There’s a new town in town

Since 19th February, lucky Amsterdam has Cineville.nl, a collector for all films on exhibition in the city’s 13 film theatres. The site contains synopses, trailers, reviews, and film news. But most importantly, it provides an overview of what’s on, where, and when – something we’ve all been sorely craving for.

Even better, €17,50 a month gets you into 550 exhibitions per week and 400 specials per year, in any of the cinemas, whenever you feel like it. So do away with the dissatisfaction of your monthly television subscription fee, and get something of real value.

The Cineville pass is already on sale online (click here), as well as at Cinecenter, Kriterion, and Rialto. But if you join the crew at Vive La Ville! – Cineville’s launch party on 27th February in Studio/K, you can have one made on the spot, in between your dance floor braveness.

(screen shot Cineville by de Balie, by me on Flickr)

How do you sell authenticity when there’s no such thing?

Have a look at this 15-minute talk to see how you can be (un)true to yourself and (not) say what you are. Or, how you can produce fake fake, real real, real fake, or fake real.

Interesting, especially for those working on sustainable entrepreneurship, because Pine’s two-by-two can help you re-evaluate who you are and what you’re trying to accomplish (a process The Necessary Revolution also talks about).

And for us Dutch, he’s as entertaining as he is painful. If we think we’re authentic in comparison to ‘you Americans’, have a look in the mirrow: every square meter of The Netherlands is manufactured – most of it made look as if it had always been like that.

To summarize, for successful entrepreneurship in the experience economy, you have to stick to 3 simple rules:
- Don’t say you’re authentic unless you really are;
- It’s easier to be authentic if you don’t say you are;
- And if you do say you’re authentic, you better walk the walk.

(photo Carol Channing Certificate of Authenticity by zoomar)