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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 19h

I really wish there was a way to make CEOs hear every normal person’s moan of disappointment when they realize the cute/funny video they’re watching is AI.

Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · 19h

'The consumer doesn't care if what they're looking at is AI' YES THEY DO WE KEEP HEARING THAT THEY DO maybe there's a percentage that don't BUT MANY PEOPLE REALLY FUCKING DO CARE

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 9h

Say what you will about Pitchfork, but they definitely would have found a way to put some late period Scott Walker on that 21st century songs list.

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 17h

For @cambridgeday.com this week I’ve got some picks from round one of @iffboston.bsky.social’s Fall Focus, which kicks off tonight at @brattletheatre.bsky.social!

There's so much Independent Film Fest Boston it's in two parts, leading off with these five titles - Cambridge Day

Each year around this time Independent Film Festival Boston sets up shop at The Brattle Theatre for its annual Fall Focus series, a multiday bonanza of early screenings of some of the season’s most an...

www.cambridgeday.com

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 11h

I heard an interview with Bruce McCulloch where he said, “If anyone has ever been under the impression we were cool, it’s because of Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet.”

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 11h

No question.

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 12h

Amazing! Would love to see it on the big screen someday.

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 12h

Also worth seeking out the alternate version, retitled DAUGHTER OF HORROR, in which the distributor attempted to boost its commercial appeal by adding narration read by Ed McMahon (!!!)

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 13h

Legitimately incredible film. Think Maya Deren disguised as Ed Wood.

Mutual I'm Sure @mutualimsure.bsky.social · 13h

Dementia (1955) is a dialogueless fever dream film about a woman's nightmare experience on a single night in LA. Made a decade too early to be a hit, it's a mix of German expressionism and American noir and closer to 60s films like Carnival of Souls and Polanski's Repulsion. It's worth an hour of

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 14h

I went there when I was in London a few years ago and felt the same way! Over here in New England we at least have Bull Moose Records, which isn’t as massive, but is the sort of CD/DVD/book store which was plentiful in the ‘90s but almost extinct now.

Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 14h

Also found an original (or at least early) pressing of FOREVER CHANGES there for under $30, which is something that has been impossible stateside for decades.

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 14h

I cannot tell you the near-religious epiphany I experienced when I went to Tokyo this year and found a Tower Records which is a) still open, b) bustling with activity, and c) EIGHT STORIES HIGH.

K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 14h

the loss of Tower Records is comparable to the Library of Alexandria imo

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 17h

For @cambridgeday.com this week I’ve got some picks from round one of @iffboston.bsky.social’s Fall Focus, which kicks off tonight at @brattletheatre.bsky.social!

There's so much Independent Film Fest Boston it's in two parts, leading off with these five titles - Cambridge Day

Each year around this time Independent Film Festival Boston sets up shop at The Brattle Theatre for its annual Fall Focus series, a multiday bonanza of early screenings of some of the season’s most an...

www.cambridgeday.com

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 19h

I really wish there was a way to make CEOs hear every normal person’s moan of disappointment when they realize the cute/funny video they’re watching is AI.

Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · 19h

'The consumer doesn't care if what they're looking at is AI' YES THEY DO WE KEEP HEARING THAT THEY DO maybe there's a percentage that don't BUT MANY PEOPLE REALLY FUCKING DO CARE

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 19h

Ha— forgot that one!

Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 1d

(Deep breath) Worcester, Leicester, Leominster, Quincy, Woburn, Billerica…

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 1d

My headcanon is that Susan Collins is one of the Collinsport Collinses.

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 1d

What is THANK YOU, RAFT MAN?

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 1d

The TV edit of THE DEPARTED is on, and I swear there are scenes where Jack’s entire performance is overdubbed.

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 1d

Pitch: two different sitcoms based on RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, one about the old guys, the other about the kids. Neither ever has any zombies, we just get to hang out with these characters every week.

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously— jumpscare right out of the gate!

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve seen two movies do this in as many years, and it’s dramatically just baffling. If you need more lifting than this to frame your footage, you need to rework your footage.

Opening card from THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT: In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland while shooting a documentary.
A year later their footage was found.

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 1d

PSA: That found footage horror movie you’re making does not need that lengthy expository faux-documentary opening reel.

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 1d

“Quinzy”— hit that hard S and you’re immediately outed as a non-Masshole!

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 1d

(Deep breath) Worcester, Leicester, Leominster, Quincy, Woburn, Billerica…

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 1d

Pitch: two different sitcoms based on RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, one about the old guys, the other about the kids. Neither ever has any zombies, we just get to hang out with these characters every week.

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 1d

Going on more than a decade for me!

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