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After playing at some festivals both here and abroad (including Telluride and Toronto), Wayne Wang's The Princess of Nebraska skipped a theatrical run and went straight to YouTube, where it premiered in early October. The film is a companion piece to A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, currently playing in select theaters.
MARK: oh
my
god
i think this is the greatest thing ever posted on the internet
KATE: is that the chipmunk voice, i can't tell what she's saying
MARK: it's a classic michael w. smith song
Elle MacPherson, Kristin Davis, Bono, Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, economist Jeffrey Sachs and musician Angelique Kidjo convened outside the UN on Thursday. They participated in a call-to-action style event, promoting the In My Name program, which has pledged to cut global poverty in half by the year 2015.
[Above: One of Hulu's many streams, The Daily Show]
It's almost too much, really. As anticipation builds for The Stand Ins, Okkervil River's follow-up to last year's The Stage Names, the Austin band has begun to fan its fans' desires by opening up a YouTube channel with covers of all the album's songs. Covers, that is, before the Sept. 9 official release of the originals—crazy.
What happens when a now-copyright-conservative artist covers a blockbuster from a copyright-radical artist at one of the biggest music festivals of the summer? In this case, the video goes up on YouTube, and is then promptly removed. To add insult to injury, the clip of Prince’s seven-minute rendition of “Creep” was replaced with a snore-worthy clip of two birds preening. We tell no lies.
Tired of the bored, snobby, passionless mindset of the hipster generation? Well, so were filmmakers Adam Browne and Brendan Choisnet, so much so that they were inspired to create The Cult of Sincerity. Don’t worry, there are no Kool-Aid drinkers or matching uniforms in this movie. Instead, The Cult of Sincerity is a film that chronicles a twentysomething named Joseph in his quest to stop being cynical and start giving back to the world around him.
Still, what makes this movie different from any other is the nature of its release. Set to come out April 8, you’ll be able to enjoy The Cult of Sincerity over and over again via YouTube. This will be the first time ever that the video sharing site has teamed up with filmmakers to premier a film.
Considering the film's release, it will naturally be available for free, but this doesn’t mean that its makers won't get paid. Teaming up with Amie St. Music, when viewers sign up through the music site, the filmmakers get compensated.
The Cult of Sincerity will also be available for portable download for a nominal fee of $3. Over half of the funds raised will be given to Fount of Mercy, a charity that raises money for children in Africa.
For time being, check out the film’s trailer, courtesy of YouTube, of course:
Related links:
TheCultofSincerity.com
AmieStreet.com
FountofMercy.com
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Episode 70
August 19, 2008
