January 2012
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“Now that I’m forty-four years old, I’m going to offer some advice on the art of...”
– Bolaño
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The internet has agreed that this amazing, right?
December 2011
1 post
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“They should not only party but they should discuss interesting things that...”
– Reader comment on screenplay, 2009
November 2011
2 posts
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Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Then repeat.
October 2011
7 posts
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The audacity of the message behind The Hangover II...
It doesn’t matter if you wear khakis. It doesn’t matter if you are a dentist. It doesn’t matter if you don’t seem to actually get along with your friends. It doesn’t matter if you’re entering a marriage with which you will apparently be sexually dissatisfied. It doesn’t matter if you don’t seem to know what you actually want in life.
It...
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The autumnal gauntlet has been thrown down against...
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Vyer: Next from Vyer Films: Paper Soldier →
vyer:
We are exceedingly happy to present our latest film, Paper Soldier, directed by Alexei German Jr.
Featuring award-winning cinematography and a wonderful collection of performances, Paper Soldier is a poetic and dramatic film following the Chief Medical Officer of the Soviet space program on…
This film is simply great. Existentialism, history, early 60s costumes, Godardian love...
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September 2011
2 posts
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“To be cool has meant to be “chill.” “Say little and mean a lot.” In the...”
– Christopher Glazek, “On Ryan Trecartin”
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“Never apologize. Never explain. Just get the thing done, and let them howl.”
– Agnes MacPhail
Some rainy day “get yourself moving” words
(via vyer)
August 2011
15 posts
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Discarded Line from Monologue
Is Austin Hell on Earth if you’re an air-conditioner?
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“There’s no place on earth with more dumb girls per square foot than a...”
– Roberto Bolaño
This is posted in the interest of upcoming commentary on “dumb girls,” as well as a conclusion to the “wildly popular” attack on remix culture. However, it is also funny.
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“Gudmundsdottir — umm.”
– Posted 8/9/2011, 7:52:23pm by lizbetrh666
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“Edit: Schadenfreude. Damn.”
– Posted 8/10/2011, 6:17:02am by RJH
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“They should be forced to fend for themselves. Then they will have no time for...”
– Posted 8/11/2011, 2:09:25pm by Marathe
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“Kids in England get stabbed, not shot, and again they die in fewer numbers than...”
– Posted 8/11/2011, 12:46:18pm by Litzie
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“they are filth and should be encouraged to sweep minefields”
– Posted 8/11/2011, 1:25:20pm by charlien5
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Next from Vyer Films: Hunting & Sons
vyer:
We’re very, very excited to announce the next release in our slate:
Directed by Sander Burger, Hunting and Sons is a stark chamber drama where happy news for a young married couple reveals how little one can know about their spouse. Two excellent performances from Maria Kraakman and Dragan Bakema subtly and pointedly illuminate the many sad facets and false hopes of a marriage slowly...
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Will they still read 2666 in 2666?
July 2011
9 posts
Lower-budget aesthetics...
vyer:
… are getting more mainstream. At the same time, lower-budget aesthetics don’t always mean crappy aesthetics. Production value, however you define it these days, means you can make movies that look pretty darn good for not so much money.
-James Schamus, CEO of Focus Features
All The Real Girls, 2003. Budget: $1 million
Brick, 2005. Budget: $450,000
The Exploding Girl, 2010. ...
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Self-Promotion in the Service of Something New
Are you in awe of the still above?
Do you like independent and international film?
Do you wish you could see more of it, but don’t have the time/energy/money to seek it out?
Do you think everything that comes out of Brooklyn is the best ever?
If you answer yes to any of these questions, please take a single moment to click over to www.vyerfilms.com to take part in the beginnings of an...
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“This store is not open today. This store is open tomorrow.”
– Handwritten sign taped to building in East Village
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“You can’t run a business without taking risks.”
– Pablo Picasso (via vyer)
“The Facebook app can now turn sideways? Shit just got real!”
– Nevermind. I’m an old person. Carry on.
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The coolest directors right now
kicksterflixter:
blakevjones:
Christopher Nolan is the new Alfred Hitchcock
JJ Abrams is the new Steven Spielberg
Zack Snyder is the new George Lucas
Guillermo del Toro is the new Tim Burton
This is how I see it.
and Terrence Malick is the new Stanley Kubrick? Yes.
It’s late, so one gets away with caustic statements like: you might want to choose your words more carefully because...
murmurandshout asked: I'm curious about your thoughts on the sitcom label in re: The Office. If you don't post it on your blog, will you send it to me?
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Sitcom vs. Com
There’s an idea that a television show with humorous trappings is a sitcom, which is not actually the case. For those not in the know (with apologies to those in it (it being the know)), the term sitcom derives entirely from the phrase ‘situation comedy,’ as in, a character finds him/herself in a situation, from which humor is derived. This is fundamentally different from...
June 2011
11 posts
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Found Poetry
So, for example, if you wanted to find
a nature-theme bildungsroman in 18th century America
you would find several books that
fit
that
bill.
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Why am I not posting? The way this question...
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“I sold more drugs than God.”
– Overheard in Bushwick
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Vyer Films: more than a landing page, more than a...
vyer:
Stop by www.vyerfilms.com, register, and watch excellent films.
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Observations from a Run Around the Perimeter of...
Bushwick kids barfing pink, or orange,
Wincing out the spoiled sweet.
Mothers call from the minivan,
Ignored; we focus on concrete.
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I'm going to try to make a little more action... →
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May 2011
4 posts
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“You can’t act like you want anything too bad. (It’s the unspoken...”
– Ethan Greenbaum, “I Like Your Work: Art and Etiquette”