OUT OF FOCUS

New York I Love You Film Shoot Feeds the Homeless

Crack & Dinkins would make a great name for the law offices of a pair of defunct personal injury lawyers, but for New Yorkers who remember New York in the 90's, the names now just bring up bad agida. Since then, racial tensions have weakened, cappuccino has substitute from crack, and the city has become more and more altruistic.

A perfect example of how selfless this city has become is the street filming of the feature film, New York I Love You.  Not only do these film folks generate more income for us, they also also make it a long day affair to feed the homeless by setting up these elaborate buffet tables. 

For free.

Food everywhere.

When was the last time I could gorge for free on a mini smoked salmon and caper croissant, or as they say, cwa-sonn.

I just could not pass up on the festivities and made sure to share the happy discovery with my fellow neighbors. 

I wonder if the homeless can tell a fresh baked good from a stale one?  I know I sure can.

I give New York I Love You a thumbs-up.

It'll gonna be worth the exorbitant ticket price and two buckets of popcorn.

http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/2008/04/new-york-i-love.html

Filmz.tv, My New Taboo Addiction

I normally don't steal.  Online that is.  I don't steal:

Software
Music
Or
People's Identity

...and I don't steal Hollywood movies.  But what if there was a website that simply allowed me to view them for free in me own leisure time?  Is that considered stealing?  I'm not downloading it.  I'm simply watching it. 

Since I haven't been sleeping well at night, I have been doing everything that I can to stay awake.  And that something is Filmz.tv.  Filmz.tv allows me to watch films for free and all I had to do was install a Divx wed player.

Now,
what if I were to upload a film that I've had on my shelf and rather than have my friend come over and watch it in the comfort of my own home, I'd  rather upload it to Filmz.tv and allow her to watch it with me online. That's not stealing, that's sharing.

Either way, Filmz.tv keeps me up at night better than any amphetamine and ultimately will save me a trip to Narconon in the future.  

Who's Vazquez??

Now that I am a full-time college student, I have decided to make this coming holiday weekend all about me and doing what would make me happiest; watching the Emanuelle Movie Collection.  That's right, one of the most profound film collections to date.  Please don't let the provocative covers fool you; these films are full of award-winning acting, cutting dialog and never-seen-before camera angles. They bring a tear to my eye and are remnant of my youth. My sister and I would spend days watching the films and our adolescent years were quite influenced by the cinema verite....of Emanuelle.

What I really want to know is Who Is Vazquez?  I, being one of the biggest Emanuelle fans and having the ability to quote from each film, seem to have a bit of competition; a  great film buff by the name Vazquez.  Although I greatly respect Vazquez's critiques, most of his comments get progressively angrier over time and with each film. Therefore, I can only assume that he dated the great soft porn actress at one time and is taking out his break-up aggression on Emanuelle via his Amazon comments.

Whoever this Vazquez guy is, he's one lucky guy.  Or girl.

Pick up your copy today.

 

2007 More Women In Film Contest

I was so excited to discover that I have been
given the  pleasure to be a semi-finalist judge for the 2007 More Women In Film Contest sponsored by More Magazine.  More magazine is geared towards women over 40 and although I haven't hit that milestone yet, I am flattered that I have been asked.   

I received them in the mail today and it just dawned on me.

I actually have to read them.
All 600 pages.
That's like reading half of Atlas Shrugged in three weeks!

I'll have to double dose on the Wellbutrin.

In Memory Of Adrienne Shelly

I can’t think of anything right now but Adrienne Shelly.  I went to see the fallen actresses directorial debut film, Waitress, this afternoon and cried when I saw the closing credits, In Memory of Adrienne Shelly, fade on and off the screen.  Adrienne was murdered last November by an illegal immigrant employed as a construction worker in her West Village apartment building.  He strangled her, left her for dead and then confessed days later. 

Words from the killer:
"I was having a bad day," illegal immigrant Diego Pillco, 19, allegedly told cops. "I didn't mean to kill her. But I did kill her."

When most people are “having a bad day”, they like to hit the gym or maybe get a pint of Guinness.  Tying a noose around someone’s neck is not what most people have in mind. The murderer, who committed a previous criminal act by coming to the U.S. illegally, deserves the death penalty and rot in hell so he doesn’t get to see 29. Lord knows what other crimes he committed back in his homeland of Ecuador. (Oops, looks like I won’t be winning and votes in office anytime soon!)

A mother to her three-year-old daughter, Adrienne Shelley had a blossoming writing and directing career ahead of her. Her husband, Andrew Ostroy, has started the  Adrienne Shelly Foundation, a non-profit organization that will award film school scholarships and grants to women filmmakers.

She was a beautiful woman who had an on-screen quirkiness that just mad you stare and smile.  She still had a child-like quality as a grown woman that made her so likeable and vulnerable.  Watch this video of her that I found on You Tube.  You’ll know what I mean…and go support her film, Waitress.