Tourist Eyes – William W. Heffner
William W. Heffner, friend and A Life’s Work’s secret weapon (many of the links and photos on the ALW Facebook page are posted by Bill) sent me some photos he took with his tourist eyes. Bill writes: On a warm … Continued
Time Lapses
Where Does the Time GO? Wikipedia tells me that Georges Méliès first used time-lapse cinematography in his 1897 film Carrefour De L’Opera. Since then it has been used only god can count how many times. Many people, myself included, would say overused. … Continued
Reality vs. Art(ifice)?
Recently I came across these two videos within 12 hours. Blast Off On a Saturday night, I watched ” a movie from the point of view of the Solid Rocket Booster with sound mixing and enhancement done by the folks at … Continued
Walter De Maria, Paolo Soleri, and A Life’s Work
The New York Earth Room and The Lightning Field I first heard about Walter De Maria back in the 80s. I was working in Soho at the time and someone or something brought The New York Earth Room to my attention. I … Continued
From Concept to First Day of Shooting
Here’s an encore post, written four (FOUR!) years ago, with the first bit of video we shot for A Life’s Work. I hope you like it. I was having lunch with my friend and colleague, cinematographer Wolfgang Held (who shot … Continued
It’s All True: The Baseball Platitudes Post
Sometimes when you’re discouraged you need a good baseball platitude. Sometimes you need ten good baseball platitudes. These were all culled from columns published in the last few days, hence the omission of some of the classics. “I feel more … Continued
A Life’s Work Wants You to Be a Guest Blogger
Would you like to contribute to the A Life’s Work blog? Maybe write something about your life’s work? Or contribute some photos? Or conduct an interview with someone you think is doing something they won’t finish in his or her lifetime. Or maybe you … Continued
Children’s Wonder
Last week I had a most pleasant earworm, the Hollies He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother. I’ve written about this song before, and the important thing for the sake of this post is that when I was eight years old, … Continued
How Not to Make a Documentary, Lesson 1
There are many “how tos” out there, but since we learn as much, if not more, from our mistakes as from our successes, I thought it might also be useful to write some posts on “how not to make a … Continued
Sifting Through the Hullabaloo
I wanted to share this lovely comment a friend left on the A Life’s Work Facebook page. Thank you, Friend I’ve known since the mid-80s and whom I did not pay to leave that comment. I try: here on the … Continued