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Under discussion:
Dreams With Sharp Teeth (2008)

Under discussion:

Dreams With Sharp Teeth (2008)

“Three people will think this is half as funny as I do,” Jim Emerson disclaims, but I’m one of them: he put together 2 lists, one of actors in Fassbinder films and one of NPR presenters, mixed them up, and asked his readers to spot which are which. Then, Ali Arikan produced an audio version.
Kevin Kelly was unimpressed with Dreams With Sharp Teeth, the Harlan Ellison doc that premiered at SXSW. At i09, he calls it “a big fluff piece that basically fails to explain his cranky, world-hating genius.”
Joel Heller links to the five trailers produced by David Wilson and Boxcar Films for this year’s True/False Film Festival. Also: some of the SXSW 2008 Burger Hut revival trailers, starring Kent Osbourne, Nathan Zellner, Kevin Bewersdorff and several other friends of the festival, can be found here and here.
Chris Thilk has relaunched Movie Marketing Madness with a brighter, wider design.
This Recording links to what is purportedly an MP3 of Scarlett Johansson singing “Summertime.” Blandly, but I guess not badly.