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A Good Idea [Post 2 in a Trilogy]
20 Aug 2014

A Good Idea [Post 2 in a Trilogy]

by David Licata | posted in: The Film | 0

[Note: there is an update about what said intern has been up to since graduation.] Speaking of ideas, here’s a good one: write emails to people (friends, people you’ve fallen out of touch with, friends of friends, complete strangers, anyone, … Continued

advice, ideas, Kyu Nakama
Ideas: The Good, the Bad, and the Other
13 Aug 2014

Ideas: The Good, the Bad, and the Other

by David Licata | posted in: The Film | 0

I recently came across this note in one of my notebooks. In my scrawl: Go with tighter shots and more cramped framing for subjects that have less time, i.e., older subjects. Younger subjects have more time, + therefore more space. … Continued

ideas, yasujiro ozu
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Filmed over 15 years in locations throughout the US, A LIFE'S WORK is a documentary about long-term thinking, a meditation on Deep Time, a film essay about legacy.

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