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Author: Ted Hope
The creator of Where The Sidewalk Ends, The Giving Tree, and other classics, had a few choice nuggets that he hadn’t yet aired by the time his time expired. Check it out.
We recommend opening another tab and letting it play while you look at BowlOfNoses. Go to the songs section of the website and just let it play. And then get the grownups to order one!
Wow. I love when I get to see great new stuff. Double thanks to booooooom.com whom do an awesome job curating and led me to this. Wow. Watch on full screen.
The Tale of How from Shy the Sun on Vimeo.
The video of my Power To The Pixel key note speech is now up. Watch me read! Watch my hand juggle invisible balls! Listen to how my nose vibrates! If you wait until next week, there will be seven pillars!
I think we’ll be able to embed in another two weeks. But…
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Is This What You Mean By "Indie"?
Deadline Hollywood published a great list of the “Indie” Box Office. I think this underscores why I was looking for some new nomenclature when I started this blog.
TOP 20 INDEPENDENTLY FINANCED FILMS
Weekend of October 23–25, 2009
Exclusive To Deadline Hollywood
TITLE, DISTRIB, COMPANY, WKD BOX OFFICE, SCREENS/AVERAGE, CUME
1. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (Par/IM Global) $21.1M [1,945/$10,850] $61.5M
2. SAW VI (Lionsgate) $14.1M [3,036/$4,650]
3. LAW ABIDING CITIZEN (Overture) $12.4M [2,890/$4,292] $40.0M
4. ASTRO BOY (Summit/Imagi) $6.7M [3,014/$2,224] $6.7M
5. A SERIOUS MAN (Focus) $1.0M [176/$6,211] $3.1M
6. GOOD HAIR (Roadside Attractions) $945K [466/$2,030] $2.8M
7. CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (Overture) $726K [636/$1,142] $12.9M
8. WHIP IT (Fox Searchlight/Mandate) $466K [435/$1,071] $12.2M
9. AN EDUCATION (SPC/BBC/Odyssey) $367K [31/$11,851] $940K
10. COCO AVANT CHANEL (SPC/Canal+) $272K [63/$4,321] $1.7M
11. NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU (Vivendi) $230K [110/$2,092] $747K
12. FAME (MGM/Lakeshore) $212K [445/$477] $22.0M
13. BRIGHT STAR (Apparition/TVA) $212K [209/$1,015] $3.9M
14. TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE** (Warner/New Line) $203K [284/$718] $62.8M
15. I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF (Lionsgate) $178K [273/$655] $51.6M
16. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Weinstein/Uni) $176K [206/$857] $119.3M
17. DISTRICT 9 (Sony/QED) $148K [232/$638] $115.5M
18. 5150, RUE DES ORMES (Alliance Films) $107K [55/$1,955] $787K
19. MORE THAN A GAME (Lionsgate) $99K [107/$929] $749K
20. THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE (Roadside0 $89K [61/$1,469] $3.4M
** A New Line production distributed through Warner Brothers.
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Robo Roundup: Big Dog’s Cuz
Boston Dynamics, creators of that odd four legged beast that might have wobbled but did not fall down, is back with a bi-ped creation. Pretty swell walk if you ask us.
Taking a page from Roger Ebert, it would be wonderful to find an academic institution who would like to sponsor a one week (five days? a long weekend?) celebration of Truly Free Film (not the blog but the culture that is).
Imagine five or maybe ten filmmakers coming to your campus discussing what they did right and what they did wrong. Imagine a couple of seasoned pros joining them and speaking of how they have survived and prospered, what they do to transform their good work into the great. Imagine a handful of tech experts singing the song of innovation, helping us all to recognize the new model. There would be practical workshops, brainstorming sessions, fascinating discussions and of course, the movies, the movies would screen for your quality-starved eyes.
Picture this group of independent thinkers, all joining together in their search for answers and solutions.
Consider the energy that would come from those actively engaged in the creation of ambitious film and the efforts to reboot an apparatus that could support such work. Relish the satisfaction that one would bask in knowing that your community would have a truer firmer handle on the difficulties and the pleasures one encounters in the commitment to creating and delivering film art to audiences.
Now I don’t have it planned, or any speakers booked, but we need a wine bottle if we are going to stomp on some grapes (well, okay, not the best metaphor). There are going to be great films going to the festivals this year, with no place to go afterwards. There are great films already made, looking to screen further. The new model is being unearthed but folks need to talk further. We’ll need some help pulling it together for sure, but first we need a home with some money to spend.
I just thought it would make some sense to put it out there. Maybe you had some ideas or suggestions.
