Sundance, Multimedia Romance & Chief Lizard Wrangler!

Sent to Park City Utah by The Hollywood Reporter to cover the Sundance Film Festival, Greg Goldstein found himself seated amongst participating filmmakers. Two of them were the couple behind “Four Eyed Monsters,” directors Susan Buice and Arin Crumley.

Shortly after I read Greg’s blog I received an email from Emerging Pictures. This company is pioneering large screen national release of digital content. They announced that they will be distributing “Four Eyed Monsters” digitally in multiple formats for Valentines Day. Because I find this story is so interesting I’m quoting the entire film synopsis from Emerging Picture:

‘Arin and Susan both live in New York. Both live lonely lives in one of the most populous cities in the world until they find each other on-line and begin their alternative courtship. Wanting to avoid a mundane date they decide to only communicate through artistic mediums and have no verbal communication while they work through the start up phase of their relationship. Communicating via note pads, emails and video cameras the question begins to arise, is their relationship just an artistic experiment or will they give in to being a couple and become a living breathing “four eyed monster.”‘

According to the reports I’ve read this year’s festival has had many of the specialized distributors pay large sums for film rights. While not one of these select films, “Four Eyed Monsters” appears to have found a unique path to the big screen and found theatrical life beyond the Sundance Film Festival.

Those interested in my post on Second Life should check out the February issue of Inc. Magazine. They coverage of business, people and ideas is always interesting. Their piece titled “How They Did It” tells how Philip Rosedale and Linden Lab created Second Life.

It also has a fascinating story on Mitchell Baker of Mozilla. As a women running a tech company she is leading a team of volunteers and creating a hybrid business: part for-profit and part non-profit. Her title is Chief Lizard Wrangler!

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