Brian FlemmingA filmmaker and playwright, Brian Flemming is the director of "Nothing So Strange," a feature-length faux documentary about the assassination of Bill Gates, and the co-creator "Bat Boy: The Musical." He blogs a lot about a variety of topics.Pass the popcorn- April 24, 2008 I'm not planning to see the movie, but I'll enjoy watching this drama.http://www.brianflemming.org/archives/002898.html The Expelled idiocy knows no bounds- April 18, 2008 It's not unusual at all for early cuts of a film to "temp in" commercial music tracks. Sometimes those tracks end up being licensed for the commercial release of the film, sometimes they're replaced with cheaper songs, sometimes the film's composer just imitates them in a non-actionable way. Nothing So Strange screened noncommercially a couple times with Rage Against The Machine's "Bombtrack" under the opening scene while I tried to get the rights. (Didn't happen. Communists, my ass.)...http://www.brianflemming.org/archives/002897.html Motivational posters- April 15, 2008 (Thanks, Maria)http://www.brianflemming.org/archives/002896.html Go shopping- April 14, 2008 Can you do it better than President Bush (Thanks, Jim.)http://www.brianflemming.org/archives/002894.html Your theater plans for the weekend- April 10, 2008 No matter where you are in the world, you are no more than a few thousand miles from one of these productions: Los Angeles. The long-awaited revival of Mitch Watson's Klub opens Saturday at the Actors' Gang: This LAist interview with Mitch is funny. Maryland. According to its website, Catholic university Mount St. Mary's "is built on four pillars - faith, discovery, leadership and community." Fortunately, they were able to knock down the first pillar and put on a production of Bat Boy....http://www.brianflemming.org/archives/002893.html Sex and Death 101- April 4, 2008 My pal Dan Waters has a movie opening tonight in L.A. And I just happen to have a free pair of tickets for any show this weekend. The movie's called Sex and Death 101, and it will make you laugh. It also reunites Dan, who wrote Heathers, with Winona Ryder. I can assure you that it has both sex and death in it. And Winona figures into both. If you're in L.A. and you want the free tickets, just be the first one to email me with the subject line "I love sex and death!" (Update: They're...http://www.brianflemming.org/archives/002890.html "There are two kinds of Republicans: Millionaires and suckers"- April 4, 2008 People will hate you for calling them suckers. But they will also wonder if they are suckers. Which is the point. Nobody wants to be a sucker.http://www.brianflemming.org/archives/002889.html My April Fools' Day prank- April 3, 2008 People who say religion is useless clearly haven't discovered that it makes an excellent butt for a joke. In case you didn't catch the drama in real time, yesterday the front page of this blog was taken over by my performance of Kris Kristofferson's classic tale of self-hatred and redemption, "Why Me Lord": And who out there was April-Fooled by this apparent announcement of Brian Flemming's new love affair with Jesus Well, not any of my godless friends, thank God. Most called or emailed...http://www.brianflemming.org/archives/002888.html I have revised my former position- April 2, 2008 UPDATE: Story about yesterday's amusing events coming later today...http://www.brianflemming.org/archives/002885.html |