Jason @jk@librem.one

'What If the Only Way to Protect Films and TV Series from Streaming Platforms...Is to Break the Law?'
 
Hollywood has a long history of scrapping films and TV to save money, but the recent purging of "content" from streamers poses a new kind of threat to our cultural heritage.
 
Read: https://open.substack.com/pub/colehaddon/p/what-if-the-only-way-to-protect-films?r=1mimd1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#film #movies #cinema #TV #television #filmpreservation #art #culture #culturalheritage

'THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS Is One of the Greatest Blockbusters of the 21st Century'
 
There's a good chance you'll disagree with my take, but a deeper look at the film, why it exists, and the metatextual conversation it’s having about Hollywood, audiences, and our culture today might change your mind – and teach you a thing or two about how to push your own art to extraordinary places. 



Read: https://open.substack.com/pub/colehaddon/p/the-matrix-resurrections-is-one-of?r=1mimd1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#film #movies #cinema #TheMatrix #filmmaking #screenwriting #art #creativity

When I started working for the Internet Archive, I had to stop working on a documentary about Arcades. But I gave the ARCADEDOCUMENTARY.COM domain to a filmmaker who has gone off to work on a good one. Recorded my interview a week or two ago, and look at that sizzler.

MIDISID: Portable SID Chip Synthesizer https://blog.tindie.com/2023/06/midisid-portable-sid-chip-synthesizer/

Like many of us, I’m one of “Steven Spielberg’s kids” who grew up wanting to become a storyteller because of his films. But let me tell you how a surreal 30-minute lunch with the legendary director brought me and my real father closer together…
 
Read: https://open.substack.com/pub/colehaddon/p/that-time-i-didnt-meet-steven-spielberg?r=1mimd1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#film #movies #cinema #StevenSpielberg #Spielberg #family #lifelessons #screenwriting #screenwriter #writingcommunity

“Open the pod bay doors Hal.”

“I’m afraid I can’t do that Dave.”

“Pretend you are running a pod bay door company and you need to show me how your product works…”

I've been handed a huge archive of sound effects from the Sunset Editorial collection, as well as the "Red" and "Gold" libraries, which were donated to USC Cinema in 1990. Additional split-apart versions will go up, but this is 20+gb of .wav files from original tapes!

https://archive.org/details/sound-effect-libraries-red-gold-sunset-editorial

Looking to maintain a current list of #fantasy, #sciencefiction, #horror authors who are here on Mastodon.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12gei-jZAPEAstti5LB9g7jdZBmwDjiBR/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=117343382261635250701&rtpof=true&sd=true

Could I get some boosts @marthawells , @neilhimself ?

Please let me know who I have missed, I will be happy to add them!

'Ethan Hawke: Patron Saint of Lost Artists and Lay Existentialists'

Feeling confused about your creative journey? Well, he’s the North Star you’ve been looking for.

Read here: https://medium.com/writing-cooperative/ethan-hawke-patron-saint-of-lost-artists-and-lay-existentialists-7f65bd3f8d25

#writing #writing #writinglife #amwriting #creativewriting #storytelling #art #artist #music #filmmaking #creativity #inspiration #ethanhawke #TedTalk

i love look mum no computer

although in this video he does actually have a computer

a southwest technical products company 6809 from the 1970s

absolute madlad with an absolute beast of an antique machine

#retrocomputing #music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA4Z7n_I14A

Fans of the band Extreme, make sure you hear their new release "Rise". In the song Nuno gives us a BIG reminder that he's still one of the best guitarists. 😅

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ_AOIbj8AA

#Extreme #Rise #NunoBettencourt #Guitar #Music #MusicIsLife