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"Next Time Around" [Video Premiere] | Pitchfork

This is the world premiere of our own Manny Marquez' latest music video on Pitchfork.  Manny directed several of our SEARS Heroes at Home videos.  This video went online this afternoon and has already been syndicated on over 20 blogs. 

"Next Time Around" [Video Premiere] | Pitchfork.

And here it is for 21!

Capitalism to the Rescue - Green Tech Rising - NYTimes.com

From Today's NY Times, a profile of Kleiner Perkins, the company behind much of our work for Advanced Equities: Capitalism to the Rescue - Green Tech Rising - NYTimes.com.

In particular, AMYRIS, which was profiled by us (directed by Peter O'Brien) over the summer:

"His immense ambitions were not unlike those of Amyris, a biofuels company in Kleiner’s portfolio located in Emeryville, Calif., next to Oakland. Amyris is synthetically engineering new strains of yeast that will convert organic matter — Brazilian sugar cane, initially — into renewable fuels for automobiles, trucks and jets. Its diesel has a carbon footprint 80 percent smaller than that of regular diesel. “Between now and 2020, here’s what we think is possible,” John Melo, Amyris’s C.E.O. told me. “Somewhere around 20 percent to 30 percent combined jet fuel and diesel” will be produced globally through a renewable process like the Amyris technology. Without impinging on rain-forest land or food production, Melo maintained, Brazil could produce 100 billion gallons of biofuel annually from cane; Africa could produce a slightly smaller amount. (Last year, U.S. drivers consumed 140 billion gallons of gasoline.) Melo, who used to be president for U.S. fuel operations for BP, told me the first niche market for Amyris would be tractors and trucks at sugar mills in Brazil in 2010; U.S. trucking fleets and diesel cars would follow in 2012. In the meantime, the company would be working on a product for military and commercial jets. How much could he produce renewable diesel for? “Our cost in Brazil is about $1.80, $1.85 a gallon,” he said. Transport costs would add another 40 cents per gallon. At the time, the wholesale cost of diesel in the U.S. was around $4 gallon. “So this is profitable venture,” Melo concluded. “By 2012 to 2013, our profits could be higher than many Fortune 500 companies.”

As with most of Kleiner’s green-tech ventures, it was a financial outcome that wasn’t yet certain in a future that wasn’t yet real. And would it even get the chance? There were impediments for sure — Brazil’s regulatory ministries might not like the idea of genetically engineered yeast, or a competitor to Amyris might dominate the market. So maybe it wouldn’t work. Or maybe it would. Melo and I were talking in a conference room with panoramic views of the East Bay. It was hot outside and warm inside; an assistant had brought in water, and the ice was melting quickly in our glasses. Seen out the window, the freeways were jammed. Oil was more than $100 a barrel. But for a brief moment, at least, in the realm of the venture capitalists, this particular idea, like so many of the others I’d heard, seemed bright with possibility, and I understood why Doerr and Gore had given in a little bit to hope. Almost anything seemed possible."

Documenting soldierly support in Lynchburg

From the Lynchburg VA newspaper...

"Filmmaker Manny Marquez shoots video of participants for the Sears Holdings program called ‘Heros at Home’ at the support the troops rally at Monument Terrace in Lynchburg on Friday. Sears Holdings gave the Lynchburg Rebuilding Together grants to fix veteran’s homes."

THE POOL Premiere

THE POOL's NY Premiere was a great time.  It was Wednesday night at the Film Forum in NYC and the party after was across the street at Steak Frites.

Here are some pictures from the big event.

PHOTO BY: NANCY SMITH/artloversnewyork.com

Matt Dentler's Blog: American Original: the Chris Smith Retrospective

Link: Matt Dentler's Blog: American Original: the Chris Smith Retrospective.

"What are you doing Labor Day weekend? Nothing, right? Well, here's your plan: spend the weekend at the MoMA for the Chris Smith retrospective, "American Original." Wisconsin-based Smith has stayed true to his indie roots ever since bursting onto the scene with his acclaimed (and underseen) debut feature, American Job, in 1996. Since then, he's directed or co-directed some brilliant and funny documentaries such as American Movie, Home Movie, and The Yes Men."

ABOUTFACE Case Studies

Financial Case Study

Here is the latest case study.  It is for financial services companies and profiles the work we've done for Advanced Equities.

Milwaukee Art Museum | Gilbert & George

The Milwaukee Art Museum just posted the Gilbert and George Videos that we created for them.  They've also posted them on YouTube - here's my favorite:  Episode 3.

Real Estate Case Study

For those of you who haven't seen it, here is the REAL ESTATE Cast Study we did for the Merchandise Mart.