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 | August 5, 2011
Dear Filmmaker: Recently you reviewed a book called The Film that Changed My Life: 30 Directors on Their Epiphanies in the Dark. If this book’s subtitle were “31 Directors…,” you being the 31st, what one movie would you have talked about? Curious in Burlington. Dear Curious, Oh, this is a tough question. I wrote a [...]
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. [...]
David Licata | May 24, 2011
Dear Filmmaker, Do you know what your next project will be? Curious in Caldwell. Dear Curious, Yes, I do. Thanks for asking. David in New York City. … Okay, I don’t usually reveal future projects but I consulted my Magic 8 Ball. “Should I spill the beans?” I asked. Its reply was unequivocal. “My sources [...]
David Licata | April 22, 2011
Dear Filmmaker, What do you enjoy most about making this documentary? What do you enjoy the least? D.C. Hi D.C. Thanks for the question. I’m a bad news first kind of guy, so let’s start with what I enjoy the least. Raising money. And not surprisingly, I’m no good at it. I really wish making [...]
David Licata | February 8, 2011
Dear Filmmaker, Actually, this question didn’t start that way. When I first sit down to interview someone for A Life’s Work, I have a few things I mention before I ask the first question. One of those things is, “If you have a question for me, please ask it.” When we spoke with David Milarch [...]
David Licata | January 18, 2011
Last weekend I was at a dinner party and one of the guests posed a frequently asked question: Why are there four subjects in A Life’s Work? Why not three? Why not five? (To be clear, there ARE five people, but here I’m actually using the word subject to mean project. Soleri-Arcosanti, Darden-BGMRP, Tarter-SETI; [David [...]
David Licata | July 20, 2010
Dear Filmmaker, Have you considered using Kickstarter for A Life’s Work? DP Dear DP, I have, and I’m supporting a Kickstarter project, Planet X, right now. (I interviewed Planet X director Jacob Hensberry about why he chose Kickstarter to fund his film. You can read about it in a post I wrote for ExtraCriticum.com). I [...]
David Licata | June 3, 2010
Dear Filmmaker, I read your post about Stephen Hawking and in it you have a transcription of your interview with Jill Tarter. Why didn’t you just put up the video? Cheers, GDS Dear GDS, That’s an excellent question. I didn’t put up the video for a couple of reasons. To upload the Tarter video as [...]
David Licata | January 22, 2010
JB took advantage of Ask the Filmmaker and posed this question: On your About the Filmmaker page you write: “David Licata is the writer and director of A Life’s Work.” Are you going to have a voice over narrator reading text you wrote? Good question. You won’t hear Liev Schreiber or Morgan Freeman reading copy [...]
