Bruce Willis Connects On iChat

After writing about the possibility of people in the public eye using Twitter in the future to connect with their audiences, I found this interesting. A couple of day ago, apparently Bruce Willis wanted to prove that it was actually him posting on a message board under the name of Walter B. He offered to connect to a disbelieving fan using iChat.

It makes you wonder how many other celebrities are interacting with their fans and detractors anonymously on the web. I'm sure it's a lot more than you might think. It's really a good way for them to move around and engage with people about their latest work without being noticed.

David Lynch on Product Placement

Here's what Filmmaker David Lynch thinks about product placement. Classic!

Interestingly, he doesn't like product placements, but he doesn't seem to mind directing cigarette commercials!

What do you think about product placement? I tend to agree with Mr Lynch's sentiment.

via miosite

Subliminal Apocalypto

You've got to see this subliminal movie magic.

Play the trailer through to the scene with the screaming monkey, pause on the monkey, and then just flick back frame by frame with your arrow key.

The Number 23 Viral

Sydney Agency Host has launched a new viral campaign for the film The Number 23.

The idea is that you input details about a friend and then send them. The site poses as a professor's personal site, and the email you receive looks authentic as well.

If you don't want to scare a friend, just view the demo instead, which is based on a girl called Sarah.

Pulse

At first glance this looks like a blog, but it's actually a Flash microsite for the Spanish premiere of the film Pulse.

Once you've hit the Open Video button and finished viewing the Flash movie, the site invites you to "scare a friend" by personalising it with your own text, voice or webcam live recording, and then to send it on to an unsuspecting friend.

I'd say they'd have to be a pretty good friend, or perhaps someone you actually don't like.

Tropfest

Tropfest, the world's largest short film festival, is on again tonight.

Now in its 15th year, it has become a major national event with venues in Sydney Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, Hobart and this year in 8 other regional centres. There's even talk of international screenings later this year. I heard the Tribeca Film Festival mentioned in the media today as a possible link to a U.S. festival.

Tropfest now has major corporate sponsors and celebrity support. Patrons of the festival include Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, Sam Neill, Russel Crowe, George Miller, Lachlan Murdoch and Geoffrey Rush.

The festival continues to get bigger and bigger every year, aided by digital technology and live satellite link-ups. This is a far cry from it's original roots at the Tropicana Caffe in Darlinghurst 15 years ago. I lived close to the the Tropicana in the mid to late '90s, so I remember when the festival was just a few hundred people crowded in the street outside the Tropicana watching a couple of outdoor screens and having a street party; it's certainly grown from that!

Every year the call for entries goes out to the general public and the festival asks budding filmmakers to include a compulsory Tropfest signature item, which this year is a sneeze. The 16 finalists have already been chosen, so good luck to all. Big things have tended to happen for previous winners, and also for the festival founder John Polson.

Keep and eye on the Tropfest video channel over at ninemsn.

Breakfast Club Dancing

Get into some dorky '80s dancing with the Breakfast Club. You know you want to.

...or watch the film in 60 seconds.

Thanks to Nik Roope (vi-r-us.com) for reminding me of this. I'm not entirely sure he should be thanked, what do you reckon?

Forget the Film

Many times I find that the film titles are better than the film itself. Here's a site from Submarine Channel that's started to feature some of the great title sequences.

Thanks to miosite for letting me know about this new resource.

Grindhouse - Tarantino & Rodriguez

Tarantino and Rodriguez have teamed up to present Grindhouse. I'm sure you'll be hearing and seeing more about this dual project in the coming months!

A lot of the Flash microsite seems to be "coming soon" at the moment, but it looks like it's going to be worth another decent look when it's finished.

From the experience of the site, Hi–Res! in London must be working on it, although there's no reference to it on their (temporary html) company site right now. If it's not them, someone is borrowing heavily from them.