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January 23, 2012

“But what’s exciting is, because of the success that the amateur class has had (and I use the word ‘amateur’ very lovingly here), and the amount of money they’ve been able to generate, it’s made the professionals more interested. Suddenly, pros are looking at this thing thinking, ‘Maybe I want into that,’ because it seems genuine. And it seems cool, and it seems honest. So you can see how, eventually, the two suddenly intermingle. And consequently you have the really pro, established filmmaker sitting next to the guy who maybe idolizes them. It could be somewhere on the site right now — Hal Hartley’s project sitting next to some kid’s who saw Trust when he was fifteen years old and realized that’s what he wanted to do with his life. And they sit side by side, and that’s really kind of the point: It’s just about making things, no matter who you are.” Yancey talked to Cinespect about Kickstarter, Sundance, and the future of independent cinema. It’s a great conversation — read the whole thing here. (via kickstarter)

January 23, 2012

bbook:

Citizen Kane to Be Screened at Hearst Castle During the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival

Okay, then it’s settled. I’ll just stay at the Madonna Inn for the week and attend everything at this festival. Cool.

January 21, 2012

“After writing the screenplay over seven weeks in the Starbucks section of a Target store in Crystal, Minnesota,[22] Cody compared writing to breathing, seeing Juno as an extension of herself.[10]”

Juno (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via lolololori)

I loved Jason Reitman’s “Up In the Air” and how he used music from Kevin Renick, however, the basic plot of Juno was an episode of Canadian television’s ReGenesis, staring Ellen Page. So did they demo Cody’s story in the series, or borrow the story?

January 18, 2012

New York City gets a Software Engineering High School

infoneer-pulse:

This fall New York City will open The Academy for Software Engineering, the city’s first public high school that will actually train kids to develop software. The project has been a long time dream of Mike Zamansky, the highly-regarded CS teacher at New York’s elite Stuyvesant public high school. It was jump started when Fred Wilson, a VC at Union Square Ventures, promised to get the tech community to help with knowledge, advice, and money.

» via Joel on Software

January 18, 2012

12 Things Happy People Do Differently

(via ljbowman10)

January 13, 2012

frankgruber:

Visiting The Fort - the latest DC startup accelerator #dctech (Taken with Instagram at Fortify.vc & The Fort)

January 13, 2012

Every Brand Will Be A Studio: Philosophical Musings On The Future Of Video

(Source: christinebeardsell)

January 13, 2012

npr:

USA.gov: Nominate Movies for the National Film Registry

usagov:

The Library of Congress is seeking nominations for the 2012 National Film Registry.

Under the National Film Preservation Act, the Librarian of Congress names 25 films to the National Film Registry every year. In order for a film to be eligible, it must be at least 10 years old and be culturally,…

January 13, 2012

“There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of Science and Literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of publick happiness.” President George Washington (via azspot)

December 26, 2011

laughingsquid:

Car Atlas – Rainbow, 2,500 Toy Cars Arranged in a Circular Rainbow

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