Salon.com > julia stiles http://www.salon.com Sat, 18 May 2013 00:26:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 David Cross comedy “It’s a Disaster” to premiere on Vine at “4:30-ish” EST http://www.salon.com/2013/02/19/david_cross_comedy_its_a_disaster_to_premiere_on_vine_at_430_ish_est/ http://www.salon.com/2013/02/19/david_cross_comedy_its_a_disaster_to_premiere_on_vine_at_430_ish_est/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:20:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13205875 "It's a Disaster," a dark comedy directed by Todd Berger starring David Cross, Julia Stiles and America Ferrara, will have the dubious honor of being the first feature film to appear on Vine, the new Twitter-integrated app that loops 6-second videos. According to a rep for distributor Oscilloscope Pictures, it's a "tongue in cheek" experiment.

An amusingly self-aware press release joked about the bizarre stunt:

Todd Berger commented, "Jean-Luc Godard once said that he pities French cinema because it has no money and American cinema because it has no ideas.  Well this is certainly an idea."

Never one to shy away from the unknown, Oscilloscope is currently working on distributing films in all media and by all means and methods now known or hereafter devised, in perpetuity.  The future is now.  We will also be actively acquiring distribution rights for the previously unexploited territory of The Moon.

Continue Reading...

]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/02/19/david_cross_comedy_its_a_disaster_to_premiere_on_vine_at_430_ish_est/feed/ 0