#peter labuza

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How Disney has Turned the Film Industry Into a Small World, After All

In July, Buzzfeed News ran an article with the headline, “Disney Won. Now What?” It’s a worthwhile question in the aftermath of the company’s purchase of 20th Century Fox from Richard Murdoch. The purchase of Fox is the largest in a long line of high-profile acquisitions by Disney that have included

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“They Live” and Apocalyptic Tech Noir | Movie Mezzanine

Longform, Interviews, and Criticism

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Surreal Videos of a Competitive Gymnastics Floor Routine Generated by OpenAI's Sora

Peter Labuza instructed OpenAI's Sora to generate videos of a gymnastics floor routine, resulting in some very surreal outputs.

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Time and time again, Silicon Valley has proven there are three things one can really do to transform a business. The first is to eliminate real estate costs. The second is to reduce labor costs. The third is to exploit public infrastructure.

The Netflix DVD Business Was Silicon Valley Style Exploitation

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via Peter Labuza on Twitter: "A very different film industry in 1917. https://t.co/E5rV7QXqyu"

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WHAT IS NOIR? w/Peter Labuza

What is film noir? The term “film noir” conjures specific images: of dangerous men and femme fatales, of lost souls in darkened streets, or violence in its most gruesome moments. We might think of it as a genre cemented in Hollywood’s past, or as something visual that seeps into all modern day movies. But there’s more to noir than simply a style. Some of our favorite films don’t even resemble film noir. And it’s more than a genre as well.