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Yearly Archives: 2009
More Than Rain
If you live in NYC you know… it just rained all day today. And I mean all day. Really. All of it. And hard too.
A friend of mine (thank you MHR) directed me towards this lovely little performance… about another kind of rain.
“Eh this is about all the bad days in [...]
2 Directors/2 Faces
This weekend I read two revealing interviews with filmmakers Lee Daniels (“Shadowboxer”, “Precious”) and Richard Kelly (“Donnie Darko”, “The Box”) in the NYTimes. Though I was captivated by both profiles I actually felt uneasy digesting them so close together and I’m not sure why.
Maybe… the unease came from recognizing both men seem to be [...]
Dreaming Wildly
I came across my latest web addiction, Soul|Pancake via actor Rainn Wilson’s twitter feed. The site features community posts about everything using life’s “BIG” questions as a departure point.
You can watch Rainn’s intro below:
Here’s an example, the question was “What is your wildest artistic dream?”:
“So this guy Michael holds up a sign [...]
A Movie (Not) About You
I was shocked (overstating it maybe?) when Famke Janssen sat down beside me. She was invited by the same producers who’d brought us.
Yes, she was pleasant. Yes, she was beautiful. And yes, just politely chatty enough to get me grinning.
I couldn’t even really process it all before the MC [...]
Diva, I’m Sorry
I juuusssst posted earlier and said she didn’t bother me at this great concert (nope, never been a fan).
However, I apologize. After watching this vid (many) times when I posted earlier…
*lowers his head in obedience*
“Beyonce in performance is spectacular.”
There I said it. Now watch it.
Kanye + Spike = ???
This short collaboration between Kanye and Spike Jonze won’t be up long so I’m sharing it quickly (without adding too many thoughts yet).
It’s being yanked down as soon as people post it (including Kanye).
The film interests me on several levels (mostly thematically and the imagery at the end)… and not for [...]
School House Rock
Gonna date myself with a weeeeeee bit here but…
I literally remember watching this when it premiered during Saturday morning cartoons. I loved my youth.
Then again… there’s what this little guy has to deal with in his youth.
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The Chalk
Directed by Mark Romanek
Client: Nike
Title: The Chalk
Agency: Wieden+Kennedy, Portland
Creative Directors: Alberto Ponte, Tyler Whisnand, Jeff Williams
Copywriter: Caleb Jensen
Art Director: Taylor Twist
Executive Creative Directors: Mark Fitzloff, Susan Hoffman
Agency Producer: Erika Madison
Production Company: Anonymous Content, Los Angeles
Director: Mark Romanek
Executive Producer: Dave Morrison
Producer: Aris McGarry
Head of Production: Sue Ellen Clair
Director of Photography: Adam Kimmel
Editor: Robert Duffy
Post-Production: Spot Welders
Post [...]
Que Sera Sera
So… I’m sick.
I have no idea what this “bug” is but it hit me pretty hard a few days ago. Please forgive me if the posts are slow in coming. Of course I turn into a typical man when I get sick and really the only thing I want is to be back [...]
The Good Actor
Good acting doesn’t always have to be that serious.
When I was performing in Julius Caesar I had one brief scene alone with Denzel Washington. This was just before the “tent scene” between Brutus (Denzel) and Cassius. I was Cassius’ attendant, Pindarus and came in before him “to do salutations from him“. Got [...]
A Creative Polygamist
A few weeks (or was it months?) ago I wrote about my fascination with Polymaths.
I am not a so-called Polymath. Though studying them gives me some insight into those (like myself) who leap deeply into a variety of interests and make a living at them.
I don’t consider myself a Polymath for many [...]
Coen Brothers
I wanted to post this a while ago but I’m only just now getting to it.
I’m an avowed fan of the Coen Brothers (Joel and Ethan) for their unique formalism and their topsy-turvy portraits of America. And they can and do cut their own films you know I love that.
The internets were [...]
Fate
I love this ad. Pure story. Strong visuals. Great choice of cinematic music too; it’s from the film “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” by composer Ennio Morricone… sans the hip hop beat.
The ad is called “Fate”.
Thanks Tahir
Update: I watched this again and realized there was something I noticed the [...]
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
While surfing the internets I heard a song used in a personal video. I used Shazam on my iphone but couldn’t find the title at the time and the user didn’t list it.
The instrumentation and rhythmic pulse of the song floored me and stuck with me. It sounded like a sensual brass [...]
Congress Works for Me
As always the seasons change, fall TV programming and/or Football returns and… people seem to have moved on.
Well I haven’t. Congress works for me.
I sent an email to Ed Towns my congressional representative concerning health care reform and what he’s doing about it.
I thought I’d share his response (for the readers in the area [...]
Banana Pudding for Denzel
Looks like it’s Broadway week over here, right?
The New York Times online Arts section recently created a slideshow featuring:
A selection of reader-submitted stage-door photos, from shows past and present, from Broadway and beyond.
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I really liked the idea of collecting these photos and stories so I decided to post my own favorite stage door [...]
Didnt Cha Know Princess
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You gotta hear this song.
Why? Because I love the song and c’mon it’s Prince with Rhonda Smith no less and doing Erykah Badu.
Really why? Because I’m dedicating this one to you.
Thanks Erykah
007… Hello? It’s Me, Wolverine.
Um, so Wolverine and 007 walk into a bar, right…
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
Yesterday, the internets were buzzing about Hugh Jackman (starring in a Broadway production of “A Steady Rain” with Daniel Craig) giving a theatergoer the business after their cell phone went off mid-show.
My question is who shot this video and sold it [...]
Note to self – Be Funny
For a while now I’ve had a personal rule against blending overt politics with story.
I’ll save the why for a later post… let me just say I’ve decided to abandon that rule… this current moment seems to call for it.
And if you’re gonna rush into the political it appears funny is better.
Oh and it appears [...]
Tall Enough
Yesterday I posted about this short from filmmaker Barry Jenkins but couldn’t find an embeddable file.
But… no worries. Everything is always some where on the internets…
thanks Nikyatu
Indie Conversations
The good folks over at Shadow & Act (thanks Tambay) recently posted a podcast of a conversation between emerging indie filmmakers Dennis Dortch and Barry Jenkins .
Both of these filmmakers have released well-traveled feature films in the past year or so.
The conversation covers where they are now including various triumphs and pitfalls [...]
Not A Movie Poster
I’ve been meaning to post this for a while.
This fancy little site, Not A Movie Poster posts film posters:
“Lovingly crafted by various film poster designers, these are the film poster designs that didn’t make the cut. These are not film posters.
Enjoy.
(thanks Niky)
Your F*cking Anything…
It seems there was a bit of a rumpus this week surrounding what should be done for free or not.
Looks like it started when Oscar nominated screenwriter Josh Olsin (“History of Violence”), threw down a tiny gauntlet with the following rant:
“I will not read your fucking script.
That’s simple enough, isn’t it? “I will not read [...]
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