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[Arachno-capitalist]

Netflix: The last Mogul
Lew Wasserman was a super-human businessman who went from nothing to hundreds of millions of dollars, a man I pray to. I won't ruin the ending, but I can't decide whether it is happy or sad.

[theinevitable]

Just saw The Artist. Clever, funny, touching, perfect. I enjoyed every single minute of it. See it, please.

I also think I am in love with the actress from the movie. Google image searching her, maybe she should stick with the 1920's style curls in real life.

What can I say, I am a sucker for a skinny lady with curls and a big smile.

[wombat]

Seriously, people, you need to see Attack the Block. It's like The Wire with aliens.

[greenkoolayd]

Seriously, people, you need to see Attack the Block. It's like The Wire with aliens.

done did.  it was SO good!

[wombat]

Best line from that movie: "This is too much madness to fit into one text!"

[greenkoolayd]

Best line from that movie: "This is too much madness to fit into one text!"

i am hella fascinated by british urban slang/culture, and how it compares to our urban slang/culture.  especially the slang because with the accent, it still sounds proper and not lazy.

[theinevitable]

Really enjoyed On the Waterfront. Too bad it was about a no good fink.

[Nabubrush]

As I mentioned on FB, saw Werner Herzog's "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" in 3D tonight. It was astounding.

[theinevitable]

holy crap, Saturday Night Fever is really messed up.

[wombat]

As I mentioned on FB, saw Werner Herzog's "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" in 3D tonight. It was astounding.

Astounding is the right word. I don't entirely mean this in a positive way.

[Nabubrush]

That probably means something I am curious about.

I saw Diabolique (again, I had forgotten I saw it), Peeping Tom, Source Code, The Great Dictator, some crazy well-regarded zombie movie from the early 70s that has been released under 15+ different titles (Living Dead at Manchester Morgue?), Chaplin (again), Carriers, and Pandorum. All were pretty good.

[miles]

New Louis C.K. special. Available directly at his website for $5, but you have to use paypal (sorry). You can stream it twice and download it three times, and he helpfully points out that by downloading it you can watch it as many times as you wish. I actually haven't watched it because it's still downloading and the internet connection I'm using is crappy at streaming.

Is there a thread for the whole artist charging for art discussion or is it just something that occasionally but reliably pops up like the pr/descriptivism debate? Anyway, he makes a good case for it. He's a righteous dude.

[theinevitable]

I am totally in favor of a system that lets me give the Dude money directly, instead of giving it to the video store, which gives a cut to the company that put out the video, which gives a cut to his managing company, which gives a cut to him.

[pmcd9]

And it's only $5 instead of $29.95 because $5 is what he would have been making anyway if it went through all of those other channels.

[littlefallsmets]

I dig it, my only issue would be suggesting that anyone in the world can just... do that.

He's gotten the ability to do that successfully from being successful on a mainstream platform completely built into the old system first.

When there's a system for a "nobody" to do that then we'll call it a mature form.

It doesn't mean that we're divested from the old system, it just means that if you work within it for a few decades you can potentially escape it.

Right now, it's just a really awesome curio that can work for a few people, not the revolution of artistic independence some people want to call it.