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[TheSportsPredictor]

Matthew McConaughey joins University of Texas faculty

There we go.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Matthew McConaughey joins University of Texas faculty

There we go.

That's what I love about these college girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age.

 

[DanOregon]

Honestly, I'm more embarassed for UT than for McConaughey. He's basically teaching what you can learn on a 25 minute DVD "bonus feature."

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Honestly, I'm more embarassed for UT than for McConaughey. He's basically teaching what you can learn on a 25 minute DVD "bonus feature."

You're embarrassed for UT? McConaughey is an Oscar winning actor who has produced film and TV (including True Detective).

I was a film major. My professors had never worked in the business and most hadn't really seen many films.

McConaughey could show up stoned to the gills and I would learn more from him about film in one day than I did in all of my classes combined.

 

[DanOregon]

That's the thing. He could do a lot more than "how a movie is made". Maybe craft the course to frame "make a movie" into a larger "succeed in life" kind of thing. Getting In The Door. Avoid bad scripts. Avoid working with people you don't want to work with. Hire good people around you. When you really believe in something - go all in and put it all on the line. That sort of thing. Also figure he'll help with fundraising.

 

[Scout]

****, Rust should be a guest speaker in a religion class or philosophy.

 

[justgladtobehere]

That's the thing. He could do a lot more than "how a movie is made". Maybe craft the course to frame "make a movie" into a larger "succeed in life" kind of thing. Getting In The Door. Avoid bad scripts. Avoid working with people you don't want to work with. Hire good people around you. When you really believe in something - go all in and put it all on the line. That sort of thing. Also figure he'll help with fundraising.

Is that want you want in a professor of film and TV? Is that what students learn at USC? (Sincere question)

My belief is that an academic institution should provide more than career advice. There is some basic level of art and technical skill that has to be taught before the student jumps into how to survive Hollywood. McConaughey can provide that.

 

[Flip Wilson]

Is that want you want in a professor of film and TV? Is that what students learn at USC? (Sincere question)

My belief is that an academic institution should provide more than career advice. There is some basic level of art and technical skill that has to be taught before the student jumps into how to survive Hollywood. McConaughey can provide that.

I'm sure that UT provides way more than that. If I was in McConaughey's class, that's the kind of stuff I would want to hear. I don't want him to tell me how to operate a camera or frame a shot. In Austin, there are thousands of people who could tell me that. I want to hear front-line stories from McConaughey.

 

[justgladtobehere]

I'm sure that UT provides way more than that. If I was in McConaughey's class, that's the kind of stuff I would want to hear. I don't want him to tell me how to operate a camera or frame a shot. In Austin, there are thousands of people who could tell me that. I want to hear front-line stories from McConaughey.

So it's just storytelling? How many of the students will ever be in the situation in which McConaughey's advice would be beneficial?

 

[Alma]

I was a film major. My professors had never worked in the business and most hadn't really seen many films.

I find the latter a little hard to believe.

 

[Justin_Rice]

That's the thing. He could do a lot more than "how a movie is made". Maybe craft the course to frame "make a movie" into a larger "succeed in life" kind of thing. Getting In The Door. Avoid bad scripts. Avoid working with people you don't want to work with. Hire good people around you. When you really believe in something - go all in and put it all on the line. That sort of thing. Also figure he'll help with fundraising.

Mmmmm. That's the sweet spot.

 

[TyWebb]

Who is the biggest celebrity alum from your alma mater and what class would they teach?

For UGA:
Professor Ryan Seacrest, Putting Up with the Kardashians 101

 

[typefitter]

So, I just looked up "famous alumni of the University of Toronto" and found this list. My favourite is No. 32, where Ian Scott, the politician, is listed, but with a particularly hilarious picture of Scott Ian of Anthrax.

The ****ing Internet, man.

Famous University Of Toronto Alumni

 

[CD Boogie]

So, I just looked up "famous alumni of the University of Toronto" and found this list. My favourite is No. 32, where Ian Scott, the politician, is listed, but with a particularly hilarious picture of Scott Ian of Anthrax.

The ****ing Internet, man.

Famous University Of Toronto Alumni

I've only heard of 4 of the top 10: Lorne Michaels, Donald Sutherland, Graham Bell, JK Galbraith.

Margaret Atwood is 44th, which seems absurd. Then again, I don't know much about the fame meter in Canada.

 

[CD Boogie]

"alright"? It's all right. JFC, this is a board where people presumably know how to spell. Clean it up

 

[typefitter]

I've only heard of 4 of the top 10: Lorne Michaels, Donald Sutherland, Graham Bell, JK Galbraith.

Margaret Atwood is 44th, which seems absurd. Then again, I don't know much about the fame meter in Canada.

It's ridiculous. She's hugely famous. She's our most famous living writer of fiction, I would guess, by a long way.

 

[WriteThinking]

"alright"? It's all right. JFC, this is a board where people presumably know how to spell. Clean it up

Hey, we never claim to not need a copy editor! And we have less of them than ever now.

 

[ChrisLong]

From USC, too many to name. I did take a couple of photography classes, which were held in the Cinema department, and I do remember seeing Ron Howard walking around on campus.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I find the latter a little hard to believe.

So did I.

Had a number of classes from a Marxist who spent most of his classes stressing the importance of "subverting the dominant paradigm." He almost never directly addressed anything about film other than disgust at its value system.

The guy who taught History of Motion Pictures mostly faked his way through it and didn't seem to have much of an interest in the topic. He screened "Stranger Than Paradise" for us and explained why he found it so fascinating: Jim Jarmusch, the filmmaker, was a Hungarian immigrant, and made the film shortly after arriving in America to capture the feeling of being an outsider in a strange land. After the lecture I told him that Jarmusch was born in Ohio and went to NYU Film School. He didn't care. He liked his story more.

 

[Chef2]

Has anyone seen The Beach Bum yet?