The Hot Blog Archive for August, 2009
BYOB Weekend
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93 Comments »Super Movie Friends 4 – AntiChrist
This sneak peek is light on spoilers, though the central themes of nature and psychology are addressed.
With an unreviewable weekend upon us, we decided that this week’s SMF would be about a movie that is heading to Toronto, will not be released in the US until December, but which is sure to be talked about a lot, as it has been since Cannes. Lars Von Trier’s AntiChrist.
THERE WILL BE SPOILERS… the movie is discussed from open to close.
This week’s show. with guests Kim Morgan and Larry Gross, is here. And yes, Virginia, there is an mp3 on the page if you want it.
A sneak peek YouTube clip will soon be available as well.
Killwe Films Chronicles A Project
The adventure of it is on Massify… Here is the most recent addition…
Massify + Killer Films Episode 1 from Massify on Vimeo.
Revised Trailer For Shutter Island?
Watching this quickly, I don’t see a big difference from the trailer that’s been out… EXCEPT for that it is a Paramount embed and neither the embed of their release exclusive or the random versions that have been posted across the web.
Very smart.
I can remember a discussion with someone (who will remained unnamed) at a major studio (which will remain unnamed) about the top section of Apple Trailers. Why wasn’t their movie on there? It was a big movie? Answer: They hadn’t asked. When they did, it got prime placement… for the cot of an ask. The battle for “first” on the web gets in the way of the studios a bit. Yahoo! Movies and MSN and MySpace and Apple compete and the result is 30 seconds of exclusivity and weeks of bad embeds for the trailer.
Either insist that Apple (and everyone else) run easy embeds of their trailers and insist that everyone uses them or, as here, keep it in-house. Control the content that most defines the movie’s opening.
And let the geeks tell you whether this is really a revision or just a change of marketing direction… geeks?
Press Release – Toronto Pushes Acquisitions
August 27, 2009
NEWS RELEASE #34
WIDE SELECTION OF FESTIVAL TITLES AVAILABLE FOR ACQUISITION
Includes Two New World Premieres Added to the 2009 Festival
Computer Repair is FUN!
It’s amazing how used we get to the tools that comfort us.
My Mac went to The Geniuses at the Apple Store for a replacement logic board. (Insert your own joke here.) And my beloved MacBook Pro feels tiny and my fingers impossibly clumsy now that we are alone together.
The things we lived without for most of our lives that become indispensable in months… weird.
This is also instructive when it comes to media. What is a good size on the MacBook is tiny on the iMac. I have referenced a similar experience with sound studios and how much different a song can be in those rooms and then later, on, say, a car radio. It’s not just better sound… it can feel 100% like a different piece of art.
How many people are reading this via a 56.6 modem? I don’t know. It seems impossible to be on the web on something that slow. My iPhone seems faster. But it is still the fundamental reality for many people.
Or maybe I am just rationalizing because I miss my machine…
Press Release – Mike Leigh Starts A New One
The only thing the press release doesn’t address is the death of Simon Channing Williams, Leigh’s producing partner on all of his films since 1987’s The Short & Curlies. No doubt, the death, in April, from cancer was anticipated as Leigh went through his process of working through this story. No doubt, Leigh will bring all of his forces to bear on the work. No doubt, the loss will make it all a little less happy an experience, though perhaps an influence on the work in some positive ways.
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SHOOTING STARTS ON NEW MIKE LEIGH FILM
Wednesday August 26
DP/30 – Big Fan
A sneak peek…
The entire 30 minutes with writer/director Robert Siegel & the film’s lead, Patton Oswalt (starting with a funny memory of Comic-Con), is here.
DP/30s…
Both of these interviews have been around since Sundance, but I don’t think they were offered in a large size in Quicktime… so now they are…
James Toback, director of the documentary, Tyson.
Here.
Adventureland co-stars Bill Hader & Kristin Wiig, followed by writer/director Greg Mottola, followed by stars Jesse Eisenberg & Kristen Stewart.
Here.
The Intelligent Movie Effect
Many filmmakers make movies to change the world, especially documentarians.
So it is heartening to see that the Australian city of “Broome Shire will sever a sister city relationship with a Japanese town that hosts the killing of more than 2000 dolphins a year after an emotion-charged special council meeting this afternoon.” (The full story is here.)
it’s a small gesture, really. But it’s a good start.
I wonder how many people who took a moral step were told to do it by their Twitter account.