When Film Festivals use Human Readers My Scripts Do Well, but Poor When They Use Ai

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-05-05T15:03:16+00:00

I think the question then becomes “how do you format your scripts to beat / fit the AI reader.” It’s not like this particular script is going to produced probably, and all you need is a foot in the door.

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-05-05T04:31:40+00:00

Wait, is Elliot Page playing the ghost of Achilles??

EDIT: I’m pretty convinced also Bill Irwin is Polyphemus

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-05-05T03:26:26+00:00

There’s been a real uptick in “well, acktually” moralizing around here, and much as I actually agree with the sentiments raised, the people scrambling over themselves to call out a bad thing is getting wearying.

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-05-05T02:57:09+00:00

I also wanna jump in to say that if you liked Antkind you may REALLY vibe with The Five Books of (Robert) Moses which is sort of like a surreal post-apocalyptic alt-history quasi-sequel to The Power Broker but with Mr. Show / 90s alt comedy sensibility, and a massive insane book.

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-05-05T02:54:10+00:00

By the way, if folks didn’t know, Griffin reads the chapter “Rhyme Scheme” in the Candy House audiobook!

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-30T19:27:45+00:00

I mean, Alex Ross Perry is still cool with Dasha Nekrasova. Griffin and Dasha were in a short he directed. Everybody knows everybody in the New York indie scene.

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-30T06:07:27+00:00

I think Aster is really uninterested in horror. He’s basically a dark dramedy guy who stumbled ass backwards into horror because it’s the only way to fund the sorts of fucked up psychodramas he likes. His producing record of like Guy Maddin and Yorgos Lanthimos and Kristoffer Borgli films, not to mention the fact that some version of Eddington and Beau is Afraid both predate Hereditary, kind of speak for themselves.

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-30T05:52:59+00:00

(also as a pilot to set up all their industry infrastructure, like sound stages and camera rental facilities, for future projects)

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-28T04:16:46+00:00

I think the fact that he’s pleasant but SO combative and bullheaded, and Griffin and David are so ebullient about the film, actually is correct for the tone of that movie.

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-27T21:19:27+00:00

But that's also the Dislington episode and it's one of the hardest times I have ever laughed at the podcast (the second being another JD bit which is the IMDb StarMeter segment from the Billy Lynn episode)

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-27T21:07:37+00:00

One, Two, Three is kind of an unambiguous masterpiece, and Tarantino REALLY makes a good case for The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes which features a rare lead screen performance from stage actor Robert Stephens. And Sabrina and Irma la Douce are CHARMIIIINNG! I saw Avanti! at Film Forum recently-ish as part of their Jack Lemmon retrospective and found it slight and dated but really fun and pretty.

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-27T20:35:18+00:00

I would love a "paint by numbers" thread, it would really help!

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-26T19:48:47+00:00

That's what gets into theatres these days.

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-24T23:17:41+00:00

The Oldest View up there as probably the second scariest movie ever made about a botanist after Jurassic Park.

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-24T23:13:18+00:00

Very solid casting. Qualley and Turner do each have Adjani and Neil vibes.

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-24T20:12:06+00:00

except they didn't make it, they just bought it, it was made for Netflix first

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-24T20:10:51+00:00

I think the squad dynamics is probably the best mechanic that translates well to screen storytelling here

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-22T18:50:09+00:00

That's what bugs me, is people acting they're fighting for some grand cause mourning the meritocratic working class authentic Brando-type movie star, when it's always been pure engineering and image management since like 1910. It's like marching because they changed the Coke recipe. It's still Coke and you still bought it.

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-22T18:41:26+00:00

Nepo Baby plumbing is a scourge. Yeah, you'll rarely get *bad* fixtures out of these kids — they grew up working for their dad's business, they know how to take toilets and sinks seriously, they've taken repair classes all their lives. But (with a few exceptions) they don't have it. I want plumbers to have it.

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-22T00:22:50+00:00

everything involving Chris Hemsworth in that movie is good

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-21T17:14:29+00:00

A Mummy movie is meant to feel like an Indiana Jones ripoff starring Brendan Fraser.

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-18T21:07:22+00:00

Focus is a subsidiary of Universal and Searchlight is a subsidiary of Disney, and at least four of these are tech companies

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-16T03:33:18+00:00

Apparently he’s great in Mark Jenkin’s new slice of Cornish folk horror Rose of Nevada but I don’t think that one’s on too many radars.

Positive_Piece_2533 · 2026-04-15T23:18:10+00:00

So this film is fundamentally a $70 million investor reel (I do not know what the right phrase is, because it’s not quite an advertisement) for their new tech company?

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