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J Edward Thurm

NotToDrink and Dream;But Rather Create andComplete

About Me

If you have similar taste in film hit me up, I love to meet and work with new people. Currently working on a flick called Crazy Rides a Saw Horse, penned by Russell McCulloch.

My Interests

Film, Filmmaking, Photography, Music, Comics, Reading, Writing, T.M., Enlightenment, Expanding Consciousness.

I'd like to meet:

Martin Scorsese, Mark Borchardt, David Lynch, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (Too late)

Music:

Ranges from Classical to Speed Metal

Movies:

Who's That Knocking at My Door, Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, American Movie: The making of Northwestern, Reservoir Dogs, Night of the Living Dead, The Crazies, Dawn of the Dead, Videodrome, A Clockwork Orange, Ed Wood, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Trainspotting, Psycho, Un Chien Andalou, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Band of Outsiders, Pierrot le fou.

Television:

Two things I quit: TV and Coffee (except for Twin Peaks)

Books:

Lynch's Catching the Big Fish, Hagakure: The Book of the Samauri, Bushido: The Way of the Samurai, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Edgar Allen Poe, Frankenstien, Dracula, The Invisible Man, As I Lay Dying, Return of the Living Dead.

Heroes:

Mark Borchardt, David Lynch (Not because of his work with film), and Optimus Prime, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

My Blog

Did you feel that?

Did you feel that, this morning? It was my heart breaking.
Posted by J Edward Thurm on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:24:00 PST

One of my heroes died yesterday.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of the International Meditation Society, died yesterday. If you know who this is, you know how devastating it is.   If you don't, he was the man responsible fo...
Posted by J Edward Thurm on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:49:00 PST

I am not your friend. I am just a man who knows how to feel.

Was losing all my friends.Was losing them to drinking and to driving.Was losing all my friends, but I got them back.I am on the mend.At least now I can say that I am trying.And I hope you will forget ...
Posted by J Edward Thurm on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:04:00 PST

Crazy Rides a Saw Horse teaser 2

Here's another glimpse of my up coming flick Crazy Rides a Saw Horse I lost a lot of things trying to make this film so I hope someone likes it.   ...
Posted by J Edward Thurm on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:21:00 PST

Crazy Rides a Saw Horse teaser 1

Here's the first teaser trailer for Facial Deformity's upcoming flick Crazy Rides a Saw Horse. I still remember the night Russ and I finished it... I think things almost came to fisticuffs. Good times...
Posted by J Edward Thurm on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:30:00 PST

Stuck in a Fellini Film

Sometimes I think I'm stuck in a Fellini film. Why would I compare myself to the Italian master of abstract surrealism? Look to the semi autobiographical lead characters of all his films. A staple of ...
Posted by J Edward Thurm on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:42:00 PST

The Nicotine Agenda

The Nicotine Agenda was written by Russell McCulloch and was the first project offered to me by someone else. I'm still not sure why Russ thought I was capable of handling the project, probably becau...
Posted by J Edward Thurm on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:30:00 PST

The Botched Job

The Botched Job was my introduction to the St. Louis 48hour Film Project in June of 2006.   Now the film was terrible but I got to see a film I worked on premiere on the big screen at the Tivol...
Posted by J Edward Thurm on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:15:00 PST

How My Career Ends

My second project; tentatively titled "How My Career Ends", was an on going feature length documentary that lasted about a year. It consisted of me following and interviewing a five piece metal band f...
Posted by J Edward Thurm on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:05:00 PST

Necrosis

Necrosis is the first short I made about 3 years ago. It was shot in one day and was inspired by one of my favorite cinematic themes: The struggle within.   The battle against one's self has alw...
Posted by J Edward Thurm on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 05:57:00 PST