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Blog for 1000+ Cool Things About The Sri Lankan Experience project is up!

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Update - Brooklyn Fantastic, The Real Ben Stiller

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Brooklyn Fantastic is about 10 days away from completion.

Once it is done then it's off to some festivals, some screening programs, also will soon be available to view
on-line, and also on DVD.  I expect all of that distribution work to be completed by the end of this summer.

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In June will start shooting The Real Ben Stiller.

And that's the latest on my new movies.

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NewFilmmakers profile: Vipal Monga

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The Avengers movie getting some great reviews

Even though a big budget superhero movie is far from the usual topics of concern at this blog, must note the overwhelmingly positive reviews that have been rolling out for the upcoming epic The Avengers.  And as a former comic book geek, I am excited to hear that the movie was well made.  Here's one such positive review at /Film.  From the review:

 "The Avengers not only makes that fanboy fantasy a reality, the high-octane superhero extravaganza delivers on almost every level with well-rounded characters, plenty of humor and  jaw-dropping action. A few things do get left out in the wake of all that excitement but odds are you won’t really care. The Avengers is as fun as movies come and fans who’ve been waiting for a superhero team up on the big screen will leave the theater satisfied."
  
Read the rest of the review at /Film.

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Amazon Studios 2.0 interview at Genre Hacks blog

Check it out here.

Here's the introduction to the interview, by Sean Hood:

"Last year I interviewed Amazon Studios Director, Roy Price, about Amazon's commitment to "develop movies in a new way" (see: Amazon Studios: An Interview with Roy Price.)  At that time there was still a lot of skepticism among screenwriters about Amazon's option policy, their relationship with the WGA, and the exposure of scripts (and ideas) to the public after uploading.

Never the less, the experience of writers and filmmakers who won prizes and entered the Amazon development and test-film process was mostly positive (see: An Amazon Studios Screenwriter.)  What I found interesting about Amazon was that they were willing to adjust their policies and the process based on feedback from the writers and filmmakers themselves, which struck me as unique in the closed world of Hollywood studios and production companies.

A week ago, Amazon announced additional changes to address writers' concerns, and as a result, "Amazon Studios 2.0" (as one blogger put it) has been met with cautious enthusiasm by several of its most prominent critics (Read the reaction of The Bitter Script Reader, and listen to John August's Podcast.)  

So once again, I spoke with Amazon Studios head Roy Price to gain a little insight on the studio's intentions..."

Read the interview here.

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Link to a good article re: filmmaking (even though the author is a Lena Dunham fan)

Just for the record, I am not a fan of Dunham's new HBO show Girls.  Saw episode 1, and it was a predictable mumblecore gen snooze fest.  Some are complaining about the lack of minority characters in Ms. Dunham's NYC, true, that is a deep problem, but it is one of the last things Girls needs to worry about.  That show's got a long way to go before it can be considered HBO quality entertainment, in my opinion.  But you know, it's alright, people w/ little talent & skill get breaks all the time (why did they include Tiny Furniture in the Criterion Collection!!??!!), sometimes over and over (such as in the curious case of Dunham peer Joe Swanberg), and these well connected & privileged filmmakers do have an audience (a small one), and their existence & baffling amount of press attention & support could motivate other, more talented, more interesting filmmakers who have interesting things to say to put more work in to getting their movies made & out.  Anyway, that bit of Girls criticism aside (i did like Tiny Furniture, but definitely waaayyy over hyped), here's an interesting article by actor/filmmaker Vera Miao (unfortunately she is a Dunham fan, but maybe she might end up making better work than Dunham):

Where All my Ladies at in the Microbudget, Independent Filmmaking Revolution?

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The Near Future, Big Changes

1 - So starting this month - April 2012 - I will be using this blog as my main website.

2 - This blog will be published to a custom domain in April (however, you should still be able to find it using the old URL, should be re-directed automatically).

3 - Will be using The Sujewa Blog for blog updates, news, etc (as the main source for such material).  Go there for blog entries!  And explore here & re-visit here for new clips, films, & old essays, blog entries, links.

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Nuri Bilge Ceylan at 49th New York Film Festival

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Florida's George Zimmerman and the danger of hunting imaginary monsters

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See a Few Photos from Thu Night's Hal Hartley/"Meanwhile" Event at Museum of the Moving Image

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For your Mac & PC computer repair needs in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn...

 
Check out Bay Ridge Computer Center.  Good people, they were helpful recently.  Also computer training, new & used/refurbished Mac & PC sales, parts sales, website design, promotional material (menus, business cards design, etc) & more can be had at BRCC.

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New short film by Amir Motlagh: 35 YEAR OLD MAN

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