February 2009
69 posts
Strangers who are not strangers
New York can be an extraordinarily small place. I spent Tuesday night watching and discussing a documentary in the works called Our House. The film profiles several anarchic Christians who created a sanctuary for recovering drug addicts in an abandoned warehouse in Brooklyn. They took a cold, dank, brick storehouse in Williamsburg and transformed it into a supportive community of Christian worship...
Documentary Meetup!
Tonight I’m going to my first DocuClub screening at The Tank! DocuClub is a forum for documentary filmmakers to show their initial work and get feedback from their peers as they work toward a final cut.
Tonight’s film- Our House-documents a new and unusual community housed in an abandoned warehouse in Brooklyn - an under-the-radar safe haven for the homeless. Should be interesting!
Right when Obama said, "I know some of you may be...
The camera panned on McCain. Ha!
Just saying...
But, I don’t think GWB ever received such a standing roar of applause
Can’t wait to hear what President Obama has to say…
A Street by Leonard Cohen
I used to be your favorite drunk Good for one more laugh Then we both ran out of luck And luck was all we had
You put on a uniform To fight the Civil War I tried to join but no one liked The side I’m fighting for
So let’s drink to when it’s over And let’s drink to when we meet I’ll be standing on this corner Where there used to be a street
You left me with the dishes And a baby in the bath And...
An Epic Craigslist Posting
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Craigslist Posting of the Decade « Colinoscopy
Source: colinoscopy.wordpress.com
To the woman that crapped in my car. (NE Portland)We met on Craigslist so I am hoping that this post finds you. I know that it could quite possibly be the most humiliating first date that you have ever been on, but I am willing to look past that.
Funny enough, I just found out that the guy in...
Jai Hooooooooooooooo
I want to Bollywood dance now.
Damn
The one documentary short I didn’t see won! Gonna have to get my hands on Smile Pinki somehow.
I’m happy Man on Wire won, but really, Trouble the Water was so amazing - you all should try to see it.
"The Musical is Back!"
Says Hugh Jackman. Yay!
My Oscar predictions...
Note: I’ve only made predictions in the categories I’m most familiar with - i.e. seen the films.
Actor in a Leading Role - Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
Update: Sean Penn
Actor in a Supporting Role - Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
Update: Heath Ledger
Actress in a Leading Role - Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married (my gut says she’s going to take it from Kate Winslet)....
What movies mean to us in hard times →
“I think certain things happen when we are in manifestly dark times,” said New York Times columnist and Oscar season blogger David Carr. “And I think when darkness is intruding from every direction, people like to go in a room and hold hands and stare at a little campfire in common. It’s a way, number one, to forget about what’s out there, and it’s also a way to...
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“I think of documentary filmmakers as evolutions of the truth [and] there is...”
– Lily Tomlin at last night’s AMPAS event honoring documentary nominees
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Warren G ft Nate Dogg - Regulate
For...
Razorlight. Hiro Ballroom. 3/10. →
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I can blog this now that I’m sure all my girls have tix. So excited! Yay!
Yes, thanks to you!!!
WatchGreat panel discussion on crowdsourcing as a method to fund independent films. It worked for the Obama campaign and now it’s working for filmmakers!
Warning - video is an hour long, but well worth the watch!
Just did this bitch of an exercise →
On top of a good 30 mins of jumping on the trampoline. Call me a wuss, but I won’t go running if it’s colder than 50 degrees. Plus, jumping on a trampoline is exponentially more fun than running in my opinion.
This time in my life is all about doing the things that make ME happy and that includes exercising. My 9-to-9 office job sucked every ounce of energy from me. If I was lucky I...
Advice for first-time filmmakers
After a few good hours of productivity, I started to think about all the practical advice I’ve received over the past few weeks regarding my parlay into filmmaking and I thought I’d share with you all.
Don’t wait to start your own personal project. This may sound like an obvious duh, but let me tell you - movie making is daunting, especially for a first-timer. A part of me feels...
