February 2010
53 posts
January 2010
45 posts
Ridley Scott, on "The Treatment" - Film vs. Video
Elvis Mitchell - “Do you look back at “The Duelists” at all? I mean, when was the last time you saw it?” Ridley Scott - “I do, because with technology today one is constantly asked to upgrade old prints, and I always keep my eye on the quality of everything I’ve done before. It’s very important. And, what we’ve discovered is that digital is fading...
Dear Robert Zemeckis
I hear your planning on making ANOTHER performance capture movie, this time about the Beatles.
STOP!
Stop making these STUPID, INANE performance capture movies! I’m sick of seeing you show off how much technology you have access to, all the while leaving people like me, who have defended you for most of my movie going life, out in the cold having to watch these sh&^ty films!
Your best...
“You go to a dance where a new pop song is playing, and for the rest of your life...”
– Louis Menand on The Catcher in the Rye for The New Yorker. (via meaghano)
In honor of J.D. Salinger, 1919-2010.
I'm getting "Downloading Nancy" from Netflix →
It’s supposed to be pretty crazy. I was living in San Antonio at the time it got its extremely limited theatrical release, and, needless to say, it didn’t come anywhere near me. We’ll see how it is.
“David loved being a writer, not so that he could dazzle us with the glorious...”
– david foster wallace’s sister, here.
I urge you to download the pdf and read the whole thing. i did at 3 in the morning in bed on my iphone after spending four hours doing battle with one paragraph that i am still unhappy with and it made me feel much better about life, human beings, et al.
(via...
I'm on Auteurs now →
“Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you...”
– Conan O’Brien (via bonjoursophie)
Forever.
a friend: wu-tang forever!
another friend: forever ever?
a friend: well, for a while. like, at least until lunch.
WatchGreatest thing to come out of SNL EVER.
“Time sure does fly though, it’s crazy, do you realize a baby born on the day we...”
– Conan O’Brien (via morrisonfilm)
“My father’s life was his work, and if you wanted to live with him, you had...”
– Christopher Welles Feder, daughter of Orson Welles (and, yes, her name is spelled like a guy)
“This really brings me to an important point – this is for all the people that...”
– Mike Mohan on the two years he spent making his first feature One Too Many Mornings. It’s a very true lesson that I can attest to. (via balltillifall)
Another Garrett Emails Me
maniacalrage:
On January 5, 2010 at 11:11 PM EST, Garrett Singer wrote:
Being a computer science and english major with minors in film and marketing, I just want to point out that you have stolen what I want to do. You have also stolen my name. Well done, I will let you know when I have new dreams.
Sincerely, Garrett (the better one)
On January 5, 2010 at 11:13 PM EST, Garrett Murray...
Girls aren't going to talk to you first.
readysetmachine:
trisarahtoops:butimustconfess:youreweirdbutilikeit:fadedeyespursue:
amileeyp:lyssaisakitty:melleigh:becauseoftheimperfections:toni-the-tiger:supgeez:
it’s a girl thing. we don’t like starting the conversation because we like to feel like you want to talk to us. we like to feel like the wait was worth something. we like feeling like you’ve waited for us like we’ve...
I’ve enabled questions, though I’m not sure what anyone would want to ask ME…
