David Licata | May 11, 2012
I remembered this exchange between Soleri and me the other day and thought, why not post it again, you know, as a super special encore presentation! Hope you like it. I.G. took advantage of this blog’s stellar feature, Ask the Filmmaker. Why don’t you? Dear Filmmaker, I think I read somewhere that when you started [...]
David Licata | February 21, 2012
February 15, 2012, The New York Times ran an article about Arcosanti. The impetus was Soleri’s retirement and his successor, Jeff Stein. (I blogged about this in the summer. Way to be on top of it, Times.) It’s a fair article that is a retread of what has been written about Arcosanti and Soleri for [...]
David Licata | December 10, 2011
I am always awed by how cinematographers see so much more than I do. We can be looking at exactly the same thing, the same angle, the same frame, and they’ll register all sorts of details, big and small, on an initial viewing that I won’t see until I’ve viewed the footage they shot several [...]
David Licata | October 11, 2011
Dear Filmmaker, Were you nervous before your first interview with Paolo Soleri? I mean, he’s kind of a rock star, isn’t he? R.C. in AZ Dear R.C. in AZ Yes, I think he is, and yes, I was nervous before I met Soleri for the first time. And the second time. And the third, fourth, [...]
David Licata | September 27, 2011
Last week I asked you to help me choose five photos for a new press kit. The results are in! Here are the five images that garnered the most votes. #5 The model of Arcosanti #4 Bristlecone Pine trees #3 Sisyphus paper weight in Jill Tarter’s office #2 Allen Telescope Array with camera #1 Digitizing [...]
David Licata | September 20, 2011
Oh, the joys of D.I.Y. filmmaking. I’m putting together a new press kit. In addition to stills of each subject pulled from the interviews, I’m going to include four or five of these at the bottom of each page. Which are your favorites?
David Licata | September 2, 2011
The “vacation” continues, so here are some … what did Saturday Night Live call reruns, Encore Presentation? Well, here are some Encore Presentations of some earlier posts. Hope you enjoy them. From Concept to First Day of Shooting Why Do I Love These Shots? A Clip “How Do You Find These People?” The Cinematographers (I’m [...]
David Licata | July 18, 2011
When the SETI Institute announced it was hibernating the Allen Telescope Array, I didn’t feel the need to say, “Production is starting up again” and fly out to California to interview Jill Tarter and shoot the dishes. (See, Is Production Really Over?) However, upon receiving the following press release from the Cosanti Foundation, I am [...]
David Licata | July 8, 2011
There has been a flurry of “likes” on the A Life’s Work Facebook page from the Arcosanti community. And by “Arcosanti community” I mean not the folks who are living there now, but people who have passed through the place in one way or another since construction began in the early 70s. It’s a large [...]
David Licata | July 1, 2011
Dear Filmmaker, Read any good books lately or is it all A Life’s Work all the time? K.R. Dear K.R.: It’s definitely not all A Life’s Work all the time. And in fact, I have recently read a very good book: A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson’s nonfiction book about walking the Appalachian Trail. [...]
