Finding Fellini

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Silence is so accurate. Mark Rothko

There is no beginning, there is no end; there is only the infinite passion of life. Federico Fellini

I've started a new blog that has nothing to do with filmmaking. If you would like to read it, please contact me and I'll send you th...

That's a good film, in'it? Yeah.

See it.

If you try to please audiences, uncritically accepting their tastes, it can only mean that you have no respect for them: that you simply wan...

We're in Carlsbad, California in order to fulfill Henry's three year obsession with going to Legoland. Today's the big day. I ...

In wilderness is the preservation of the world. Henry David Thoreau

I spent much of Saturday night and yesterday driving to California. I've made that journey south on I-5 many, many times in my life. I...

There's a Morgan Spurlock quote floating around indiewood that goes something like, "This isn't where we are going to make our ...

You can observe a lot just by watching. Yogi Berra

At Portland Center Stage. Thoroughly enjoyable. Laughs and articulate language. Actors with good looks, voices and timing. Oh joy. Very ple...

While I am very fortunate and lead a comfortable life, I am not a wealthy man. The areas in my life that seem to be lived on a scale of deca...

Do I love making films? No, not really. It's been a colossal struggle. I've labored with the technical side of it, the interperson...

Let me say it very very LOUD - Danny Boyle is a hack. He's a music video director. I can never forget I'm watching a movie when watc...

What a lovely combination. I've enjoyed being at high elevations this week on Mountains Hood and Bachelor. Snowshoeing on Sunday and s...

This HBO mini-series is awesome. I read the book a few years ago and I have to say I liked the show a lot better. Not that the book isn...

It took me a long time to get around to the most acclaimed show ever to be canceled after one season on television. It was worth the wait. ...

Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure ou...