Sneakers, a 1992 film, correctly predicts the impact of the world wide web
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Nov
2011
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In January of 1992 I started college at Western Michigan University and was immediately drawn to the recently released  WWW project by Tim Berners-Lee. I was in the right place at the right time, with the right mentor, Dr. Reza Rashidi: a visionary mathematician, computer scientist, NeXT computer expert, and lot more. Luckily, I got [...]


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Terminator 80's Pop
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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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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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Shooting "127 Hours"
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Nov
2010
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Caught 127 Hours over the weekend. It's pretty good, but I could have rented it and probably enjoyed it just as much. It's such a great story of life... but I just wasn't blown away by it. James Franco is fantastic. Here the two DP's discuss shooting the film. Enjoy! Share


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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps review
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Sep
2010
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I really liked it. Amazing soundtrack by David Byrne and Brian Eno! The performances and direction were top notch. Script wasn't my favorite, and I thought it could have been more clever in its twists and turns, but I still enjoyed it. 8/10. Go see it. One thing I didn't like was the casting of [...]


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