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By: Torrent info

Torrent info — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:49:13 +0000

AMERICAN_PRINCE.mov
Duration 50:08
Filesize 444,429,773 bytes
Video 640×480 29.97fps avc1
Audio 48KHz stereo mp4a

By: PallottaFan

PallottaFan — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:38:03 +0000

Tommy – Wow! Here’s hoping you cut a longer version for a 2-hr art house and/or DVD release. As a “49-up for the auteur set”, this one can’t be beat.
Of course I wanted to see more of Steven at work (electric nailgun – lol!) And for future reference please framelock on something during some of the wilder camera moves… urp.
Excellent piece. More!

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Auntia Nahn — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:20:25 +0000

#59 Why refuse to use Mininova? That’s a weak-ass troll remark without an explanation or a link to one.

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By: TommyPallotta

TommyPallotta — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:41:02 +0000

Hi
As far as revenue goes, this is not a sustainable model. I was interested in giving something back to the community that I found interesting. Everyone who worked on the film did it for the pure love of it. As far as hard costs, I put out about $1500, that was low enough that I felt I could absorb the costs and do something more interesting with it. I won’t release every movie like this, but am really glad I released this one like this. I am working other “for hire” jobs to sustain me currently. I like the model of doing some for them and some for us.
/tp

By: Chris Hooper

Chris Hooper — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:29:15 +0000

OK, but it would have been good if he’d said *something* about revenue – is he worried about loss of revenue and this film if not why not etc. etc.

Its an important issue – if there is no revenue stream for the movie, how is it going to make money, and therefore how is he going to sustain himself as a filmmaker?

I’d have liked to have heard his views on the matter.

I personally love digital distribution, but currently do not pay for any content (usenet). There’s just no place for people like me at the moment to get the stuff we want, how we want it, but be financially responsible also.

By: wayne

wayne — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:25:08 +0000

I read “A Scanner Darkly” 35 years ago, loved the book, and was really happy to hear a movie was being made. I bought the DVD just after it came out. Great work.

Now a request – could you make a movie of “A Maze of Death”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Maze_of_Death

Love that book.

By: DM

DM — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:30:23 +0000

how long is it? 424mb seems a bit small

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http://www.Distribution.LA — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:26:03 +0000

It’s great that distribution is changing, and now not every filmmaker is beholden to a studio or distributor saying ‘yes’ to them to release their movie.

Unfortunately, it’s still challenging for most filmmakers to actually make their money back on a movie (assuming they financed it without the studios) when relying solely on internet distribution. Especially if the budget was more than a few hundred thousand bucks. It can be done, but it’s quite challenging.

Now add in piracy (or free sharing if that sounds better), and the result is a filmmaker makes one movie and they’re done for life. Tens of thousands of filmmakers in the past 15 or so years have made one movie and that’s it. This, IMO, is NOT good for art/culture/filmmaking in the U.S.

“Survival of the fittest”? I don’t think all we want left in this arena is filmmakers who have trust funds to live on and can give everything away for free. We need all walks of life of filmmakers, and we need them to be able to survive financially.

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By: lol, no real names here!

lol, no real names here! — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:32:42 +0000

oh! one last thing
@25 – All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

i didn’t say that, someone smarter did, and i know that all ppl who want to be real artists understand this :)
and just to be clear, there are ppl in this world that do go under that surface and do pay for it dearly, and that is the only reason why we are not still in the stone age(from some pov). :)

By: lol, no real names here!

lol, no real names here! — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:27:12 +0000

Mr. Pallotta, i watched your latest piece and thought it was an enjoyable film, and just wanted congratulate the action you took with this movie. As for ASD and Waking life, stylistically at least the movies were awesome!

My last comment would be related to something Oscar Wilde said: ‘A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at’
i live by this part of his statement and i do believe that only and open system is what can save the movie industry as well as many others.

excuse my english if it’s a bit rough.

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By: Emmanuel Goldstein

Emmanuel Goldstein — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:01:42 +0000

Thank you Netherlands for your liberal filesharing laws and fostering a new breed of producers!