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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. Re:Probably not the last B&W - but theatre onl by I_am_Jack · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You'll still have more range and depth than you would with shooting on color film stock and desaturating during the editing process, or shooting digital B&W.

  3. Harry Harrison by Princeofcups · · Score: 5, Informative

    That should be "Harry Harrison's classic Bill the Galactic Hero." He also wrote Soylent Green aka Make Room Make Room, the Stainless Steel Rat books, and many other great works that should be in any true geek's collection.

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    The only thing worse than a Democrat is a Republican.