February 2012
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if they can sell chop kick panda
we can sell sins of the dragon
d-bag teachers around the world
so i’ve been re-reading “rebel without a crew” (a filmmaking book about how robert rodriguez shot his first feature for no money and with no crew) for about the hundredth time, and i came across two entries in the book that brought a wicked smile to my face. the scenario he describes in the book is almost exactly like an encounter i had with a shithead teacher.
May 14, 1991
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“I was a filmmaker who never though he’d make it in the movie business,...”
– Robert Rodriguez, Rebel Without A Crew
“I saw one of my film school teachers today. He asked what I was doing this...”
– Robert Rodriguez, Rebel Without A Crew
i love this guy. he tells it like it is. literally everyone in film school talks down to you like this. “I failed so you will fail too.” “I wasn’t good enough, and unless your name is Spielberg then don’t kid yourself.”
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“I had realized when I got into the film class that a lot of the other students...”
– Robert Rodriguez, Rebel Without A Crew
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can you spare any change?
the other day i was walking to the cafe with my bro kale and some homeless dude came up to us and gave us his pitch. he was clearly insane, but he assured us that he laid down the best rhymes of anyone ever, and if we liked them could we please give him some money for the bus?
he then proceeded to tell us his other woes, and then rapped so fast i couldnt even keep up. and then kale gave him a...
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trey parker and lloyd kaufman. i love these guys
WE REACHED OUR GOAL!!!!!
platypus-underground:
We raised $1000 for our movie! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!!
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“And so we all brought our cowboy suits out and I made this little western movie,...”
– Steven Spielberg
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free DVD
platypus-underground:
seriously, if any of you guys out there donate to our kung fu movie and leave the message “i saw this on tumblr” we will send you a free copy of the DVD, even if you only give a single dollar! just click here!
its freeeeee! (with a donation of $1 or more hahah)
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film school
its taken me three years in film school to realize that not all the film classes you need to take are meant to help you make movies. in fact, most of them ARENT. their purpose is NOT to help you make films, but simply to study them.
which, in my opinion, is fucking stupid. yeah, i can hear you naysayers out there. “but its important to know the history of cinema. thats how you...
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a kung fu dream
i know you guys all have a lot better things to do with your money, and most of you are probably like “yeah dude, whatever. its a waste of time, but good luck.” but seriously. we are making this happen. this is the movie we’ve been talking about since we started making movies together. we couldn’t shoot any of our other movies without getting distracted and talking about...
“One of the things that bonded us all together early on [in film school] was a...”
– Jason McHugh
well said, sir. well fucking said.
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“It’s like, if you - people of a certain age - would make some effort to...”
– -Snow Crash, YT to her mom when she has to break her mom’s prized possession to get her to finally listen.
adults can be so fucking stupid. this is pretty much the only way i can communicate with my mother. its like she shuts down and goes into retard mode when i try to talk common sense, so...
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Sins of the Dragon kickstarter →
platypus-underground:
Good people of Tumblr! We are here to plead with you do reach deep into your hearts (and pockets) and donate to our cause! We at Platypus Underground are trying to raise $1000 in 30 days in order to fund our newest film, a kung fu movie called “Sins of the Dragon.” Even a single dollar will help us get closer to our goal, and every donation receives a reward! So donate...