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Monday, February 8, 2010
Why Hollywood doesn’t matter anymore…
Well, OK, it still does. I’m overstating to make the point, which would be obvious from the last story you read about “Avatar.”
But this piece from NPR.com shows how new media are endlessly creating new opportunities for young, up-and-coming, non-mainstream filmmakers that didn’t even exist even a year or two ago. Fascinating.
And by the way: They’re making money with the new ways. That’s the thing that matters. Because not everyone is James Cameron, but they still should get to have their movie seen.
Thoughts?
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NYTimes: Dave snuck Leno into secret taping
All in all, I thought the Super Bowl commercials were better than most of the pundits and DJs seem to be saying this morning, though I’m also getting the sense each year that dissing the ads as unfunny is some new kind of cool. The folks at Bud, Doritos and Coke did pretty well, if you ask me (loved the dog who garrotes his master with the shock collar so he can snarf his chips).
But the best of the lot, for sheer surprise value alone, was the spot for Dave Letterman’s show that featured him, Oprah and, yes, Jay Leno. The Times this morning has a piece on how they pulled it off, the main problem being just how to sneak Leno into Letterman’s building.
Fake mustache! Works every time.
What was your favorite ad?
