"Mayonaka ya
Furikawari taru
Ama-no-gawa"
- Ransetsu
["The dead of night.
Behold the Milky Way
Its situation is entirely changed."]
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"Mayonaka ya
Furikawari taru
Ama-no-gawa"
- Ransetsu
["The dead of night.
Behold the Milky Way
Its situation is entirely changed."]
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Fun with secret questions & answers.
Blame your allergies on global warming.
My friend Colin started New York City's first distillery since prohibition.
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While I was at Sundance, a friend pointed out that there seemed to be a shortage of great indie comedies in the last couple of years.
By my estimation, though, that isn't quite true. Instead, I'd say there seems to have been a shortage of great indie films in general.
The difference is, if you make a dramatic film, and it doesn't quite work, the audience leaves thinking, "maybe I didn't get that."
And if you make a comedy, and it doesn't quite work, the audience leaves thinking, "I got that, and it sucked."