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FOLLOW THE MONEY

At her Deadline Hollywood Daily, Nikke Finke says “everyone in Hollywood is talking about” this YouTube video put together by the folks at United Hollywood.

by Scott Macaulay on Nov 13, 2007

HOLLYWOOD 3.0

In a post entitled ‘Rebuilding Hollywood in Silicon Valley’s Image,” Netscape founder Marc Andreessen wonders whether the current WGA strike will alienate the current television viewing audience and hasten their flight towards new forms of mostly internet-distributed entertainment. (Thanks to Ted Hope for the link.) From the piece: I think the TV and movie industry is at a turning point where things could go either way — they could repeat the critical error of the music industry and permanently alienate their customer base; or they could get it together and create viable models for the future that make consumers happy […]

by Scott Macaulay on Nov 12, 2007

WHAT’S IN A WORD?

The mumblecore-haters may be out in force these days but, hey, it’s not like they got a word into the New Oxford American Dictionary. As reported on the Oxford University Press blog, “mumblecore” is a runner-up 2007 “word of the year.” The OAD defines mumblecore as: “an independent film movement featuring low-budget production, non-professional actors, and largely improvised dialogue.” As a word, mumblecore faced stiffed competition. Some of its challengers included “upcycling” (“the transformation of waste materials into something more useful or valuable”); “previvor” (” a person who has not been diagnosed with a form of cancer but has survived […]

by Scott Macaulay on Nov 12, 2007

ANOTHER WORLD

Because it’s laid out at the bottom of the home page, you may have missed Rak Razam’s interview with French director Jan Kounen. Razam’s was a fascinating over-the-transom submission that explains what the talented Gallic director has been up to the last few years. I first came across Kounen’s filmmaking many years ago when I saw his short Vibraboy. A friend and aesthetic colleague of directors like Gaspar Noe and Marc Caro, Kounen attracted international buzz with the film and then went on to make a hyperviolent and stylish crime movie, Dobermann, that starred Vincent Cassell and Monica Bellucci. The […]

by Scott Macaulay on Nov 12, 2007

TRACEY IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS

Bruce McDonald’s new film The Tracey Fragments played at the AFI Fest this week, but if you missed it, don’t worry — you can make your own version of the film. The film stars Ellen Page and is described as “a 21st century Catcher in the Rye told in a dizzying pop-art fashion.” The film is also edited in a multi-frame format, and the filmmakers have employed this aesthetic concept coupled with open-source generosity to come up with a unique promotional tool. As one of the three editors of the film, Matt Hannam, wrote in an email, “As the movie […]

by Scott Macaulay on Nov 11, 2007

GROSS OUT!

Arriving at the start of the second week of the Writer’s Strike is a research report by Global Media Intelligence entitled “Do the Movies Make Money”” Their answer? No. As reported in the International Herald Tribune by Michael Cieply, Global Media Intelligence, which is a partner of Merrill Lynch, examined the revenue from all films distributed by the six major studios, Dreamworks, and the studio specialty divisions and reported that the film business overall runs at a loss. (They report last year’s loss at $1.9 billion against $25.6 billion in revenue). What’s the reason? High guild residuals? No. The report […]

by Scott Macaulay on Nov 11, 2007

Steve Barron, Choking Man

OCTAVIO GÓMEZ IN STEVE BARRON’S CHOKING MAN. COURTESY INTERNATIONAL FILM CIRCUIT. Considering Steve Barron’s career, you can’t help wondering why he isn’t better known. Having grown up around films (because his mother, Zelda Barron, was a script supervisor, producer and director), Dublin-born Barron progressed from a clapper loader on movies like A Bridge Too Far and Ridley Scott’s debut The Duellists (both 1977) to one of the most influential pop promo directors of the 1980s. He was responsible for the videos for Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean, Dire Straits’ Money for Nothing and a-ha’s Take On Me. After making the cult […]

by Nick Dawson on Nov 9, 2007

ROUGH CUT LAB GROUP BLOG

Over at Lance Weiler’s Workbook Project, there’s a newly launched group blog authored by the participant’s in this year’s IFP Rough Cut Lab. The ’07 class is a fantastic group of filmmakers and the challenges they face as they complete their films are ones that any working filmmaker will empathize with. Click on the link above and read what they have to say.

by Scott Macaulay on Nov 8, 2007

PORN IN THE FOX HOUSE

Robert Greenwald’s latest missive against Fox News — for the wanton “pornification” of its news programs — is both hilarious and weirdly disturbing. In this short video he skips through their various news shows and finds strippers, spring-break’ed co-ed’s and, as Bill O’Reilly might say, lingerie action. It’s all part of Fox Attacks, a group advocating a consumer’s right to boycott the conservative cable channel by de-bundling it from his or her cable package. (Hat tip: Talking Points Memo.)

by Scott Macaulay on Nov 8, 2007

BEST FILM NOT PLAYING AT A THEATER NEAR YOU NOMINEES

The nominees for the Gotham Awards‘ Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You will be screening Friday, Nov. 16 – Monday, Nov. 19 at The Museum of Modern Art. Here’s a look at this year’s nominees. The winner, selected by Filmmaker and MoMA‘s dept. of film, will be announced at the Gotham Awards Nov. 27. Click here for more on the screenings. Approximate running time: 5:10. Download here by right clicking and choosing Save Target or Save Link. To learn more about the films, go to their websites: Off The Grid: Like on the Mesa Frownland Mississippi Chicken […]

by Jason Guerrasio on Nov 8, 2007

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