I mean, when you turn on the faucet, it still comes out.  The main way we see it expressed is in astronomical water bills, increased risk of fires, and near pagan like celebration anytime we get rain, which we did over the weekend.  The 4th time this YEAR we've had rain.  Let that sink in.

It's obviously a great concern to everyone.  Most lawns are going unwatered, and there's now a cottage industry of folks that will remove your grass and replace them with drought tolerant plants instead.  If you do keep your lawn, it's actually illegal in LA to water it during the daytime.  What YOU may not know is that if you live anywhere in the....I dunno WORLD...you actually are taking water away from us.

So there's Los Angeles, right?  Then there's San Francisco.  It's about a 6 hour drive.  Everything between those two cities that isn't next to the ocean, is farm.  Farms that make most of the worlds almonds, avocados, strawberries, and a whole shit load of other plants that we can raise year round because fuck seasons, am I right?  We also make a TON of beef and poultry and all that gets shipped literally world wide.  Agriculture constitutes 80% of our water usage, and its not like we can just stop whenevs.  So yeah, I turn off the faucet when I'm lathering my hands and only turn back on to rinse, but the real problem is we gotta figure out more efficient crop management or we're seriously fucked.

Also, fuck Nestle.

AD&D, Vampire: The Masquerade, motherfucking RIFTS, Robotech, Ninja's & Superspies.

LETS DO THIS.

FUCK YEAH MAKE STUFF!  Which reminds me I need to make...like a lot of stuff right now.

That's funny, because right now I'm all, "I'll take the ring....but I do not know the way."  Which is to say, if I'm going to do this, I want to do it right and in such a way that is realistic to my schedule.  Weekly releases are not feasible.  Monthly, or bi-monthly is.  Also, format will have to change quite a bit to allow me to record at say, some random Tuesday at 1am after the baby is finally asleep. 

So yes, it'll happen, but I want make sure I come correct with a format that fits best.

So.....

Does anyone want Documentality to continue?  Because I'm thinking I can keep it going, provided there's enough interest on me doing so.

DocSub has the right of this.  A minimalist visual style does not mean lack of effort or skill.  If you think all Laura Poitras did was turn a camera on and point it, then all you're doing is demonstrating 1) a lack of cinematic vocabulary and 2) a myopic view of what Documentaries should accomplish.

I started Documentality to dispel this very idea.  Docs are NOT educational films.  They are not journalism (in fact the IDA just hosted a huge symposium on this YESTERDAY, saying roughly what I am now).  A docs job is not to make your broccoli taste better.  A docs worth is not demonstrated by  the efficiency it displays in making learning fun.  If that's how you rate them, then Reading Rainbow is the greatest documentary ever.  A documentary film, before anything else, is cinema.  It's job is the same as any other film you see, whether its Jupiter Ascending or Paddington: to tell you a story and present it through audio and visuals in a way that aligns thematically with the story itself.  Hopefully if its done well it resonates with you.  I always harp on the Lectern Test in Documentality as a way to gauge if Docs are taking advantage of cinematic tools to present its story.  You're actively saying you would prefer a Lectern Doc on this subject matter than heavy directorial hand that Laura Poitras demonstrates, and that you marginalize with your criticism. 

I know I'm being super harsh here, Avatar.  Please understand that I'm not trying to ether you, so much as I am this disturbingly widespread assumption of documentary directorial technique that you have.  There's far more many ways to skin a cat when it comes to Doc directing, and I just wish you wouldn't confuse form for content.

God dammit, it was really original.  Mila was totally miscast.  The central theme is straight hero's journey.  But holy shit was this thing PACKED with decisions.  SO.  MANY.  DECISIONS.  And fuck it...I respect the hell out of that movie even if it's far from great. 

It was like an Oakland Side Show next to a Jackie Beat drag show, next to a joint session of congress inside a TED talk.  How can you not admire the giant, pulsating balls on this thing.

Kirk Baxter for Editing GOne GIrl and NO OVERNIGHTERS.  THis was a year of phenomenal snubs.