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Tribeca panel talks new media
Wednesday April 30th 2008David Lynch recently declared that people who watch a film on a telephone are “cheated,” and though his onetime muse Isabella Rossellini is creating a series of avant-garde shorts for mobile devices, she partly agrees. “It’s a disservice to watch a film like ‘Apocalypse Now’ on a small screen,” said Rossellini. “Are mobile phones only a recycling bin for content or for original content? I agree with David if it’s just a recycling bin, but I don’t think he would be against making art specifically for this new canvas.”
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Outlook dim for SAG deal
Wednesday April 30th 2008In a development that will amp up strike fears, hopes for a SAG deal with the majors this week have nearly vanished. With a dozen days of negotiations in the book, progress remains negligible, although both sides have adhered to an unofficial news blackout with no public disclosure on the[…]
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SAG’s week to decide
Tuesday April 29th 2008Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild will have to decide this week if they want to make a deal — or keep Hollywood on edge about whether actors will strike this summer. Both sides have kept a tight lid on news about the negotiations, but it’s understood that minimal progress has been achieved after two weeks of negotiations. Unlike the WGA talks before and during the writers strike, however, the process with SAG has been cordial.
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Coen brothers’ ‘Burn’ igniting Venice fest
Tuesday April 29th 2008Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Burn After Reading,” the duo’s next movie after the Oscar-winning “No Country for Old Men,” will open the summer’s Venice Film Festival. The dark spy comedy stars John Malkovich as an ousted CIA operative whose memoirs fall into the hands of two gym workers who set out to exploit their find. The Working Title production also stars Venice regulars including George Clooney, Tilda Swinton and Brad Pitt.
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Hot Docs fest wraps in Toronto
Tuesday April 29th 2008Toronto’s burgeoning documentary festival officially concluded Monday with its announcement of the Audience Award. The 11-day fest and confab closed with record-breaking numbers that saw 85,000 in attendance, 173 films screened, and over 2,200 industry delegates, including international film buyers and sellers, puttering around the downtown core despite a city-wide transit strike that marred the fest’s closing weekend.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: April 20085
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Tribeca panel talks new media
Wednesday April 30th 2008David Lynch recently declared that people who watch a film on a telephone are “cheated,” and though his onetime muse Isabella Rossellini is creating a series of avant-garde shorts for mobile devices, she partly agrees. “It’s a disservice to watch a film like ‘Apocalypse Now’ on a small screen,” said Rossellini. “Are mobile phones only a recycling bin for content or for original content? I agree with David if it’s just a recycling bin, but I don’t think he would be against making art specifically for this new canvas.”
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Outlook dim for SAG deal
Wednesday April 30th 2008In a development that will amp up strike fears, hopes for a SAG deal with the majors this week have nearly vanished. With a dozen days of negotiations in the book, progress remains negligible, although both sides have adhered to an unofficial news blackout with no public disclosure on the[…]
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SAG’s week to decide
Tuesday April 29th 2008Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild will have to decide this week if they want to make a deal — or keep Hollywood on edge about whether actors will strike this summer. Both sides have kept a tight lid on news about the negotiations, but it’s understood that minimal progress has been achieved after two weeks of negotiations. Unlike the WGA talks before and during the writers strike, however, the process with SAG has been cordial.
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Coen brothers’ ‘Burn’ igniting Venice fest
Tuesday April 29th 2008Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Burn After Reading,” the duo’s next movie after the Oscar-winning “No Country for Old Men,” will open the summer’s Venice Film Festival. The dark spy comedy stars John Malkovich as an ousted CIA operative whose memoirs fall into the hands of two gym workers who set out to exploit their find. The Working Title production also stars Venice regulars including George Clooney, Tilda Swinton and Brad Pitt.
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Hot Docs fest wraps in Toronto
Tuesday April 29th 2008Toronto’s burgeoning documentary festival officially concluded Monday with its announcement of the Audience Award. The 11-day fest and confab closed with record-breaking numbers that saw 85,000 in attendance, 173 films screened, and over 2,200 industry delegates, including international film buyers and sellers, puttering around the downtown core despite a city-wide transit strike that marred the fest’s closing weekend.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: April 20085
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Tribeca panel talks new media
Wednesday April 30th 2008David Lynch recently declared that people who watch a film on a telephone are “cheated,” and though his onetime muse Isabella Rossellini is creating a series of avant-garde shorts for mobile devices, she partly agrees. “It’s a disservice to watch a film like ‘Apocalypse Now’ on a small screen,” said Rossellini. “Are mobile phones only a recycling bin for content or for original content? I agree with David if it’s just a recycling bin, but I don’t think he would be against making art specifically for this new canvas.”
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Outlook dim for SAG deal
Wednesday April 30th 2008In a development that will amp up strike fears, hopes for a SAG deal with the majors this week have nearly vanished. With a dozen days of negotiations in the book, progress remains negligible, although both sides have adhered to an unofficial news blackout with no public disclosure on the[…]
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SAG’s week to decide
Tuesday April 29th 2008Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild will have to decide this week if they want to make a deal — or keep Hollywood on edge about whether actors will strike this summer. Both sides have kept a tight lid on news about the negotiations, but it’s understood that minimal progress has been achieved after two weeks of negotiations. Unlike the WGA talks before and during the writers strike, however, the process with SAG has been cordial.
-
Coen brothers’ ‘Burn’ igniting Venice fest
Tuesday April 29th 2008Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Burn After Reading,” the duo’s next movie after the Oscar-winning “No Country for Old Men,” will open the summer’s Venice Film Festival. The dark spy comedy stars John Malkovich as an ousted CIA operative whose memoirs fall into the hands of two gym workers who set out to exploit their find. The Working Title production also stars Venice regulars including George Clooney, Tilda Swinton and Brad Pitt.
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Hot Docs fest wraps in Toronto
Tuesday April 29th 2008Toronto’s burgeoning documentary festival officially concluded Monday with its announcement of the Audience Award. The 11-day fest and confab closed with record-breaking numbers that saw 85,000 in attendance, 173 films screened, and over 2,200 industry delegates, including international film buyers and sellers, puttering around the downtown core despite a city-wide transit strike that marred the fest’s closing weekend.
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