Gold Badge Update: New Studio SX Online Podcast with Gary Hustwit and Doug Pray

Want to get even more out of your SXSW experience in 2009? Then purchase a Gold Badge, which also gives you access to four days of SXSW Film panels and 9 days of SXSW Film screenings. The Gold Badge will also allow you to attend the numerous film parties and receptions, thus allowing you to make vital connections with the many film and entertainment industry professionals who attend SXSW.

As an example of the kind of convergence you will find only at SXSW, don't miss the Film Festival's podcast series dubbed Studio SX Online. Using the same model as our annual Studio SX events in the SXSW Film + Interactive Trade Show, Studio SX Online allows you listen in on one-on-one interviews and conversations between some of your favorite speakers participating in the SXSW Conferences and Festivals.

The second installment of this podcast series features a conversation between SXSW Film Festival veterans Gary Hustwit (Helvetica, 2007) and Doug Pray (Big Rig, 2007). This year's festival sees the world premiere of Gary's latest film, Objectified, a documentary that aims to do for industrial design what Helvetica did for the humble typeface. Meanwhile, Doug's film, Art & Copy prepares to take the Sundance Documentary Competition by storm with a detailed look at the weird and wonderful world of advertising.

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In the podcast, the two discuss the common ground between their latest films, including the art in the everyday, the genius of 'Got Milk?', and the strangeness and power of sitting in the dark and staring at a screen.

Gary will also be sharing his insights on the "We Have Been Objectified: Identity, Consumerism, and the Future of Designed Objects" session during the 2009 Interactive event, which will be moderated by Stuart Constantine of Core77.