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Advertising is the new music video
Tue, Sep 22 2009 1:32 AM

Shane Meadows is a remarkably pragmatic director. This afternoon -- probably already past, for any UK readers -- Meadows will appear at London's Nokia store to hype up a promotional stunt tied in to the London Film Festival. Aspiring filmmakers are invited to submit a 90-minute short on Nokia's behalf showing "what being connect in 2009 means to... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: David Fincher, Somers Town, Shane Meadows, This Is England, Michel Gondry, David Lynch, Spike Jonze, London Film Festival 2009

Lego: The Motion Picture.
Wed, Aug 12 2009 9:30 AM

Every time a new ill-conceived attempt at turning a board/video game into a movie is announced, the internet wails "WHY, GOD, WHY?!" And a story this morning is sure to raise that chorus. First they came for the Transformers; then Hasbro cashed in on G.I. Joe, which the world apparently has accepted with gratitude. But... what's that, now? You don't... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Michel Gondry, Coming attractions, YouTube, Spinal Tap, Lego, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Jack White

"Kurt Russell is to the right of Attila the Hun."
Thu, Aug 28 2008 4:48 PM

Quotes from the interview circuit: "No one seems to mention that the President of the United States in Escape from New York is British! [Laughs] We made up some story about him being the love child of Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. That didn't make it into the movie because Kurt Russell is to the right of Attila the Hun. He actually doesn't think... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Joel Coen, In quotes, Ethan Coen, John Carpenter, Escape From New York, Tokyo!, Alicia Erian, Towelhead, Ricky, François Ozon, The Big Lebowski, Kurt Russell, Michel Gondry, Gabrielle Bell