1. 3D Tablet: The New York Times reviews the Neo3do tablet, saying it "is designed for people who like 3-D but hate the glasses. It plays 3-D video and converts standard video into 3-D that you can see without the goofy spectacles....The 3-D effect is sometimes excellent; other times ... not so much." Read the full review here. 2. Madonna on BitTorrent: Madonna's secretprojectrevolution, the 17-minute film she co-directed with Steven Klein, is now available for free download via BitTorrent here. The film launches Art For Freedom, an online global initiative to further freedom of expression, created by Madonna, curated by Vice, and distributed by BitTorrent. 3. Mary Pickford: There's a "new" Mary Pickford film. The Library of Congress is funding a project to restore the film, titled "Their First Misunderstanding," which was found in a New Hampshire barn in 2006. It "is the only known copy of a 1911 Mary Pickford movie...
- 9/25/2013
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
Carpenter Peter Massie has come across some interesting finds over the years - antique bottles, old newspapers stuffed in walls. But his biggest discovery of all is the only known copy of a 1911 Mary Pickford movie that marked a turning point in the silent film star's career.
The Library of Congress is funding a project to restore the film, titled Their First Misunderstanding, and it will be shown next month at Keene State College, where a retired professor has overseen the restoration.
The film is the first one Pickford wrote and the first for which she was given credit in the advertising materials. Before that, movie studios didn't want actors to become household names because they'd demand more money, said Pickford scholar Christel Schmidt, editor of "Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies."...
The Library of Congress is funding a project to restore the film, titled Their First Misunderstanding, and it will be shown next month at Keene State College, where a retired professor has overseen the restoration.
The film is the first one Pickford wrote and the first for which she was given credit in the advertising materials. Before that, movie studios didn't want actors to become household names because they'd demand more money, said Pickford scholar Christel Schmidt, editor of "Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies."...
- 9/24/2013
- by Cineplex.com and contributors
- Cineplex
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