I just heard a radio interview with Zach Braff about his Kickstarter film project. It was mentioned that it is illegal for him to share the film's profits with his Kickstarter backers. Why is that?
posted by donajo
on May 4, 2013 -
3 answers
I'm trying to find the title of an early 80s British hacker movie, and Google is no help at all. You'd think this would be simple. Everything I remember is inside.
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posted by Leon
on May 3, 2013 -
12 answers
Does anyone have an recommendations for good video editing or film making seminars? I've got a pretty good background in filming and editing, but, looking to expand my knowledge and have a budget. Can be anywhere in the lower 48 states.
posted by trbrts
on Apr 18, 2013 -
3 answers
My birthday party starts in less than one hour. The theme is "black and white," and I had planned to project a friend's vaudeville silent film for atmosphere during the party. I just thought to check with the director to make sure he was still down with me showing his film, and it turns out that it isn't. I now need a plan B, in a hurry! See the invite
here for the vibe...looking for artsy/funky/old-timey. And if you happen to be in Portland, please send me a MeMail if you'd like to join the festivities!
posted by red_rabbit
on Apr 13, 2013 -
11 answers
The other day I was watching the movie and like the font. First I thought it's TNR then I thought maybe some Sans but I couldn't figure out.
I loved the clean spacious fonts. Which one was it?
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posted by amar
on Mar 29, 2013 -
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I was watching some Jon Brion clips from
this thread and was reminded of the concert film "
Largo." It featured Brion, Flight of the Conchords, Fiona Apple, Louis C.K, Zach Galifianakis and heaps of other comedy and music acts performing at the old Largo Club in LA before they moved to the Coronet.
Anyone know how one would be able to watch the Largo concert film that was made a few years back?
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posted by Start with Dessert
on Mar 9, 2013 -
4 answers
What are your recommendations for feminist friendly, social justice friendly media that portrays human beings outside of conventional stereotypes with positive themes?
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posted by xarnop
on Mar 8, 2013 -
19 answers
Asking for a friend who needs help (FAST!) finding a home for 200 to 300 scenic backdrops from film and television.
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posted by mon-ma-tron
on Feb 21, 2013 -
12 answers
My google-fu is failing me, and this is beginning to bug the shit out of me. Hivemind, you're my only hope.
What was the Iranian (I
think) film I saw, made around five-to-ten-years ago, about a community living aboard a derelict oil-tanker beached in the Arabian gulf..? If it's any help, the screening I attended at the Filmhouse cinema in Edinburgh was followed by a Q&A with the director (and was probably presented as part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival).
posted by kxr
on Feb 18, 2013 -
2 answers
I was watching this film on my previous laptop via TV-Tuner card and right then my laptop had crashed. I didn't check channel name and newspaper for the film name at the time, and now I can't remember it. It was at least before May 2010(I was watching the film in college and this when I left college - jic it helps though I am not sure if the film released recently at the time)... It was a train scene in the wilderness.
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posted by amar
on Feb 12, 2013 -
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I am seeking the name of a film, set in post-apocalyptic Sydney (Australia). I could have sworn it had Cassandra Harris in it, but IMDB disagrees. It was filmed and was set in in the early- to mid-80s, and had a bunch of people running around trying to escape the nuclear fallout that hit the Opera House and ended up in the northern beaches. The film wasn't necessarily good, but it resonated. Can you name the film? Thanks!
posted by goo
on Feb 9, 2013 -
7 answers
I would like to acquire to soundtrack for the film King of Devil's Island? I am having difficulty doing so. I am fine with purchase or otherwise. I have scoured and came up empty. Any suggestions, oh Metafites?
posted by J0
on Jan 27, 2013 -
3 answers
From these scant details, can you tell me what Italian short film from the 50s/60s I saw?
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posted by run"monty
on Jan 26, 2013 -
2 answers
I'm looking for perspectives on what music composers generally charge for work on video games and films.
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posted by hanoixan
on Jan 19, 2013 -
3 answers
I'm going to take a photography class. Students need a manually adjustable (non-automatic) 35mm camera and 50mm lens. I have an Nikon N50. Is that okay? Also, what kind of lens should I get?
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posted by topoisomerase
on Dec 24, 2012 -
18 answers
What is this old (60s?) movie that I saw about 20 minutes of a couple of weeks ago on TV? Set in Italy, there's a gigolo and a couple of movie stars and a Hedda Hopper like character and a scene in a grotto type restaurant.
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posted by mygothlaundry
on Dec 2, 2012 -
2 answers
Where can we find a large (almost) empty parking lot in or near Downtown Toronto tomorrow?
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posted by Ziggurat
on Nov 9, 2012 -
5 answers
I would like to find the name of a film I saw a decade ago. To my recollection, it came out in 1992-1993 and had a male lead whose name I recognized at the time. A couple are driving in a snowstorm and go off the road. The wife disappears and the man makes his way to town (in Colorado, I believe).
He tells the sheriff and others that he doesn't know what happened to his wife, but she shows up and it is revealed that he tried to have her killed for financial gain.
posted by Radiophonic Oddity
on Oct 30, 2012 -
10 answers
Hi, does anyone know whether 'Game of Thrones' is filmed on actual celluloid film or just on some digital videoformat? Thanks
posted by soymilk
on Oct 24, 2012 -
8 answers
CHALLENGE TIME! You are lent some expensive, professional grade video equipment for 18 hours and told that you may use it as you see fit in the time you have. Assuming little to no preparation beforehand, what do you do and/or film with it? Ideally you'd like the owner (or anyone else who sees your work) to be mildly impressed, knowing that you have no actual solo film making experience whatsoever.
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posted by Seiten Taisei
on Oct 17, 2012 -
14 answers
48 Hour Film Contest - Toronto... Best way to fill a couple crew roles, especially sound person?
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posted by Ziggurat
on Oct 15, 2012 -
3 answers
I'm looking for an online video from a couple years back. It is a short scifi movie shot in the first person, which features a scientist waking up in a lab, looking out the window to see a giant tower shooting a beam into the sky, and then grabbing a black cube with lights on it, which appears to have some sort of strange powers. It was hosted on a website which had some other seemingly related material. I don't know if it was from an ARG, or a standalone video, or what, but I'd really like to watch it again.
posted by cthuljew
on Oct 4, 2012 -
4 answers
What was produced at the factory at the beginning of Michelangelo Antonioni's
Red Desert?
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posted by Egg Shen
on Sep 26, 2012 -
2 answers
Weird question: Is there a place I can register my newly-acquired vintage car for use as a movie prop?
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posted by mibo
on Sep 6, 2012 -
10 answers
Help me identify this recent New Zealand movie about teenagers who return from a camping trip to find their city under attack.
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posted by jschu
on Aug 10, 2012 -
5 answers
A researcher at my workplace has asked for help finding examples of his topic, early examples of "GIS (Geographic Information Systems) or GPS (Global Positioning Systems) technologies in film and TV", "examples of early precursors to map related technologies". I found someone else's Ask from earlier this year that hits on some likely ones, but he's on the lookout for older and more diverse instances if you can think of any. More details and examples below the fold!
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posted by theatro
on Jul 23, 2012 -
9 answers
What was the short film on the SciFi series Exposure about a man who told his boring work gossip to the screen of big brother in a 1984 scenario?
posted by vash
on Jul 16, 2012 -
3 answers
Japanese film...colored clouds of poison gas...a village of windmills...what movie am I half-remembering?
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posted by mediated self
on Jul 4, 2012 -
9 answers
I have an idea for an amateur film project I'd like to try out, only I've never so much as held a video camera. Where should I start learning? Ready to jump in with both feet.
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posted by Urban Winter
on Jun 28, 2012 -
8 answers
FindThisOnTheWebFilter: I vaguely remember seeing something online where someone converted entire movies into a single long image like a timeline, to better see the colour balance over the course of the movie.
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posted by RobotHero
on Jun 27, 2012 -
5 answers
I am lost, I am interested in being a positive influence to other people by making them laugh or helping them out with life problems. Need some suggestions.
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posted by Trinergy
on Jun 19, 2012 -
15 answers
Name This Film: I'm trying to remember the name of a dystopian/SciFi film I saw years back in the 90s, could have been from the 80s. The premise must have been similar to City of Ember, with a kid or teen in an underground city. I remember pipes or tubes featuring prominently, and think they were in the title too.
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posted by ts;dr
on Jun 16, 2012 -
5 answers
What are some recent (last ten year or so) Korean film that's worth watching?
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posted by Carius
on Jun 13, 2012 -
40 answers
What short film did I see? It was 1988 and it was in an American Literature class at the local junior college.
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posted by svenvog
on May 13, 2012 -
2 answers
Please help me find the names of three vaguely recalled movies from my past: a teen flick from the 80s, a dubbed (possibly Italian) horror film from the 70s, and a scifi adventure from the 60s (maybe)?
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posted by coolxcool=rad
on Apr 29, 2012 -
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