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Roger

ramone4ever

About Me

"There are times when I look at people and I see nothing worth liking. I want to earn enough money that I can get away from everyone." -- Daniel Day-Lewis.

My Interests

Shooting Films, Walking, Running, reading, listening to the coolest music and watching the greatest films from all over the world, and being an open and proud Freak/Geek.

I'd like to meet:

Too Many People to Name, but particularly anybody who is interested in media and are artistically inclined. I'm ecclectic-electric-ecentric, and am open to any idea you can throw at me. If you need somebody with Filmmaking Experience (, I'm your man.In the mean time, I'll just narrow down my meets to the essential three: Spielberg, Scorsese and Spike. The Three S's of Cinema.

Music:

Beatles, Ramones, Clash, Pink Floyd, Beethoven, Ravel, Johnny Cash, Sly and the Family Stone, Peter Tosh, Black Flag, Sex Pistols, Chuck Berry, Gang of Four, P-Funk, Ray Charles, Sigur Ros, Lou Reed, Devo, John Cale, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Public Enemy, Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, Roxy Music, David Bowie, Pixies, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Radiohead, Buddy Holly, Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Miles Davis, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Mos Def, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Frank Zappa, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, John Lee Hooker, ZZ Top, Bob Marley, Mahalia Jackson, Hank Williams, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, AC/DC, Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline, Nick Drake, Elliot Smith, Brian Eno, Talking Heads, Husker Du, Replacements, Neil Young, Robert Fripp, John Coltrane, Robert Johnson, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, The Who...You guys give up, or are you thirsty for MORE!!!!

Movies:

Pulp Fiction, Anything Ingmar Bergman, Ran, Schindler's List, Star Wars, Anything David Lynch, Horror Cinema (Carpenter, Romero, De Palma), "Bloody" Sam Peckinpah, Rock Docs (Last Waltz, End of the Century, Gimme Shelter), Hearts and Minds, Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Raging Bull, Bonnie and Clyde, Harlan County, Roger and Me, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Nashville, Last Picture Show, Godfather I and II, Apocalypse Now, Clockwork Orange, Mike Leigh's Naked, Trainspotting, Solaris, Metropolis, Potemkin, Napoleon, Rules of the Game, Grand Illusion, African Queen, Sunset Blvd., 400 Blows, Chinatown, Pink Flamingos, Blade Runner, Vertigo, East of Eden, Last Tango in Paris, Capote, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Summer of Sam, Shawshank Redemption, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind...I SAID ARE YOU THIRSTY FOR MORE???

Television:

I try not to get sucked into the void...and yet The Sopranos, Arrested Development, Twin Peaks, Lost, Freaks and Geeks, Futurama and Aquateen HungerForce keep calling me back to the idiot box.

Books:

Hunchback of Notre Dame, Slaughterhouse Five, Catcher in the Rye, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Confederacy of Dunces, Modest Proposal, Asimov, Watership Down, Lord of the Rings, Animal Farm, 1984, Things Fall Apart, The Waste Land, Dickens, Huckleberry Finn, Old Man and The Sea, Edgar Allan Poe short stories and poems, Being There, Clockwork Orange, Moby Dick, Time Machine, Scanner Darkly, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, It, The Stand, Pet Sematary, Crime and Punishment, Graphic Novels (Watchmen and V for Vendetta especially), Easy Riders Raging Bulls, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, Shakespeare plays, David Mamet, Mother Night...You guys are still parched aren't you? Sorry, I'm tapped out for now. Once you get to know me, you'll never stop being thirsty for my interests...mwwwaaahhhhaaaaahhhhaaaaaahhaaaaaa.

Heroes:

Lennon, Dylan, Zappa, John Lydon (a.k.a., Rotton), Joey Ramone, Ho Chi Minh, Hunter S. Thompson, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Andy Kaufman, Kurt Vonnegut, Jon Stewart, Stephen King, Gandhi among the famous; among the infamous and not so infamous, Mom and Dad, sister Jen, brothers Jubal and Casey, Domonic, Randy, Brandon and Joan, Matt and Sydney. You guys are superheroes, angels and warriors, all rolled into one.

My Blog

Street Hassle - Chapter 5. The footage.

I have now officially transferred 3 rolls of processed footage. It's some of the most beautiful Black-and-White footage I've ever had the pleasure to see. The color stock looks good as well, but loo...
Posted by Roger on Tue, 06 May 2008 11:40:00 PST

Street Hassle: Chapter 4 - The 1st shooting weekend

My first weekend on Street Hassle was a success. I'm extremely happy with how smooth most everything went. Now, finally, with the ridiculously talented cast and crew on my side, I feel like an actual ...
Posted by Roger on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:51:00 PST

Street Hassle: Chapter 3

Just had the table read this past Saturday. It was interesting to hear the words I'd written out performed by professional actors for the first time. I've never had that experience before. Kind of s...
Posted by Roger on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:59:00 PST

Casting Decisions for Street Hassle

Ladies and Gentlemen!!!   I'm happy to announce that, as of tonight, my main cast for my new short film, Street Hassle, has been officially finalized!!!!   The cast is as follows: &nb...
Posted by Roger on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:55:00 PST

Street Hassle - Chapter 1. Auditions.

Well, I got through auditions this past Sunday. Not bad overall. I've got three of my five main roles cast, and a couple of strong candidates for my lead female role. The only thing I'm kind of bummed...
Posted by Roger on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:12:00 PST

Love is like Anthrax

This song lyric is for those out there who broke my heart. And for a lost friend, my cat, who unfortunately passed away this past month. Wow. A break-up and a death of a pet in one month. My luck is ...
Posted by Roger on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:39:00 PST

Best and Worst in Cinema 2006

My Lucky 7 picks of 2006: 1) Children of Men2) Pan's Labyrinth3) The Departed4) United 935) The Fountain6) When the Levees Broke7) Casino RoyaleAnd the rest of the bunch in no particular ord...
Posted by Roger on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:01:00 PST