Terminator 80's Pop
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01
May
2011
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"Hello Disc Jockey. Give me a song. I want to hear Kraftwerk. Now! " There are four rarely-heard 80's pop gems on the Terminator Soundtrack, which is out of print and not commercially available. As far as I know, only one of them actually appear in the movie, but I haven't gone back and looked [...]


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So long, Sidney, thanks for all the Friday nights
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12
Apr
2011
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One of the very best filmmakers ever. I watch his movies over and over religiously. He's one of the reasons I moved to New York. He said: "While the goal of all movies is to entertain, the kind of film in which I believe goes one step further. It compels the spectator to examine one [...]


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Filmmaking is all in the details, the ever so subtle details...
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09
Dec
2010
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I found something very interesting in a movie still from the forthcoming Tron: Legacy film. Great filmmaking is about paying attention to the details. Production design, costumes, all help create the suspension of disbelief and makes for an entertaining and believable film. Pictured below is one of the sirens from the film. (You remember the [...]


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Legal Ease of shooting a film with trademarks, logos, etc. visibile
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07
Dec
2010
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Brand managers of companies are notoriously a nervous bunch. One, just one bad episode can mar a brand, for a little while, or forever. Remember ValuJet? That brand tanked after ValuJet Flight 592, which crashed in Florida. They did a very smart thing and bought a smaller airline and just took their name: AirTran Airways. [...]


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Fantastic portable ladder/cart for about $60
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29
Nov
2010
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I picked up this Conair Travel Smart LadderKart the other day from B&H Photo Video for about $50 bucks and man, do I love this thing! You can carry all your gear to a shoot, then use the cart you brought all your gear on as stepladder at the shoot. If you never plan on [...]


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