Leni Riefenstahl a Nazi Sympathizer?
This week’s rant is on Leni Riefenstahl. Next week will most likely be on a movie. Without further delay:
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As much as I admire Leni Riefenstahl’s talent as an actor and director, there is no question that she’s guilty of being a Nazi sympathizer. There are mounds of evidence to support that, including she herself!
For example, how [...]
What Is A Talented Writer?
Stephen King’s definition for talent in writing: “If you wrote something for which someone sent you a check, if you cashed the check and it didn’t bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.”
Poveglia Island: Send Off
Dear friends:
The past year has been most wonderful, but alas, I must leave you once more. This forthcoming journey into the unknown comes with not just fears alone, but hopeful prospects as well.
This calling takes me to Poveglia Island near Venice, Italy, which has not been explored since 1922. Legend has it that this mystical place [...]
We’re Not Borg: P3
In this third and final post in the We’re Not Borg series, I have included the opening scenes of a romantic comedy I am working on. Bear in mind this is a first, rough draft. The idea is to note how many emotions are evoked and what techniques are employed to do so.
Among the emotions [...]
Tales From The Script
Carpenter, Darabont, Shrader and more talk shop in TALES FROM THE SCRIPT trailer.
Tales From The Script
50 Scripts To Be Read By The Radmin Company
Producers and Representation Consideration by Leading Hollywood Agencies/Management Companies.
PITCHES
Grand Prize Winner (two PITCH of 5 minutes per pitch) to pitch his/her winning SCRIPT (at the Screenwriting Expo) to Hollywood PRODUCERS and AGENTS looking for and accepting scripts written by unproduced/unrepresented writers.
Elite Prize Winner Category 1 gets 2 chances (one PITCH of 5 minutes per pitch) to pitch their winning SCRIPT (at the Screenwriting [...]
Mother Lives!
Well, at least I know I have three readers. I have received a few emails with kind sympathies over the loss of my mother and the fact I raised my two brothers at a young age. This is based on my About page where I give the abbreviated version as to how I went on [...]
We’re Not Borg: P2
A little more on delivering an emotion-ridden movie.
An effectively packaged movie starts with the writing. Obviously. The screenplay has oft been referred to as the “blueprint” of a movie. And this is true. But it’s more than that. In addition to a blueprint which outlines how to build the structure of our movie, it is [...]
We’re Not Borg: P1
I recently had a discussion with a director on the independent scene. I won’t mention names so as not to destroy his credibility, but I was appalled by his complete disregard with what is perhaps the most important aspect of film making; EMOTION!
Long story short, his argument was that all a director needs is technical [...]