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September 01st, 2007
Books & Publishing
Call it Multimedia…
April 01st, 2007
April 01st, 2007
In the age of synergy across the major media conglomerates, 2006 was very kind to film and TV tie-ins, the one genre that receives perhaps the biggest jolt of free marketing of any other (a case of ‚'one ad to rule them all', maybe?)
Making Jack Falcone
January 18th, 2009
January 18th, 2009
It's certainly thrilling in an airport novel sort of way, but if anything Garcia's watched too many movies, the book seemingly skewed to as many Godfather and Goodfellas references as possible. The unspoken subtitle might well be ‚'call me, Hollywood.'
In Harm’s Way
August 01st, 2008
August 01st, 2008
It's definitely a worthy tale, but the first hundred pages contains Corrigan's guided tour through an uneventful life that has nothing to do with the rescue and indeed proves that while we all have a story, our whole life isn't it.
Net Gain
April 08th, 2010
April 08th, 2010
“I was surprised at the popularity but not the capacity for material to spread quickly on the internet. When you’re selling your soul nine to five and you receive an email that amuses you, there’s a tendency to welcome the distraction and want to share with friends and co-workers.”
DV Filmmaking from Start to Finish
October 01st, 2009
October 01st, 2009
It reads like a lot of other books you might have read on being a great filmmaker, explaining the terminology of an extreme close up versus a long shot and which boom mike is best for a particular set-up. But each section gives you a feel for what you’re in
Bambi vs Godzilla
September 21st, 2008
September 21st, 2008
What a shame then that Mamet is more in love with big, florid turns of phrase than in communicating plainly. A sample; ‚'it is the goal of the dramatist to involve the audience in the working out of a hermetic syllogism'.