Week Ending 19th August, 2001	Page 2 1
SUPPORT MY RADIO BRETHREN !!!	10 - 17 Aug 2001
As you probably know, this site is affiliated with the Celluloid Dreams film show on Sydney underground radio station 2SER 107.3FM. 2SER is a non-commercial community station so it relies on YOUR membership fees to survive. AND if you join up between August 10 & 17, not only will you be supporting the noble cause of community broadcasting, you will also be eligible for prizes like a trip to New Zealand, a stack of CDs, and $1000 of cycling gear!... WARM INNER GLOW! PRIZES! What more reason do you need?
In The Wake of Columbine...	posted 17 Aug 2001
The Columbine High School massacre was one of those tragic events that sent shock waves through the American psyche. In the film world, which is often blamed for such 'inexplicable' outbursts of teenage violence, it lead to a rash of self-censorship on the part of studios... On the eve of the release of O, a version of Othello which is set in an American high school and was originally shelved because of its depiction of youth violence, The Village Voice's Jessica Winter looks at the impact of Columbine on US films.
Single Female Monster ISO Single Human Male. Object: Mating.	posted 17 Aug 2001
Anyone who is stupid enough to swallow the idea that there will be unauthorised clones of themselves roaming the planet in a few years time needs to head over to the The Grand List Of Overused Science Fiction Cliches. Entry No. 20 in the 'Silly Science' section is this: 'A clone grows to match the cloned person's state of physiological development in a small fraction of the time'...
Elvis Has Left The Set...	posted 16 Aug 2001
Elvis is dead. In fact he has been dead for 24 years. He made 31 movies for Paramount in 13 years. Some were good, most were OK, a couple were unbelievably bad. Film Cement reckons Clambake was the worst Elvis film of all 31. What do you think? (posted by Anthony) And furthermore... why has no one thought to make an Elvis movie based on this?
Khaleil And Tom Had An Idea...	posted 16 Aug 2001
We all have certain inalienable rights... The right to wake up at 3:15 am and buy a fishing licence... The right to attend a town meeting in our underwear... Khaleil and Tom had an idea - use the Internet to connect people with local government. They took the idea to venture capitalists and got funding, they took the idea on-line and became the toast of the dot-com world... And then, the tech stock bubble burst... Startup.com is a wonderful little documentary that tells the rags-to-riches-to-rags story of Khaleil, Tom and their idea. It opens at the Chauvel and Valhalla on August 30.
Star Power on SBS : Stella Street	posted 16 Aug 2001
'You know, Michael Caine is to directing what Adolf Hitler was to race relations, you know what I'm saying!' - Jack Nicholson (as played by Phil Cornwell) A new series of Stella Street starts this Saturday on SBS at 9.30pm. Stella Street may not be comedy gold but the state of TV comedy is so poor at the moment you have get your kicks where you can. Here is the link to the official unofficial site: http://www.steveday.clara.net/stella_street/ (posted by Anthony)
R.I.P. Tropnest	posted 16 Aug 2001
It's my sad duty to inform you that as of tomorrow, Tropnest will close down. Originally set up by the Tropfest people in 1998, Tropnest was committed to encouraging emerging scriptwriters, and actually succeeded in helping a couple of them get a foot in Hollywood's door... Despite their success, it seems that Tropnest has fallen victim to restructuring at Trop-Corp... While you still have a chance, go to the Tropfest website and read about the great work that they were doing.
Hard Times Ahead For Country Cinemas ?	posted 15 Aug 2001
There's a lot understandable unease out there about the possibility that new copyright laws could leave the door open for parallel importation of films. This could see foreign distributors flood the market with videos and DVDs of films even before they have been released in theatres... And this could be particularly bad news for country towns, possibly resulting in cinemas going the way of banks and vanishing from small-town rural Australia forever... Is this a price worth paying for cheap DVDs?
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