…am reposting my february 16th, 2006 response to a portland man's critique of Andrew Bujalski's film during PIFF due to a friend's interest (or to sate his desire to a debate?): Dear Sir, I know that most movie patrons live for these sorts of vocal criticisms (or perhaps you would prefer 'witticism'?) as it can [...]
…around 11am the sun hits my bedroom window and creates this beautiful splash of illumination in an otherwise dark part of the house. should last a few more weeks, maybe a month?
Yeah, I know mother's day is a corporate created holiday, but I still celebrate it damnit! She risked life to bring me into this world (women still die of childbirth ya' know), raised me, put up with me through ages 8-18 and has remained supportive in whatever endeavors I choose. What's more, she has diligently [...]
Thoughts on my mind today (aka 'people recently told me'): no talk of form. critique of content. critique of photography. talk of content. content is too simple. content is not like X. comparison to Y's films. should really think about conforming to Z " for your own good." Tomorrow I will think about: the form [...]
Fred Wolf (pictured below), a representitive from Halliburton, recently presented on a remarkable device for combating global warming: the SurvivaBall. The announcement was made at a "Catastrophic Loss" conference in Florida, attended by leading members of the insurance industry.
Dziga Vertov, wrote in 1934: "Give up smoking. Eat less. Get up earlier. Do, not what you want to do, but what needs to be done. You must want what is needed… Laziness is wanting to do what you want, not what is necessary. Fight laziness." He had already created his most successful films by [...]
"Stephen Colbert, the host of the Comedy Central fake news program "The Colbert Report" repeatedly mocked President Bush and the press for its failings in a blistering routine at the White House Correspondents Association annual dinner Saturday night." He's literally 6 feet from Bush. It's Magical. I love this man more than anything right now: [...]
Posting this due to popular demand. A little video we made the day we premiered "yellow." Made within a 24 hour period, but it took only 10 hours to shoot and edit (I'm still surprised). Concept ripped off from Ernie Kovacs. Music by Esquivel.
Dear Illustrious and Esteemed Portland Hipsters, I am writing to you today because I feel as if a great injustice may have been, or is likely to be done to your intelligence, possibly without your awareness. I believe I was one of the few attending Friday evening for the sole purpose of seeing "Wild Tigers" [...]