I am, of course, filled with jealousy
that someone else is adapting Jeff Somers' The Electric Church as a movie. Actually, I just finished the book last night, having read the series out of sequence (which was a bit of a mistake, it's a lot easier to read them in order).The Bloggess respectfully submits a suggestion for ...
Patrick Stewart, Clowns, and the Decade
Katie West, photographer. With an unhealthy Patrick Stewart obsession. It's OK, she's Canadian.This dude, David Kronemyer, has a lot of esoteric interests. But many of them I share with him. This blog post is about AC power in recording studios.Fear of Clowns is number 12. And with Lion's Gate. This ...
Stills from Shoot
Here are a couple stills from Maduka's shoot last week. He's using Mitchell's DVX100, shooting in the fabulous Lower East Side of Manahatta.That's Jim Mickle's crazy setting on the DVX which starts off this nice amber look, and (I think) Magic Bullet's Warm Bird color for even more of that ...
Maduka Shoot
Today Maduka was directing a short. I showed up with a smoking jacket and a martini in order to "help".That's Tom Rowen, Henry Maduka Steady, Tzaddi Simmons, and Nadia Dassouki.In the second pic that's the same folks as above with the addition of Robin Kurtz.Maduka on the ground shooting Nadia ...
Interplanetary
I have really really bad news for my friend Chance Shirley. I think that his movie Interplanetary is beyond brilliant. It's like ur-brilliant. And... wait, what's that sound? Is there someone outside? No... no!!!. Don't listen to me! Wait. What's that? Aliens. Yes. Aliens. At the door. Make sure the ...
How to Know
Chance won the audience award at the WT* Film Festival in Os Norway.Here is the festival's blog post about it (I think).It looks like it might indeed be the coolest film festival in the world.*Weird Tales (?)---------------------------------------How to know when you're wrong.----------------
4 Word Review
My four word review of the new Star Wars animated movie:"Walk cycle. What up?"Of course, only animators who have seen the movie will think that's funny.
Mitchell in a Movie
There's a trailer here and a trailer there. Steeling Martin Lane. I have no idea what it's about. After seeing the trailers, I still have no idea. But it has MITCHELL in it!And Mitch is gonna be in our next movie. Yay!
More Awesome Things
My friend Josh James wrote a screenplay "Down and Dirty Pictures" (which I haven't read), which is reviewed here.It's sounding like the movie might get made. Awesome!
More Awesome Things
My friend Josh James wrote a screenplay "Down and Dirty Pictures" (which I haven't read), which is reviewed here.It's sounding like the movie might get made. Awesome!