Film Project

Our other website is alanwatts.org, and a new alanwatts.com site is in the works.

1. What is behind this recent outreach of encouraging people to re-mix your father's material?

It came out of the Southpark project originally, and the enjoyment of authentic responses to my father's works that have been appearing on YouTube and elsewhere. I'm not talking about someone posting a picture or two over our audio, but about the sincere dialogs that result when one takes his ideas in and they resonate and something fresh comes out. Personally I view every authentic response regardless of the cultural framework as vital to his work, and I'm very encouraged by the creative response that has sprung up around YouTube. Back when I was studying film and photography in the 70's this forum would have been a dream come true.

2. What are the copyright restrictions on the use of the material? (Creative Commons; Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License?) Do people need permission to re-mix, mashup, etc.and should people contact you?

http://coldhardflash.com/2007/07/flash-animated-philosophy-from-south.ht...
The original three Flash Animations produced by South Park are featured currently on the Cold Hard Flash website

We are currently gathering resources for a documentary film about Alan Watts' philosophical explorations and lifelong fascination with the art of communication. The film is to be based upon his own autobiographical narratives, selections from audio and video recordings, interviews with friends and family, and our ever-expanding photo and film archive. If you have of or know of photos, films, drawings, or other materials of or by Alan Watts, please let us know as we may wish to make arrangements to reproduce them for the film. If you would like to create content for possible inclusion in the film, we invite you to use any of the audio postings in the multimedia section of this site as the basis for short films. We are looking for authentic responses to his works, and will consider any submission for inclusion in the film. All we ask is that you show us what you create, and if we like it we'll post it on the site. The most engaging posts will be evaluated for inclusion in the feature film!