Movie City Indie Archive for April, 2010
Malcolm McLaren was 64
Carol Brennan’s thorough bio of McLaren. His “Madame Butterfly”:
Below: A television interview with McLaren. “What is your job, actually?” “That’s a very good question… sleeping with the media.” Also: Bow Wow Wow, doing “C30 C60 C90” and “Do You Wanna Hold Me” live.
Pixellating Manhattan
More information and better resolution at Patrick’s Jean’s DailyMotion page.
Kim Morgan reassures her readers that she is not forgetting to eat
Sunset Gun blogger Kim Morgan writes that she often forgets to eat while on deadline. In this case, her hero is Clifton’s Cafeteria.
"Say hello to my little friends!": the makers of Scarface School Play
Guerilla filmmaking tips from Raindance
Three quick reads, on basics of cell-phone filmmaking; drugstore quick fixes during a shoot; and 10 things a filmmaker needs every day
An indie theater explains how they book films
Via Ira Deutchman, the Tropic Cinema in Key West explains how they wind up booking the titles they book.
Getting indie trailers onto iTunes
Marketing and publicity consultant Sheri Candler looks at Apple’s rules.
agnès films, an initiative for female documentary makers
Purdue student Alexandra Hildalgo is co-founder of agnès films. From the link: “We would like to help women not trained in cinematic techniques be able to tell stories in this powerful medium. We seek to shed light on the work of talented and committed female filmmakers working today, who like Varda don’t have the visibility they merit.” [More.]
A social network for starting screenwriters
It’s a joint called Circalit. They Twitter. Moviemaker interviews the players.
"Is permission needed to retweet hot news?"
At Ars Technica, Nate Anderson considers the issues. “When an aggregator like Google News publishes newspaper headlines, is the company treading on thin ice? What about aggregators that publish headlines and a one-line excerpt? What about those that simply rewrite the facts contained in the story and publish a new account in their own words? Newspapers have long objected to these practices, arguing that they dilute the value of their own work…” [More.]
The iPad: Will It Blend?
Commenter: “Don’t you have anything better to do?” Blendtec: “Not really.”
Kubrick's iPad
Wouldn’t you know there’d be one in 2001? That makes two monoliths.