We had 57 official entries. That’s a lot, and it’s about the most I could handle without my eyeballs exploding.Someone asked yesterday what I would have done if a thousand people entered. I would have curled into a fetal ball and rocked myself through tears. I’m happy to report that many of the entries were […]
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Trailer competition judging in progress
Wow, that’s a lot of entries. I’ll be announcing the winners tomorrow morning. Erik Beeson, who so generously helped with the hosting and torrenting, sent along stats: total torrent file downloads for both torrents combined: 808 (includes search engine crawlers) dv torrent: 162 completed downloads mpeg4 torrent: 79 completed downloads mpeg4.zip: 242 (the direct download) […]
T-Minus one day
The trailer competition is nearing its end, and entries are starting to stream in. Some are quite good. If I have one general observation, it’s that many of the trailers are trying to be respectful to the (supposed) tone of the movie. That’s fine, but it’s hard to distinguish yourself when aiming for the same […]
Reminder: The Nines in Austin
If you’re in the Austin area, be sure to check out The Nines when it begins its run at the Alamo Drafthouse this Friday. Ryan and I will be on hand for a Q&A after the 7 p.m. screening on opening day. Since Austin is sort of ground zero for film geekdom, we’re both figuring […]