That’s right. This time it’s for real. If you have an active Netflix account you can download films and watch on your computer. Finally!
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a steady diet of obsessive cinema and screenwriting in the dark
That’s right. This time it’s for real. If you have an active Netflix account you can download films and watch on your computer. Finally!
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Does anyone out there have PDF versions of Into The Wild and The Darjeeling Limited? It seems that the studios who so generously posted scripts for download on their sites have made them all unavailable.
Please contact me if you do.
[imdb Into The Wild] [imdb The Darjeeling Limited]
Update: Got The Darjeeling Limited PDF from Paul and Into The Wild from Gil. Thanks again guys.
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PDF available online for download. Related: How to make your screenplay “read like the movie.”
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I’ve been watching the three part Q&A with Peter Broderick (remember New Wave Films) on Scott Kirsner’s excellent site CinemaTech. Broderick discusses the recent Cannes Festival, current financing and DIY distribution models and downloading films via the internet. It’s definitely worth checking out if you’re an independent filmmaker looking for current info on financing and distribution.
Also, Four Eyed Monsters creators Arin Crumley and Susan Buice are offering their film in its 72 minute entirety on YouTube and if you sign up for free with Spout, an online film recommendation community, a $1 will go to the filmmaker’s debt. As of writing this they have raised around $24,000. Regardless of how you feel about the film, the way they have used the internet to get the word out is something that deserves a little recognition. I know it’s been a long, hard road for them.
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Yesterday Mike Curtis announced he has launched HD For Indies Premium. For $9.95 you get access to a separate site that has Mike’s analysis of NAB 2007. Hardware, software, cameras etc. $10. That is a steal but as you might have guessed some people have an issue with paying. There are arguments that it should be “a ‘gift economy’ wherein people post and read freely.” Another comment was that the original site needs to be proofread. I signed up because if there’s one guy that works his ass of to give indie filmmakers/editors/video gearheads honest analysis of the bleeding edge info on video hardware and software, it’s Mike Curtis.
It is understandable that there is some resistance. He’s been giving it away since 2004. There will be some growing pains but here it is people, plain and simple, if the guy can’t make a living doing this he can’t give us what we want and need. Mike has been doing this out of pocket for 3+ years now. He is testing the gear so we don’t have to. He has cultivated relationships with vendors and manufacturers that give him an inside view. Mike sees the bigger picture in all of this. Why shouldn’t he be paid?
To speed up the process I humbly offer some suggestions for Mike and those who are on the fence about paying for content;
These are just a few suggestions and I’m sure as the service evolves Mike will work out the kinks. I just think, say, $20 a year isn’t all that much to ask to get what Mike is serving up. I wish him luck.
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William Monahan’s screenplay is available for download from the Warner Brothers site [Via Movie City Indie].
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Vivid Entertainment says it will sell its adult films through the online movie service CinemaNow, allowing buyers to burn DVDs that will play on any screen, not just a computer. Yahoo News has more…
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