Sundance Tip of the Day
Hey, want to see some of the Sundance short films - for FREE?
Here's a tip. The films are offered online through Xbox Live (if you have an Xbox 360) and iTunes.
But Netflix, the online DVD rental service also is making many of them available for free for members. In fact, it's showing more of this year's shorts than the other two services (though not all of them).
While Xbox Live and iTunes are charging $1.99 to purchase each short (frankly, a rip-off), here's how you can see them for free if you're not a member of Netflix.
Go to the Netflix home page and sign up for their two-week trial and pick at least the $8.99 (which allows you to rent one DVD at a time) or higher tier. Once in, you can watch the shorts by going to this link and streaming them to your computer (unfortunately, the Netflix site doesn't have a link anywhere to the Sundance shorts). The Netflix people assured me this works.
Just be aware you need a fast broadband connection, but the shorts look great on the computer if you do. And if you don't want to continue the service (and not pay a dime), just don't forget to cancel it before the end of the two-week period.
Start off with this short film suggestion: "Spider," a 9-minute short about a man with a horrible habit of playing practical jokes on his girlfriend (pictured), is a real shocker.
-- Vince Horiuchi
posted by Vince Horiuchi @ 10:39 AM |
1 Comments:
actually if you text "film" to 42349 you will get a nice selection of trailers and behind the scenes of the entries. But since these can be lengthy it viewed from the Apple iPhone. vidfuel.com did it as a favor...
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