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    Category: art

    “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things,
    but their inward significance.” -Aristotle

    History’s Scariest Story

    Last night I scared my wife telling her about the horror movie I’m outlining. She couldn’t sleep; I felt bad. But that’s not the scariest story I… Read more “History’s Scariest Story”

    April 28, 2015October 9, 2020 by Fred Gooltz

    Europe’s The Spiral is Great TV 2.0

    With American TV borrowing so much from Scandinavia, England, and Israel for our best TV shows, how about we borrow from Europe’s best transmedia television phenomenon: The… Read more “Europe’s The Spiral is Great TV 2.0”

    January 14, 2013September 27, 2013 by Fred Gooltz

    Syfy’s Defiance and Transmedia TV Gold

    My interest in transmedia storytelling exists at the intersection of my obsessions with participatory culture, new media, and entertainment. I believe storytellers can create deeper experiences for… Read more “Syfy’s Defiance and Transmedia TV Gold”

    January 10, 2013October 4, 2013 by Fred Gooltz

    Transmedia, TV Time and the Brain

    So what the hell is Transmedia? It is not watching a TV show on an iPad. That’s “watching TV.” It is not telling many stories in the same… Read more “Transmedia, TV Time and the Brain”

    November 30, 2012September 27, 2013 by Fred Gooltz

    Preventing Cut and Paste TV

    Clay Shirky wrote a great article that contained another example of how we must adapt or die: Fifteen years ago, a research group called The Fraunhofer Institute… Read more “Preventing Cut and Paste TV”

    November 26, 2012September 27, 2013 by Fred Gooltz

    Parks & Rec Transmedia Wins

    Parks & Recreation is great. And it’s also doing a lot of transmedia storytelling right. I watch TV with a device on my lap, and when Amy… Read more “Parks & Rec Transmedia Wins”

    November 25, 2012September 27, 2013 by Fred Gooltz

    5 Pitfalls of John Cusack’s Rush Project

    As in Rush Limbaugh. Script not done – well see what it’s looks like – could be good hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-cusa… — John Cusack (@johncusack) November 4, 2012 I… Read more “5 Pitfalls of John Cusack’s Rush Project”

    November 5, 2012 by Fred Gooltz

    Film & TV 2.0

    Around 2003, after Democrats were walloped in the midterms, and the established liberal advocacy organizations in D.C. proved unable to register any victories against President Bush, the… Read more “Film & TV 2.0”

    October 18, 2012September 27, 2013 by Fred Gooltz

    Stephen Colbert Wins

    He won a Peabody. His winning “Super PAC” segments embody some of my favorite rules – both from writing and improv: He says his responsibility is to… Read more “Stephen Colbert Wins”

    October 1, 2012 by Fred Gooltz

    What The World Needs Now Is…

    More of this, please. If you don’t know what this Goya riff is working from, behold: the future. From Eater: The owner of a café in the… Read more “What The World Needs Now Is…”

    September 28, 2012 by Fred Gooltz

    What’s New in Hollywood

    Rarely is very much new. Of the 45 films Warner Brothers released in 1940, 15 of them were remakes including Bette Davis’ The Letter and Errol Flynn’s… Read more “What’s New in Hollywood”

    September 23, 2012 by Fred Gooltz

    That Jeff Buckley Movie Thing

    This one hurts. It’s not that they’re making a Jeff Buckley movie, nor that they’re making two – but it’s that one of them is the movie… Read more “That Jeff Buckley Movie Thing”

    September 18, 2012 by Fred Gooltz

    We’re On To Something

    A few years ago I wrote a 10 minute play with Chris from my old improv group that The Dare Project in NYC was kind enough to… Read more “We’re On To Something”

    July 2, 2012 by Fred Gooltz

    “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?”

    Time to turn back and descend the stair… A nice image in that line. Which, since reading A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments by Roland Barthes, has made me… Read more ““Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?””

    January 12, 2012 by Fred Gooltz

    #OWS as a Judd Apatow Movie

    What if Occupy Wall Street incorporated as an investment bank and an attached savings bank?  And what if at #Occupy demonstrations around the country, protestors could walk… Read more “#OWS as a Judd Apatow Movie”

    October 19, 2011 by Fred Gooltz

    The Heart of Catch-22

    “And don’t tell me God works in mysterious ways,” Yossarian continued, hurtling over her objections. “There’s nothing so mysterious about it. He’s not working at all. He’s… Read more “The Heart of Catch-22”

    August 2, 2011 by Fred Gooltz

    Tech and Self

    Fun art installation idea about how technology can obfuscate one’s projection of self: Cinemagram makes moving gifs of a few frames. There’s this feature where you can… Read more “Tech and Self”

    May 8, 2011 by Fred Gooltz

    Ira Glass and David Foster Wallace

    I immediately thought of itsasickness when I read this: “Almost anything you pay close, direct attention to becomes interesting” – David Foster Wallace, ‘The Pale King’ Similarly,… Read more “Ira Glass and David Foster Wallace”

    April 8, 2011 by Fred Gooltz

    Departures Magazine: “The Coolest New Website on the Internet”

    This was nice of them to say: The Coolest New Website on the Internet By Eric Klinenberg, Sep-2010 The creators of the networking site itsasickness.com are betting… Read more “Departures Magazine: “The Coolest New Website on the Internet””

    February 1, 2011September 27, 2013 by Fred Gooltz

    Slavoj Žižek on WikiLeaks

    Every lefty’s favorite Slovak philosopher looks into the WikiLeaks story and knocks it out of the park. First he dissects The Dark Knight movie in a way… Read more “Slavoj Žižek on WikiLeaks”

    January 14, 2011 by Fred Gooltz

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