A few weeks ago Chevy Chase came to Flashpoint to talk to our students and I didn’t have the time to blog about his appearance, but he has been on my mind so better late than never. I want to
Helvetica
During the late summer just before my friend Dan Devening, an artist, gallery owner and college professor, went to Austria on a fellowship (show-off) he told me about a film he just saw called Helvetica. It’s a documentary about the
I Am Still Here
This has been the longest the dumb filmmaker has been away fom his blog since he began it. Things have been very busy for him, but there is light at the end of the tunnel, and he promises to stop
Don’t Just Take My Word On It
I wrote the blog about August: Osage County, the Broadway play, last night about 10pm. I woke up this morning and opened my New York Times to see this glowing review by Charles Isherwood. All happy families are alike, Tolstoy
One Strike Down One to Go
A few weeks ago I wrote about the writer’s guild strike and how it is affecting people on all ends of the entertainment business pay scale. Until now I haven’t mentioned the other big strike- the Broadway stagehand strike that
Chuck Close
Perhaps the most frustrating thing to me about being a dumb filmmaker is the lack of opportunities I get to practice my craft. I just can’t wake up in the morning and announce that today I am going to make
