What Killed All The People?
storyteller. executive producer @ r/ga. virgo. damn good chef.
Per this post on Hollywood Elsewhere, it seems as though the Academy members are having some trouble conjuring up 10 films to be contenders for 2009's awards.
I've seen a few likely contenders; namely: Capitalism: A Love Story, Avatar, District 9, A Serious Man, and Star Trek. All were amazing in their own way. But one thing I realized is that I have a huge list of WANT TO SEEs that I just haven't had the time to see. Could be indicative of the overwhelming, infinite media streams available to us. Could be I haven't lived in New York or LA this past year, and limited relases make it harder to see the good films. But here's my list of probable films in addition to the five above that I'm going to try to see before the awards this year: Moon
I was in the audience for this talk in Philly last year. Rushkoff just got confirmed for SXSW 2010, and I'm definitely going to be in the audience for that talk, too.
He has an amazing talent for articulating how the macro (global) mess we're all in affects us on micro (personal) levels.
