Slog - Comments on Unclear on the Whole HUMP! Concept

Comment by Cedar

Cedar — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:07:18 -0800

May not be practical for rights reasons, but what if submitters could choose whether to allow their entry to be preserved? Those entries alone could be compiled and sold as HUMP Lite DVDs. On the other hand there is something appealing about the ephemeral nature of the event.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:14:55 -0800

I would think that if people want their films to be preserved and distributed, they can do it themselves, no?

Comment by Cedar

Cedar — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:29:05 -0800

Most people don't have a platform to distribute beyond their small group of friends. Remember, these are all amateurs. This way, they could all be on on DVD sold by the Stranger. That said, The Stranger may not want to wade into the legal morass of becoming a porn distributor.

Comment by jess

jess — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:32:20 -0800

"Most people don't have a platform to distribute beyond their small group of friends. Remember, these are all amateurs."

Cedar, have you heard of this new-fangled invention called the internet? It's great! People make films and there are a million and one sites that they can post them to. You should check it out sometime!

Comment by REM

REM — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:38:56 -0800

Judging from that picture, the crowd is 95% white males, huh?

Comment by Dan Savage

Dan Savage — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:31:52 -0800

No, that picture is pretty much all white males. The crowd is mostly straight couples on dates. The picture presents you with a non-representative sample.

Comment by Nic

Nic — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:31:22 -0800

I'd love to get a copy of Zombie Tapioca Lovefest 3000 and the one with the couches from last years's Hump... they were so wonderful, I want to share them with friends who didn't go with us. Oh well.

Comment by Chefgirl

Chefgirl — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:25:39 -0800

Nic, the star/writer/director guy of Tapioca Lovefest has a site with many other short films and articles. He hasn't posted TLF3000 yet because he's still showing it at festivals here and there, but he did post production pictures.

http://bitchkittyracing.com/

Comment by Nic

Nic — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:32:24 -0800

I saw that site couple months ago, thanks though. Hopefully he'll post it one of these days.

Comment by Lee

Lee — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:10:53 -0800

I went to Hump! last night and I am proud to say that I knew 4 people in 3 of the films. That made me quite happy actually.

Comment by Y.F.

Y.F. — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:19:06 -0800

How about the black-box o'censorship?

Comment by Hi mom!

Hi mom! — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:33:21 -0800

@5, maybe guys are taller than the ladies you aren't seeing? It is a 50/50 crowd gender wise. Thanks Dan for sticking up for us tall whitey pervs!

Comment by kuzibah

kuzibah — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:25:31 -0800

Some of the entries are from people who DO want to distribute, though (I bought from Two Big Meanies because they were shown at HUMP! and mentioned here on Slog.) Maybe there could be a section on the site here where people who are selling could let potential purchasers know. An "As Seen at HUMP!" advertising feature.

Comment by Quinapalus

Quinapalus — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:48:46 -0800

Two years ago, the day after the festival, the maker of "Getting a Leg Up in Porn" was right here in these fora polling for interest in DVD copies of his film. I bought several for gifts. It worked for him, it works for Two Big Meanies, it will work for anyone who wants it to.

Comment by humpfan

humpfan — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:13:38 -0800

The people who made Lawnboy several Humps back could sell many thousands of copies if they offered it for sale, I have friends that still talk about that movie.

Comment by MissyMiss

MissyMiss — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:47:44 -0800

Lawnboy is indeed legendary. They could definitely sell tons of copies.