New Line Cinema CEOs Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne were interviewed on the Charlie Rose show. They talk about the importance of franchise sequels being equal to or better each time; online fans and Snakes on a Plane; digital on-demand cinemas; simultaneous release across media; audience testing; gambling on Lord of the Rings; merging with Ted Turner and then TimeWarner; the importance of passion…
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“Cinematic Equivalent of 99 Bottles of Beer”
From Peter at the Criterion blog, comes this gem created by Alonzo Mosely:
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If you’re interested, Alonzo has put the full list of films at his blog.
Monkey Murder mystery
Jak Bouman has posted about the Monkey Murder Mystery which started on Oct 4th:
From October 4th, 2007 a real street game, the Monkey Murder Mystery, will start in four Dutch cities. The Monkey Murder Mystery is a local interactive reality game, which gets gamers away from their computer. The gamers will hunt or be hunted, not with a water or paint pistol, but with a camera equipped mobile.
Check it out: http://www.monkeymurder.com/