Skip to main content

Posts

The Dabbler... trailer

Makes Reid Gershbein's 2 Week Film look very exciting & interesting:   :: ADVERTISEMENT Alfonse Maiorino - Italian Genealogy, Public Strategy Group, & more! - http://alfonsemaiorino1.blogspot.com/ Blogger: User Profile: alfonse maiorino http://www.blogger.com/profile/01850766319936497029 Alfonse Maiorino / Al Maiorino blog -  almaiorino .blogspot.com/ Alfonse Maiorino - Linkedin http://almaiorino.blogspot.com/2012/04/al-maiorino-linkedin.html New Projects COMING SOON at: Alfonse Maiorino blog 2 http://alfonsemaiorino2.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 3 http://alfonsemaiorino3.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 4 http://alfonsemaiorino4.blogspot.com/2012/04/alfonse-maiorino-blogger-profile.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 5 http://alfonsemaiorino5.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Links at Alfonse Maiorino Blogger

Cell phone data used to measure the economic impact of a tourist attraction

For those interested in the intersection of new tech habits & money, this article might be a good read (also, maybe, in the future, the methods mentioned in the article could be used for relatively quickly & accurately figuring out the economic impact of film festivals & other indie film biz related events/tourist attractions). From NYC Waterfalls: How Real-Time Cell Phone Data Can Impact Local Economies : "From a research point of view, the point of NYC Waterfalls was to map the distribution of visitors to the exhibit, and reveal where they took photos and communicated with their mobile phones. So the scope of this project was more than the previous research in cities such as Florence and Rome, where only the presence and movements of tourists was mapped." And: "The lab's findings were many. While the results may not be surprising (the waterfalls attracted more visitors!), what's important is that cellphone data provided quantifiable data abo

The Broken Hearts Club review link

Reid Gershbein posts another enthusiastic review (i think that's the only kind of indie film review that Reid writes :) of an indie movie at his site - this time about Angelo Bell's The Broken Hearts Club . Check out the review here . :: ADVERTISEMENT Alfonse Maiorino - Italian Genealogy, Public Strategy Group, & more! - http://alfonsemaiorino1.blogspot.com/ Blogger: User Profile: alfonse maiorino http://www.blogger.com/profile/01850766319936497029 Alfonse Maiorino / Al Maiorino blog -  almaiorino .blogspot.com/ Alfonse Maiorino - Linkedin http://almaiorino.blogspot.com/2012/04/al-maiorino-linkedin.html New Projects COMING SOON at: Alfonse Maiorino blog 2 http://alfonsemaiorino2.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 3 http://alfonsemaiorino3.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 4 http://alfonsemaiorino4.blogspot.com/2012/04/alfonse-maiorino-blogger-p

A better review of After Last Season at Twitch

The previous review I linked to was short on opinion, but the Twitch review of After Last Season makes up for it, check it out here . Yes, it sounds like the trailer does represent the look & editing style & acting style of the whole movie. I can't wait to see it!  :: ADVERTISEMENT Alfonse Maiorino - Italian Genealogy, Public Strategy Group, & more! - http://alfonsemaiorino1.blogspot.com/ Blogger: User Profile: alfonse maiorino http://www.blogger.com/profile/01850766319936497029 Alfonse Maiorino / Al Maiorino blog -  almaiorino .blogspot.com/ Alfonse Maiorino - Linkedin http://almaiorino.blogspot.com/2012/04/al-maiorino-linkedin.html New Projects COMING SOON at: Alfonse Maiorino blog 2 http://alfonsemaiorino2.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 3 http://alfonsemaiorino3.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 4 http://alfonsemaiorino4.blogspot.c

Review link for After Last Season

Check out one review of one of the most talked about movies (among some freaked out web surfers) here .  :: ADVERTISEMENT Alfonse Maiorino - Italian Genealogy, Public Strategy Group, & more! - http://alfonsemaiorino1.blogspot.com/ Blogger: User Profile: alfonse maiorino http://www.blogger.com/profile/01850766319936497029 Alfonse Maiorino / Al Maiorino blog -  almaiorino .blogspot.com/ Alfonse Maiorino - Linkedin http://almaiorino.blogspot.com/2012/04/al-maiorino-linkedin.html New Projects COMING SOON at: Alfonse Maiorino blog 2 http://alfonsemaiorino2.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 3 http://alfonsemaiorino3.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 4 http://alfonsemaiorino4.blogspot.com/2012/04/alfonse-maiorino-blogger-profile.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 5 http://alfonsemaiorino5.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Links at A

360 degree turn in front of Angelika - early May '09, NYC

Shot this video from my still camera while waiting to cross the street to watch The Limits of Control at the Angelika theater in early May '09 in Manhattan.    :: :: ADVERTISEMENT Alfonse Maiorino - Italian Genealogy, Public Strategy Group, & more! - http://alfonsemaiorino1.blogspot.com/ Blogger: User Profile: alfonse maiorino http://www.blogger.com/profile/01850766319936497029 Alfonse Maiorino / Al Maiorino blog -  almaiorino .blogspot.com/ Alfonse Maiorino - Linkedin http://almaiorino.blogspot.com/2012/04/al-maiorino-linkedin.html New Projects COMING SOON at: Alfonse Maiorino blog 2 http://alfonsemaiorino2.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 3 http://alfonsemaiorino3.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 4 http://alfonsemaiorino4.blogspot.com/2012/04/alfonse-maiorino-blogger-profile.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 5 http://alfonsemaiorino5.blogspot

Don't forget, After Last Season opens this weekend!

If I lived close to one of the five theaters that the film is opening at, & I did not have anything to do this weekend, & if someone paid me to check it out, I would definitely go see After Last Season . Looking forward to reading about it, however (tip = want to get a ton of hits on your blog? then go watch ALS & write a lot about it!).  :: ADVERTISEMENT Alfonse Maiorino - Italian Genealogy, Public Strategy Group, & more! - http://alfonsemaiorino1.blogspot.com/ Blogger: User Profile: alfonse maiorino http://www.blogger.com/profile/01850766319936497029 Alfonse Maiorino / Al Maiorino blog -  almaiorino .blogspot.com/ Alfonse Maiorino - Linkedin http://almaiorino.blogspot.com/2012/04/al-maiorino-linkedin.html New Projects COMING SOON at: Alfonse Maiorino blog 2 http://alfonsemaiorino2.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 3 http://alfonsemaiorino3.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-m

Link to article "The TRUTH about the SAG ultra low budget agreement"

I haven't really been tempted to go SAG for an ultra low budget indie movie in years, and it'll probably be a long time before I have to really worry about using SAG talent, but for those indie filmmakers who are contemplating that move for an upcoming project, this article might be worth reading. From the article ( The TRUTH about the SAG Ultra Low Budget Agreement by John G. Thomas): "So, like many filmmakers I was excited when I first heard about SAG’s attempt to cross the street and work with us. Actors for a hundred bucks a day, relaxation of all those silly rules and regulations, no first class airplane tickets for actors and more – heck the Ultra Low Budget Agreement seemed like a fantastic idea for productions budgeted less than 200K. “SAGIndie,” as they’ve chosen to re-cast themselves, has even gone so far as to stage monthly “contract workshops” to cleverly “explain” the wonders of this new agreement to all comers. With SAG, as always, the devil is in the

Reid Gershbein's sweet review of Indie Film Blogger Road Trip

The next superstar of the real indie film world - Reid Gershbein (he just finished his second feature & posted it on line, & is I believe getting ready to shoot a third feature soon, & already has a recognizable visual aesthetic of his own) - has seen Indie Film Blogger Road Trip . From Gershbein's review : "Wow! I love this film and I think that people who are the a similar junction between film production, tweeting, blogging, press, film festivals, distribution, self-distribution, etc. will feel the same way. What Sujewa Ekanayake brilliantly captures in his film are the amazingly insightful, thoughtful, and passionate people who are navigating the wild west frontier brought on by the democratization of film criticism and the new digital world of independent cinema. This film, like my favorite documentaries, conveys a real sense of the people behind the independent film bloggng movement, and it hits home so strongly for me because it articulately talks abou

About non-actors & making real indie movies, and Oscar winning non-professional actor Haing S. Ngor

Trained actors are easier to work with in some ways (they may show up on time, may be able to memorize a lot of dialogue, may be able to deliver a performance of a certain intensity time after time/take after take), and difficult to work with in other ways when making real indie movies (they have a complex process to go through when creating characters, may need lots of guidance/explanations/instructions for performing relatively simple actions/are interested in the meanings behind things, may worry too much about camera placement & lighting & other technical issues). There is also a healthy tradition on non-actors/untrained actors/people who do not typically think of themselves as actors being able to do a good job in movies of all kinds (indie, hollywood, foreign, etc.): I thought Sasha Grey did a good job in The Girlfriend Experience (no, acting in porn does not count as acting experience related to regular movies, and TGE is definitely a regular movie - mostly a dialogue d

DIY restaurant review: Balthazar in NYC (80 Spring St, NY, NY 10012)

The Story: Saturday night - around 10-something PM, a VIP in the LOS (Life of Sujewa) was upset that I was not putting a sufficient amount of work into celebrating her birthday (I was tired from moving from one part of Brooklyn to another that day, & also was just into hanging out & enjoying the new apartment at that moment, & her birthday was technically not until the next night - even though we did plan on doing something to celebrate it that night - before the chance/request to move a day earlier came from the landlady...), so, anyway, to resolve the situation well we went out & got off the subway at Prince St. area (without any clear plans as to what restaurants, if any, may be open in that neighborhood at that time - about 11:30 PM). The first place we stopped at was a sushi joint, kitchen was closing. They recommended a couple of restaurants down the street, including Balthazar . So, naturally, I immediately got lost, took a wrong turn. Then I decided to give

Hey, this new David Lynch project reminds me of Indie Film Blogger Road Trip

Hmmm - a project where a filmmaker drives around (well, in Lynch's case the country, in my case part of the east coast) & interview "outsiders" (outside of middle class life? in Lynch's project, on my film I am not sure what, if anything, film bloggers & writers are outside of - maybe outside of Hollywood?) - reminds me of Indie Film Blogger Road Trip (see top of blog for a clip). However, we are here to link to David Lynch's Interview Project - episode 1 is up ! Check it out yo, looks good. I am still a big fan of Lynch's Dune, no matter what the "experts" say about it. - Sujewa  :: ADVERTISEMENT Alfonse Maiorino - Italian Genealogy, Public Strategy Group, & more! - http://alfonsemaiorino1.blogspot.com/ Blogger: User Profile: alfonse maiorino http://www.blogger.com/profile/01850766319936497029 Alfonse Maiorino / Al Maiorino blog -  almaiorino .blogspot.com/ Alfonse Maiorino - Linkedin http://almaiorino.blogspot.com

Rooftop filmmaker Frank Rinaldi's blog

Check it out here .  :: ADVERTISEMENT Alfonse Maiorino - Italian Genealogy, Public Strategy Group, & more! - http://alfonsemaiorino1.blogspot.com/ Blogger: User Profile: alfonse maiorino http://www.blogger.com/profile/01850766319936497029 Alfonse Maiorino / Al Maiorino blog -  almaiorino .blogspot.com/ Alfonse Maiorino - Linkedin http://almaiorino.blogspot.com/2012/04/al-maiorino-linkedin.html New Projects COMING SOON at: Alfonse Maiorino blog 2 http://alfonsemaiorino2.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 3 http://alfonsemaiorino3.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 4 http://alfonsemaiorino4.blogspot.com/2012/04/alfonse-maiorino-blogger-profile.html Alfonse Maiorino blog 5 http://alfonsemaiorino5.blogspot.com/2012/04/blogger-user-profile-alfonse-maiorino.html Links at Alfonse Maiorino Blogger Profile page: http://www.blogger.com/profile/01850766319936

New indie features "The Original Soundtrack" and "The Dabbler..." are now available to view on the web for free

Instead of waiting around for film festival premieres, & hammering another nail into the coffin of indiewood, some indie filmmakers are debuting their features on the web, for free. Two recent ones: The Original Soundtrack by Mike Peter Reed The Dabbler... by Reid Gershbein Both films were created for round 1 of The 2 Week Film Project . Go check them out now. If you want to read a little about them before you watch them, the links above will take you to some review links. I am working on setting up a possible August screening (w/ director in attendance) of The Dabbler... & Here. My Explosion (another feature by director of Dabbler - Reid Gershbein ) in Brooklyn. More on that event later this month. - Sujewa

Full Movie - SNEAK PREVIEW - Cosmic Disco Detective Rene And The Mystery Of Immortal Time Travelers

NEW - COSMIC DISCO DETECTIVE RENE (2023) - TRAILER!

The Secret Society For Slow Romance (2022) - available to rent as a new release starting January 1

Werewolf Ninja Philosopher at Vimeo VOD

Reading Material

Indie Film Blogger Road Trip