I’m sure there are a lot of Black Flag fans out there. In the social Petri dish of high school rebellion in the 90’s it always seemed to me that two things you could count on surfacing at random stoner parties were BLACK SABBATH’s eponymous debut and BLACK FLAG’S EVERYTHING WENT BLACK. You know how … Continue reading
Some actors just have great, recognizable voices. Sure, the obvious names have to be Orson Welles, Jack Nicholson, Rod Serling and Boris Karloff. But there are a number of actors and actresses whose voices (and only their voices) are memorable, while their physical appearances are not. Take the great character actor Keith David, for example. … Continue reading
“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks. The other night Letterman had Mary Hicks on his show. Mary Hicks is the great comedian Bill Hicks’s mom. Letterman had her on because of the fifteen-year anniversary of Bill’s death this month, and he used the occasion … Continue reading
So I finally finished it. Yeah. It took that long. Infinite Jest is, not including the footnotes, 981 pages. With footnotes it is 1079. Now, I’ve read books that are almost as big in a couple of days. Stephen King’s final volume of his amazing DARK TOWER series springs to mind at roughly 850 pages. … Continue reading
Nothing is worse than the feeling you get when you start a sentence by saying, “Back in my day…”, but low and behold, here I am, thinking that very thing. It’s depressing when someone like me, who is only twenty-four, looks back on the films that he watched with a sense of longing for … Continue reading
I hate to name-drop, but I used to be friends with Jesus Christ. Back in the 70’s, he often came to my house for breaks from his bum disguise. Once, before we went our separate ways forever (he found out I only liked him because I was scared of his dad), he told me: “Say, … Continue reading
Taken is the movie, just released in the U.S., in which the great actor Liam Neeson takes the Steven Seagal role of an ex-spy who moves to Los Angeles to be closer to his teenaged daughter, only to tear onto the path of vengeance and death-bringing when she is kidnapped on a summer … Continue reading
Economic Crisis SOLVED. Hey folks, did you know that the economy is trouble? Some news sites are reporting it. Apparently there’s some financial hardship happening and no one is enjoying it except the people who benefit from woe (warlocks, clowns, executioners, philanthropists, and blacksmiths). Money’s getting punched in the face by God. Rumor has it … Continue reading
If you read my previous blog, you’ll know I was assigned to create a video self-portrait for my Directing the Narrative class. The blog described my thought process, as well as our actual schedule for shooting. You could get an idea of the set and what we were doing by the pictures, but now I … Continue reading
Not to repeat myself, but I think the movie is great. I think Aronofsky’s contribution is comparatively underrated, as are the contributions of the writer, cinematographer, costumers, and the locations department, among others. I think Mickey Rourke is on a collision course with a little gold bald figure, and while I think … Continue reading