2011 – A Blog Recap
Which A Life’s Work’s posts were the most visited in 2011, you ask? Of the 100 or so posts written this year, here are the top 15: Los Straitjackets and Yasujiro Ozu Homage Ask the Filmmaker: The Ecstasy and the … Continued
A Present for You!
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://alifesworkmovie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Gymnopedie-1-Erik-Satie.mp3″] Me playing Erik Satie’s Gymnopiede No. 1. This is just my old, cheap guitar, recorded in my home. More classical guitar music here, here, and here.
Ask the Filmmaker: The Hero’s Journey
I recently posted an article about Robert Darden on the A Life’s Work Facebook page. (There you will find news that is relevant to the subjects of the film but are not inspiration for blog posts. If you haven’t “Liked” … Continued
What Makes Me Happy? Community
November was a good month for the A Life’s Work blog; it had substantially more views than in any previous month, and November has 30 days! Why? Because of you! Yeah, you. You read it. And some of you shared … Continued
Radio, Radio
Thanks to the magic of the Internet, I’ve been listening to the University of California, Berkeley’s radio station, KALX. It’s a listener-sponsored, freeform station, which means it doesn’t have commercials or underwriting (what’s the difference?) and the DJs (who are … Continued
Thanks, 2011
Anna Westhoff, Julia Elsas, Haroon Butt, Jamal Ahamad, Josephine Crawford, Stephanie Salmon, Chris Zdunek, Gotham Books, John Wildman, John Yearley, Karin Jaschke, Matthew Seig, Jessica Lipps, Lila Cecil, Graziano Carlon, Randy Haykin, D.W. Young, Jens Lekman, Karl Nussbaum, CM Burroughs, … Continued
What’s Your 2nd Favorite Tree? The Ginkgo
You discover many fascinating things here on the A Life’s Work blog, like what’s the filmmaker’s favorite tree. And today? What’s the filmmaker’s second favorite tree. … ginkgo [or maidenhair tree], often seen in big-city streets, as it has a … Continued
On the Cutting Room Floor
In the last post, I offered up a clip featuring Bob Darden speaking about why so much gospel music is missing. The clip I posted runs almost four minutes. I had a longer cut, but I thought it was running … Continued
What Do You Think?
Here are three photos. Take a look at them, let them cycle through a couple of times before you read the text below the photos. What do you think of them as photos? [portfolio_slideshow autoplay=true timeout=9000 slidewidth=500 showtitles=false pagerpos=disabled] The small … Continued
Rashomon and A Life’s Work
The other night I went to see Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon at the Brooklyn Public Library. I’ve seen this film quite a few times, and a few years ago, while preparing for the Redwoods shoot, I watched the Woodsman’s trek sequence … Continued