VIVA

Plot and Digressions

I got this incredible trophy yesterday in the mail, from the Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijon. It's an abstract welded iron sculpture, and has a metal plaque on which is engraved in Spanish (he...
Posted by VIVA on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:17:00 PST

WITCH BLOCK

New Year's resolution: to write more in this blog, like Tosh!I have writer's block! It's awful. But the witch idea should work really well once I get it going. I want it to be somewhat irrational, and...
Posted by VIVA on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:51:00 PST

Life of a Star!

Jared and I just got back from Boston and New York, for film festivals there. It was quite a whirlwind and stimulating trip. I'd never been to Boston before. My general impression is that people there...
Posted by VIVA on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 07:23:00 PST

Film Thoughts

I think it's finally time to let go of reality and start dreaming again. There are so many wonderful things to dream about , and as the ephemeral world that is the internet does not give me enough to ...
Posted by VIVA on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:09:00 PST

Smart vs. Sexy

We just got back from San Francisco for the film festival there. There were three screenings of VIVA, and I was there for the last one. I have to say, I think that was the most intelligent audience I'...
Posted by VIVA on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:44:00 PST

Laughter of Idiots

We have gotten to the point in culture where all people can do if they are encountered with earnestness is to open their gaping maws and laugh. What an empty world it is when there can be no seriousne...
Posted by VIVA on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:43:00 PST

Tromadance, Park City, 2007

Just got back from Park City, where friends and I stayed in a plush ski resort while waiting to be part of the Tromadance Film Festival. Highlights of that trip: meeting Lloyd Kaufman, founder of Trom...
Posted by VIVA on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:39:00 PST

Rotterdamerung

We got into the Rotterdam Film Festival with VIVA, which is VERY exciting. It's a cinephile's festival, so it's perfect for VIVA. Robert, Jared, and I will fly off to Rotterdam in January, and hopefu...
Posted by VIVA on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:42:00 PST

Viva Trailer with Whiskey

I'm trying to cut the Viva trailer now, and it's SO HARD. I hear directors are notoriously bad at cutting their own trailers. I've procrastinated in different bizarre ways for days now, and it seems I...
Posted by VIVA on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:03:00 PST

The New Taut Drama

I'm just taking a break here while I wait for my pumpkin pies to bake. I've been thinking a lot about my new script lately. Trying to base it on those 60's pulp novles, but so far not finding just the...
Posted by VIVA on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:06:00 PST