Contest Hint
The answers can be found in these four clips: Searching for Gospel Vinyl – A Clip The Redwoods – A Longer Clip SETI’s Jill Tarter on Gender Bias in the 1950s: A Clip Paolo Soleri at Dome House: A Clip … Continued
Behind the Wall, Silicon
Most residencies provide a bed in the studio. In the past I’ve used the bed to sneak the occasional nap. I liked treating my studio like a place of work, a factory where I went and made stuff and when … Continued
Behind the Curtain, Iron
This is my bedroom at the MacDowell Colony. Since I’ve been sleeping in my studio, I use the bedroom as a waystation and closet. When I first saw the room I assumed that behind the curtain was a place to … Continued
Searching for Gospel Vinyl – A Clip
Ta-da! A clip of the fourth subject, the Black Gospel Music estoration Project’s Robert Darden. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX5BN9iMrmQ[/youtube] Wolfgang Held and I followed Robert around the South Side of Chicago in August 09. Here he is looking for some rare gospel vinyl … 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
Thank You, Timing Gods
Timing has never been my strong suit. But I must admit these last few months the timing gods have been very kind to me. November-December Edited like a lunatic. Worked intensely on the sample at VCCA, incorporating the Black Gospel … Continued
Ask the Filmmaker: How Do You Write a Documentary?
A friend asked this question: “You credit yourself as 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 … 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