Episode nine is out from The Third Age, a friend’s online series that I worked on. These are the guys behind the upcoming Grant Morrison documentary. The Third Age is a psychedelic remix of classic mythology, telling the story of ordinary people caught up in an eternal war between gods waged on the streets of New York City.
Not having actually grown up in the States and immersing myself in the book, I had no idea what ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ was. It was not until seeing the breathtaking trailer with music by the Arcade Fire that I began to understand how deeply embedded the story was with my generation. So I’ve taken it upon myself to really embrace the film and everything about it. Here is the full stream of the soundtrack performed by Karen O. of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and her band The Kids.
The highly anticipated Fox film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine has leaked to bittorrent sites a few days ago and has already reached millions of downloads. About a week ago 20th Century Fox’s unfinished film was released to the online masses via an unknown leak. In just over a week it has reached over a million downloads. The film is unfinished, with a lot of the special effects scenes not completely done. You can still see green screens, choppy dropped in backgrounds and wires. Fox has tried to minimize its losses by sending bittorrent sites take down notices but by the time that request is processed 10 more links are uploaded. Fox has gone as far as calling in the FBI to investigate the source of the leak, we are after all talking about a multi million dollar movie.
The download has quickly risen to the top 10 downloads on the most popular bittorrent sites. On a recent poll by Torrentfreak.com, about 5000 voters expressed their views concerning the recent leak. Most of them felt that leaking the movie online will not affect it’s final success and they are actually excited to see it on movie theaters or DVD.
New York City has proposed new rules that will drastically affect independent film makers and photographers all around the city.
Under the new rules proposed on May 25, 2007 by the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcast (MOFTB), any group of two or more people using a handheld camera (still or video) for more than 30 minutes at a single location (defined as a 100-foot area) would have to apply for and obtain a permit and would have to present proof of $1 million in insurance (unless a waiver was obtained). Also under the new rules, any group of five or more people using a single tripod for more than 10 minutes would have to obtain a permit and have insurance.
The new rules were open to public comments until June 27th but that has been extended until August 3rd, 2007…that’s 2 days from now. What can you do?! Please email your comments and concerns to the address below and let your voice be heard. These new rules, if passed will have a tremendous impact on this great city, where no day goes by that thousands of moments are captured in video and film.
If you’re a filmaker or photographer or just want to express your views please e-mail or send in a letter to:
Julianne Cho Assistant Commissioner
Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting
1697 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10019 jcho@film.nyc.gov
Now I leave you with this rap music video about the subject by the Comedy troupe “Olde English”:
The controversial and very hated documentary director Michael Moore has released its latest documentary to the online world, free of charge. Watch it here:
