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Different. (opens the original)
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In the film commission world, we are all doing the same thing. Each post, each picture, each economic development report. Those are all saying the same thing: We have the crews. We have the locations. We have the history. We have the incentives.Bring your project here.We’re as guilty as anyone:<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1494" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZXvn!,w_1456,c_
The Weight. (opens the original)
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“And I have to ask - why make a film set in Depression America [Oregon] in Bavaria?”“Money.”Scott Simon talking to actor Julia Jones on NPR’s “Weekend Edition” about the film “The Weight.”We appreciate the question, Scott, thank you. And we appreciate the ironic honesty of the answer.So that’s where we find ourselves.
Noise. (opens the original)
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I sat in a meeting the other day that was about workforce development. Something we talk about a lot these days. But the conversation spun wildly between issues that weren’t necessarily about workforce development: The state of the industry. The fickleness of the consumer. The inconsistency of content distribution. The recent success of the US Box Office. The recent demise of the US Studio System. The (re)rise of the Epic Blockbuster. The flattening out of the Indie Feature distribution network.
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A couple of weeks ago Ted Hope (Hope for Film) posted a Substack with excerpts from Michael Lee Nirenberg’s book Cinematic Immunity about Sidney Lumet’s work in the 1980s. It got me thinking about my own time in New York and the beginning of my adventures in movieland. (And if you haven’t read it, Nirenberg’s Cinematic Immunity is well worth it, covering the work of Sidney and many others from this era in NYC.) Yes, this ‘stack has
Ashland. (opens the original)
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I don’t know if you’ve been there, but if you have you’d remember it.Ashland is a small town in Southern Oregon. It’s about a four hour drive from Portland and less than thirty minutes from the California border. Mt. Shasta looms in the southern sky but skiers find their way to Mt. Ashland when there’s enough snow.It is home to the world renown Oregon Shakespeare Festival that has four stages and is one of the largest regional theaters in the country. Talent from around the world come to Ashland
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