Comments on: film geeks vs. blog geeks

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:04:16 +0000

nice to be seen

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:25:53 +0000

Makes me think of Ferrara's Snake Eyes or Dangerous Games. Superb movie on the decadence of the Hollywood industrie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106660/

By: Hamish

Hamish — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:06:06 +0000

Oooohhh. Death and social disgrace in a Haute-Rapper style bottle. That is special.
How much of this do they sell a year, and who is buying it?

By: paulpod

paulpod — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:13:14 +0000

I think the drink you need is a “Death Royale” — Champagne and Liquid Crack (Patron XO Caf

By: Hamish

Hamish — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:23:57 +0000

What we need is a champagne based cocaine filled drink that could be a cross-over hit! Come on marketeers!
We could print a lexicon on the label:
Filmie: “I’m working on a major project at the moment!”
Blogger: “I’m working on my technocrati ranking”
Reality: “I’m sitting in my underpants in front of the PC scatching my genitalia, and looking at the sports/pr0n/big brother…”
Yay!

By: felixsalmon.com

felixsalmon.com — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 06:38:10 +0000

When we become what we formerly scorned

I had this very conversation just yesterday, when my friend Ephrat came over at lunchtime with a tailcoat she’d embroidered…

By: hugh_c

hugh_c — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 06:06:29 +0000

Film geeks tend to over-intellectualise their tawdry tales. I’ve had the experience of working with a number of them. I pity them in a way because it’s such a dog eat dog medium and success doesn’t necessarily equate with bulging pockets, or fucked up mucuos membranes for that matter. I’ve still never met a blogger who can make a living from blogging exclusively.