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Just saw the near final draft of the very noticeable (1/5 page) Washington City Paper ad for the 7/12 - 18 run of Date Number One in Kensington, MD & it looks awesome! - whoever worked off of my draft of the ad at CP did a great job - thanks anonymous CP graphic designer person! I'll post the ad here on Thu or Fri. The ad features a quote each from The Chutry Experiment , GreenCine Daily and Hollywood Is Talking . Seeing the ad gave me an idea; in order to reward & further encourage bloggers to review and or otherwise write about indie/real indie/low-budget DIY movies, I am going to give prominent position to quotes from blogs in my print ads for the movie. There will be DNO reviews coming up from print critics - if not during the coming Kensington run then from some or many of the 50 or so 1 week long (or longer) runs that I am planning for this film; to occur over the next few years - but bloggers started reviewing DNO over a year ago! As the owner & the dis

I think I accidentally stumbled on the theatrical screening goal for Date Number One in the post above; 50 US cities, at least one week each, and the project can take as long as it needs to be completed (hopefully not any more than 5 years, hopefully more like 3 years). Feels like a good goal. While that's happening I'll be making & releasing new movies, hopefully at least a couple a year starting next year. Low budget digital production & self-distribution is a wonderful things. - Sujewa

Now was it really necessary for filmmaker Rick "Manufacturing Dissent" Caine to start using grade school insults when arguing with excellent filmmaker, blogger & gentleman AJ "Gigantic/Kurt Cobain About A Son" about various film & blogging related matters? I don't think so. Seriously weakens his argument I think. Decide for yourself here . - Sujewa

One of my goals for the 7/12 - 18 run of Date Number One at Kensington's Armory Building is to let 1 million DC area people know about the existence of the movie. I may be able to achieve this goal, here's how: - The Gazette newspapers claim a 90% readership in Montgomery County, and that (all the numbers on this post are very rough estimates, I do not guarantee accuracy) would mean about 810,000 people (I think, when they say 90% do they mean 90% of the total population or 90% of newspaper issues printed?). On Wed there should be a Gazette article re: Date Number One & the 7/12 - 18 run; they did a pretty long interview with me last week, and they already did a tiny mention of DNO in last week's Kensington issue of the paper. The DNO story this week should appear in all the MoCo Gazette papers, I think. So, if that happens, there is a good possibility of several hundred thousand people learning about Date Number One. - I bought a Washington City Paper ad today, a pret

Check out the mention here . Thanks DC Blogs ! - Sujewa

Why do I think this post by Tom Hall re: Michael Moore's doc Sicko is great? Because it made me want to watch the movie (yeah, I know its an important movie about an important issue, but I was going to watch Transformers for the second time at my next movie outing, change of plans now). Here is a bit from the post at The Back Row Manifesto : "Any American who watches a woman who has lost her home to health care related debt break down in tears of disbelief as she receives free health care from what is essentially a Third World hospital will feel deeply ashamed. How can it be that a nation like Cuba, relatively poor, can provide free health care to its people while we, the richest nation in the world, drive our people into debt and despair for the sake of medical profiteering? Sicko is built on moments like this, and succeeds because it recognizes the fundamental humanity of its subjects." Read the rest here . Thanks AJ Schnack for the link. - Sujewa

From an update I received earlier: Join us for the Limited New York Theatrical Run of Jennifer Fox's new documentary film FLYING: CONFESSIONS OF A FREE WOMAN An Exclusive Two Week Engagement at the Film Forum July 4th - July 17th, 2007 " PLAYFUL, SEXY, TRAGIC & CONTEMPLATIVE… An addictive soap about sexuality and sisterhood!” NY Times Review “MIRACULOUS!” - Variety "HYPNOTIC!" - Village Voice In FLYING: CONFESSIONS OF A FREE WOMAN, critically acclaimed filmmaker Jennifer Fox travels around the world to understand how diverse women define their lives, when there is no map. An addictive international adventure chronicled with sincerity, innovation and elegance, the film is a cross-cultural story about common experiences of modern female life. FILM FORUM SCREENING INFO Exclusive Two-Week Engagement Wednesday, July 4 - Tuesday, July 17 209 West Houston St. NYC 10014 212-727-8112 www.filmforum.org Parts 1 & 2 run just over 2 hours and are a separate ad

Check out the excellent trailer for Jennifer Fox's Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman (now playing at the Film Forum in NYC) here at YouTube . It made me laugh towards the end, with that "women masturbate" line. - Sujewa

Mingle 2 - Online Dating So said the site that gave the rating, click above. Blog got the rating 'cause the word sexy was discovered 7 times, along with fuck (2x) & hell (1x). OK. - Sujewa

Sponsors! I decided to ask a few local businesses to help me pay for the cost of producing the one week run of Date Number One in Kensington. People are stepping up; as of now a big thanks goes out to: Osiris Books They sell used books & furniture & art. Check out their site & visit their charming store when you are in the area. All Books Considered The day job - another excellent Kensington used bookstore. ABC has been supportive of my film work for years. Kensington Row Bookshop This is the lovely used book store where many scenes in Date Number One were filmed. KRB is also the home to Capital City Microcinema where I've screened indie movies in the past. Another long time supporter of my film work. Russia Online From their site: "Russia Online offers a unique collection of research tools for the scholar, businessman, analyst or people interested in current events in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States." Thanks for the help fellow Kensingto