- 9 things Americans are taught about France. Every American child is taught 9 things about France, and a few of them are …offensive. Unfortunately those 9 things were all I knew before my trip to Paris. We were in London because a film I was involved with was accepted into the Raindance Film Festival. We had 48 hours to kill before the festival so we […]
- Travel #8: Salisbury Part II – the second, longer, part about that lady who asked me to call her a dirty cunt. I’m from Los Angeles. While visiting Salisbury a lady asked me to call her a Dirty Cunt. This is the second half of that story. In case you started reading here, you could consider going back to the beginning. But if you’re pressed for time, or just don’t want to read all 8 essays cause you […]
- Travel #5: On Accents “WHO HAS THE ACCENT NOW?! WHO HAS THE ACCENT NOW?!” We’ve landed, and this is what I scream-whisper before we’ve even left the plane. My girlfriend does not find this hilarious the first, second, or really any of the times that I say it. Unfortunately for her, I find it MORE hilarious each time. So […]
- Travel #4: LAX to LGW. This story is broken into two halves, the first is Traveling with your (Girl)friend. The second is Traveling Alone. These are two very very different things. Traveling with your (girl/boy)friend is like… bringing home base with you. A small little bastion of safety. If you collapse on the ground, you’ll be okay. When you wake […]
- Lost ‘LOST’ characterization. Rewatched the LOST pilot the other day. Trying to study how you build a story with lots of characters. One of my favorite things about the episode that I wish had become an actual “Jack” thing, was that, after the horrific crash, later, while sitting on the beach he describes his crash theory to Kate. […]
- There was an earthquake today. I learned something about my dog. There was an Earthquake Today.
- The Diversity Question. HBO has a pretty cool program where they are looking for filmmakers from diverse backgrounds to make short films. The application seems pretty straightforward, there are two questions. Here’s the second one, which is admittedly inadvertently hilarious. And here’s my answer, with 4 words to spare. It’s hard to say how my diversity has worked […]
- MoniFF Part 2 – Night One Note: This is part 2 of a (who knows) part blog following a couple of filmmakers as we take our film, “The Learning Curve“, to the Monadnock International FIlm Festival in Keene, NH. Maybe you want to read part 1? —————————————————————— Thursday Night — What with War Witch being gutwrenching “a mesmerizing, cinematic hallucination” (Stephen […]