Filmmaker Magazine has a Q&A up on their site with filmmaker and former Austinite Tommy Pallotta, who, among other things, produced A Scanner Darkly and Waking Life. Pallotta is world-premiering a new doc, American Prince, at SXSW 09, but the bulk of the interview, interestingly, is actually about his decision to jump ship from social networking sites.
“Recently I got rid of my Myspace, Facebook, and Linked In accounts because I think that being able to control information about yourself will be the new commodity of the future.”
Read the whole interview here.
This article appears in February 13 • 2009.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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