The BGB Actors have simply blown me away. The Actors who’ve come through our doors during the past 14 months at The BGB Studio – Bramon Garcia Braun – have walked in hungry, dedicated, sometimes scared or angry, but always hopeful, passionate, and wonderfully vulnerable. In that, we’ve seen their hearts. We’ve come to know […]
I love that these clips were posted together here – from our little romp, 200 cigarettes! I hope that your NYE was less disappointing than our 200 cigarettes characters on their last night of 1981, but equally satisfying the next morning… Happy 2014! NYE ADVICE FROM DAVE CHAPPELLE, PAUL RUDD, COURTNEY LOVE… 200 CIGARETTES HERE HARVEY […]
Casting The Outsiders – watch this video – The movie was released in 1983 (made 1982, 30 years ago) What I love about Francis (Ford Coppola) is that he always did what was intuitive for him, rather than what was the norm. Casting The Outsiders his way (with the help of the great eye of Fred […]
Anna Magnani in The Fugitive Kind (written by Tennessee Williams, directed by Sidney Lumet) What is acting anyway? We think we have to show ourselves and that’s true, we do. But trusting that the “showing” can be simply revealing is the challenge. It’s a longer discussion but plainly said, to me, it’s a human being experiencing […]
Grabbing this from John Ruskin – an intimate look at Sanford Meisner through a documentary in 7 parts. John is a wonderful teacher and someone who was fortunate to have been chosen to be Sandy Meisner’s first apprentice, then taught at the Neighborhood Playhouse; now John runs the Ruskin School and Theatre, its LA representative. […]
This is crucial to watch! How to determine your audience when you dream up your movie?! And distributing it… the new world! Exploring new frontiers. Click on the link: Where in the World is Peter Broderick? Join me on a quick world tour. Years in the making with a cast of thousands, this is a breakneck […]
Harvey Danger’s “Save It For Later” joins in with 200 cigarettes, a movie I directed in 1999, and has some grand fun with it. The song was used in the end credits of the movie. I love the band and especially love what they did with this video. Nostalgia on nostalgia for me. HAPPY NEW […]
This is enlightening. Not only as a student of the movie, which I will always be. But as a creator, a director, a filmmaker… this reminds all of us that this pure enthusiasm and total commitment to a vision is what determines our true success. I watch this and remember that if I have passion […]
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