MCN Curated Headlines Archive for April, 2016
“They’ve achieved a goal, they got out, and then shit hits the fan again. So it’s all about utilizing the environment to keep pulling the rug from under the audience and what they expect to be the next logical step in the film ends up being an even deeper pile of shit.”
Green Room‘s Jeremy Saulnier’s Five Tips For Creating Tension
“If your goal in life is to direct films, direct documentaries, it’s good if you have another craft within the field that you master enough that people hire you to do it, whether it’s to shoot or edit or do sound, or produce for other people.”
Steve James On Sustaining A Doc-Making Career

“Find yourself a billionaire who would prefer to own a movie rather than owning a politician, because it’s come to that.”
How Can Filmmakers Who Aren’t Already Rich Make A Living?
Ian Crouch On “The Towering Narcissism Of Jerry Maguire”
As – Cameron Crowe Publishes “The Things We Think But Do Not Say,” The Unseen 25-Page Mission Statement He Wrote For The Character
With – Its Inspiration, Jeffrey Katzenberg’s 28-Page, 1991 “Some Thoughts On Our Business”
“He battled so, so hard, was so brave, so loving, such a good man throughout. His brain was still fighting, but his body couldn’t go any further.”
Until The Light Takes Us And 99% Filmmaker Aaron Aites
And – A Taste Of His Music: “Can I Feel What?”
“We are all mourning something, or someone. We have all lost. So let’s find each other. And let’s walk each other home. Aaron loved you all.”
With – The GoFundMe For His Medical Expenses
“A little funny” when people say it’s “inadvertently gay, as if it were made by a frat boy who has no idea. I’ve been around a long time. Not inadvertent.”
Richard Linklater On Gay Subtext Of Everybody Wants Some!!

ComcastNBCUniversal Paying $3.8 Billion For DreamWorks Animation And – What’s Next For Katzenberg?
Plus – Katzenberg’s Takeaway Could Be $430 Million

“What an Outrag….Alzheimers is not joke…It kills..You should be ashamed all of you.”
Reagan’s Eldest Son Objects To Will Farrell Movie In Crunchy Tweets

Movie Writers In Motion
Indiewire Sheds The Playlist
Earlier – Indiewire Ends Criticwire
And – Oscilloscope Hires Scott Tobias As Editor Of “Musings”
Maryland Librarian Building Comprehensive Information Resources Site For Beyoncé’s “Lemonade”
And – “Is the new Beyoncé video a tribute to Pipilotti Rist?”
