The point that I think Soderburgh misses is that he can get Julia Roberts and George Clooney to be in his movies. I cannot.

But the real question is can you get Nameless Numberhead Man in your movies?

I think it's just another step in Soderburgh's admirable quest to prove that filmmaking is now cheap and accessable to anyone who wants to be a filmmaker.

That, and I get the impression that he gets bored very easily, so he's constantly trying new things.

I think I would be more likely to impulse buy a movie on the way out the door if I really liked it. With the delay from the release of the film to the DVD release, I am more likely to put it on my wishlist until I can justify the expense.

I'd rather have the DVD available in stores than at the theatre. Crowd control is bad enough as it is.

OK, so this was bothering me, and this isn't really a resolution, but ...there was a sign in Brokeback that had me going huh? and trying to figure out where exactly it was supposed to me. Probably no one else noticed it, it was just a El Paso/Juarez mileage sign. I just looked up the filming locations and the reason it had me blinking is....I've seen that sign or one very much like it, frequently. It's in Mesilla, NM, not far from where I grew up.

How cool! And also, weird. Didn't they film in Canada? But I guess that sign would add realism for being in Texas.

It was filmed in Alberta, but I guess that's why prop people get the big bucks.

Brokeback Mountain continued to be moving at breakneck speed toward Oscar glory as it picked up the most nominations by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) today (Thursday) and was among the nominees Wednesday for best picture by the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and the Writers Guild of America (WGA). The film was included in SAG's top category -- best ensemble cast, along with Capote, Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck., and -- a surprise -- Hustle and Flow. Heath Ledger, generally regarded as the favorite for the best-actor Oscar, was among the guild's nominees for outstanding performance by a male actor, along with Russell Crowe (Cinderella Man), Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line) and David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck.). In the female category, the nominees were Felicity Huffman (Transamerica), Judi Dench (Mrs. Henderson Presents), Charlize Theron (North Country), Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line), and Zhang Ziyi (Memoirs of a Geisha). All three guilds snubbed such box-office blockbusters as Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe and King Kong.

I can't believe how recently it felt like Heath Ledger was crashing the Oscars, sitting there with Naomi Watts.

It was filmed in Alberta, but I guess that's why prop people get the big bucks.

Yeah, they probably sent someone down to Mesilla to take a picture of that sign or something equally odd.

All three guilds snubbed such box-office blockbusters as Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe and King Kong.

I can't imagine this comes as a big surprise to the writer. Tilda Swinton's performance as the White Queen is the only thing I saw in those 3 movies that could have challenged any of the guild choices above. Now if they all get snubbed for technical Oscar nominations, it'll be noteworthy.