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anton

cooler than a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce

About Me

read blog here

My Interests

writing/directing for the stage/screen, watching and talking about films w/ people who give a damn about them, snowboarding, and lately...i've rejuvenated my love for futbol (soccer to you gringos)

Music:

Sweet Chin Music (how do you like THAT for pop-culture!)

Movies:

that's like asking a fat kid his favorite ice cream flavor

Books:

lately? probably chuck klosterman and malcolm gladwell

Heroes:

my mom

My Blog

no longer a virgin...

i'm officially a flag-waver. last wednesday was my first...time i traded business cards (the ones that say Writer/Director - i know, pretentious, huh?) with another filmmaker. (by the way, pretentious...
Posted by anton on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:45:00 PST

"Flags" for our grandfathers

I caught Ebert & Roeper one Saturday evening and listened to his review of Flags of Our Fathers. As I expected, he gave a glowing review of the film, emphasizing Eastwood's knack for character-based s...
Posted by anton on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:59:00 PST

Some recent movie thoughts...

Ok, I'm giving in. I'm gonna post some of my previous blog posts here (because I don't really know if people read my real blog) Not to say I think people will actually read it when posted on MySpace, ...
Posted by anton on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:21:00 PST

re-introducing

not that anyone really cares, but i finally set up a better splash page on the vertigopictures.com site. it links to a blog that i update with the latest goings on with vertigopictures. after 4 years,...
Posted by anton on Wed, 23 Nov 2005 11:38:00 PST

Revenge of the Sith

Ok, so what's the verdict? Did it meet my expectations? Yes, but that's not saying a whole lot because I was not expecting a whole lot to begin with. I knew that because George Lucas wrote it,...
Posted by anton on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Eat My Shorts!

This is probably typical of any artist, but you're always your harshest critic. So you can imagine how nervous I was when it screened at Bindlestiff's Eat My Shorts film festival this past weekend. I ...
Posted by anton on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

random thoughts...

I watched a few movies in the past few weeks: I <3 Huckabees - David O. Russell is a freakin' genius. Well-written, well-acted and well...just fuckin' good. Jason Schwartzman needs to be in more mo...
Posted by anton on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Oscars 2005 - review

The first time I found out that Chris Rock was hosting the Academy Awards this year, I thought to myself, "hmm, that's an interesting choice for a host". Sure, he can get away with hosting the MTV VMA...
Posted by anton on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

jack of all trades

but master of none...that's pretty much what i am. i'm not sure how to feel about being average at everything. there haven't been too many things that i've tried that i've felt completely lost at. i w...
Posted by anton on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

beats per minute

so I've finished the first draft of the first act. i know I overwrote it though. i can just imagine Dougan taking his red pen and putting a line through about half of the scene. i've gotten some feedb...
Posted by anton on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST