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The 5 Most Annoying Things I've Heard Producers Say
2010-03-01 18:53:50
I often feel that I inhabit three different personas. There's the happy-to-be-alive, creative person, who's excited about working in film, tries to see the brighter side of life, and is probably insufferable to be around. Then there's the salty, bitter, but organized line producer, who's tired of slogging it out in the independent film world for little money and less reward. Both personas wrestle for control with the geek who loves to take stuff apart, learn new programming languages, play with Photoshop for hours, and be a mini-MacGyver ('look, I fixed a fan that originally cost me 10 dollars').
This week it's the salty dog's turn, to talk about the five most annoying phrases uttered by producers. You have been warned.
Refresh Your Brain
2010-02-16 23:05:45
Call it the Tarantino Syndrome: you work on movies all day. All your friends work on movies, or have a script on their computer (or both). You go to the movies on your day off. After a few years, you can't help quoting movies to each other, while your (increasingly scarce) non-film friends (or those who've had children and only watch "Bob the Builder" or "Spongebob" or "Sesame Street" anymore) look at you like you're nuts.
One Decade Down
2010-01-05 08:23:23
It started with a dot.com bust and ended with a healthcare reform bill whimper. In between has been two mismanaged wars, a completely avoidable economic crisis, political backsliding, and an erasure of whatever optimism we arrived in the twentieth century with.