Steve Aoki has traveled a long road from starting a record label in his apartment to becoming one of electro house music’s biggest names. We’ll get to join him for the ride in a new documentary coming to Netflix. The streaming service revealed a new I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead trailer today and announced the film’s August premiere date.
The aptly named documentary delves into more than just how Aoki became so successful — it explores the forces and principles that have driven him to extreme lengths, like cracking 300 shows in a single year. He admits that he grew up trying to impress his father, Rocky Aoki, a man who not only founded Benihana Restaurant, but was an offshore boat racer and even once qualified for the Olympics in wrestling.
It is easy to see how Aoki would take away the message that working hard is necessary to success. The trailer shows footage of the elder Aoki — who says he worked 16- and 17-hour days — explaining his career philosophy: “Business comes number one,” he says, “and health comes number two.” He finally rates family number three.
Steve Aoki’s determination has paid off, with his accomplishments including a 2013 Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronica Album. Leading up to his biggest concert ever, the documentary’s telling of his story is described as “heart-pumping yet heart-wrenching.” The film comes from producers Matthew Weaver (Rock of Ages), Matt Colon, Happy Weaver, and David Gelb (Chef’s Table), as well as executive producer Michael Mailis.
Netflix highlighted Aoki’s legacy in a tweet today that included the documentary’s trailer and premiere date.
Every legacy has a beginning. I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead with @SteveAoki comes to Netflix August 19th.https://t.co/Ph3dotTNLL
— Netflix US (@netflix) July 25, 2016
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead hits Netflix on August 19.
China just gave Hollywood a cautionary tale about AI filmmaking. Sanxingdui: Future Past, billed as the country's first fully AI-generated movie, hit theaters on October 23 and bombed at the box office.
According to Futurism, the film's reported $1.5 million production budget landed on more than 10,000 screens. Yet it pulled in only about $181,000, averaging roughly $20 per screen, making the budget difficult to recover.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
https://twitter.com/imagine/status/2113712964419063911
YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?