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Cheech & Chong’s Magic Brownie Commercial

Posted on October 5, 2011 in Outtakes | No Comments

It’s been 28 years and now Cheech and Chong are back and off to deliver “magic brownies” to the Flaming Pole desert festival in this Fiber One 90 calorie brownie commercial.

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24 Amazing Videos of Autumn Zen

Posted on October 3, 2011 in Cinematography, Featured | 1 Comment

It’s Autumn and it is time to get back to work, school or procrastinating about that screenplay you said you would write over the summer. During these stressful times it’s good to take a break with a little moment of zen. To help you out we gathered together these amazing fall videos for your tranquil repose and inspiration.

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Bruce Lee – The Lost Interview

Posted on October 3, 2011 in Acting, Interviews | 2 Comments

In 1971 Bruce Lee sat down with Canadian journalist Pierre Berton in Hong Kong for his first and last television interview. In this 25 minute interview, Lee talks about various topics such as racism, martial arts, languages, his philosophy and his expectations about the future.

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Alfred Hitchcock on Salvador Dali and Spellbound

Posted on September 29, 2011 in Interviews | No Comments

In this interview Alfred Hitchcock discusses why he wanted Salvador Dali to design the dream sequences for his 1945 film Spellbound.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Total Recall DVD Commentary

Posted on September 29, 2011 in Outtakes | 1 Comment

Listen as Arnie joined by director Paul Verhoeven literally narrates what is happening on the screen throughout the entire film in this audio commentary for the Total Recall: Special Edition DVD. This may be really cool if you are blind, but for the rest of us it’s as painful as being a California tax payer.

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Hey Freelance Filmmakers – Raise your Rates!

Posted on September 28, 2011 in Filmmaking 360 | 2 Comments

Are you trying to make a go at financially supporting your filmmaking fetish? The subject of what rates to charge is always one for debate and it’s certainly much more of an art than science. In this entry in an ongoing series for freelance filmmakers, Steve Long prescribes the good old rate hike.

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50 Star Wars Vintage Toy Commercials

Posted on September 27, 2011 in Featured, Marketing | No Comments

If you are feeling nostalgic for the your old classic Star Wars toys, look no further because we rounded up over 50 vintage commercials. If you are too young to be feeling nostalgic, get off my lawn and get a job hipster!

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Rare footage of James Dean acting with Ronald Reagan

Posted on September 27, 2011 in Acting, Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

This rare TV episode “The Dark, Dark Hours” from 1954 features James Dean and Ronald Reagan together in an episode of General Electric theatre. It was only broadcasted once.

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Camera Repairs and Hard Liquor – The Wrap

Posted on September 26, 2011 in Filmmaking 360, IQ Podcasts | 1 Comment

John Hess discusses what it’s going to take to get his Sony EX1 camera repaired while savoring Austin Nichol’s Wild Turkey Fine Kentucky Bourbon.

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Steven Spielberg’s Bizarre Interview By Andy Warhol

Posted on September 22, 2011 in Interviews | No Comments

In 1979, Andy Warhol interviews a 34-year-old Steven Spielberg on a hotel bed with Bianca Jagger. It aired on a Manhattan public access cable channel.

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William Shatner on Star Trek vs Star Wars

Posted on September 20, 2011 in Interviews | No Comments

William Shatner weighs in on the decades long debate of what was better: Star Trek versus Star Wars?

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The Conscience of Television

Posted on September 20, 2011 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

TV executive Lauren Zalaznick thinks deeply about pop television. Sharing results of a bold study that tracks attitudes against TV ratings over five decades, she makes a case that television reflects who we truly are — in ways we might not have expected in this Ted Talk.

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Drive Recklessly – A PSA Spoof

Posted on September 16, 2011 in Outtakes | 1 Comment

Driving the speed limit is totally uncool as evidenced when the last time I did 65 on the 405 I was passed up and shouted down by a stream of insane LA drivers. This twisted PSA spoof from theucbmidnightshow demonstrates that you may save one life with safe driving, but you could endanger millions.

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Alfred Hitchcock: “Puns are the highest form of literature.”

Posted on September 12, 2011 in Interviews | No Comments

While discussing slutty actors with Dick Cavett in this 1972 interview Alfred Hitchcock jokes: “puns are the highest form of literature.”

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Alimation: An Animated Film of Food Zoetropes

Posted on September 12, 2011 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

Alexandre DUBOSC’s short piece ‘Alimation’ of edible zoetropes, created for the 2011 Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

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