Austinist: Austin Ranked Third Best "City To Live and Make Movies." Jealous, Albuquerque?

Noma

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:28:23 -0600

Send us, Shreveport, your movies. That'll really spank us. But ya know, we need spanked.

JUBCHA

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:51:40 -0600

THIS IS AWESOME. I'M WORKING ON A SCRIPT CALLED: GUTTER RATS. IM HALF-WAY DONE. LOOK FOR IT SOON.

Stew

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:23:40 -0600

Here's the problem mark, Not only do I not like people coming to Austin, which I agree I cannot do much anything about, I am paying for these people to come and make movies. Whether it is through a local proposition giving millions to the Austin Film scene or through Rick Perry's 20-40 million dollar Texas Film initiative. So I am growing the seed of my destruction. This is what pisses me off. Let the art scene fend for itself. If good movies are made in Texas, then people will go see them. You cannot pay someone to come to Austin and film some movie and expect everyone to like it.

ConanTheLibrarian

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:04:11 -0600

Left out of the comments and the article was the contribution the NBC series, "Friday Night Lights" is making to the Austin area, and the movie crews and actors that make Austin a favorite location for shoots. They paid me for 8 hours at $6.75 when I worked 2.5 hours on episode 15 and 5.5 hours on episode 14, unheard of business practice and extra wage in Austin before Peter Berg came to town. Dozens, if not hundreds of folks have been hired as crew. At least a half dozen actors have gotten SAG waiver jobs. And it was the first Craft Services Buffet since Emelio Estavez and Martin Sheen did "The War at Home" where there was NO extras vs. Cast & Crew Segregation. And then there are the Six figure contributions in form of Money to PISD and a new Stadium to DVISD. Say what you will about the series, from a particpant in the Austin Indie and Commercial film community, FNL is the best thing to happen to Austin in a long while. Much better than "Real World" and "Teeth".

caroday

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:31:30 -0600

2 for 2 posts of yours that have made me laugh i think i'm developing a cyber crush

mark

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:19:57 -0600

Stew, shouldn't you be paying attention in class instead of suring the web? So jaded at such a young age...that bit is tired.

Marc

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:11:49 -0600

Austin: It Was So Much Cooler Before You Got Here. Please, people.

Tarvin

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:04:47 -0600

Yep, pull up the drawbridge. Or we'll have more traffic, more pollution, less greenspace, more crowded parks, more expensive housing, higher taxes.

Kathryn

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:00:58 -0600

Hello from Shreveport! Next year we will kick your yellow rose of Texas. Yee-haw!

Stew

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:54:32 -0600

I used to like this sort of thing, but now...NO!! DON'T COME TO AUSTIN. Don't come here and make a movie which will only convince more people to come here.

Stew

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:47:14 -0600

I used to celebrate these things, but now...NO MORE PEOPLE! Austin sucks to make a movie in, don't come here and make a movie that will convince even more people to come to Austin.