January 2012
5 posts
December 2011
6 posts
“1936: In February in Key West, a somewhat intoxicated Stevens insulted Ernest...”
– John N. Serio, Wallace Stevens: Selected Poems
“…The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.”
– Wallace Stevens, “The Emperor of Ice-Cream”
The past two weeks we’ve been talking a lot about formal elements in my directing class, which has delved us into poetry and music. We often speak about how each shot should be like a sentence, clearly articulating the necessary meaning,...
November 2011
2 posts
October 2011
5 posts
July 2011
2 posts
June 2011
5 posts
May 2011
5 posts
“But perhaps the most unusual aspect of the show is that Louis C.K. gets no notes...”
– Nice article on Louie, in NY mag.
http://nymag.com/print/?/arts/tv/upfronts/2011/louis-ck-2011-5/
Louie is a funny and often surprising show. The largest benefit of the show’s creative isolation and network independence is not so much the content, but the way it frees up the show’s...
April 2011
3 posts
WatchLumet’s “Making Movies” is seriously one of the most satisfying books on the filmmaking process. It’s frank and revealing.
March 2011
3 posts
New Whit Stillman Movie Picked Up by Sony Pictures... →
Good news, but the even better news will be when it is indeed released, and I am sitting down to watch this, popcorn in hand, ears ready for some good ol’ Whit Stillman dialogue candy.
February 2011
5 posts
“But what the House just passed goes far beyond that: It’s a draconian down...”
– http://www.theweek.com/bullpen/column/212467/the-end-of-the-new-deal/2
Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft &... →
FB RT @JoelHeller
Google Art Project →
Google street view for inside museums. This is so unbelievably cool. Granted, not the same as in person, but seeing as how I don’t anticipate getting to Berlin before lunch…
January 2011
2 posts
November 2010
4 posts
WatchGreat interview with P.T. Anderson on Charlie Rose. Mostly about Magnolia.
WatchP.T. Anderson’s 1993 short film, “Cigarettes & Coffee.” (Not to be confused with “Coffee and Cigarettes” by Jim Jarmusch.
October 2010
2 posts
Simpsons Exec Producer Interview on Banksy →
I have to say I really don’t see this as one bit subversive. It’s clearly approved by Fox, and generating more PR than critique. Furthermore, the Simpsons have always made fun of Fox. It’s a pretty broad and obvious critique that’s too hyperbolic to have any real teeth.
I place it as a nice opening that brings to mind earlier episodes taking aim at animation and studios,...
@MayorEmanuel →
September 2010
4 posts
