“Sweden’s Supreme Court has ruled that advertising breaks inserted into films violate the film-makers’ copyright.”
— BBC News: Swedish court rules against ads. I agree. And I’d take it one step further: I’m sick of pan-and-scan (cutting the sides to fill the 4:3 screen) and the excising of end credits in television.
A tour of the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas -“best movie theatre ever”. Wow, it really looks impressive. Austin has quite a reputation in independent film history (Richard Linklater was once an active programmer there), and I can see why. In Portugal there’s no tradition of a movie-going experience. Even outside the multiplex, movie-goers are treated like shit — often, they can’t even get a cup of coffee (it was sad to see the way a place like the Cinema Nun’Alvares was begging to be closed). When I visited Amsterdam I went to The Movies, and had a taste of what a civilized service to the filmgoer is. Don’t underestimate the experience.
I think the software looks a bit bloated in comparison to Joost and this beta behaves weird with two monitors, but the content is great, heavily biased towards independent film. Quite worth the download.
Do it yourself: steadycam-on-bike.
A very eloquent explanation of the inverse square law.
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