Fay Grim, KQED, and More!

Tonight I saw "Fay Grim", a Hal Hartley film, on DVD. Now, what is interesting is that you can see this film right now on DVD but you can also see it at your local arthouse theater (SF citizens, I believe it is at the Lumiere). This is no accident. HDNet films produced this film and as we all know, Mark Cuban (He of the Dallas Mavericks, HDNet, and 2929 Films, etc.) is no fool. He's willing to give simultaneous release of films a chance, and it is kind of cool. I would have actually seen this the other night at the theater, but thanks to MUNI I couldn't make it in time. So while I saw "Hot Fuzz" at the googleplex, I ended up seeing Fay Grim on DVD.

ANYWAY, it's a great little film. It is a sequel to the Hal Hartley film "Henry Fool" which came out in 1997. I have not seen this film yet, despite the many times people have said "hey you should rent this." And it is on my Netflix list, as are 1000s more films that are there (most on Long Wait, Very Long Wait, or Short Wait). So I saw this not knowing some of the backstory but as it turned out, that was not a problem...it's an interestin story of ordinatory people swept up in intrigue and spies and conspiracy, without making your head spin. It is a testament to any film I see at home that I don't pause multpile times to check email or do something else. So go see it.

Also, I'm bragging here (but not on my real blog) that KQED put an ad on the The N Judah Chronicles . Sorry if bragging is gauche, but what started out as a whim, and become something I've enjoyed and put a lot of work into, is finally getting the skillz to pay the billz (well at least the server bill for the year). And we're switching shirt providers from the dunderheads at GoodStorm.com to Spreadshirt.com, so a) we can deliver stuff in this decade and b) it'll look better and c) we can sell other stuff too. Yay us.

Finally, if you're commuting into SF tomorrow, be aware that vacation traffic and Critical Dorks will conspire to ruin your Friday night. Cut out of work early, or stay around the office and relax with a coffee or a beer and leave the chaos to others....