Geeks on Film

Hey all,

I'm making a film called 9-90. It's film made completely of films between 9 and 90 seconds. Join the myspace or the facebook (or both) for more information. Looking for YOUR 9 to 90 seconds.


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-James
uglybearproductions at gmail.com

Due to requests on both sides of the argument, I have split my Yahoo group, HoustonFineArtFans, into a discussion group (the original one) and an Announcement-Only group, HFAF-Announce.

As of next week, I will cease to forward any event announcements or newsletters to the original group -- it will exist for art-related chit-chat and IRL meeting planning only (although members are still welcome to forward events and news to that group, if they want -- I'll be happy to forward them on to the other group, as well).  The new group is where I will be forwarding everything to from then on.  Messages, Links and the Calendar will be accessible to the public (although, I discovered, you must have a Yahoo ID to view the calendar, regardless of your membership status).  Files, Photos, Databases and other features will be member-only, so there is SOME benefit to membership (membership requests will not be moderated).  Posting is moderator-only, although I am willing to give semi-mod posting privileges to anyone who plans to forward events weekly or monthly.  Anyone can send an announcement they want posted on the group to me at hfafgroup@yahoo.com.

While I've tried to keep all discussion group members within the local Houston area, I am not concerned with the location of subscribers to the announcement group.  If you are curious about what goes on in the Houston, Texas Art Scene, by all means then, come join up!

 

i'm available wednesday or thursday night for movies, and will have:

* mona lisa smile
* mean girls
* bend it like beckham

next week will include:

* super size me
* the celluloid closet
* american splendor

comment if you'd like to come over and screen one with me.

the resurrection is here!

(well, of movie night, anyways.)



also, what are people intersted in seeing? i've got a bit of a list to get you started:

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if any of you have these and just want to lend them to me, i certainly wouldn't mind. *grins*

So I normally do action shorts. Lots of fighting or shooting and not too much storyline. My actors weren't the best of actors at the time so I just stayed with what we could do....... so I tried to think of something a little different and come up with a short about hit-men. You know...... work for a mob and kill people. Well that wasn't really all that different from what we were doing before..... especially because I'd probably have us killing other bad guys(drug dealers) anyway.

But what if it was a comedic hit man movie? Like some of the hit-men are REAL stupid...... everything goes wrong..... and the people they have to kill are ridiculous.... How many times has that been done before? what do you guys think? Any ideas?

next few geeksonfilm screenings are as follows. if you have a movie you'd like to volunteer for a particular night, comment, and i'll add it to the list.

june 11th: secretary
june 25th: something, we haven't decided what yet.
july 9th:
july 23rd:
august 6th: (possible hiatus due to moving)
august 20th:
september 3rd:
september 17th:
october 1st:

...and had an insanely busy day at work.

yes, there is geeksonfilm tonight. if concerts on the square are cancelled, i hope that gaggle will still come. i've got a myriad of movies, or someone can bring one of their own to pass. movies start at 7:30, we'll decide what to watch when everyone gets here.

hope to see you then; let me know if anyone needs directions!

Hiya!

I am a film geek. Specifically, I enjoy indie films. I was glad to see Secretary was the first film out of the gate. I was also sad, because I missed it.

Okay, let me back up. I'm being a bit presumptuous.

I'm Jasmine. My boyfriend, D, and I are really interested in watching some flicks with a few locals who can appreciate an odd film or two.


The thing is I'm not so sure this happily-little-geek-group is open to newcomers.

Sooooo, here I am with questions a plenty. (And yes, I haven't read the mailing list yet which probably answers all my queries anyway. *smile*)

1) Are you guys open to two new people?
2) Do you usually watch indie/unusual/not mainstream necessarily?
3) How many people are in the group?
4) How long do you guys plan to get keep the group up (is this only a summer thing)?
5) Do you normally meet on Weds only?
6) Can I be any more verbose in an introductory post?

Thanks in advance!
Jasmine

join me this evening at my humble abode at 7pm for the inagural evening of geeks on film. tonight's screening features Steven Shainberg's Secretary (2002) starring james spader and maggie gyllenhaal.

"A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one."

if you have any suggestions for future screenings, please submit them to the mailing list (geeksonfilm@katana.org) or the the community.