ben mole

Director of some movies and some tv. And sometimes writer. Tweet about my horio Evia, Greece, Pens, Steelers, movies, books, and TV.

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[ben mole @benedictmole]

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[ben mole @benedictmole]

"rewrite this biog into the 3rd person in under two seconds.".... Oh, Chat GPT, come to my arms, my beamish boy....

[ben mole @benedictmole]

@ITVXhelp @cebs_uk @ITVX Without a Fast-Forward, if I get to the last few minutes of a sports game and itvx crashes (as it often does) , I have to watch the whole thing again to see the ending. Is this correct?

[ben mole @benedictmole]

Just noticed this shot in Guardians 3 -- the last film James Gunn made before going to DC. Is it just me or...?

[ben mole @benedictmole]

"Like the house band in a Tarrantino movie"...

[ben mole @benedictmole]

#shutterencoder is such a pleasure to use. Thank you @paulpacifico

[Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox]

@TimboBagginses I’m inclined to think (guess again!) that once civilisations develop AI beyond a certain level they essentially become immortal.

[Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox]

Musing, for various reasons. on the origin of life - the transition from geochemistry to biochemistry - and the subsequent near-4 billion year road to civilisation. The more I think about it, the more I’m inclined to guess (because it’s a guess) that the average number of civilisations per galaxy is less than one.

[ben mole @benedictmole]

I can not recommend this enough. Not only did my project progress leaps and bounds, but I grew as a storyteller and thinker personally Plus its a hellava lot of fun. We're taking my project *Save Point* to Cannes tomorrow to reap the rewards. Here we go...

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[ben mole @benedictmole]

Can't stop 🤣

[George Mack @george__mack]

Taleb's Surgeon:

If presented with two equal candidates for a role, pick the one with the least amount of charisma.

The uncharismatic one has got there despite their lack of charisma.

The charismatic one has got there with the aid of their charisma.

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

What is your brain doing when you are doing absolutely nothing?

A neuroscientist wanted an answer to that question.

So she conducted the first brain-imaging study of brain activity when the brain is in a "resting state"—free of inputs/free to wander.

The results are interesting...

The neuroscientist Dr. Nancy Andreasen used a positron emission tomography (PET) scan to study brain activity when the brain is at "wakeful rest"

When you are doing absolutely nothing:

"We found activations in multiple regions of the association cortex," Dr. Andreasen wrote. "We were not [seeing] a passive silent brain during the ‘resting state,’ but rather a brain that was actively connecting thoughts and experiences.”

Essentially, Dr. Andreasen demonstrated that the brain defaults to creativity.

When you are doing absolutely nothing, the brain engages in what the researchers termed "random episodic silent thought" or REST.

And during REST, the brain "uses its most human & complex parts."

Takeaway 1: Doing nothing promotes creativity.

Raymond Chandler, Neil Gaiman, Dr. Suess, George Lucas, and many other writers all have/had a similar habit.

They gave themselves two options:

a) You don’t have to write.
b) You can’t do anything else.

@neilhimself explains:

"I go down to my lovely little gazebo at the bottom of the garden, sit down, and I’m absolutely allowed not to do anything...I'm not allowed to do a crossword, read a book, phone a friend...all I’m allowed to do is absolutely nothing, or write. But writing is actually more interesting than doing nothing after a while."

Takeaway 2: REST

Resting, Dr. Andreasen wrote, “allows the association cortices of the brain to converse in a free & uncensored manner.”

This is why ideas come to us in the shower, on walks, and when daydreaming.

A favorite example of this: @Lin_Manuel had the idea for “Hamilton” on vacation:

"I was on a pool float with a margarita in my hand and had a moment when my brain could unplug. [It was his first vacation in 7 years]. The moment my brain got a moment's rest, the best idea I've ever had in my life walked into it."

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“If a plant only gets sunlight, it’s very harmful. It needs darkness too…In the darkness, it converts oxygen into carbon dioxide. We are like that too. We need periods of doing & periods of non-doing.” — Robert Pirsig

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[ben mole @benedictmole]

Brrrrrilliant!

[ben mole @benedictmole]

Good pulse read...

[Hilluminati @bryanedwardhill]

Just got off a conference call. Here’s three things said to be about putting a film together that might inform —

“Script gets the cast. Cast makes the package. Package makes the movie.”

“Nobody knows who is a star anymore.”

“8-10 million is almost gone. 4-6 is the target.”

[ben mole @benedictmole]

Oh no. Lance Reddick was really magical in screen. One of a few actors whose work I seeked out. And was never disappointed.

[ben mole @benedictmole]

@johnaugust There's a new theory that early humans tamed themselves by systematically killing of fthe violent males --0 https://t.co/B45SAVIP1a

[ben mole @benedictmole]

I just can't imagine how tf the conversation went in the meeting. "Let's suspend Lineker, and then we'll..." .... What was their plan? Baffling.