That dang glass always seems to be either half-empty or half-full. According to last Monday's edition of The New York Times, now is a marvelous moment for investing into the movie industry. Well, sort of. Actually, the news article is invoking a very precise type...
Oh my, it was busy last week. Just glancing at the news reports it would seem that within a mere seven days we witnessed the end of civility in politics, the death of the star system, and the impending collapse of Hollywood. And that was...
We were so happy in the womb. Maybe that's why so many people are happy to live in a bubble. That certainly appears to be the existential state of Hollywood as the system seems determined to maintain a steady march toward the abyss. In the...
These days, we all have plenty of things out there to scare us (which may explain why election day comes right after Halloween). It may also explain the mysterious vanishing act that the horror genre has seemingly performed at the box office through most of...
As I remember it, film school was a unique experience. I got to meet and work with people based upon a shared interest. Got to see lots of movies. Received hands-on experience with an extensive range of extremely expensive equipment. If it hadn't been for...
In discussing recent political polls, a person at Elway Research summed up the current contradictory state of surveys by quoting the well-regarded think tank known as Buffalo Springfield. Yep, there sure is something strange happening here, and what it is ain't exactly clear. This is pretty...
Microfinancing is hot. The concept has even made its way to The Simpsons, a show that lost its street cred ages ago but still has Lisa as the closest thing this country's got in the way of rational political discourse. So the concept has just...
The short film, like the short story, normally gets the short end of the stick. For most beginning filmmakers, the short film is the simplest way to get started. The production cost is relatively low and the format is much more flexible than a feature-length...
It is getting pretty hard to keep track of things. Just a year ago, 3D was the impending salvation of commercial cinema. Now, the suits of Hollywood are quaking at the thought that the 3D revolution is dead. OK, some folks predicted the possible short...
Three things are certain in life. Death and taxes are two of them. The other is the recurrence of the bogus claim that a public service can be fairly managed for the greater public good by private business. The whole theory is as harsh as...