August 18, 2009
May 19, 2009
In practical terms, we invited three filmmakers, Peter Nicks, Lourdes Portillo, and Albert Maysles, to see what films could be well made for $100,000 per hour—-about one-fifth the going rate for prime time documentaries. The obvious question is “Where do you get $100,000?” More on that later, but finding 100K is certainly easier than finding half a million, and we see the 100K target as only a first step in really drastic reductions for some films.
April 29, 2009
Garnett, Ks (2007)
Photo by Laura Kissel

Garnett, Ks (2007)

Photo by Laura Kissel

April 15, 2009
March 25, 2009
March 13, 2009
March 3, 2009
The TV networks already seem, grudgingly, to see where things are going, and have responded by putting their stuff, grudgingly, online. But they’re still dragging their heels. They still seem to wish people would watch shows on TV instead, just as newspapers that put their stories online still seem to wish people would wait till the next morning and read them printed on paper. They should both just face the fact that the Internet is the primary medium.
February 25, 2009
February 23, 2009