WE LIVE IN PUBLIC: On DemandMarch 11, 2010
WE LIVE IN PUBLIC
On Demand Weekly provides new movie reviews of hot movies on demand from the perspective of watching them from the comfort of your home. This week, Gravitas Ventures WE LIVE IN PUBLIC. Learn more about Gravitas with our one-on-one interview with founder Nolan Gallagher here.
Award-winning director Ondi Timoner’s (DIG!) latest documentary comes to Video On Demand. WE LIVE IN PUBLIC covers the career of who the film feels is “the greatest Internet pioneer you’ve never heard of”, Pseudo founder Pseudo Josh Harris. Not dissimilar to DIG!’s main subject, the rock band’s Brian Jonestown Massacre’s lead man Anton Newcombe, Timoner has found a public visionary that goes to the beat of his own drum, even if that means destruction.
The film’s decade-long journey following Harris also wants to be a cautionary tale of the internet controlling our lives. “Everything he does is a precursor to something that will happen to all of us,” said Josh Harris’ brother Tom.
Harris, once called the “Warhol of the Web”, made his first fortune with his consulting and analysis firm Jupiter Communications. In the mid 1990’s he then launched Pseudo, an internet network of web-based video programs. It was with Pseudo where he became a more public figure, including threatening to replace entrenched networks like CBS on 60 Minutes of all places. His peculiarity would then reveal itself when he descended into his elderly, clown-like character Luvvy, who he channeled from Gilligan’s Island and perhaps his version of his estranged mother.
Following the success of Pseudo, the artistically frustrated Harris then funded controversial multimedia projects: In 1999, with the new millennium approaching and Y2K front and center in the public mind (thanks to overhyped media). he created “Quiet,” a basement of pods for people to live in equipped with cameras and TVs. Everything was provided for the participants, but Harris made it clear he owned the video. What could go wrong in a bunker complete with free food, an armory of guns and its own “Interrogation Artist?” Lucky for them, the New York City police shut it down.
VOD Spotlight: Nolan GallagherMarch 11, 2010
Gravitas Ventures
Nolan Gallagher is the founder of Gravitas Ventures, a Video On Demand distributor with over 350 titles available a year. On Demand Weekly interviewed Gallagher about his perspective on Video On Demand and what Gravitas has to offer to TV viewers.
On Demand Weekly: How did you get started in the Video On Demand (VOD) industry?
Nolan Gallagher: I had the good fortune to work at Comcast back when VOD was first being rolled out nationwide. Part of my role was to work with all of the studios to market their films and the VOD service as a great new way for consumers to enjoy movie watching in the home.
ODW: When did you launch Gravitas Ventures?
NG: Gravitas Ventures was launched in 2006 soon after I completed my MBA and signed a license agreement with Warner Digital Distribution.
ODW: Can you elaborate on the amount of programming and the categories Gravitas provides to VOD users monthly?
T Tara On Demand: MTV CribsMarch 10, 2010
T Tara
MTV Cribs – Kerri Dillon
MTV On Demand
Kerri Dillon isn’t somebody I know at all but Cribs has been around since I was young (yes, THAT long) and it was the original inspiration for house stuff I’d never seen before. So I’ll watch the snow boarder champion (he mentioned it) give me a tour and get some ideas for when the big lotto ticket comes in.
Kerri Dillon isn’t somebody I know at all but Cribs has been around since I was young (yes, THAT long) and it was the original inspiration for house stuff I’d never seen before. So I’ll watch the snow boarder champion (he mentioned it) give me a tour and get some ideas for when the big lotto ticket comes in.
Things to wish for: a Boost Mobile phone booth, a hot tub on the deck, a macked out wooden cabin.
Dr. Portnoy: ProvocateurMarch 10, 2010
Dr. Portnoy: Provocateur
See John Cooper (Director of the Sundance Film Festival) like you’ve never seen him before:
On the Dr.’s couch.
In the nest of trust.
On stage.
On Hulu?
T Tara On Demand - HGTV House Crashers On DemandMarch 09, 2010
T Tara
Josh Temple – House Crashers
HGTV
I woke up this morning with the desire to get hardcore with this design idea. Josh Temple’s House Crashers sounded just like what I needed. Josh contracts himself out to people who have projects and these people need a new bedroom because theirs looks like a dorm room. Hey! That’s not me standing there but that’s my problem!
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