movies Movies Martin Scorsese Urges Young Filmmakers to Reinvent Cinema in Streaming Age: ‘Content Is Something You Eat and Throw Away’
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  • movies Movies Is It Still Worth Going to the Movies?
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    Thanks for this link. Just watched the intro and I'm in... Hope it holds up.

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    Been wearing minimalist shoes since BORN TO RUN came out. I'm not a runner, but I love 'em. Xeros, LEMS, mostly.

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    Movies and TV Shows wilberfan 12 months ago 91%
    Martin Scorsese urges filmmakers to fight comic book movie culture: ‘We’ve got to save cinema’ www.latimes.com

    Martin Scorsese is urging filmmakers to save cinema, by doubling down on his call to fight comic book movie culture. The storied filmmaker is revisiting the topic of comic book movies in a new profile for GQ. Despite facing intense blowback from filmmakers, actors and the public for the 2019 comments he made slamming the Marvel Cinematic Universe films — he called them theme parks rather than actual cinema — Scorsese isn’t shying away from the topic. “The danger there is what it’s doing to our culture,” he told GQ. “Because there are going to be generations now that think ... that’s what movies are.” GQ’s Zach Baron posited that what Scorsese was saying might already be true, and the “Killers of the Flower Moon” filmmaker agreed. “They already think that. Which means that we have to then fight back stronger. And it’s got to come from the grassroots level. It’s gotta come from the filmmakers themselves,” Scorsese continued to the outlet. “And you’ll have, you know, the Safdie brothers, and you’ll have Chris Nolan, you know what I mean? And hit ’em from all sides. Hit ’em from all sides, and don’t give up. ... Go reinvent. Don’t complain about it. But it’s true, because we’ve got to save cinema.” Scorsese referred to movies inspired by comic books as “manufactured content” rather than cinema. “It’s almost like AI making a film,” he said. “And that doesn’t mean that you don’t have incredible directors and special effects people doing beautiful artwork. But what does it mean? What do these films, what will it give you?” His forthcoming film, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” had been on Scorsese’s wish list for several years; it’s based on David Grann’s 2017 nonfiction book of the same name. He called the story “a sober look at who we are as a culture.” The film tells the true story of the murders of Osage Nation members by white settlers in the 1920s. DiCaprio originally was attached to play FBI investigator Tom White, who was sent to the Osage Nation within Oklahoma to probe the killings. The script, however, underwent a significant rewrite. “After a certain point,” the filmmaker told Time, “I realized I was making a movie about all the white guys.” The dramatic focus shifted from White’s investigation to the Osage and the circumstances that led to them being systematically killed with no consequences. The character of White now is played by Jesse Plemons in a supporting role. DiCaprio stars as the husband of a Native American woman, Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone), an oil-rich Osage woman, and member of a conspiracy to kill her loved ones in an effort to steal her family fortune. Scorsese worked closely with Osage Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear and his office from the beginning of production, consulting producer Chad Renfro told Time. On the first day of shooting, the Oscar-winning filmmaker had an elder of the nation come to set to say a prayer for the cast and crew.

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    fdroid F-Droid Best FOSS alternative to Nova Launcher?
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    Big fan of Nova, but it's wonky under Android 14... So I switched to the Lawnchair alpha. Icons can be square, rounded, circle, Squircle... I like it!

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  • RedditMigration Reddit Migration Reddit Activity Plummeted After The Protests - by Adam Bumas
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    I haven't posted to "my" subreddit since the protest. (Posted over 100 times on Lemmy tho.) I check in occasionally to make sure it hasn't gone full Lord of the Flies, but...

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  • moviesandtv Movies and TV Shows Blue Beetle Takes Down Barbie With a Not-So-Super $25.4 Million Weekend Box Office Victory
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    Why are box office numbers always framed as a competition in the USA? Did I read once that, for example, movies in France report the number of people that attended--not how much money was spent?

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    Movies and TV Shows wilberfan 1 year ago 100%
    [SCREENING] STOP MAKING SENSE (4k Restoration - 40th Anniversary) - Santa Monica, CA - Sept 19, 2023 (x-post from !paulthomasanderson@lemmy.world) www.americancinematheque.com

    Aero Theatre | Q&A with Talking Heads band members David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz and Jerry Harrison. Moderated by Paul Thomas Anderson.

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    privacy Privacy What's the consensus on AdGuard?
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    This is running on my network on a raspberry pi. It's free. There's an annual subscription for AdGuard on my phone.

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  • fdroid F-Droid Obtainium
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    Oh, I would definitely miss this app if it went away. I love it.

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  • privacy Privacy What's the consensus on AdGuard?
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    Doesn't AdGuard allow selecting blocklists?

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  • privacy Privacy What's the consensus on AdGuard?
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  • wilberfan wilberfan 1 year ago 100%

    I JUST suggested AdGuard to two non-techie normie friends, so y'all better not make me take it back! ;-) That said, I've been using it on my Pi-4 at home and on my Android phone for more than a year now.

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy Do you think millennials who grew up with the early Internet and home computers will be as bad with future technology as boomers are with current technology?
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    Careful about generalizations. I've been using computer technology since 1975.... #COBOL 👨‍🦳

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    Ask Lemmy wilberfan 1 year ago 100%
    Have you *ever* filed for your share of class-action litigation settlement money?

    I just got another one. *"To claim your $26, provide proof that you owned Acme Common Stock on July 17th, 2013. Fill out the 3 page application and... Accurate claims processing takes a significant amount of time..." * Has anyone ever successfully completed this process--or even bothered to try?

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    movies Movies [AskMovies] What is a movie you think is not appreciated enough?
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    THE FALL (2006) - We call it, "The best movie you've never heard of..."

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  • moviesandtv Movies and TV Shows I was on campus when ‘Animal House’ debuted. It changed everything.
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    I'm old enough to have seen it first-run. I loved it then, and it's still one of my Top 20 films of all time.

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  • moviesandtv Movies and TV Shows [Discussion] What is your go-to movie that you will never turn down?
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    BOOGIE NIGHTS.

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy How do I explain to a person that the "red pill mentality" is stupid?
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    Unfortunately, they're allowed to vote.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy What's some really unpopular opinion you have?
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    EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE was unwatchable.

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy *Permanently Deleted*
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    I've never had them, but my guess is that they're essentially a sauce-delivery system?

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  • showerthoughts Showerthoughts I'd rather have a "Would you like to hide all Sports related Content?" button than a "Would you like to hide all NSFW content?" button
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    Both would be even better...

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  • moviesandtv Movies and TV Shows ‘American Graffiti’ at 50: An oral history of ‘the quintessential hot rod movie’
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    Thanks for goin' the extra mile for us...

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  • showerthoughts Showerthoughts Pickleball is whiter racquetball
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  • wilberfan wilberfan 1 year ago 80%

    😂

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  • usnews U.S. News ‘Everything was gone’: Residents describe brush fire that tore through Lahaina
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    Yikes.

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  • showerthoughts Showerthoughts Bald people save a lot of money on shampoo.
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    Of course, but not soap AND shampoo. Just soap.

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  • showerthoughts Showerthoughts Bald people save a lot of money on shampoo.
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  • wilberfan wilberfan 1 year ago 77%

    True, but I still have all my hair--and haven't used shampoo in two decades. I use this stuff literally head-to-toe.

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  • firefox Firefox Firefox 116.0.2 released
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    ☝️

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  • moviesandtv Movies and TV Shows Next Time You Watch A Film, Think About The Props
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    The algorithm threw one of those at me recently! Quite fascinating indeed!

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  • privacy Privacy Magic Earth: Privacy friendly maps with turn-by-turn navigation, OpenStreetMap, Crowd-Sourced Traffic, 3D maps, Satellite maps, Offline maps and Transit.
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    (Anyone else getting a 404 error at that link?)

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  • privacy Privacy Magic Earth: Privacy friendly maps with turn-by-turn navigation, OpenStreetMap, Crowd-Sourced Traffic, 3D maps, Satellite maps, Offline maps and Transit.
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    I've discovered that it IS on OSM--but I had to search for the exact string ("aero american cinematheque").

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  • privacy Privacy Magic Earth: Privacy friendly maps with turn-by-turn navigation, OpenStreetMap, Crowd-Sourced Traffic, 3D maps, Satellite maps, Offline maps and Transit.
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    Hadn't considered that--you're right! 👍

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    Wow. Major fail-and-uninstall for me: There's a repertory movie theatre across town I visit once a month and always use Google maps for traffic and routing advice. Magic Earth couldn't find it.

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  • nostupidquestions No Stupid Questions Who is the one movie/comic supervillian you all agree with ?
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    Rahad Jackson.

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  • moviesnob MovieSnob To Live and Die in L.A. -- William Friedkin R.I.P.
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    What's going on at TCM? Insiders detail the fight to protect the network — and why it matters ew.com

    A TCM insider believes Warner Bros’ cuts to the network were motivated by bonuses that give David Zaslav and other executives personal financial incentive to make new cuts.

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    moviesnob MovieSnob To Live and Die in L.A. -- William Friedkin R.I.P.
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    I still remember the lines literally around the block in Westwood for The Exorcist.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy What is an extremely dangerous thing that we use daily?
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    A jaywalker came within half a second of running in front of my car just a couple of days ago.

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    Movies and TV Shows wilberfan 1 year ago 95%
    Scorsese's Personal Print

    Martin Scorsese's personal 70mm print! In storage at the Eastman Museum for decades. Rare public screening...!

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    moviesandtv Movies and TV Shows ‘The Bear’ Feasts in Streaming Rankings
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    (The Christmas episode is one of the two that I hated--but for personal reasons. It was really well-done. I just can't be around those kinds of family dynamics--IRL or on TV!)

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    Love the show--however Season 2 was a bit uneven for me. Loved two episodes, hated two others. Season 1 was much more consistent for this viewer. I'll certainly tune-in for a 3rd season tho.

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  • moviesnob MovieSnob Westwood Fox Village Theater for Sale
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    It did occur to me to create a theater-related community. I'm wondering if it should be broader? Should it encompass ALL movie theaters/exhibition--not just the classic palaces of yore? 🤔

    I Also noticed you had a few film format communities--but were missing a "70mm" one...

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  • newcommunities New Communities All Things Tom Scott - A community dedicated to, well, all things Tom Scott!
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    I'm old school--so this is the only Tom Scott I'm familiar with.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scott_(saxophonist)

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    I really hoped there'd be something like a "Classic Theatre" or "Movie Palace" community at lemmy.film--but alas. It ended up in here because the others available seemed even less appropriate.

    And, yes, I have personal history with the theater--most recently having seen LICORICE PIZZA there 5-ish times when it opened there. (I also saw the original TRON first-run, and once sat next to "Urkel" for the first STAR WARS re-issue.)

    I think we should attempt to convince Paul and Maya and Quentin to buy the place.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy Who here still wears a mask?
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    Inside with other people around, sure.

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  • headphones Headphones Ear protector advice
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    I have sensitive hearing, and while I don't go to many concerts anymore, I'll often put in in my earpods at the movies, for example.

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    Incorrect time stamps on websites when using my Manjaro laptop.

    I've checked the system time in the BIOS and the OS time in Manjaro--both are correct (that is, both correctly set to my time zone: PDT). But whenever I go to a website that displays the time (Google Voice, Cronometer.com) I get a time stamp that seems to be UTC +7 hours from my PDT location. I don't know what else to check or change.

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    Movies and TV Shows wilberfan 1 year ago 84%
    My first ever hate-watch! THE IDOL! 😂

    Apologies if you're a fan of the show, but this thing was just godawful. I actually enjoyed the over-the-topness of EUPHORIA (same writer/director)--but this was just hysterically horrible. I'm glad it's over (only 5 episodes)--but what a ride!

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