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Repo Man Director Alex Cox Plans To Edit Next Film With OpenShot

Posted by timothy on from the punk-rock-ethos-includes-low-cost dept.

New submitter JonOomph writes "Director Alex Cox, the creator of Repo Man and Sid and Nancy, is making plans via Kickstarter for his next film, Bill, the Galactic Hero, a feature-length science fiction comedy set in the far reaches of our galaxy. He is challenging the norm by shooting the film on 35mm monochrome (black and white) film, possibly the last film to ever attempt this, and possibly the first feature film to be edited with popular open source video editor OpenShot." If you don't like spoilers, I suggest reading this short but fascinating piece on Repo Man (one of my all-time favorite movies) only after watching it.

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  1. Bill, the Galactic Hero by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    By Harry Harrison, I've read this book. It was funny, had a bit of a hitchhikers guide feel to it.
    Although it was written earlier.

    1. Re:Bill, the Galactic Hero by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 4, Interesting

      They cross interstellar space through use of "Bloater Drive" - becoming bigger than the galactic gulfs, then shrinking back, when their nose-cone approached the destination!

      Brilliant! I suppose it was the direct antecedent to improbability propulsion.

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      "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
      Never been known to fail..."
  2. Interested by puddingebola · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Always interested in what Alex Cox makes. Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Walker, Highway Patrolman, Straight to Hell. Doesn't he get some credit for using open source software to make a feature length movie?

    1. Re:Interested by davesag · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I'm backing this film, not because I give a damn about him filming on 35mm b/w stock, or because I care what video editing software he uses (he could use iMovie for all iCare), but because I loved the original book, the screenplay was what Harry Harrison and Alex Cox were working on when HH died, and I get a copy of both for US$25, while supporting the whole crowd-sourced film-making concept.

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  3. Re:Repo Man by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "Bill, The Galactic Hero"

    In a sane world, that book would be required reading, for the 7th grade.

    The film should have been made, and released in 2001. It's sadly, too little, too late - but for the bitter laughter of those who were wise to this, all along.

    Instead, we get fed garbage and lies like "24" and "Zero Dark Thirty" - While we are still sending children to kill children.

    Fighting the "Chingers" of this world... Yeah. Seven-foot insectoid monsters. You've got to NOT see 'em to believe 'em.

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    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."
  4. Re:Probably not the last B&W - but theatre onl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It will use anything supported by ffmpeg. You obvious wanted to post something negative before seeing what it it could actually do.

  5. Re:Probably not the last B&W - but theatre onl by dwywit · · Score: 3, Interesting

    No - you produce a digital intermediate from your analog negative, edit the digital intermediate - cuts, transitions, etc, then hand that edited intermediate over to a film-cutter to assemble the analog master from the original negative, using the digital intermediate as a template.
     
    It's much more complex than that, of course - but it's possible. Now as to why? Tonal range of 35mm film as mentioned above, probably. He'll need a good budget.

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    They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom