Keynote presentation to Australian TV producers in May 2005, just as both Bittorrent and YouTube were looming large. I explore new models for television distribution, and new methods for working with the audience, rather than against it.
Closing keynote of WebDirections South 2007 - an exploration of the future of mobile communications,now that half of humanity has a mobile phone. One of my very best.
"The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical novel, like a confession, or a diary. The young filmmakers will express themselves in the first person and will relate what has happened to them. It may be the story of their first love or their most recent; of their political awakening; the story of a trip, a sickness, their military service, their marriage, their last vacation...and it will be enjoyable because it will be true, and new...The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure. The film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of spectators will be proportional to the number of friends the director has. The film of tomorrow will be an act of love." - Francois Truffaut (1932-1984)
"The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical novel, like a confession, or a diary. The young filmmakers will express themselves in the first person and will relate what has happened to them. It ...
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