Finding Fellini

I ran into a very old friend this morning on my way to the j-o-b. I saw him several weeks ago at the J&M cafe - a spot where many of my...

For the past several years I've avoided a day job for the purpose of devoting time to filmmaking. There were periods during which I enj...

August Wilson died at 60. That pisses me off and makes me sad. And, as when anyone dies under the age of 70, it scares the bejesus out of me...

One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind. To live a visual life is an enormous undertaking. I have ...

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self. -- A...

The origin of the term refers to the separation and isolation from society of the hermit or monk. Indeed, wabi is literally poverty, but it ...

Last night in my scene study class, two students were in the later stages of working on a scene from Suburbia. It was wonderful. They were...

Public schools in Georgia are closing for two days next week to save gas. I suppose when education results in complete dependence on fossil...

The title of the first of F. Scott Fitzgerald's few complete novels, much more minor than Gatsby, but closer to home for me as I devoure...

Saw The Constant Gardener yesterday for my Monday matinee. Having forgotten to wear my watch, I checked the time on my cell phone around an...

There are three ways to hit a target with a rifle - blind luck, Kentucky windage and zero the sights. Blind luck is a wily devil, betraying ...

There is very little I feel compelled to report this week. Classes were great -- new faces and new energies. There is a certain desperation...

… the one-eyed man is king. The winner of the Best Actor Award for the 2005 Filmerica Challenge is yours truly. How about them apples? Buona...

To say my first encounter with second guessing occured within the last decade would surely be false. Just as we sometimes hear something ma...

As far back as I can remember, I've been self-concious. As I have tried to move away from self-obsession, the culture has increasingly ...

There are three cases of arrogance on my mind today. The most immediate is of the naive variety. Just sat through the beautiful afternoon i...

I'm not a fan of remakes normally. But I am a fan of auteurs. And of good stories. So when I read and, or see a good story poorly tol...

A friend told me today that I'm a hundred yards from the finish line, and like on any tough terrain, it's the hardest part of the jo...

Today's my birthday. I met with the storyboard artist first thing this morning. So very nice to see images of the ideas that have been...

Had my first session with a storyboard artist this morning. It was very exciting to think about the film in visual terms from shot to shot....