CAMERA SHY
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who has recently gained notice in the Indie realm for his excellent work in both Mysterious Skin and the coming-soon Brick, recently demonstrated his own filmmaking acumen with a short film Pictures of Assholes on YouTube.com, which chronicles an exchange between him and two rather nasty paparazzi. In his notes on YouTube.com, Gordon-Levitt adds:
The only other thing I’ll say is (and I had trouble deciding whether or not to be so blunt with my opinion, but here goes) I do believe that the myth of “Celebrity” is not just innocently shallow entertainment, but a powerful and fundamental part of a larger movement revolving around greed, apathy and hierarchy that is currently dragging us down, down, down, lower and scarier, and perhaps weaker than we’ve ever, ever been. Smile!”
