Spurlock Documentaries + Open Mouth Policy + 24Hrs New Orleans + Pyongyangapalooza

I have to hand it to Morgan Spurlock, love him or hate him, he's used his success with "Super Size Me" to invest into upcoming talent. He takes wonderful documentaries that have already been made, and provides them with the distribution they need to break out. I've watched two of these films and they are both spectacular:


Confessions of a Superhero

A beautiful documentary that features the men and women who dress up as superheroes in from of the Mann Chinese Theatre in Hollywood to take pictures for tips. It's an emotional film that uses powerful still images as transitions between four dynamic characters - the obsessive Superman, the lunatic Batman, the prom-queen Wonder Woman and the hopeful Incredible Hulk.



Czech Dream

Nissa and I watched this last night - an interesting and sometimes scary look at the power of advertising. These two student czech film makers used government funds to set up a fake "hypermarket" (picture a WalMart the size of New Jersey) and advertised it with posters that read DON'T COME, DON'T SPEND, DON'T FIGHT! Thousands still showed up to a meadow in the middle of nowhere and ran like madmen and women to a fake facade of a storefront. It's great to see the advertisers, who helped them with this campaign, seperate themselves from this project because it was a "lie." Hilarious. The theme song for "Cesky Sen," (Czech Dream) is still stuck in my head.

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Does Hillary Clinton ever close her mouth?

Every AP photo shows this woman with her mouth open. Does she ever worry about bugs? (credit of this observation goes to Nissa)

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New Orleans, here I come!

I made this commercial for Next American City's 24Hrs website. I will be in New Orleans from March 6th through the 10th.


check out the site: Next American City's 24Hrs Home Page!

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This week I:

Dissed the Washington Beltway HOT Lanes

Asked our Readers to Describe Next American City in Seven Words or Less

Pyongyangapalooza!