Butch aka Travis

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I was reading here that Bittorrent are in a bit of hot water with the US Film Industry.

A while ago i started and chronicled my journey with Bittorrent. In the end my conclusion was that is wasnt that impressive. However the summer changed all that. I realise now where Bittorrent excells. It downloads HUGE files very quickly compared to other P2P networks. This quote is from the afore mentioned link

BitTorrent has become a widely used online system to get hold of very large video files as the technology is very efficient at splitting up and sharing data.

That is what i have personally found. I recentl downloaded all of Roman Polanski’s student films, which are otherwise impossible to get a hold of, they are also copyright free. It took about 3 days but the files are almost a gig each. The way it works is that instead of downloading a file straight forom start to finish from one user, you download a whole lot of little blocks from many different peers (called seeds) your Bittorrent server (such as Azureus) puts it all together.

So my tip is, use Limewire to download music (copyright free of course) and Bittorrent to download movies (Copyright free of course), Oh and download full albums with Bittorrent (copyright free of course)

The studio tour was cool, however the place was a fairly acurate indication of the state of affairs in Australian film. It was devoid of any life whatsoever.

I could have fired a fake gun in all directions and no one would have heard it. In fact i can guarantee that at this exact moment it is still as empty as it was that day

Saying that however, i would love the oppurtunity to shoot in those bohemoth’s. Just for the experience more than anything. Dont get me wrong, the place was f**king impressive, the make up rooms, the meeting rooms, the green room and finally the main stage were really impressive.

I have many favourite Directors, i can really single one out as the best, each has their own style i like.

For instance, i really like Stanley Kubrick, mainly because the way he used the camera and lens

I also like Tarantino because he is a fantastic writer.

but my three big favourites are guys who made their names in the 70’s. I dont really watch their films outside of that era because they are all grumpy old men these days who have sadly lost their touch.

My biggest favourite is

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA

mainly because he is such a ruthless film maker, and on top of that he was a real proponent of inpdendant cinema, and there are several other reasons, The Godfather i & ii, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now are just 3 of them

Second Favourite

PETER BOGDANOVICH

He made 3 fantastic movies and then fell from grace, but two of his movies are on my all time favourite list, Paper Moon and The Last Picture Show. I like them because they are so superbly shot, acted, composed and Directed.

William Friedkin

I like this guy because he was a renegade. He was very talented but a little too wild for anyone to contain, i mean, who else could have made The Exorcist? Another film i love (which is also on my Favourite Films list) is The French Connection

Check them out if you want to see some good filmz. Better than the shit at the cinemas these days, Gay Cowboys anyone?

M*A*S*H
McCabe & Mrs Miller
Harold and Maude
Being There
The Last Picture Show
Paper Moon
The Godfather I & II
The COnversation
Apocalypse Now
The French Connection
The Exorcist
Easy Rider
Days of Heaven
Five Easy Pieces
Mean Streets
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Clockwork Orange
The Shinning
Barry Lyndon
Withnail and I
Barton Fink