We started the weekend with a pre-midnight call time at a gym that looked like a coal mine office. Lucky for us, the scene was set in a coal mine office. Maybe not so lucky for people who use it as a gym. 3:30 A.M. All-night shoots tend to go ...Read More
Last Saturday I took a break from delivering coffee orders and picked up a camera, a 3-ton truck, and a lot of lighting equipment. For the first time since college, I am making a movie. Actually, Cime Bruce is making a movie. She wrote the script and ...Read More
I arrived at Denver International Airport at 8:45 AM this morning, ensuring plenty of time before my 10:30 AM flight. Little did I know that plenty of time would actually be nearly 6 hours. That's right, Professor Dumb-Dumb was looking at his previous flight time when planning out ...Read More
Without a second-thought I will go to a movie theatre by myself, totally undeterred by the social stigma of such actions. This is partly because when I want to see a movie, I want to see it now--I'm not waiting until later when others can join me. There ...Read More
. Growing up there were two posters hanging above my bed. The first showed a soccer player writhing in pain on the ground with these helpful words: No pain, no gain. No gain, no goals. No goals, no scouts. No scouts, no college. No college, no cheerleaders. ...Read More
A couple months ago I read the Esquire cover story on Sean Penn's new movie, Into the Wild. The writer of the article saw an advance screening and claimed it was even better than the book it is based on. As of Sunday, I have experienced the ...Read More
Last week I started watching the Unseen Cinema DVD collection, which is composed of American avant-garde films made between 1894 and 1941. Many of them come from the Library of Congress and are years past copyright protection. More importantly, they're often beautiful, innovative and surprising.Every week or so ...Read More
Welcome to the very first entry. According to my plan, this is the place where I’ll write about whatever art, literature or media I’ve consumed on that day. Usually this will consist of shorthand notes, my initial reactions, thoughts not yet fleshed out. Occasionally, though, I will ...Read More