By Paul | Published:
July 4, 2010
The Fourth of July is not only America’s birthday, but also the anniversary of one of the boldest experiments in American letters.
On July 4, 1845, Henry David Thoreau moved into a small cabin near Walden Pond in Massachusetts and began writing “Walden,” the autobiographical book that would define his legacy.
Thoreau was many things – naturalist, [...]
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By Paul | Published:
March 26, 2010
Attending a film festival is exhausting. You race around town to screenings and stand in lines throughout the day. Then at night you run around town to parties, sometimes several of them.
I’m not about to complain. Leading a life in film is an immense privilege and I try to remind myself of it all the [...]
By Paul | Published:
March 2, 2010
If you’ve not heard already, I’m happy to announce that the panel that I proposed for South by Southwest 2010, Cinematography for Improvisation — Lighting the Unknown, was selected. Thanks to everyone who voted in support of the idea via SXSW’s PanelPicker!
Though this will be my third SXSW as a panelist/moderator, this was [...]
By Paul | Published:
January 22, 2010
Since social networking is, for better or worse, part of filmmaking these days, this NYT article on Facebook privacy settings is worth a look. The most web-savvy of you out there have already made the changes recommended by this article (or have decided to throw caution to the wind), but others may find this useful.
By Paul | Published:
October 26, 2009
The United States of America
I’ve been looking over Ted Hope’s blog lately and one thing he keeps returning to is the idea that in order for cinema to be truly free (i.e., liberated), we have to do our part to help film culture. I agree.
That’s part of what this blog has always been about. One [...]
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