Daniel Ellsberg died on Friday at 92 years after a battle with cancer and barely six weeks after concluding 40 hours of interviews with documentary maker Paul Jay, who is at work on How to Stop a Nuclear War. The feature follows the Pentagon Papers leaker’s efforts to raise an alarm about the threat of a devastating nuclear war.
On Monday, Jay told The Hollywood Reporter that the man who sounded the alarm about the Vietnam War was far more concerned for the rest of his life about the United States and Russia planning for a globally destructive nuclear attack that could be launched by accident, or intentionally.
“Dan considered today’s world more dangerous than during the Cuban Missile Crisis,” the Toronto-based filmmaker said of the Oct. 1962 stand-off between U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and Cuban prime minister Fidel Castro that nearly resulted in a nuclear war.
On Monday, Jay told The Hollywood Reporter that the man who sounded the alarm about the Vietnam War was far more concerned for the rest of his life about the United States and Russia planning for a globally destructive nuclear attack that could be launched by accident, or intentionally.
“Dan considered today’s world more dangerous than during the Cuban Missile Crisis,” the Toronto-based filmmaker said of the Oct. 1962 stand-off between U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and Cuban prime minister Fidel Castro that nearly resulted in a nuclear war.
- 6/19/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“By Deception,” a feature from Philadelphia-based filmmaker Samuel Morrison, Jr., has no stars, no buzz, no theatrical release, and almost no production budget — 20,000. It’s a miracle it got made; perhaps even more miraculous is the movie is available for streaming on Peacock, Tubi, and Plex. It might even stand to turn a tiny profit.
“By Deception” is a psychological thriller about a writer who finds his friend murdered in his home but has no memory of the incident. It’s one of the hundreds, maybe thousands, of independent films that appear on streamers via non-exclusive, ad-based licensing agreements. A streamer didn’t buy Morrison’s film, but by generating enough ad impressions through on-demand views, it’s slowly but surely paying out.
Morrison knows his film isn’t destined for awards. After making multiple short films and music videos, he went into production on the largely self-financed “By Deception” as the Covid-19 pandemic began.
“By Deception” is a psychological thriller about a writer who finds his friend murdered in his home but has no memory of the incident. It’s one of the hundreds, maybe thousands, of independent films that appear on streamers via non-exclusive, ad-based licensing agreements. A streamer didn’t buy Morrison’s film, but by generating enough ad impressions through on-demand views, it’s slowly but surely paying out.
Morrison knows his film isn’t destined for awards. After making multiple short films and music videos, he went into production on the largely self-financed “By Deception” as the Covid-19 pandemic began.
- 2/14/2023
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
A version of this article originally appeared on ew.com.
Emma Watson loves to read.
The actress has that in common with her brainy Harry Potter character Hermione as well as bookish Belle, who she plays in the much-anticipated film Beauty and the Beast, out March 17. In addition to being a bookworm, Watson is also an outspoken feminist and as well as a Un Women Goodwill Ambassador and promoter of the organization’s HeForShe movement, which is dedicated to recruiting men into the movement for gender equality. As a response to her work with the Un, she launched the feminist...
Emma Watson loves to read.
The actress has that in common with her brainy Harry Potter character Hermione as well as bookish Belle, who she plays in the much-anticipated film Beauty and the Beast, out March 17. In addition to being a bookworm, Watson is also an outspoken feminist and as well as a Un Women Goodwill Ambassador and promoter of the organization’s HeForShe movement, which is dedicated to recruiting men into the movement for gender equality. As a response to her work with the Un, she launched the feminist...
- 2/21/2017
- by Madeline Raynor
- PEOPLE.com
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