Category Archives: Random
Straight From Mumbai, India
This blog post comes to you today thanks to Zinal Bhadra, a blogger in Mumbai, India. (Never been to India, though my brother Pukha lived there for a while.) I had gotten to a point where I was frustrated with myself for not accomplishing my goals faster, and I had sort of vowed to myself not […]
Using Reverse Psychology on the Universe
Life definitely is not without a sense of irony. Not just irony in the bad sense. Even life’s serendipities often come with a silver-lining of retrospective irony. I started writing the short story Dance Robot and the novel Robogirl in part because I wanted to basically copulate with this girl who I thought was the […]
The Problem With Hollywood
Been reading Rebel Without a Crew by Robert Rodriguez. Talks about how he made El Mariachi for $7,000 and his exploits trying to get it sold. This is from one of his journal entries when he went and met with people from Spanish-language Direct to Video distributors: “I asked Benjamin directly if he felt any […]
Mobius…hmm I’ve heard that name somewhere before…
When I first read about Vincent Laforet’s new short film, Mobius, I felt like I was taking crazy pills. Mobius, did you say? Hmm..that name sounds strangely familiar. Oh yes, that’s because I came up with it! That’s right, over a year ago I wrote a script for a short film named Mobius, which I’m […]
Shoutout: “Dreamt of August” by alden
After getting back from Brazil, I went and watched all the Hollywood summer blockbusters that I missed. While there were some that I really enjoyed, my eyes were screaming out for a break from the sometimes tedious “Hollywood look.” “Dreamt of August” by alden was just the kind of visual serendipitous cacophony that I needed! […]
Quickie: Limitless
Just a quickie [translate: quick post] Wait a minute–since when did Hollywood start making movies that are as cerebral and megalomaniac as Death Note ?! Just watched Limitless directed by Neil Burger starring Bradley Cooper // please tinseltown keep it coming I need my next dose
Christopher Nolan’s films – How do they compare?
Last night I had insomnia…so I watched the movie Insomnia, thereby completing my goal to watch all of the films directed by Christopher Nolan.¹ So I thought it would be fun to make a list of Nolan’s films in the order of the ones I liked the best. Now, before somebody pops a vein and […]
Filming a House Burning Down
In the middle of a music video shoot, we literally had to rush to the rescue, as a house was burning down next to where we were shooting. Special Thanks: Mars Webster, co-producer, who first spotted the house burning down, and rushed off to help. Xan Baker (www.xanbaker.com) who helped film, and who also added […]
