Michael Duignan

film maker, student of life, member of the invisible college.

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

https://t.co/H0LKS2NGgc

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@EneaszWrites Idealist say atoms are made from consciousness.

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@MHReddell Countries that overtook us actively built industries, skills and infrastructure. They did not celebrate the collapse of manufacturing capacity. They also put a special focus on cultural and creative exports: Korea, Taiwan, Ireland, Singapore - and many others.

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@damienmgrant Use council or govt land to establish bi-weekly farmer's markets in towns and cities for small vendors to sell fresh produce direct to consumer. All sales in these markets would be exempt from GST. Special economic zone for fresh food.

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@damienmgrant Where were your "principles" about the sanctity of property rights when Foodstuff were using land covenants to prevent any competition from small grocery stores? This destroyed a free market & the result is traffic jams, high prices and food deserts.

[Yinzer G @yinzer_g]

Gen X defined:

Ages 45-61
Looks 35-40
Will 100% throw hands
Doesn't care about your feelings
Cusses a lot
Will make you cry with words
Great work ethic
Pragmatic
Zero tolerance for stupidity
Skeptical of authority
Doesn't trust anyone at 1st
Extremely loyal friend
Figures shit out
Most likely your boss
Works hard, plays hard
No fear
Sarcastic as fuck
Still listens to the same music
Knows lyrics to Rock, Rap & Country
Proficient in analog & digital tech
Self reliant
Adaptable to any environment
Just wants to be left alone

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

[Auteur House @auteurhouse]

Francis Ford Coppola when Razzie awarded him "Worst director" for Megalopolis (2024):

“I am thrilled to accept the Razzie award in so many important categories for @/megalopolisfilm, and for the distinctive honor of being nominated as the worst director, worst screenplay, and worst picture at a time when so few have the courage to go against the prevailing trends of contemporary moviemaking!

In this wreck of a world today, where ART is given scores as if it were professional wrestling, I chose to NOT follow the gutless rules laid down by an industry so terrified of risk that despite the enormous pool of young talent at its disposal, may not create pictures that will be relevant and alive 50 years from now.

What an honor to stand alongside a great and courageous filmmaker like Jacques Tati who impoverished himself completely to make one of cinema's most beloved failures, PLAYTIME! My sincere thanks to all my brilliant colleagues who joined me to make our work of art, MEGALOPOLIS, and let us remind ourselves us that box-office is only about money, and like war, stupidity and politics has no true place in our future.”

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@JosephKahn Thats an impressive big black camera.

[Joseph Jones @JoeGayHistorian]

I have noticed this as well and is one of the many reasons my love for Hollywood has died.

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@dvorahfr There is a pile of cereal sitting on the table with no bowl. Why?

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@PronouncedHare That is essentially what we have and it's given us stagnation and eye-watering private debt because we collectively chose selling houses as our key industry. If we want to see actual growth we will need a more radical vision of what the country can make and export.

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@victorbonafonte people create cinema. AI creates slop

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@DrewPavlou - Total failure of tradecraft + humiliation of DGSE
- French agents spend 10 years in jail
- French Govt forced pay $ to Greenpeace.
- Greenpeace 2x membership, buys 2 new boats.
- NZ nuclear free status solidified
- Turbo charges moral war for environment.
- Une débâcle

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@Artedeingenio Congrats. You made total slop. This is the real thing.
https://t.co/6FxdWXelvu

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@WaltForWaikato Unless money is used to affect change, build things or grow things then it's just a number on a ledger. NZ (and govt) has lost the capacity to change, build and grow. It needs industry, capability and ambition. We cannot save our way to prosperity, we need to build it.

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@CyberRobooo The video doesn't look right - the movement doesn't match the motion blur. Either it was shot at a very high frame rate / short exposure time (say 500th sec?) - but that doesn't make sense because the curtains are pulled and there is just one lamp.

[TCM @tcm]

Our thoughts are with the friends and family of actor and filmmaker, Robert Redford.

A luminary with an eye for storytelling and a heart for the people who loved him, Redford's prolific contributions to the arts across mediums will continue to illuminate generations to come.

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@NZNationalParty That graph shows inflation starting to fall in March 24, and starting to rise in March 25.

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@TaxpayersUnion The artwork is not the problem. Building things is good, including art. How much money was spent on lawyers, consultants and pointless paper shuffling?

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@zhao_dashuai 60% of English is Latin. 10% is Greek. Goes up to 90% if you are talking technical, government, formal. The Roman empire never fell, it just franchised.