Posted in General, Music, Writing on August 28th, 2006 1 Comment »
I would be a happy man. And I’d probably be a poet. I might not make millions, but I don’t think I’d care.
If an open wound had a voice it would be Bettye LaVette’s. This disc I’ve been listening to is all about the voice and the voice is all about how it feels to […]
Posted in Movies on August 21st, 2006 1 Comment »
I decided, for whatever it’s worth, to make a list of movies I watched over and over. These aren’t necessarily my favourites, though some are, and it doesn’t mean I think they are necessarily the greatest films ever made. But these definitely are movies I watch repeatedly.
Not sure what it says about me, though I […]
Posted in Movies, Screenwriting, Writing on August 20th, 2006 1 Comment »
I’m currently reading Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee. While it’s about screenwriting I’m not really reading it for that, though in a sense I am (excuse the contradiction).
I’m reading it because, in a larger sense, it is about story (hence the title) and I am, and always have […]
Posted in Movies, Screenwriting on August 6th, 2006 2 Comments »
Although this is posted on my other blog, The Burble, it seemed to me it belonged here as well. So …
I’ve been doing a bit of “re-watching” of some all-time favourites, such as The Philadelphia Story, which I ran in the DVD player last night. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve seen this […]
