David Licata | March 14, 2012
Not too long ago I discovered that one of my Facebook friends, Christine Lofgren, had planted a bristlecone pine tree. I asked her if she’d grant me an email interview and she humored me, so here it is. Thanks, Christine. I understand you had the privilege of planting a bristlecone pine tree. Can you tell [...]
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 | August 23, 2011
Last year around this time I was in the White Mountains of California shooting Bristlecone Pine trees. Along with my video gear, I lugged my Polaroid SX-70 and took these. As you may be aware, Polaroid went bankrupt and so they stopped producing film, but an organization called the Impossible Project has taken up the [...]
David Licata | March 14, 2011
Yesterday the Associated Press ran a story about the Milarchs efforts to clone the biggest and oldest trees for reforestation projects, and now it’s everywhere. Here it is on the NPR web site. I thought this might be a good opportunity to revisit a clip from A Life’s Work, so here you go: David Milarch [...]
David Licata | December 28, 2010
I took the advice of my friend Jenn Chen and reflected on 2010. Here then, with a focus on A Life’s Work, the year’s accomplishments. February and March: Worked on the film at The MacDowell Colony. April: Shot follow-up interview with Robert Darden in Waco, Texas. June: Footage from A Life’s Work shown at World [...]
David Licata | August 27, 2010
I became interested in including the Milarchs and Champion Tree Project in A Life’s Work after I read that they had cloned the Methuselah tree, a Bristle Cone Pine that is the oldest known living thing on the planet. In my interview with Jared Milarch, he mentioned a tree that was known to be older [...]
David Licata | August 22, 2010
I don’t keep a daily journal, but I do keep shoot journals and editing journals. Here is an excerpt from the recent Bristlecone Pine Pine Forest shoot journal. August 16, 2010 Travel day. Six hour flight to San Francisco, six hour drive to Bishop. I had done the math abstractly. Leave JFK at 8:15, arrive [...]
David Licata | August 17, 2010
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. Minnie Aumonier In a previous post, you saw the books I looked at for research/inspiration for the Bristlecone Pine shoot. In that pile is the Edward Weston monograph, The Flame of Recognition, and in that [...]
