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  • The Fall

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_(2006_film)

    Singh stressed the importance of on-location filming and lack of special effects, as he found that modern techniques would not age well in comparison.

    When shooting scenes of the blue city in Jodhpur, Tarsem provided locals with blue paint to refresh the paint on their houses. This alternative to post-production effects resulted in the vibrant blue of the city in the film.

    This entire film is practically a love letter to early film practical special effects. Is it the best story? No, the story is flat in many respects. Yet the film to this day is visually stunning, and stands as one of my favorite films due to it’s visually captivating presence. The film surely does have small amounts of modern special effects, but by and large Singh worked very hard at producing mostly practical effects.












  • From the article you linked:

    In return for Google being the default search engine in Firefox, Mozilla is expected to bank $400M+ a year.

    Literally what I am talking about. I can still switch away from the default. No other search companies are being denied access to being set as the default search engine in Firefox. Google just pays a premium so they are the default out of the box, which would not be anti-competitive under this order.

    bar the search giant from making exclusive deals to distribute its search or AI assistant products in ways that might cut off distribution for rivals.

    This by definition does not cut off their distribution in Firefox. Google can still make this deal with Mozilla. It is not an exclusivity deal, it’s a default search engine deal. Exclusivity or cutting off distribution would be making Google the only search engine option in Firefox.