Lebowski?

Had a very full day yesterday. Decided to get up early and get down to the SoHo Apple store early so they could fix my iPod. Last week I was told that they open at 10am, so be there by 9:30 to get a spot at the Genius Bar. It seems I'm not alone in needing help, because as of Monday the Genius Bar is now open from 6AM!

I got down there and got my iPod REPLACED and yada yada yada, everything went well, the big thing was, last night the Coen Brothers hosted a lecture on Digital Filmmaking at the Apple Store. This I couldn't miss.

I went back in the evening for the lecture and even bootlegged it. I was surrounded by amatuer filmakers with award winning egos. It struck me how much people need to be told their doing well in order to believe it. I'm a victim of this as well. It's far too seductive at times. I'd like to blog about this more later.

Anyhow, the Coen Bros talked a lot about editing their last two films with Final Cut Pro, and the transition from actually cutting film to doing it digitally. The only thing Joel wished for is that digital filmmaking used feet and frames as it's benchmark, and not seconds and frames. They seemed very organized and the antithesis to big and flashy. Perhaps I'm wrong about that.

I'm still wondering if there's going to be more Lebowski.