seeking a vibe (for the end of the world)
live doc and sillabus for in-progress video essay
seeking a vibe (for the end of the world)
SDJ: I went in and I pitched the idea of MIRACLE MILE to Mark Rosenberg who was the head of production at Warner Brothers (Marks brother Alan is part of the ensemble of diner actors in MIRACLE MILE this meeting is discussed in the Johnies cast reunion on the Blu-Ray). I pitched him the idea: What would you do if that phone rang? They liked the scr
... See moreDavid Bertrand • Interview: Director Steve De Jarnatt Looks Back on Cult Classic MIRACLE MILE
Interview: Director Steve De Jarnatt Looks Back on Cult Classic MIRACLE MILE
David Bertrandcomingsoon.netMiracle Mile (1988)
Director: Steve Dejarnatt
Writer: Steve Dejarnatt
In Miracle Mile, the End of the World is not the story but instead a deadline.
What starts as a sweet love story, bordering on routine Rom-Com suddenly descends into a real-time race against time, in a quest to reaffirm that love story.
I find it a little difficult selling
... See moreLast Night (1998)
Directed by
Written by
Don McKellar
To suggest that Last Night shows an apocalypse that is low key is almost doing it a disservice. In fact, I almost want to suggest it is a cozy end to the world. It's quiet, intimate and refuses to give into the spectacle of your usual end of the world story. It's worth mentioni
... See morewhat’s the vibe at the end of the world?
seeking a vibe for the end of the world.
status: #Project #Draft
type: #Video
the world is ending.
then again, the world has been ending for a very long time.
if you want to be philosophical about it, the world has been ending from the moment the dictionary/Anthropocene began. anoth
... See moreSeeking a friend for the end of the world
Directed by: Lorene Scafaria
Written by: Lorene Scafaria
the vibe at the end of the world is scary. of course.
it’s impossible to argue with the fact that everything you know, everyone you’ve met, this whole life experience you’ve had will come to an end. that all that came before this moment did not and
... See moreThrough movies that make the unthinkable enjoyable, wrote Sontag in her 1965 essay The Imagination of Disaster, “one can participate in the fantasy of living through one’s own death and more, the death of cities and the destruction of humanity itself”. Contemplating annihilation can certainly be a valuable means of reckoning with death, loss, aband
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