http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlef
Tickets $12. No discounts, no passes.
The WHO KILLED AMANDA PALMER video-series is premiering at the Brattle in conjunction with a performance of Edinburgh festival hit A DAY IN DIG NATION!
Amanda Palmer will be screening a sneak-peek of a short film featuring 6 videos to songs from her forthcoming album "Who Killed Amanda Palmer." The film was directed by Michael Pope and written by Pope & Amanda. (running time: approximately 35 minutes)
A DAY IN DIG NATION is a mash-up of media, sound and live performance following Rex, a man so consumed by technology that he forgets how to communicate with actual people. Helmed by multi-talented performer/composer/designer Michael McQuilken and co-written by Tommy Smith, A DAY IN DIG NATION weaves a hypnotic tale of crisis and redemption in this exhausting technological age. Think A Christmas Carol meets The Wooster Group; It's a Wonderful Life on an acid trip. (Running time: approximately 1 hour)
All the artists will be available for hanging out, hugs, questions, and signing after the screening.
- Location:Boddy
- Mood:
calm - Music:Green Day - Time Of Your Life
- 22:23 Saw "assassins". "good performance of a troubled show" -charles. In a good mood, going to get my hair touched up. #
Langley Air Force Base, Va.: I've been reading some criticism (insert audible gasp here!) of "Dr. Horrible" about the lack of a strong, empowered female lead. They claim that Penny is merely a prop for Dr Horrible and Captain Hammer to fight over.
[snip]
Joss Whedon: But, yeah, Penny is not the feminist icon of our age. And yes, she does exist in the narrative as part of Doc's fate -- but everyone in the story is there to move the story. Is she less real than Hammer? (Is ANYTHING?) We gave her a cause so she wouldn't JUST be the Pretty Girl but the fact is, neither Doc nor Hammer gives her the attention she deserves -- Doc's crush comes before he has the slightest idea what she cares about. Which is not uncommon. It reminds me of "Sweeney Todd," the Judge and Sweeney singing "Pretty Women" -- a beautiful duet with no insight whatsoever. Just images.
But we shoulda gave her more jokes.
and later
Joss Whedon: Boy, you kill someone, everyone makes a fuss! Yet I still feel differently about this than what I've done before. It's a tragedy, classically structured. Usually death is meaningless and arbitrary in my work, to reflect life, but this is the old brew. And yes, I have issues. This will come up again, I'm sure.
- Music:Four Tet - Unspoken
saw the dark knight in imax, was BLOW AWAY. I can't even put it into words right now.
(Also, comic book! http://www.myspace.com/darkhorsepresent
First off, separate from the content, I totally support this experiment. Joss explains himself here: http://drhorrible.com/plan.html He paid for this out of pocket. Any money they get from DVDs and itunes will go to pay the crew. This is an experiment in alternate modes of distribution, and I WANT ALTERNATE MODES OF DISTRIBUTION. My television is not hooked up to any kind of TV, it serves to play DVDs and let me hook my laptop up. I am sick to death of old methods of distribution, and old methods of who gets the money, and I want to see some change, people! When you pay for Dr. Horrible, you're not paying NBC! You're paying, like, the gaffer! People who actually need this money to live so they can make tthe entertainment you enjoy.
Buy Doctor Horrible! Even if this particular piece of media is flawed, if this succeeds, then we probably get more experiments like this! This could be one of the early steps to MEDIA REVOLUTION. Who doesn't want that???
Secondly, i do love me some musicals! I really really really love musicals! And, I have nothing more profound to say than that!
Thirdly, Act III. Act III caused a lot more lj-cut for spoilers posts than the other acts. I just watched it an hour ago, and I dunno what I think! You should watch and make up your own opinion. I will discuss more in the cut at the bottom, but I think the summary is that people's responses seems to be heavily informed by how much of a Whedon-head they are, and how much of a feminist comic book fan they are.
Fourthly, the format. I think putting it up in three parts each 48 hours apart was very interesting, especially given how many people loved Act I and Act II and were less than happy with Act III. If those people had watched it all in one go, they would probably just come out of it saying "Ugh, I hated [thing in act III], I hate it all." But some of them got all excited about the first two acts, and bought a season pass on itunes (I did that after act ii), and talked to their friends about it, and then got upset. It's different.
Also, it seems to make for better buzz making, as people watch act i and post about it, then their friends watch act ii and now everyone posts about it, and by the time act iii comes around everyone is watching it. :-)
In conclusion, I had some issues with Act III, I don't know how I feel about Act III, but overall I did like it. I like flawed things all the time. It was nice to get some Joss humor and Joss dialogue and Joss music even if it also brought along other things about Joss that people don't like. Doesn't meant people shouldn't complain and critique, I'm just saying I liked it. This is clearly an origin story, and I hope that means we will get to see more, in some form. Also,
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agiel, I want to see your gender reversed production as Wiscon!! Do it!And now, some spoilers, a bit of my own opinion, rambling musings onw hat I had read from others.
( Spoilers, Ahoy! )I can't sum up all the opinions I've read. What did You think?
I am going to try and get the .4 miles from peter's house to random tomorrow to play some d&d, and then get back. This will be very difficult. Peter can help me get there, but getting back will be tricky. I can't walk that far unassisted, perhaps not at all. I will be really sad if I stay in alone all night because I can't find a way to get from Random to Boddy in the late evening. If you would like to help me out, please let me know. I am sick of begging for help, but that's what it is.
Assuming I don't run screaming to California, I guess i will take strobe lab, 3.091 (intro to solid state chemistry) and 21h.504 (east asia 1500-2000) next term, and urop at NML for credit. Assuming everything works out.
Fever's been gone since Thursday, halfway through my antibiotics, cough is much less worse, despite a upswing in coughing today. Energy levels and ability to walk unassisted still critically low.
Seriously, "Deadwood" is awesome. Also, "All About Eve" (1950) which I saw tonight. The snark! The backstabbing bitches! Glorious, though it left me with an intense fear of becoming Margo. Also, the Brattle? Awesome, I want to go way more often, signed up for the mailing list and google calendar.
- 13:13 dragon*con ticket finally purchased after an hour trying. tell me, how do i have 3 gmail accounts? cost goes up after today! BUY YOURS NOW. #
- 16:41 nothing to twitter about, because nothing happens. attempting to see "all about eve" at the brattle @ 7:30, with people helping me get there #
- 17:33 sicker than i have ever been in my life and absolutely completely utterly miserable #
- 00:40 still sick, overemotional, easily distressed. illness breaks down all my defenses. #
- 00:42 @vonmc no recap on lj, lj is DEAD. you must recap slowly over twitter. shoulda sms twittered at the con. ;-) #
ratatosk Sometimes I look at the contents of fanfiction.net and I'm just in awe of the human race. For hundreds of pieces of media out there, somebody has gone to the effort of writing something about it and then putting it up for the world to see if it looks for it. And it's not all sex, either -- people will sincerely try to write stories in the strangest and most constrained of fictional universes. There are 98 entries for Pong.
You know, the game.
People are amazing.
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Act I of Doctor Horrible's Sing Along Blog is now available. It will be taken down after this weekend! It's some crazy new media delivery experiment. It's Joss Whedon's latest project, with Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion, Mal from Firefly.
http://www.drhorrible.com/act_I.htm
Check it out, it's 13 minutes long.
- 10:04 Nurse practitioner appt in hour #
- 10:47 Waiting at med center. Hands Suddenly covered in glitter. #
- 11:21 Suspect pneumonia or bronchitis. bAd lung sounds. Going for blood work chest xray #
- 11:26 God damm frakking painful blood draw!!! Left arm she stabbed, no blood, right arm inside elbow most painful blood draw in years. Arrrgh #
- 11:49 Chest xray done. Didn't faint or fuck it up coughing. #
- 11:54 Lots of female eastern european staff here at medical. #
- 12:13 I have pneumonia #
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207076
1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)
3. Titanic (1997)
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
5. Toy Story (1995)
6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
7. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
9. Die Hard (1988)
10. Moulin Rouge (2001)
11. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
12. The Matrix (1999)
13. GoodFellas (1990)
14. Crumb (1995)
15. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
16. Boogie Nights (1997)
17. Jerry Maguire (1996)
18. Do the Right Thing (1989)
19. Casino Royale (2006)
20. The Lion King (1994)
21. Schindler's List (1993)
22. Rushmore (1998)
23. Memento (2001)
24. A Room With a View (1986)
25. Shrek (2001)
26. Hoop Dreams (1994)
27. Aliens (1986)
28. Wings of Desire (1988)
29. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
30. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
31. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
32. Fight Club (1999)
33. The Breakfast Club (1985)
34. Fargo (1996)
35. The Incredibles (2004)
36. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
37. Pretty Woman (1990)
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
39. The Sixth Sense (1999)
40. Speed (1994)
41. Dazed and Confused (1993)
42. Clueless (1995)
43. Gladiator (2000)
44. The Player (1992)
45. Rain Man (1988)
46. Children of Men (2006)
47. Men in Black (1997)
48. Scarface (1983)
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
50. The Piano (1993)
51. There Will Be Blood (2007)
52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
53. The Truman Show (1998)
54. Fatal Attraction (1987)
55. Risky Business (1983)
56. The Lives of Others (2006)
57. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
58. Ghostbusters (1984)
59. L.A. Confidential (1997)
60. Scream (1996)
61. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
62. sex, lies and videotape (1989)
63. Big (1988)
64. No Country For Old Men (2007)
65. Dirty Dancing (1987)
66. Natural Born Killers (1994)
67. Donnie Brasco (1997)
68. Witness (1985)
69. All About My Mother (1999)
70. Broadcast News (1987)
71. Unforgiven (1992)
72. Thelma & Louise (1991)
73. Office Space (1999)
74. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
75. Out of Africa (1985)
76. The Departed (2006)
77. Sid and Nancy (1986)
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
79. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
80. Michael Clayton (2007)
81. Moonstruck (1987)
82. Lost in Translation (2003)
83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
84. Sideways (2004)
85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
86. Y Tu Mamá También (2002)
87. Swingers (1996)
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
89. Breaking the Waves (1996)
90. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
91. Back to the Future (1985)
92. Menace II Society (1993)
93. Ed Wood (1994)
94. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
95. In the Mood for Love (2001)
96. Far From Heaven (2002)
97. Glory (1989)
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
99. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
100. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)
- 22:29 power out very stressed power back omg
-Laura #
- 15:11 fever down. hungry. sleeping. looking for media. #
- 17:21 my head hurts if i lie still. if i attempt to stand and walk IT IS UNBEARABLE AND I WISH FOR SWEET MERCIFUL DEATH #
- 22:10 delerious again. 101ish fever. going to dictor people in morn if not better #
- 17:42 v. sick. fever. chills. occasional delerium. BSG S3 RAN OUT RIGHT BEFORE FINALE WILL DIIIIEEEEEE oh my goooood send me meds and chocolate #
- 17:55 if you want to watch bsg s3 finale with me to see me explode (i am unspoiled) let me know #
- 18:41 100.13 F 30 minutes after taking fever rediucer #
- 19:00 @chickgonebad no chicken soup here, peter making grilled cheese. craving saltines/salt, which points to electrolyte deficet. big words, eh? #
- 19:01 i've always wanted to twitter while delerious*!!!!
* not actually # - 19:36 @vonmc i do have a webcam! for delerium, or for watching me scream at bsg? #
- 19:39 temp has gone 100.13 -> 101.09 -> 100.45 in past hour, starting half hour afterfever reducer. ate food and electrolytes, less deli ... #
- 21:09 UP TO THE FINAL FINAL EPISODE OF BSG S3. totally before dragon*con, go me. and i am 100% unspoiled! #
- 18:04 Left firely. Was amazing. Stuck in very very very long traffic jam in NH. #
- 19:27 In ma. I think I am rapidly getting sick. Uuugh. #
- 20:10 Back. Crashing critically hard #
- 20:44 Hot cold hot cold weak dizzy delerious? so confused. Zip car need go back #
- 17:42 v. sick. fever. chills. occasional delerium. BSG S3 RAN OUT RIGHT BEFORE FINALE WILL DIIIIEEEEEE oh my goooood send me meds and chocolate #
i took ~670 photos at firefly, but some of them were very very experimental. they'll mostly be on flickr.
i brought a million people and they seemd to have fun, and my secret goal of having it be a learning and growth and fun experience saw some measure of success.
i remain insanely behind on doctor who. i am mostly skimming through the outsode LJ cut response, and focusing on what the emotions chosen were. i am not a questioning who fan, i gladly accept what is given to me. we will see what i think.
- 13:39 Things are so fucked and I am so rageful I have come out the other side #
- 13:47 Picked up car - too small. Did work. Showered. Flipped the hell out about expensive dragoncon fuckup. Packed. Swore. Made stop 1 for stuff #
- 14:11 Stop 2. Got fire sticks, talia and dmbergey helped organize car. Drank water. On to stop 4, skipping 3 for now #
- 15:47 finishing up work for my job at radnom while geoff jess and jammin tetris the car and jacky finds new homes for abandoned items. stress #
- 15:48 okay off to grab our last passenger and on to our RTOAD TRIP! (yes, RTOAD) #
- 18:54 In new hampshire. Had hilarity at wendy's. Geoff covered in spilt sunscreen. #
fodo plans have been so stressfula nd complicated.
zip car not as big as i thoughtm stuff won't all fit.
not packed, but almost done with work so i can get on that.
planned leaving time of 1 will not work.
we're going to try and camp near the frog pond, we might have straneg drums and strange colored fire. and a lot of teenaged girls, we definitely have that. also henna and body paints and other art, come on by.
okay. now, shower, pay credit card bill, pack clothes, put food
in car, go to, uh, asec, green room, boddy, tfe, random, tep, somewhere to
get water, then on the road?
WOOO RTOAD TRIP
YUP RTOAD IS IS BETTER THAN ROAD
- 13:21 This weather!!! Wtf!!! Hurry up pharmacy I must flee the weather!! #
