Monday, January 29th, 2007

You like to watch

So far about 50,000 of you have watched the video clips from Helvetica. Nice! I would really like to post more clips, but I’m facing opposition from Shelby, our editor. Here’s a typical conversation from the edit suite:

Me: “Hey, maybe we could post some of Matthew Carter’s interview on the website?”

Shelby: “Don’t give the whole film away.”

Me: “What about a few minutes from the section on the backlash against Helvetica?”

Shelby: “Don’t give the whole film away.”

Me: “How about the part where we go to Switzerland and…”

Shelby: “Don’t give the whole film away.”

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9 Comments »

  1. I’d love to see more clips, but I don’t want it given away either. Perhaps the clips on this site should be ones that will not be in the film? Outakes, extended interviews, etc.

    Comment by oliver — Monday, January 29, 2007 @ 12:19 pm

  2. Thanks Oliver. Yeah, we’ve started doing that with the Vignelli outtake, but I guess the bigger issue is time, even the raw extended stuff takes time to edit and format, and we’re crunching for the next few weeks to get the final film edit done…

    But we’ll definitely upload a few more of the outtake clips, and there will be at least an hour of bonus footage on the DVD.

    Comment by Gary — Monday, January 29, 2007 @ 12:42 pm

  3. Any chance of having screenings at colleges and universities?

    Comment by richard — Monday, January 29, 2007 @ 6:55 pm

  4. Richard, the film will screen at dozens of colleges this year. There will be a screening schedule posted on the site on February 6, please check back then.

    Comment by Gary — Monday, January 29, 2007 @ 9:43 pm

  5. Gary, I believe you should trust the value judgements from your editor and not give away too much on these clips, make the people “crave” your movie, create interest and excitement, too much of a good thing maynot be the best approach all the time.

    Comment by Herb Siegel — Tuesday, January 30, 2007 @ 11:25 am

  6. Enough with the clips. I want to see the finished film!

    Comment by William — Tuesday, January 30, 2007 @ 6:44 pm

  7. The film will come to méxico?
    (PLEASE, SAY …YES!)

    Comment by jube — Tuesday, February 6, 2007 @ 9:03 pm

  8. Yes! We’re still working on the dates, but there will be a couple screenings in Mexico over the summer.

    Comment by Gary — Thursday, February 15, 2007 @ 11:06 pm

  9. Will the Film be coming to the UK? Really eager to see it. If not when will it be released on DVD?

    Comment by Andrew Doane — Sunday, March 4, 2007 @ 6:06 pm

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