Cory Marciel
@cmarciel.bsky.social
Writer, Documentary Assistant Editor
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When I see guys like Buttigieg I think of the Lincoln book TEAM OF RIVALS. The lesson of that book isn't that you should invite your opponents into your cabinet. It's that some people NEVER get over the desire to be President and that hopeless ambition morally corrupts them.
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
When I see guys like Buttigieg I think of the Lincoln book TEAM OF RIVALS. The lesson of that book isn't that you should invite your opponents into your cabinet. It's that some people NEVER get over the desire to be President and that hopeless ambition morally corrupts them.
I was at school that night recording audio for a film school project in the Zemeckis Center at USC. My friend, and voice actor, told me they just called Florida for Gore and I relaxed. By the time I got home it had all unraveled. I stayed up all night watching returns come in. What a bitter memory.
i'm watching the 2008 HBO movie RECOUNT about the 2000 presidential election like i'm mark wahlberg talking about 9/11. "yeah if i had been there, gore woulda been president"
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I was at school that night recording audio for a film school project in the Zemeckis Center at USC. My friend, and voice actor, told me they just called Florida for Gore and I relaxed. By the time I got home it had all unraveled. I stayed up all night watching returns come in. What a bitter memory.
Something else awesome they had were these items from AMERICAN WEREWOLD IN LONDON. The mechanical animatronic for David's transformation was named the Change-O-Head and I can't help but think how much we have lost in the era of CGI.
November 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Something else awesome they had were these items from AMERICAN WEREWOLD IN LONDON. The mechanical animatronic for David's transformation was named the Change-O-Head and I can't help but think how much we have lost in the era of CGI.
Went to the Academy Museum yesterday with friends, mostly for the JAWS exhibit. We're gonna need a bigger, well, you know 🚢 🦈
November 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Went to the Academy Museum yesterday with friends, mostly for the JAWS exhibit. We're gonna need a bigger, well, you know 🚢 🦈
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
I'm around 10 pages from finishing a new draft of a contained thriller. That's good. I've introduced a new moral obstacle for my protagonist. That's good. Which I do not know how to resolve. That's bad.
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I'm around 10 pages from finishing a new draft of a contained thriller. That's good. I've introduced a new moral obstacle for my protagonist. That's good. Which I do not know how to resolve. That's bad.
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Dear Auntie
You will be surprised to hear that I am going to prison tomorrow.
You will be surprised to hear that I am going to prison tomorrow.
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Dear Auntie
You will be surprised to hear that I am going to prison tomorrow.
You will be surprised to hear that I am going to prison tomorrow.
This is the fellowship program in case anyone out there is interested in learning more.
about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...
about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This is the fellowship program in case anyone out there is interested in learning more.
about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...
about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...
At Netflix today to teach a class on Avid Media Composer to their documentarian fellowship program. I did my best to confuse them the least I could.
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
At Netflix today to teach a class on Avid Media Composer to their documentarian fellowship program. I did my best to confuse them the least I could.
If I were running for President, I'd run on a platform of "movies will begin after three previews and no commercials," and I would win in a 50 state landslide.
#movies #scriptsky
#movies #scriptsky
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
If I were running for President, I'd run on a platform of "movies will begin after three previews and no commercials," and I would win in a 50 state landslide.
#movies #scriptsky
#movies #scriptsky
A lot of us have chased big dreams for a long time, and we all know a little help at the right moment makes or breaks you.
I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
A lot of us have chased big dreams for a long time, and we all know a little help at the right moment makes or breaks you.
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Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
Let’s be clear: Chuck Schumer is the one ending this shutdown, no matter how the votes read.
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
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BERNIE: “This senate is about to make a horrific situation even worse… health insurance premiums will double/triple/quadruple… some will pay 50% of their income… 15 million will lose insurance… 50,000 will die unnecessarily…”
#MedicareForAllNOW
#MedicareForAllNOW
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
BERNIE: “This senate is about to make a horrific situation even worse… health insurance premiums will double/triple/quadruple… some will pay 50% of their income… 15 million will lose insurance… 50,000 will die unnecessarily…”
#MedicareForAllNOW
#MedicareForAllNOW
A good thing to hear.
‘It takes a lot of energy to be an asshole’
Steven Soderbergh knows the score.
Interview by @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
www.vulture.com/2017/11/stev...
Steven Soderbergh knows the score.
Interview by @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
www.vulture.com/2017/11/stev...
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A good thing to hear.
Me in a spot on the ranch we call Treasure Canyon. I shot this on my Sony while testing out a gimbal.
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Me in a spot on the ranch we call Treasure Canyon. I shot this on my Sony while testing out a gimbal.
These are belt buckles my Mom won when she was a rodeo queen in Nevada in 1960. All natural light shots.
November 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
These are belt buckles my Mom won when she was a rodeo queen in Nevada in 1960. All natural light shots.
I went to the ranch where I grew up and filmed with my Sony ZV E10ii. Some of these screenshots are really nice. Only a quick color correct on them.
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I went to the ranch where I grew up and filmed with my Sony ZV E10ii. Some of these screenshots are really nice. Only a quick color correct on them.
AFF reader feedback arrived. The positives are strong ("excels at delivering a gripping survial story with high-stakes action and emotional depth") but the negatives, which contain spoilers so I won't share, knock two of my favorite things in the script, so 🤷🏻
November 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
AFF reader feedback arrived. The positives are strong ("excels at delivering a gripping survial story with high-stakes action and emotional depth") but the negatives, which contain spoilers so I won't share, knock two of my favorite things in the script, so 🤷🏻
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
I'm at Starbucks, and, in Starbucks tradition, there's an older dude talking a younger woman's ears off a seat away from me and boring her to tears. He's heavily invested in AI. He has opinions about DEXTER. Current topic: in future we will all be about to see each other's dreams.
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I'm at Starbucks, and, in Starbucks tradition, there's an older dude talking a younger woman's ears off a seat away from me and boring her to tears. He's heavily invested in AI. He has opinions about DEXTER. Current topic: in future we will all be about to see each other's dreams.
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
You know how the little girl in The Ring never sleeps?
THEY NEVER SIT DOWN.
THEY NEVER SIT DOWN.
I have new upstairs neighbors. They seem nice. They seem nice.
(Long beat; sharp inhale)
They are elephants in cement shoes and they pace back and forth like cracking my sanity is their $%#*@!ing job.
(Long beat; sharp inhale)
They are elephants in cement shoes and they pace back and forth like cracking my sanity is their $%#*@!ing job.
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
You know how the little girl in The Ring never sleeps?
THEY NEVER SIT DOWN.
THEY NEVER SIT DOWN.
Are they running a marathon up there? Are they constantly on a tense phone call? Does one of them catch fire every night and the other is carrying bucket after bucket of water back and forth?? Just sit on the couch, please, and veg out like everyone else.
I have new upstairs neighbors. They seem nice. They seem nice.
(Long beat; sharp inhale)
They are elephants in cement shoes and they pace back and forth like cracking my sanity is their $%#*@!ing job.
(Long beat; sharp inhale)
They are elephants in cement shoes and they pace back and forth like cracking my sanity is their $%#*@!ing job.
November 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Are they running a marathon up there? Are they constantly on a tense phone call? Does one of them catch fire every night and the other is carrying bucket after bucket of water back and forth?? Just sit on the couch, please, and veg out like everyone else.
I have new upstairs neighbors. They seem nice. They seem nice.
(Long beat; sharp inhale)
They are elephants in cement shoes and they pace back and forth like cracking my sanity is their $%#*@!ing job.
(Long beat; sharp inhale)
They are elephants in cement shoes and they pace back and forth like cracking my sanity is their $%#*@!ing job.
November 3, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I have new upstairs neighbors. They seem nice. They seem nice.
(Long beat; sharp inhale)
They are elephants in cement shoes and they pace back and forth like cracking my sanity is their $%#*@!ing job.
(Long beat; sharp inhale)
They are elephants in cement shoes and they pace back and forth like cracking my sanity is their $%#*@!ing job.