ARTHOUSE FILM NEWS - Cosmic Disco Detective Rene at Facets, Chicago 11/29/23

Sounds like the Pioneer theater in East Village closed this weekend. Will collect links for posts & stories re: that story here. E.V. Indie Theater Rides Into the Sunset - New York Magazine Pall Cast over East Village as Pioneer Theater closes - Week of Wonders If you see any stories on the web re: Pioneer closing, post links in Comments. Thanks! Later on Pioneer! Thanks for 8 years or so of movies! - Sujewa :: ADVERTISEMENT http://farzadrostami20.blogspot.com  - Farzad Rostami 20 :: http://farzadrostami19.blogspot.com  - Farzad Rostami 19 :: http://farzadrostami18.blogspot.com - Farzad Rostami 18 :: http://farzadrostami17.blogspot.com  - Farzad Rostami 17 :: http://farzadrostami16.blogspot.com  - Farzad Rostami 16 :: http://farzadrostami15.blogspot.com  - Farzad Rostami 15 :: http://farzadrostami14.blogspot.com  - Farzad Rostami 14 :: http://farzadrostami13.blogspot.com  - Farzad Rostami 13 ::

Halloween is a good time to be in NYC. Saw a lot of hot costumes on the subway last night. Went looking for the diner on Broadway/near Malcolm X this mo-noon (morning for me, afternoon for everyone else), discovered that they were closed. So ended up at a cafe/bar/antique store called Goodbye Blue Monday - nice place, pretty good chicken wraps, & they've got net access. Oh, almost forgot, on the way to the diner met a lady who is fixing up a place to open up an art gallery/performance space - said she's down for showing movies too. Watching the blogger doc & working on the script for the next fiction feature later today - low key & productive day in Brooklyn, should be fun. The quality of the sunlight & the temperature are very nice here today. - Sujewa

Since movies - features - can be made for $0 to million$ - I don't think it's healthy for me to set up a specific $ standard (as was mentioned in this post ) to meet before embarking on a new project (reminds me of the not very productive 16 MM era - ah the sweet sweet wasted nineties :). Maybe my real thinking was that it would be nice to have a whole bunch of money around when I am making & distributing my next fiction feature so that there will be greater flexibility - more room to get things done well, pay bills early, etc. So, the plan from that post is still on - raise $s & put it aside for film projects - but - the filmmaking track will be independent from the overall financial life track - unless of course I get the deep urge to make a period epic or something (which i do not see happening any time soon) - or some such project that absolutely requires a lot of money to get started on. Anyway, work (mostly writing at the moment) on the next project is happening,

Well, not so little - SilverDocs wants you to submit your doc to SilverDocs '09 , go here for the info. You should do it, among other things, if you get in, it would be a good excuse to come visit the DC area (& perhaps hang out with the new prez & vp team! - hopefully this one ). - Sujewa

So, moving a couple of steps away from "no" budget filmmaking on my next project - a fiction feature (the Actress story will be a part of it, overall the next feature is about several young travelers - without giving too much away before the script is done) - it will still be an ultra-low budget project but I would like the luxury of working on it full time so that I can 1) get it made very well, and 2) not take forever to make it (having a FT job doing something else for $s & then making films on the side results in the films taking a long time to finish). I do not think it will be too difficult to raise $200K. That's 1000 sources providing $200 each or 200 sources providing $1000 each, or some other combination similar to those formulas. One of the up sides of having a $200K budget will be that I will be able to pay everyone who works on the movie, and not be in personal debt by the time the film is completed. The $200K budget includes making & marketing a sign

Too much to do in DC/Kensington today, will not be going to Brooklyn, so, the little house screening of the blogger doc will have to wait 'till next weekend - perhaps on Sat 11/1 - will have info. towards the middle of next week for those who are interested.