Mario Xavier

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@danicamckellar Women are like wine…

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@_Yowsa_ Deborah Ann Wohl

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@Realrclark25 @willpowerpacker I did a movie some years back with @willpowerpacker and he’s a genuinely great guy and great producer. I ran into him last year and was quickly reminded how much I enjoyed working for him.

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@ManaByte I always say this…I grew up with 3 blurry VHS tapes of Star Wars and I was grateful. Now I get new Star Wars on the regular and people act like it destroys their lives. Sad.

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@TheCinesthetic I did. Mind blowing.

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This is important representation in the MCU.

[Joel Franco @OfficialJoelF]

Tom Holland ate a pub sub for the first time to celebrate his non-alcoholic beer Bero expanding to Publix

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@BlackMajikMan90 No, honestly, I worked with this dude many years ago. He’s very difficult to work with. He’s rude to everyone around him. Everyone else I know who’s worked with him says the same thing…

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@TheCinesthetic This was the first big movie I worked on as a PA. The whole crew was in the lobby watching the monitor in tears. We had to be really silent so the older dog would take a nap on his own. Tough day.

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@ZASpookshow That looks like the Epcot American Pavilion. I live in Orlando, I’ve seen decent bands play at all the major parks. I’m glad for them. It’s usually a few days of fun with their families and they greet fans in the parks during the day. Get VIP access all around. Good gig.

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@GamewithDave Command and Conquer.

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@BostonByBirth I’m so sorry my man. I wish you peace.

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@politvidchannel

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@_microbudgetpod As the industry changes, the micro budget is the only path to survival it seems. It gives you total control and heck, it’s fun.

[Tom Vaughan @storyandplot]

It's become easier and easier to make movies over the last 50 years.

That "revolution" of quality content that we were promised never came. Why? Because the EASE of making movies is not the true bottleneck.

People who think that AI will tear down the walls don't seem to understand that the walls were torn down a long time ago.

It's survivorship bias. They only see the studio films that get distribution, so they think the only difference between those films and them is what those films have in common: budget.

But Sundance receives more than 14,000 submissions each year now, in features and shorts. Most of them STILL are not good enough to get to an audience.

People are making movies all the time. They are making movies right now.

And 99% of those films still don't capture anyone's imagination.

Yes, making the movie is hard. It's so hard.

But it's not the hard part. It's not the thing that makes the movie great. It's not the rare thing that differentiates one story from another.

It never will be.

There is always that guy in the audience who asks what camera the filmmaker used. And it has always been the wrong question.

I do believe there will be great artists out there who figure out ways to use AI to heighten their projects, and there will be great artists who forego it entirely.

But none of those great artists will be those who don't understand the difference between "That's great for AI" and "That's a great story.

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@stevenmartini @AlexGaggio @ScottJeschke I’m watching that one. Do people get residuals from that? Interesting questions to come.

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@stevenmartini @AlexGaggio @ScottJeschke Fantastic! Worth it!

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@AlexGaggio @stevenmartini @ScottJeschke Nice.

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@AlexGaggio @stevenmartini @ScottJeschke Do it. The new challenges too are making things with smaller teams, cheaper, wearing many hats, etc.

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@AlexGaggio @stevenmartini @ScottJeschke This is a good way to see it.

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@stevenmartini @AlexGaggio @ScottJeschke I’ll check out Bittersweet. That’s awesome. I keep saying we’re John Henry VS the machine, I think that’s the analogy we’re living now.