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

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Went to see the Spanish Artists in New York exhibit at Aeon Logic gallery (same gallery that I'll be showing Date Number One at, in December) yesterday, enjoyed it, check out some info about it here. Exhibit continues until November 17. :: ADVERTISING Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 2 http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco2.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 3 http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco3.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 4 http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco4.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 5 http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco5.blogspot.com :: :: ADVERTISING Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 2 http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco2.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 3 http://farzadrostami

Interesting because 1) unlike some (or maybe many) of White's reviews, the ideas being put forth in this review can be clearly understood & fit together well, and 2) some of White's reactions to Precious reminds me of some reactions I heard from Indians (from India) to Slumdog Millionaire - that it's an outsider's fantasy of poverty & does not reflect reality accurately (or the large/common/usual reality of life for the kind of people depicted), & 3) points out that good movies that may reflect different sides of the African-American experience - less tragic sides - have not gotten as much support & admiration from Indiewood & Hollywood or audiences. From White's review : "Precious raises ghosts of ethnic fear and exoticism just like Birth of a Nation. Precious and her mother (Mo’Nique) share a Harlem hovel so stereotypical it could be a Klansman’s fantasy. It also suggests an outsider’s romantic view of the political wretchedness and des

It'll be under construction for a few days, but here it is . Eventually the dnonyc1209 blog will be a place to collect all manner of links & posts related to the 8 screenings of the flick happening in December. :: ADVERTISING Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 2 http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco2.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 3 http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco3.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 4 http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco4.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 5 http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco5.blogspot.com :: :: ADVERTISING Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 2 http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco2.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 3 http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco3.blogspot.com

* UPDATE 11/2 Mon, 1 PM: Screening dates are every Wed & Fri of December, except for Fri 12/25, at Aeon Logic Art Gallery in Brooklyn , doors at 6 PM, opening acts (if any) at 6:30 PM, show begins at 7 PM, $5 - more info soon . * Several screenings of Date Number One (my most recently completed fiction feature, a comedy about several first dates) are coming up in December, in NYC, in time to promote the DVD & just because going out to see a movie - specially a real indie movie at an alternative venue & hanging out with other people who are also into it - is a lot of fun (also this will be a part of that Re-Birth of Indie Film that I've been talking about). Details about the screenings coming soon. - Sujewa :: ADVERTISING Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 2 http://farzadrostamidelawaretobacco2.blogspot.com Farzad Rostami Delaware Tobacco 3

One of my wishes for some time now has been that someone would invent a free or very affordable system/technology that would allow individual filmmakers to deliver their films over the web to customers AFTER the customers have paid for it using PayPal or some other popular, easy to use payment system. There are already internet VOD companies that can do the work for you; but the actual work, download data, pricing, etc. is a couple of steps removed from the filmmaker at this point - or the filmmaker submits the film to a company/distribution service, they sell it over the web, & give the filmmakers a share of the revenue - that's generally how things work in internet VOD at the moment. The kind of service/technology I want to see in existence would make the "middle person business" optional; filmmakers being able to sell their films directly to audiences, collect money, etc. - if they wish. On certain projects this may be a useful option to have (and this is also