The brilliant Dennis Potter had one dying wish…
(hat tip to Dan McGuire again!)
The equally brilliant Adam Curtis lays out Mr. Murdoch’s path to becoming the Supreme Satan.
(hat tip to MovieCityNews again!)
Dennis Potter and Adam Curtis have brought so much joy and pleasure to my world. And I leave their work always feeling stronger, smarter, fuller. I can’t say the same for Mr. Murdoch…
If Indie Film had a person of the year, it would be Kickstarter this year. It’s given more movies the needed boost than anyone else this year (as today’s earlier post can attest.
Thanks to Dan McGuire for the tip on this!
On Tuesday last week Brian Newman and I conducted a conversation on the topic of “The Future Of Film” at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. I had an extra shot of espresso and we spoke for over an hour. You can re-live 8 minutes of it and see just how revved up I can get on this topic. There’s a lot more to say about this subject. Brian said some of that here.
I have been planning a mini-fest of my own: six features, six scripts, one weekend. As I write this I have eleven to go. I just added one short to the list. Howard Gertler tipped me to Chris Wiatt‘s short DUPE as an example of good low bud use of VFX where the storytelling doesn’t suffer due to the use of the incredible tools now available. I am glad he did. Check it out.
We had a packed house at Lincoln Center for our “New Faces Of NYC Indie Film” panel. It was a good conversation. Sure, my game show idea did not work out, but hey, when you have eleven people up on the stage with you, it means you have eleven people not talking and that’s hard to keep it lively. Luckily, all eleven people had a lot to say and are clearly a group of passionate and committed filmmakers, making sacrifices for the privilege of making their art. If you didn’t get there, now through the miraculous power of the internet, you can give us two hours of your time and see what it is you missed.
Lance Weiler was the Keynote speaker at the Darklight Festival recently. He shares his journey into transmedia and why he is so optimistic about the world before us. It is nothing short of a state of the union address on Transmedia — both how we got here and where we are. It includes a pretty solid survey of transmedia projects. Check out his video below if you are one of those types who actually want to know the world you are living in (and not just the one that once was).
Have you heard Thomas Mai’s presentation on Social Media and what it means to the film business? I had the good fortune to witness it this past summer, and thus am very happy that it is now up on the web for you all to benefit from. Thomas used to run Trust Film Sales which handled Lars Von Triers’ films and many others. These days he generally travels and spreads the social media gospel for the filmmaking set. The full presentation runs an hour, but frankly if you are reading this now, you must take the time this weekend to make sure you are up to speed. I am sure you will be glad you did.
Thomas starts things off with a video on the rise of Social Media. Even if you’ve seen this before, it still is stunning. His lecture begins about four minutes in. I am eager to hear your thoughts on this.
Thomas Mai Presentation ETMA, Strasbourg from Thomas Mai on Vimeo.
So what do you think?
