Our thoughts on IRON MAN 3, especially on how it could have been fixed gosh-darn-it. Includes spoilers for the film as well as STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS.
Running time: 26 minutes and 13 seconds – 25.2mb
Our thoughts on IRON MAN 3, especially on how it could have been fixed gosh-darn-it. Includes spoilers for the film as well as STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS.
Running time: 26 minutes and 13 seconds – 25.2mb
Do you love movies? More specifically, do you love deeply felt, authentically authored, micro-budgeted, lived-in, sweated-over, passion project movies? But have you grown somewhat weary of Kickstarter with its Zach Braffs and Veronica Marses and creeping corporate influence? Would you rather support the first breath of a new voice than fatten the coffers of Viacom or Warner Bros? Or do you simply have more money than you know what to do with and the good taste not to fritter it away? Then have I got a movie for you.
It’s called THERE IS A NEW WORLD SOMEWHERE and with your help it could be something wonderful. No, it’s not a fan-funded sequel to Terrence Malick’s best film (you heard me). Instead, it’s the semi-autobiographical tale of a young female artist finding her place in the world via pitstops and landmarks in the American Southeast. In short, it’s what newly retired filmmaker Steven Soderbergh defined as “cinema” (as opposed to “movies”) in his recent epic lecture to the San Francisco Film Society. The writer/director is Li Lu (full disclosure: a good friend since our USC film school days) and she’s poured her heart (and brains; and fundraising skills) out into this one. Having worked as a director and First Assistant Director on innumerable short films and music videos, Ms. Lu can navigate the daily obstacles of a unpredictable film set as easily as she can navigate the filmography of Michael Powell or Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Not only has she chosen to bypass the typical studio and independent production company route, Ms. Lu has also taken the unusual step of shunning standard fundraisers Kickstarter and Indie Go-Go. In lieu of those indie film requisites she had teamed up with Seed & Spark,which allows you, the donor, to micromanage your investment. If you’ve ever considered contributing to an independent artist but wanted your dollars to support something other than On-Set Chef or honey-wagons, now’s your chance. You can pay for an apple-box, C-stand cart, hell, a whole week’s worth of Arri Alexa rentals! It’s your money, after all.
You can discover the whole story for yourself, or become part of it, on their campaign page and be sure to follow all the action on their Facebook, Twitter, and Production Blog.

Here are my 1o favorite films from the 2013 Nashville Film Festival. I’m not including the retrospective screenings, otherwise I KILLED MY MOTHER, SAFETY LAST, and KICK OFF would appear high on my list.
#10. NAIROBI HALF LIFE
#9. FAR OUT ISN’T FAR ENOUGH: THE TOMI UNGERER STORY
#8. PARADISE: LOVE
#7. A LETTER TO MOMO
#6. AFTER TILLER
#4. STORIES WE TELL
#3. THESE BIRDS WALK
Honorable mentions: IN THE LION’S DEN, PIT STOP, PERSISTENCE OF VISION, IN THE FOG, SIGHTSEERS, PARADISE: FAITH, PARADISE: HOPE, RHINO SEASON
Acclaimed films that I did not get to screen: THE GUERRILLA SON, I AM DIVINE, ICEBERG SLIM: PORTRAIT OF A PIMP, MCCULLIN, PLIMPTON! STARRING GEORGE PLIMPTON AS HIMSELF, THE RAMBLER, IL FUTURO, I USED TO BE DARKER, THE LAND OF EB, THE SUNSHINE BOYS, TEY, DIE THOMANER – A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF THE ST. THOMAS BOYS CHOIR OF LEIPZIG, FOLK, MUSCLE SHOALS, VERY EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, WE ALWAYS LIE TO STRANGERS, THE BALLAD OF THE WEEPING SPRING, A BAND CALLED DEATH, THE ISLAND PRESIDENT, MEKONG HOTEL, WHERE IS THE LAND?
Tony Youngblood is a film and music snob and producer of the experimental improv music blog and podcast Theatre Intangible. His favorite films include Eric Rohmer’s The Green Ray, Abbass Kiarostami’sThe Wind Will Carry Us, Ingmar Bergman’s The Magician, Lee Chang Dong’s Oasis, and Rob Reiner’s This Is Spinal Tap.
Our thoughts on IRON MAN 3, especially on how it could have been fixed gosh-darn-it. Includes spoile…
Our thoughts on IRON MAN 3, especially on how it could have been fixed gosh-darn-it. Includes spoile…
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