I was in Minneapolis Sunday and saw the debut of the documentary Making Light In Terezin at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival. It was produced and directed by Richard Krevolin who wrote the book Screenwriting from the Soul. I’ll write about his film tomorrow, but here’s a quote from him today: “All characters are [...]
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A few mountaintop experiences in my life include seeing one full solar eclipse in Salzburg, winning two Regional Emmy’s in Minneapolis, and scoring three touchdowns in a high school football game in Florida. That’s an eclectic mix, and there have been others of course, but those came to my mind Saturday night as I was brought [...]
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Here’s a promotional video for a project I finished editing this week with artist Gary Kelley called The Planets—Reimagined. The video I worked on will be part the multi-media concert featuring the music of Gustav Holst performed by the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony led by conductor Jason Weinberger. The debut is tomorrow night (April 27, 2013) and the [...]
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”That thing that can write great symphonies, that can write great tragedies in this use of time.” Branch Rickey 1956 speech in Atlanta One of the things I learned in the movie 42 was how deliberate Branch Rickey was in integrating professional baseball when he signed Jackie Robinson to a contract—and how much time it [...]
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In light of the movie 42 being in theaters and introducing Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey to a whole new young generation, here’s a 1996 TV movie called Soul of the Game written by David Himmelstein (story by Gary Hoffman) and directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan that gives another dimension to that era. Found the [...]
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“I have learned that I remain a black in a white world.” Jackie Robinson I waited a long time for an updated movie version to come out about Jackie Robinson. Seems like 10 or 15 years ago Spike Lee was talking about doing a film on Robinson. As I watched the movie 42, I found [...]
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I wanted to write another post on Jackie Robinson and/or the movie 42 but was busy finishing editing a project today so I’ll push the Robinson/42 post back at least a day. The project I finished editing today is The Planets—Reimagined featuring the artwork of Gary Kelley. Below is a photo what the project looked [...]
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There are many layers to Jackie Robinson’s life story, but here’s a quote from him that at first doesn’t seem inspirational but I think fits this blog well: “In those days [1941] no major football or basketball clubs hired black players. The only job offered me [after a great athletic career at UCLA] was with the [...]
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“Twenty years ago screenwriter Larry Marcus (“The Stuntman”) told me that if you have a great script it may take a week, a year, or even ten years, but if you’ve written something undeniably fantastic, someone will find it. Why? Because there simply aren’t that many great scripts out there. It’s straight-up supply and demand….This [...]
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“There’s a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don’t, and the secret is this: It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.” Steven Pressfield The War of Art Tagged: Steven Pressfield, The War of Art
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