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15 Things I Wish I Did and Didn't Do In My 26 Years On Earth
15) I wish I didn't lose my Catholic faith. Nowadays, God is just like Santa Claus for adults. And it saddens me, that in my darkest moments, I wish I could just cling to someone bigger than fame, bigger than love, bigger than television, bigger than all this waking up and working and looking for a companion...But nowadays, it's a struggle to pray ( Read more... ) -
2008 Summer Blockbusters So Far...Truth and Spectacle
"François Truffaut defined a great movie as a perfect blend of truth and spectacle. Now it's become bifurcated. Studio films are all spectacle and no truth, and independent films are all truth and no spectacle ( Read more... ) -
Open Up your Heart And Let The Sunshine In
Another sleep-deprived afternoon in Eastwood with my best friend, waking up to puffs of cigarettes and bottled water. After the nostalgia assault we had after watching Transformers a week ago, we were talking about the immense effect of cartoons in our lives. Especially on us, cartoon-boys, who some people find weird when we start speaking in ( Read more... ) -
The Five Greatest Music Videos of All-Time (Or Where I Get My Ideas From Whenever I Go Mental)
As most of you know, my friends and I, who aren't lucky enough yet to direct our own feature-length movies or television commercials, have to stick it out with the ever-great, ever-poverty-inducing world of music videos. I have directed some and save for the money issues, it has been a fun and wild rollercoaster ride. (Sometimes, at 6 AM in the ( Read more... ) -
What's Your Origin Story?
I was twenty. Never had a girlfriend. Was in a course I forced myself into liking. And was a sad little fuck daydreaming of (depending on the weather) either publishing a graphic novel or directing an M. Night Shyamalan-inspired short film, more than passing my Accounting exams. CUT TO: Ever Gotesco, a rainy afternoon. I was in a dark and dank ( Read more... )
