"INDIAN COWBOY" SCREENING TOMORROW
Thu, Nov 4 at 1pm

A friend of mine has her film screening tomorrow at AFM (American Film
Market). If you're in the area and have some time, check it out.
-Anup

Complete info here:
http://www.indiancowboy.com

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HISTORY CHANNEL CONCLUSION

I found out last minute when the showing time was for the History Channel
doc that I was involved with back in summer. My computer is so super-
crashed (can't even start Windows in safe mode) I couldn't send out a notice
in time to you.

Anyway, they changed the title from "Kings of Babylon" (as listed on IMDb) to
"Kings: From Babylon to Bagdad". If you recall my previous post right after I
shot it back in June/July, the answer I stated for their question, 'are you
willing
to work as an extra?' was 'only if I get a featured extra role'. So, that was a
good choice on my part. I did see myself in four different featured roles.
However, it would have been a gamble to state 'no'. The ones who stated no
got the leads, but I don't know how many 'no's were thrown out.

Next time I would do the same I guess, but as my credits start racking up, I
would put 'no extra work at all'. So, there you have it.

-Anup

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INTERESTING VIEWPOINT FOR AN ESTABLISHED ACTOR

DiCaprio Says 'Titanic' Sunk Him

Leonardo DiCaprio says he now regrets accepting the role in Titanic that
brought him fame and notoriety. In an interview that will appear in the
December issue of Vanity Fair, DiCaprio says that he wishes that he had
instead accepted the role of a porn star in Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie
Nights that eventually went to Mark Wahlberg. He said that the public
attention that accompanied his success wrecked his ability to land offbeat
roles. "It's a really obvious thing to say, but the more people know too much
about who you really are, and it's a fundamental thing, the more the mystery is
taken away from the artist, and the harder it is for people to believe that
person in a particular role," DiCaprio remarks in the magazine interview.
http://imdb.com/news/sb/#film1
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POLITICAL FILMS

Things to consider when making a political film.
-Anup

Murdered Film Director Had Scoffed at Threats

Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, who was allegedly murdered by a man
dressed in Arab garb while bicycling down a street in Amsterdam Tuesday,
had recently dismissed threats against his life that he had received after
making a short film critical of Muslim treatment of women. In a radio interview,
van Gogh, a distant relative of the 19th century artist, said that the film,
titled
Submission, was "the best protection I could have. It's not something I worry
about." His alleged assailant, a 26-year-old man with both Dutch and
Moroccan passports, was arrested following a shoot-out with police in which
he, along with another police officer and a bystander, were wounded. He
reportedly left a note on van Gogh's body, the contents of which were not
disclosed, although some reports said it contained verses from the Koran.
http://imdb.com/news/sb/#film1
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ONLINE MOVIE RENTALS

The price war between online movie renters grew more contentious Tuesday
as Los Gatos-based Netflix reduced its subscription price to $17.99 per
month. The move came following Blockbuster's decision a week earlier to
reduce its price to $17.49 per month. Wal-Mart offers an even cheaper service
that allows just two movies to be out at a time for $15.54. Amazon is also
expected to announce its own movie-rental service within the next few weeks.
http://imdb.com/news/sb/#film1

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I read in an interview with the main gatekeeper of the Sundance film fest in
the book 'Film Festival Survivial Guide' that one of the biggest problems that
he sees with the films coming in (and subsequently rejected) is that the
directors have not seen enough films. Their film history is poor. Especially
if
you don't go to film school. I don't want to be one of those directors.

So, I've been doing Netflix since Jan and love the service (no I don't get
kickbacks for saying this). I used to buy DVDs, but 1) I can't afford to just
keep
buying unlimited amounts of them 2) my guess is that HD-DVDs will be out
within 5 years and all these current DVDs will be dated like record albums
when the CDs came out. So for the price of one DVD, you get to see all these
films. Also, when you go to blockbuster to rent movies, it's hard to rent an
old
obscure movie for $4.50. Plus, you don't waste gas or time searching for the
movies.

I just saw 'Metropolis' the other day, it is an incredible film and must-see for
filmmakers. It was made in 1927 and I was blown away by the quality of it.

-Anup