Posted in Blogs, Books, Education, Movies, Reading, Technology, Web, Work on April 5th, 2007 1 Comment »
Good grief. It’s already April. Where’ve I been?
Well, as the photo on the right suggests, I’ve been feeding squirrels. (Not really, actually. But a friend put the corn out in the backyard to see what the squirrels would do. Being logical creatures, they ate it.)
I’ve been up to several things: work, education, new house and […]
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 […]
Posted in General, Movies, Screenwriting on July 4th, 2006 1 Comment »
First, in a world where most movie comedies lack the essential element (humour!), The Matador is a wonderful movie. Dry and stupid, slapstick and witty. Compare to Failure to Launch or The Break-Up and weep. Note to directors: after script, casting is everything.
That I could watch and enjoy a film under these intemperate conditions (33C […]
Posted in Movies, Screenwriting on February 19th, 2006 No Comments »
2001 - directed by Barry Levinson
(3 stars out 5)
Some years ago, maybe around the time of Pulp Fiction, Hollywood developed a new kind of movie genre which I call the chimera. In Greek mythology, the chimera has a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail. In other words, it’s a hodge podge. So […]
