11.12.2006

Center for Cartoon Studies

I loved this piece from The Beat on The Center for Cartoon Studies. You can find out more about the Center for Cartoon Studies here.

One of the most inspiring parts of the article for me is the part about renovating the old buildings. I would love to do that and help create another Zeitgeist here in New Orleans. And not even really a Zeitgeist, but a place for filmmakers and those interested in film, to come and really out about films and how they are made. There are so many great building available right now, and the city is ripe for a nice cultural explosion (just look at the Musician's Village that Habitat for Humanity is working on).

Some would claim this is gentrification, but really it would just be the city once again adapting and mutating. And of course the more things change here, the more they would stay the same since New Orleans never really changes, it just absorbs in the new groups. This city could truly become the art center some think it is or was.

I always find it funny that in Austin, I tried so hard to get a film production job and never could. If you are a film lover though, Austin, TX is a great place to be. They have the wonderful Alamo Drafthouse theaters, the Austin Film Fest (which is based around screenwriters), and South by Southwest. The Austin Film Society is also constantly doing premiere screenings with filmmakers or the talent involved present. And there are arthouse theaters all around the city.

In New Orleans though, we have Canal Place for arthouse cinema and that is about it. The New Orleans Film Fest does a decent job, but they had limited resources it seems before the film fest it seemed, and I am sure now they are even looking for more. There is the Zeitgeist and Hollywood Cinemas out here in Kenner does show Indian movies. The film viewing scene here though still seems anemic. The film production scene though is booming and there is plenty of work to go around right now from Shreveport to New Orleans.

So, I would love to have a place for film lovers to just go and watch films and learn about them and discuss them. I also want a place for filmmakers to go and share ideas and work on independent films and have a creative space.

That's my dream for today.

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