Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Michael Moore’s latest film is now available for free viewing online. In Moore’s words: “I’m giving you my blanket permission to not only download it, but also to email it, burn it, and share it with anyone and everyone (in the U.S. and Canada only). I want you to use ‘Slacker Uprising’ in any way you see fit to help with the election or to do the work that you do in your community. You can show my film in your local theater, your high school classroom, your college auditorium, your church, union hall or community center. You can have your friends and neighbors over to the house for a viewing. You can broadcast it on TV, on cable access, on regular channels or on the web. It’s completely free—I don’t want to see a dime from this. And if you want, you can charge admission or ask for a donation if it’s to raise money for a candidate, a voter drive, or for any non-profit or educational purpose. In other words—it’s yours!” We’ve embedded the movie after the jump as well, or you can always support the cause by purchasing the DVD for $9.95.
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Saturday, October 13, 2007
If you’re an independent or non-profit filmmaker, film student or someone “in need of free music for your independent, non-profit film, video or short,” Moby has been thinking about you. The always innovative and individualistic musician launched mobygratis.com, a site that has seventy tracks of his music (some of it previously unreleased) that you can use in your next project. I know I’m going to! If you want to use it for a commercial film you can apply for a license and the money will be donated to the humane society. Watch the video of Moby describing his project below.
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Network: youtube
Sunday, September 16, 2007
While admiring Joi Ito’s bamboo photo, I followed the links suggested by Jessup in the comments and was quite moved by the motion work of independent filmmaker Wayne Peng. It’s hard to even believe that mini-films like this are commercials (click the gray words for “Commercial Film” to watch the video). Like his own description of himself, Peng’s work is also in a state of drifting. The subjects, ease of motion, depth of color and warmth of each scene is breathtaking. You can see all of his work at his site, Purefilms.
Network: flickr
