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For all you Stranger Than Paradise fans, check it out here . Thanks GreenCine Daily for the link. - Sujewa

Eric Strattman's blog Camera Stilo has been one of my regular stops on the web for sometime now. Eric writes about DIY film, the similarities between DIY rock/punk/indie rock scenes of the 80's & 90's and the current DIY film scenes, and about his own development as a filmmaker & a blogger. Here is a lengthier introduction to Eric & Camera Stilo blog in the form of an interview: Sujewa : Hey Eric, what's the meaning of the name of your blog? What is "camera stilo"? Why did you name your blog that? Eric : It means "camera as pen." I found the phrase used in an article about documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee. I liked the sound of the phrase and what it implies. I was thinking about starting a blog and wanted a film-related name for the blog. When I ran across the phrase I thought "perfect!" I checked to see if the URL was available and it was. So, that sealed it. Sujewa : Have you made any movies thus far? Is there any in the wor

Earlier today Eric at Camera Stilo blog posted up an interview that he did with me. Check it out here . - Sujewa

So, every other night or so I scroll through the various cable channels & their movie offerings at Amanda's (girlfriend) house, looking for a good movie to watch. For a few days now I've seen the ad & clips for the IFC First Take movie I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With but there was something I guess a little too "television" & not "real movie" about it which made me pass over it in favor of other movies - "movie" movies that played in theaters - or full on weird/half-baked/half-OK & half cringe-y television shows such as Californication (I saw two episodes last night, no aliens yet (a healthy amount of T & A though, some questionable writing & directing/acting in episodes 1 & 2, ideal tone not fully found yet/got potential maybe), got my fingers crossed on the aliens though, Fox Molder (lastnamesp?) is there, aliens can't be too far behind, anyway, pretty good show/guilty pleasure thingy, nice to see David Duchoviny

Latest re: the production of my latest film, the 20 min. short 2 Actors At A Restaurant After An Audition . - Sujewa

Check it out here . Here's a little bit from the interview: KH: "...‘Great World of Sound’ was being shot in Charlotte, North Carolina and I had never been there. I’d done some road shows nearby and made some friends, but I had never really established myself with the community. So I went and had the opportunity to be there for an extended period of time and I loved it. I fell in love with the city and met a beautiful woman whom I loved dearly and she’s now my wife. She’s from down there and we just made one heck of a movie. We opened it at Sundance and received rave reviews from the New York Times, the L.A Times and all the big papers. This is what independent filmmaking should look like..." Read the rest here . - Sujewa

Good stuff, check it out . Thanks GreenCine Daily for the link. Here is IFC Center's web page for Charles Burnett's film. - Sujewa

That's what Eric Strattman (lastnamesp?) is doing over at the Camera Stilo blog. Here is a little bit from his post re: filmmaking education options & costs in the Boston area: " In an ideal world, no one would have to worry about the cost of education. But at least for me, the cost of any class or program is a major determining factor as to whether or not I can sign up for it. So, I researched the cost of some certificate, MA and MFA programs in the Boston area that allow students to develop as a film or video-maker." Check out the rest of the post here . - Sujewa

Interview with actor Kumar Pallana at The Believer , from March 2003. Pallana has appeared in at least 3 Wes Anderson movies. Here is a slice from the interview : "KP: The problem was, India was marching for freedom. Gandhi was just coming up, the Congress party was ten, twenty years old, and they wanted to kick the British out. And they have the different parties. There were especially two: one with the violence, one with the non-violence. The violent people were underground. My brother was involved with the freedom fighters, with the violence. My brother was involved and we didn’t know and then all those people were captured and we find out that they are freedom fighters. And they were violent. They used violence because in those days the Raja and Maharaja were puppets. They were using people like slavery and then all the army controlled the land." Read the rest here . - Sujewa

Read all about it here at the Wild Diner Films blog (post also has update on the Date Number One DVD project, & on new feature Stranger Than Hollywood). - Sujewa

Is the working title of the new short that I am making in collaboration with a few DC area filmmakers, more here . :: I think this is how this blog will be used in the future; to point to significant posts at Wild Diner Films blog (my regular blog these days). The day to day updates on projects will be at Wild Diner Films blog - while this blog will be used to promote certain items/important items at that blog; since posts on this blog gets carried on iW's blogs page & thus has the chance of being read more widely. Most likely I will post here a couple of times a week at most. Also, non-WDF stuff, like the Water Flowing Together interview that I still need to transcribe, will be posted here. So I guess this blog is only semi-retired. - Sujewa

Yes, this blog is still retired. But, since this short that is coming together was inspired by something I blogged about here, I am leaving the link for it here. Find out more at my new blog Wild Diner Films . - Sujewa

Well, to stay true to the new mission to limit blogging and spend more time making movies, I am getting off this blog and will be now blogging (as significant Wild Diner Films/my movies news breaks) at the new Wild Diner Films blog . See ya over there sometime! Thanks. - Sujewa

Check out the latest update on my new movie Stranger Than Hollywood here . - Sujewa

After this post pretty much all the future posts (except for at least 2 more posts re: SilverDocs '07 stuff) at this blog will be directly about one of my movies (a little trick to get me to work on making movies more instead of writing about other people's movies), more on this below. 3 New Projects I've Heard About : Texas Snow Flying Dead Birds A Stupid Movie for Jerks :: Getting the Blogging Habit Under Control Blogging is fast, unlike filmmaking. Thus, blogging can be very addictive, something that will take up a lot of time. So, the decision has to be made re: whether I am going to spend a lot of time writing about film or a lot of time making & showing & selling films. I am going with the making films option, with blogging being used strictly for my filmmaking related promotional work. Since it is easy for anyone to start a blog, other filmmakers should definitely look into it. If you do start a blog about your indie film or indie film in general, e-mail