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NET IMPACT

I’ve been blogging in circles around the whole “net neutrality” issue recently, generally sympathetic to the concept that the internet should remain an egalitarian mode of communication in which all types — or packets — of information are treated equally. However, I’ve been reticent to declare one of the six bills pending in the House of Representatives dealing with this issue my favorite because I don’t feel that I’m an expert on all the underlying technical and business issues that underlie this debate. So, that’s why I responded to this article by Michael Grebb in Wired. It’s by no means […]

by Scott Macaulay on May 31, 2006

EIGHT MINUTES

That’s how long the standing ovation was at Cannes for Kevin Smith’s Clerks 2.

by Scott Macaulay on May 29, 2006

BLADE RUNNER ARRIVES AGAIN

Variety reports that a new, final director’s cut of Ridley Scott’s science fiction classic Blade Runner will finally be released this fall by Warner Brothers. The release of a deluxe DVD edition to supplant the bare-bones, hastily made (or so Scott says) “director’s cut” now in the stores has been long awaited by tied up by the film’s famous rights problems; when it went over-budget, the bond company took over and made changes in the edit, including adding an infamous voiceover and happy ending, that Scott hated. He revised the film years later but claims he was rushed. The trade […]

by Scott Macaulay on May 26, 2006

COOPER FETES TATI

Writer Dennis Cooper has a lively blog with well-composed daily postings and interaction with a community of over 50 active posters and respondents. Today Cooper does one of his periodic celebrations of great cultural figures with “Jacques Tati Day,” a collection of links to such items as the original trailer for Playtime, a Spanish-language dubbed scene from Mon Oncle, Tati’s amazing official website, an excerpt from Forza Bastia 1978 ou l’ile en fete, a controversial unfinished film purportedly by Tati, and much, much more. Further on down the blog page there’s a bunch of other film stuff, including a fascinating […]

by Scott Macaulay on May 25, 2006

ON THE TOWN WITH JT LEROY

Caveh Zahedi scores a scoop on his website with what could be the first footage of JT Leroy (aka Laura Albert) after the various newspaper and magazine exposes. He ran into Albert at the San Francisco premiere of The Puffy Chair, filming her from his camcorder as he was introduced to her. He says she asked him to stop filming but then changed her mind when Zahedi showed her the footage, which he has now posted to his site.

by Scott Macaulay on May 24, 2006

INTRODUCING LOLA

Filmmaker‘s Managing Editor Matt Ross has just written and directed a new short, Lola, and he’s got a MySpace page already and a website too. Dubbed “a short film about a long night,” the film stars Cordelia Reynolds, Daniel Sauli and Dean Wareham. Both sites contain clips — check them out.

by Scott Macaulay on May 24, 2006

CINEMATIC CASE STUDIES

Bill Condon may have turned sex researcher Alfred Kinsey into a mainstream movie figure, but underground filmmaker Bret Woods has turned to a slightly more esoteric source for his latest film. According to its new website, Psychopathia Sexualis “dramatizes case histories of turn-of-the-century sexual deviance, drawn from the pages of Richard von Krafft-Ebing’s notorious medical text. Among the cases are a sexually repressed man who discovers an unhealthy appetite for blood; a homosexual man who submits himself to a doctor who promises to ‘cure’ his condition; and a masochist who hires a pair of corseted prostitutes to enact a most […]

by Scott Macaulay on May 24, 2006

IFP MEMBERSHIP SPECIAL

The Independent Feature Project is offering a membership special offering. In addition to receiving all the usual IFP’s member benefits — and a subscription to Filmmaker, those who join by May 31 will receive the IFP’s 100-page Industry Directory, complete with contact info and bios of 300 different production and distribution companies, and also five hours of audio material, panel discussions on the following topics: Working With First-Time Filmmakers: Michelle Satter (Sundance) and Holly Becker (IFC) What Distributors Look For: Tom Quinn (Magnolia) and John Hodges (Focus Features) Building a Career: Dylan Leiner (Sony Pictures Classics) and Mike Lubin (Paradigm) […]

by Scott Macaulay on May 24, 2006

THE RULE OF THE MOB

Despite the subject matter, it was always going to be a little dicey premiering Sofia Coppola’s deliberately stylish, English-language, Yank-directed and anachronistically scored Marie Antoinette in Competition at Cannes, where, even on a normal day, audiences can resemble an angry lynch mob. And, from a business point-of-view, distributor Pathe’s opening of the film in France simultaneous with the Cannes premiere creates an interesting situation for U.S. distrib Sony Pictures who will have to either springboard off the film’s European performance or else actively ignore it when it debuts the film here in the fall. This morning the Drudge Report linked […]

by Scott Macaulay on May 24, 2006

WHAT GOES ON IN VEGAS…

CineVegas has announced its very interesting line-up. Check out the website for the films, news of the panel discussions and tributes, and trailers for a bunch of the titles. The fest takes place June 9 – 17th at the Palms Casino Resort.

by Scott Macaulay on May 24, 2006

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