Trailer for No Chaser

October 15th, 2010

Who would’ve thought that writing, producing, directing, and editing a 3-something-minute short could feel like 300 years to do? I can’t even imagine the work involved in making a feature, but then again, if I have a crew of my own bitches to delegate tasks like scouting for locations, borrowing furniture, aligning schedules, creating storyboards, meticulously color correcting footage, shamelessly flirting with store employees to get that measly discount on rentals, among the gazillion other things, yeah, I guess I’d be a little okay.

Shit’s a lot of work, son. Now that I am officially broke, I will be subsisting on canned beans and, possibly cat food for the remaining year. At least, I can truthfully say that I have produced a short film / video art / vanity project from conception to completion. It’s the first, and it won’t be the last.

If the trailer intrigues you, drop me a line. Maybe I’ll send you a DVD copy of its entirety in hi-def to add to your porn and/or Godard collection.

James Franco. Our modern day Renaissance Man.

October 15th, 2010

James Franco

Is there anything this man hasn’t dabbled in? He hardly sleeps, yet he’s highly functioning and infinitely more productive in a day than the average person, on regular sleep, will ever be in a lifetime. James Franco is clearly super human, but more importantly, super hot.

Read our open letter to him.

Are you out there, Young Weezy?

October 15th, 2010

Lil Wayne

Dear Lil Wayne,

all I want for Christmas this year is for you to be as ill now as you were at fifteen. Is that so much to ask? Your raspy raps first set my pubescent loins afire back in ’98 when you dropped it like it was hot all over Juvenile’s classic “Back That Azz Up,” inspiring me to pull a summer-long series of moderately disturbing ass-backing routines in front of the elated audience…

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Pause that Kubrick flick. Need to hit the bathroom.

October 15th, 2010

Pyle on toilet in Full Metal Jacket

How many other directors consistently use the bathroom as a frequent setting in their films other than Stanley Kubrick? Ever notice that in almost all his films, the pivotal scenes, when a character either experiences a moment of realization or psychological breakdown, usually occur within the confines of a bathroom?

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Woe is Me!

October 15th, 2010

Image of child crying by Jill Greenberg

If you’re unhappy and you know it, holla back. If you’re unhappy and you know it and you really want to show it, make a film or paint or write or perform or create. Whatever you choose to do, just don’t clap. Please.

Forget antidepressants. Forget everything Oprah propagates. Forget new age bullshit. Forget joining another organized religion. Definitely ignore workshops that offer you ways to help pursue that elusive and overrated state of being. MORE >>

iPhone 4 Deserves SP’s Trash Talk

October 15th, 2010

iPhone 4

The shiny covetous object, wellspring of unadulterated evil, also known as iPhone 4, is a trendy, quasi-inanimate incarnation of Lucifer. That’s right young world, TIYM doesn’t worship your iGod, and we’re sure as hell not lining up to sell our souls for the latest glossy brick to get pushed out of Apple’s billion dollar a-hole. MORE >>

The Epic Production of No Chaser

October 15th, 2010

No Chaser still image

On many levels, I am a moron. A moron for producing a project knowing that I still owe the government over 3Gs in back taxes; a moron for diving into every aspect of the filmmaking process, in which I had almost no experience in. Whatever. I live dangerously – I guess. MORE >>

DSLR Filmmaking

October 15th, 2010

Canon 7D

If you’re up for the challenge, you too can make a film/video art with relatively inexpensive DSLR cameras that offer HD video capabilities like Canon 5D Mark II, 7D or Nikon D90, D500. These cameras have been all the rage for the past couple years – “democratizing” filmmaking. I shot No Chaser on a Canon 7D. MORE >>

Flavors of the Week

October 15th, 2010

Your mother approved our recommendations. Trust. Bump THIS for some killer tunes. Peep THIS for something worth looking. Read THIS if you still engage in this past time activity.