Zoo

Zoo - If Terrence Malick and David Lynch were morphed into one person and made a documentary film about zoophiles -- ZOO would be it. Some of the most amazing cinematography and visuals I've seen in a long time. Cinematic eye candy and a revolution in doc-film making.

Words

Made by Everynone (in Collaboration with WNYC's Radiolab & NPR)

Directed by Daniel Mercadante & Will Hoffman

Supervising Producer: Robert Krulwich
Original Score: Keith Kenniff (http://unseen-music.com)

http://www.everynone.com

Lucas With The Lid Off

Michel Gondry is still the king of the one take.

Summer of 1994

When I was 13 I spent a summer at Phillips Exeter Academy.

As these documents show, I must have 1) told my brother never to go in my room when I wasn't there and 2) that my photography teacher didn't like my style very much.

Plastic Bag

Plastic Bag
by Ramin Bahrani

Struggling with its immortality, a discarded plastic bag (voiced by Werner Herzog) ventures through the environmentally barren remains of America as it searches for its maker.

1,890 miles in 39 hours

Film Festival Rejection: A Response

Film Festival Rejection; A Response

Film festivals typically send you rejection notices that read like sterile hall passes. For all I know, they never even watched my film. They just took my submission fee and ran. I've taken to writing them response letters upon receiving the rejection notice, not because I believe that they'll respond (I'm 0 for 4 on responses) but because I know that somewhere, someone is receiving my passive aggressive e-mail and they're either getting angry at me or frustrated that my e-mail is clogging up their in-box.

Here is my response to the new 2010 New Orleans Film Festival's above rejection letter:


To Whom It May Concern,

Thank you for the update on the status of my festival submission. I am wondering though why the film was not accepted into the 2010 program. Perhaps your input and critique could shed some light on how my short documentary could have better fit into your programming.

I know that my film is a beautiful film, with a simple portrait for a story. The film has been accepted at other film festivals and has been received well by my peers who happen to include famous filmmakers and photographers. Knowing that, I am genuinely interested in what you didn't like about the film, personal taste aside. After all, just because one person doesn't like a film doesn't mean that the film is bad, or warrants a rejection. Film festivals are not popularity contests, but rather forums to present quality film making to the public.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to your thoughts and comments.

Sincerely,

Rod Blackhurst

Pecker Size Not Unrelated to Declining PC Sales

Pecker Size Not Unrelated to Declining PC Sales

I love spam mail. Like this company thinks I'm going to somehow decided to get my drugs through them. Right. Oh, and they've used the word pecker. Pecker was a cool word in, say, I don't know, 5th grade. But their business model is based on it. I'm probably not going to get my meds through them.