demands? Will we be punished if we
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On September 30th, 1970, Dennis Hopper appeared on the Johnny Cash Show and recited a poem by Rudyard Kipling, “If” — or as he named
“How is the film industry going to learn to support the artists who are willing to take risks, are committed to their own audience and
“Filmmakers, Hollywood, The Industry, rarely know whom their audience is. We do it so ass-backwards: we make a movie and we think it is so
Special Thanks to Ondi Timoner and the A Total Disruption team! There is, of course, a lot more to it than that, but
If the best solution is the easiest solution, what takes us so long to do it? The film industry complains about piracy. But what do
Festivals (and support organizations) should organize a nationwide network of year round couch surfing / bed & breakfast local supporters to build a national support
“Based in Vancouver, dana.io is a new crowdfunding platform for international filmmakers, artists, and activists. Unlike other platforms, dana.io doesn’t
If you read this blog, there is a good chance you
By James Belfer Ted’s note: We were fortunate to have James & Dogfish participate at our #A2E On Ramp program this past spring. I am
Ted Hope is a “holistic film producer”: he aims to be there from the beginning and then forever after, involved in every aspect of a film’s life cycle and ecosystem, as committed to engineering serendipity as preventing problems, as obsessed with lifting the good into the great, as he is…
