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Agnes Varnum is a freelance writer, film programmer and communications manager for the Austin Film Society. She is the primary contributor to doc it out and Tribeca Film Institute's Resources.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-03

July 3rd, 2009 • Agnes Varnum • 0 comments • Related Posts • Tags
  • RT @ajschnack: Food Inc. documentary director Robert Kenner will be on The Daily Show July 2. (via @SKilmurry) #
  • RT @lksriv: July 15th deadline for The Reach Film Fellowship from @cinereach: http://bit.ly/NbMnV #
  • RT @filmhouston: indie drama feature @marfared needs extras Sat. 7/4 in Friendswood, TX. contact/dm: michochofilms@yahoo.com or @filmtx #
  • RT @SKilmurry: RT @WGBHLab: Don't forget to help our young filmmakers with their rough cuts http://bit.ly/BS6yB – Feedback wanted! #
  • Off to watch AFGHAN STAR at the Ritz – there are still tix! #
  • More Herzog Please http://tinyurl.com/l3a7u7 #
  • :) RT @AustinChronicle: You Can Sing, but You Can't Dance – AFS Documentary Tour: 'Afghan Star' – http://tinyurl.com/mkoahh #
  • Drive up organic salad. One more reason to live Austin #
  • Can we start criticizing yet? http://tinyurl.com/l6gbyn #
  • RT @chutry: Facebook group for my book, Reinventing Cinema, in case anyone is interested: http://bit.ly/q9ZvF #
  • RT @Ctr4SocialMedia: Media Literacy, Copyright and Fair Use Slideshow from our friends at Media Education Lab! http://tinyurl.com/mqw5h8 #
  • The Perfect Cappuccino now on DVD – perfect for the coffee lover in your life cappuccinomovie.com #
  • and @45365doc is Tweeting. Thanks for following too. What's up with the yellow? Y'all have such pretty images. Please share #
  • hey, looks like my Gmail theme is responding to the weather in Austin. It's the first time I've ever seen lightening in the background. Cool #
  • RT @lksriv: 3 Minute Stories on Hulu: Deleted scene from In a Dream: http://bit.ly/cfl7H #
  • RT @1basil1 NYers go see this doc! @45365doc 45365 screening JULY 11 @ Old Am Can Factory in Brooklyn. location info: http://is.gd/1jbhC #
  • RT @SKilmurry Watch "Beyond Hatred" by Olivier Meyrou tonight on POV (check your listings) http://bit.ly/FoJQm #
  • it's a RT love-fest! IDA thanks y'all xxoo #
  • Tomorrow is the late deadline for 2009 IDA Documentary Awards #
  • RT @Marj: @dwordcom: The D-Word is on to reach out to an extended documentary community. http://www.d-word.com #
  • Weekly Updates for 2009-06-26 http://tinyurl.com/l7vgqy #
  • thks @TXPerfArts_Curt for the RT – cool contest! Follow @TXPerfArts! #
  • RT @ErwinCenter: CONTEST: RT this tweet between 11-2pm today for your chance to win Jamie Foxx tickets. Winner chosen randomly at 4pm. #
  • RT @realscreen: Ron Mann receives Ontario honors http://tinyurl.com/l5ektd #

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More Herzog Please

July 1st, 2009 • Agnes Varnum • 2 comments • Related Posts • Tags

Werner Herzog has published his diaries that he wrote during the filming of Fitzcarraldo, Conquest of the Useless. For those of you who have seen Burden of Dreams, you understand that this is probably some freaky shit definitely worth reading. If you haven’t seen Burden of Dreams but you have seen Fitzcarraldo, you’ll find this history of the filmmaking process nothing short of astonishing. And if you are unfamiliar with all of it, well, I’d start with the movies.

I haven’t read the book yet, but from a new interview with Herzog over at Art Beat by Jeffrey Brown, Herzog admits that even he couldn’t go back to those diaries for many years. An excerpt from the prologue:

“A vision had seized hold of me, like the demented fury of a hound that has sunk its teeth into the leg of a deer carcass and is shaking and tugging at the downed game so frantically that the hunter gives up trying to calm him. It was the vision of a large steamship scaling a hill under its own steam, working its way up a steep slope in the jungle, while above this natural landscape, which shatters the weak and the strong with equal ferocity, soars the voice of Caruso, silencing all the pain and all the voices of the primeval forest and drowning out all birdsong. To be more precise: bird cries, for in this setting, left unfinished and abandoned by God in wrath, the birds do not sing; they shriek in pain, and confused trees tangle with one another like battling Titans, from horizon to horizon, in a steaming creation still being formed. Fog-panting and exhausted they stand in this unreal world, in unreal misery– and I, like a stanza in a poem written in an unknown foreign tongue, am shaken to the core.” Listen/read the interview >>

The doesn’t focus on the book specifically, but that’s ok since we all just want more Herzog!

Can we start criticizing Google yet?

June 30th, 2009 • Agnes Varnum • 0 comments • Related Posts • Tags

I have to admit to still being in love with , for the most part. Gmail and Maps are staples of my life. But Search is starting to piss me off. Today, I need to find some web icons for email, the web, etc. so I type it in to . What do I get back? A bunch of spammy sites trying to download spyware (if I had a PC, I would have been worried about that). Anyways, eventually I found some usable icons but I wasn’t totally happy with them and I’m thinking I might need to find something better when I have more time to search. Sigh. That was the feeling we had before –when it came along, it helped us find what we were looking for quickly and easily on the net.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-26

June 26th, 2009 • Agnes Varnum • 0 comments • Related Posts • Tags

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Goran Bregovic, Weddings, Funerals

June 21st, 2009 • Agnes Varnum • 0 comments • Related Posts • Tags

I had the pleasure of attending a Goran Bregovic concert this past week. It was one of the best concerts I’ve been to in a while! The music is so freakin’ happy, you can’t help but dance. The slower, poignant songs allowed us a moment to catch our breaths. From the Bass Concert Hall website description of the concert:

Balkan music icon and acclaimed film composer Goran Bregovic celebrates the music of Europe’s Gypsy tradition. Goran brings his 20-piece Wedding and Funeral Orchestra to the Bass Concert Hall stage on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 for one of a handful of concerts in the United States this year. This spectacular Orchestra includes a Serbian brass band, string ensemble, and choir. This is certain to be one of the most talked about world music events for years to come!

I don’t even think this video does them justice. If you see the concert near you, GO! You will have a fantastic time!

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