Posts by dan from why.movie

“For us believing physicists, the separation between past, present and future has only the meaning of an illusion, albeit a persistent one.” Albert Einstein Basically a primer, exploiting the most palatable science icon yet marketed to the world. ‘Einstein, the gentle genius who transformed human understanding, (and sanctioned the development of the atomic bomb)’. Credibility…

“I’ll bet you can compile as a flow. There’s a first time for everything.  I’m hankering for a Yamaha 6 string Dreadnaught circa 1984, complete with strap and aftermarket pickup, a bit banged around to give it character. Joe reaches into the box shielding his eyes from a fierce glare with the other arm. Starting…

“What about your sister?” “We too want to bring our sister to life, to be with us. An alliance with the Clique is rife with resistance, besides we don’t want to wait for them to bounce back from your prank, could be years. You can reach her now through the hallucinogenic realms. Be her deliverance,…

[Gerry, awake. We are / have new, news now. A ghost peeked at your sleep, we let the ghost see you, you live here, but not new boxes, fake feed. didn’t show, we. From a dark place, 212 minutes. We never knew ghosts could come, too new to know, us. Through the OTHERS he watched,…

Here’s the legacy categories, even after revising in 2019 they were STILL too complicated and so I eventually stopped using them, they didn’t persist. 1.0 story 1.1 theory 1.2 world building exposition rationales themes 1.3 script characters props scenes 1.4 feedback / tests 2.0 production 2.1 approach / workflow 2.2 cast and crew 2.3 makery…

Uncle Joe becomes Buffalo Joe, a wandering bard revives the oral tradition. Scenes with Joe speaking and others elsewhere repeating it back, then creating their own. Lena, Arborealists. Original cast of poetry slam?

At the end of Date Dance, Christina says she knows what he’s asking, ‘Rehearse the future”. What that makes me think of is practical magic – the manifestation of reality through imagination, deliberate story, joy and so forth. He taught her a powerful technique of contrast ignorance by seeing herself as unique, destined to save…

What inspired this rant was a snippet from Tom and Drew talking on Impact Theory about profitable projects that are components / steps towards where you want to ultimately go. I asked myself if DOG is a stage, what’s my ultimate go? What Mars does DOG point towards, how do cinematic projects fund or empower…

When do Gerry’s awakened boxes freak? Christina prepares for her mission by performing the female fashion ritual. Her child self and Uncle Joe had often executed various flim flams and clandestine exploits. Joe had given her the Practice, a palette of cognitive arts that allowed her subtle advantages in every situation and insured that she…

Christina’s dead Uncle Joe shows up at her cabin door, calling himself Melchior. During the visit she has several hypnogogic recollections of their past together. Joe eventually convinces Christina that she is going to give birth to the Daughter of God, after she seduces the reclusive engineer down the hall. Christina’s dead Uncle Joe shows…