mamet's magnificent memo

i love david mamet. the memo below basically sums up a good portion of his ON DIRECTING FILM book, which really be required reading for those in the storytelling space. via movieline:

“CBS’s drama The Unit, about the lives of the highly trained members of a top-secret military division, was canceled last year, but a memo [...]

transmedia, hollywood

tomorrow i’ll be speaking on a panel about ‘designing transmedia worlds’. it’s fun being a professional geek.

edit from the future: here’s a picture!

more info:

Transmedia, Hollywood: S/Telling the Story is a one-day public symposium exploring the role of transmedia franchises in today’s entertainment industries. Transmedia, Hollywood turns the spotlight on media creators, producers and [...]

samurai photo shoot

scenes from a samurai photo shoot. not to be confused with scenes from an italian restaurant.

these photos are part of something cool that will be revealed in due course…

Video of the Day – 5/17/09

jean luc godard’s ‘the last starfighter:’

(500) Days of Summer

please see this. it’s amazing.

I Love You, Beth Cooper

Our new movie, directed by the one and only Chris Columbus

The Credits are Better Than the Movie: Part Two

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

Still waiting for Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League.

The Credits are Better Than the Movie: Part One

Strange Days (1995). Peter Gabriel + Deep Forest always equals awesome.

In many ways this movie was oddly prescient, given the current trend towards so-called ‘life casting’

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifecasting_(video_stream)