February 2011
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Hollywood Reporter exclusive on the release of The Upsetter.
‘The Upsetter,’ directed by independent filmmakers Ethan Higbee (‘Red Apples Falling’) and Adam Bhala Lough (‘The Carter’), will premiere March 25 in Los Angeles.
The storied life of Jamaican reggae legend Lee “Scratch” Perry is the subject of The Upsetter, a new documentary directed...
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Just did an interview for The Upsetter with Shirley Halperin @THR and she told me The Carter Documentary was included in her book “Reefer Movie Madness, The Ultimate Stoner Film Guide.” My response, “I’m truly honored.”
The Upsetter is on The Facebook! →
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Watch“Hockey” animation by Jayson Musson from his current show @ Marginal Utility
WatchFallen Angels a film by Wong Kar-Wai / Theatrical trailer 1995
A major stylistic inspiration on Bomb the System
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“Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.”
Please take a moment to save PBS
The new leadership in the House of Representatives plans to end federal funding for public broadcasting starting March 4. Their proposal to completely defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is being brought to the House Appropriations Committee right now and the majority party is ready to pass it and wipe out federal funding for shows like Sesame Street and Frontline— unless we act...
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Whatever Happened to Sex in Movies? →
Great article by Manohla Dargis in NY Times today.
The movies still exploit female bodies, though today American actresses working in the commercial mainstream rarely strip down past their undies.* If they tend not to bare it all it isn’t because of feminist progress. Neo-Puritanism and the mainstreaming of pornography have played a role, as have corporate blockbusters aimed at teenage boys,...
Los Angeles Times: 2011 The Unbearable Whiteness of the Oscars
New York Times: Hollywood’s Whiteout
“Too much bad weed in the garden
I-N-I gonna weed them out”
– Junior Murvin
“Measure twice, cut once.”
– “the Carpenter’s rule”
Tupac Shakur Biopic Underway at Morgan Creek →
Looks like the 2Pac biopic is finally underway. I’m happy for them and I wish them best of luck with this challenging subject. I pitched on this project. In retrospect I think my take had no chance of getting through the familial red-tape. Here was my pitch in a nutshell.
“Tupac” is a classic American Gangster film in the vein of Goodfellas with a twist, the...
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Paul Haggis vs the Church of Scientology →
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Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft &...
Some interesting quotes in here, especially regarding making money as an artist.
Over the course of 45 years in the film business, Francis Ford Coppola has refined a singular code of ethics that govern his filmmaking. There are three rules: 1) Write and direct original screenplays, 2) make them with the most modern technology available, and 3) self-finance them.
Is it important to veer away...
Back in NYC
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WatchThis 8mm iPhone app is great. This is the “1920’s” camera selection with the pinhole lens on it. I want to shoot an entire film on this app. More to come…
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New @DasRacist - SWATE!
That beat is bananas.
