A Whole New You

Sunday, 7 February 2010

Contains spoilers

"Scientists this week announced that they had succeeded in communicating with a man thought to be in a vegetative state, lacking all awareness, for five years following a road accident. Using a brain scanner they were able to read his thoughts and obtain yes or no answers to questions.
[...]By mapping the different parts of the brain activated in each case with the scanner, the scientists were able accurately record his reponses."

via The Big Question: What do we know about the human brain and the way it functions?

by Jeremy Laurance

The Independent

5, Feb. 2010

Image by Anthony Mattox

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

Errol criticises Harvey's PR efforts on NPR.

MIRAMAX FILMS

August 23, 1988

Errol Morris
c/o The Mondrian Hotel
8440 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA

Dear Errol:

Heard your NPR interview and you were boring. You couldn't have dragged me to see THE THIN BLUE LINE if my life depended on it.

It's time you start being a performer and understand the media.

Let's rehearse:

Q: What is this movie about?

A: It's a mystery that traces an injustice. It's scarier than NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. It's like a trip to the Twilight Zone. People have compared it to IN COLD BLOOD with humor.

Speak in short one sentence answers and don't go on with all the legalese. Talk about the movie as a movie and the effect it will have on the audience from an emotional point of view.

If you continue to be boring, I will hire an actor in New York to pretend that he's Errol Morris. If you have any casting suggestions, I'd appreciate that.

Keep it short and keep selling it because that's what's going to work for you, your career and the film.

Congratulations on all your good reviews. Let's make sure the movie is as successful.

Best Regards,

(Signed)

Harvey Weinstein

from this great site

Friday, 15 January 2010

January changes

After friends reviewed the last draft of the script, we have a long list of changes and problems to get through. We're giving ourselves two weeks before the next draft is printed and sent out.