A Perfect Image
This postcard caught my eye the other day. It’s for a documentary that is about to open in select theaters. I can’t tell you how much I love this image. It gives you all the information you need simply and … Continued
The Tango Guy
Recently, I went to a Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra concert and on the program was Holst’s The Planets. The orchestra was excellent and the “Mars” section is always exciting to hear. Afterward, a friend and I strolled along the promenade in … Continued
My Other Hat, Part 2
Update: You can read the story here, on the blog. My story in The Literary Review (“There Is Joy Before the Angels of God”) is available NOW at your finer bookstores! It may be on The Literary Review website at … Continued
Music, or How to Stay Sane in the Studio
It’s easy to go batty when you spend day after day holed up in the studio. I’m not complaining, it’s a great problem to have, but I definitely need to make time in my day to do something other than … Continued
What Are You Going to Do at This Residency?
Friday I leave for my residency at the MacDowell Colony. (Click and scroll down; I’ll be in the New Hampshire studio.) You may be saying to yourself, “Dude! You don’t have any new footage, what the heck are you going … Continued
My Other Hat
Update: You can read the story here, on the blog. Last week I received the proofs from The Literary Review for a short story they’ll be publishing in Spring, 2010, in their Machismo(!) issue. Look for it on the newsstands … Continued
NARRATIVE Films that Have Influenced My Documentary
[cross posted at extracriticum.com] Rolando Teco, fearless leader of the blog Extra Criticum, threw down a challenge. Here is his comment to my post “Five Films that Influenced My Film.” David. I’m surprised that your list consists entirely of docs. … Continued
Five Documentaries That Influenced A Life’s Work
Because I have lists on the brain, here’s another: films that have had a huge impact on me in general, and on A Life’s Work in particular. Grey Gardens The first time I saw the Maysles’ Grey Gardens it made … Continued
A Very Special Invitation
Look to the left and stop at the side bar. See the last link under “Pages”? Yep, I’m serious. Ask me a question, whatever you have a hankering to know (it need not be film related), I’ll try my best … Continued
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
I probably should have inserted this in the last post. On second thought, no. This deserves its own post. If you are unmoved by Blind Willie Johnson’s vocals and guitar playing, listen to it again. And again. And again. Eventually … Continued