[cross-posted on Extra Criticum] I’ve been thinking about two documentaries: Scott Walker: 30th Century Man and Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell. I loved Wild Combination and was luke-warm about 30th Century Man and there are numerous reasons why … Continued
What were the most viewed posts on the A Life’s Work blog? Glad you asked. The list is a little misleading, because some posts have been up for a lot longer than others, and so naturally will have more views. … Continued
There has been a backlash against the paper citing a microbe that can use arsenic instead of phosphorous in its DNA. So it is with science, and as I said in the previous post, the narrative of science has no … Continued
You visit this blog once in a while. Maybe you even like it a little. But you’re busy, I know, and you can’t be expected to come here twice a week to read these scintillating posts. But you don’t want … Continued
I was going through my closet the other day and came across a flat file that contained this: This poster, designed by Heidi Fener, is for my first film, 8 1/2 x 11. (Heidi also designed the poster, postcards and … Continued
Baylor University, Dean Pattie Orr, Tony Tadey, Darryl Stuhr, Tim Logan, Amanda Harlan, Eric Spenser, Denyse Rodgers, The World Science Festival, Nicole London, Jessica Bari, everyone at the MacDowell Colony, Stacey D’Erasmo, Alex Halberstadt, Christian Barter, Matthew Connors, Janine Nabers, … Continued
I took Yasujiro Ozu’s The Only Son out of the library and I’ve been looking a lot at the DVD artwork, designed by Adrian Tomine. And I love it. Why? First, it is very suited to the film and to … Continued
I wrote this post for Extra Criticum about a year ago and miracle of miracles, it’s still valid. It’s slightly different from the original post: my E.C. persona and my documentary filmmaker persona are slightly different so I made a … Continued
Cinematographers travel with a lot of equipment, and it all looks scary when viewed through an airport x-ray machine. That’s why every time they fly somewhere and unpack the gear bag that’s been checked, they’ll pull out one of these: … Continued
October 30, 2006, cinematographer Wolfgang Held and I landed in Phoenix and drove north to Cordes Junction, where we’d spend the next three days shooting Arcosanti, Cosanti, Dome House, and interview Paolo Soleri. November 3, 2006 we left Cordes Junction … Continued