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The following excerpt was pulled from a two hour podcast interview with filmmaker Darren Aronofsky as he talked about his film mother! (and the creative process and more) with Tim Ferriss. Tim: What do you want the experience of your audience to be, or what do you want them to take away from any one of your […]

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The following excerpt was pulled from a two hour podcast interview with filmmaker Darren Aronofsky as he talked about his film mother! (and the creative process and more) with Tim Ferriss. Tim: What do you want the experience of your audience to be, or what do you want them to take away from any one of your […]

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Took this shot today in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Scott W. Smith

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One thing we know is that failure is generally funnier than success. Every once in a while, we get to the point in the story where the guys in the show have a big win, and then we sit down and say: ‘Let’s write three episodes where things are going great for them.’ And we […]

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Harry Dean Stanton grew up on a farm in Kentucky, served in the Navy and was stationed in the Pacific during WWII, studied at the Pasadena Playhouse, once recorded a song with Bob Dylan, was a roommate of Jack Nicholson before they both became name actors, and acted along side Paul Newman and Marlon Brando. […]

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I made a quick stop at Universal Orlando today and walked around the City Walk on a lunch break. Tried to take an interesting photo of Universal’s iconic (and well photographed) logo at the park’s entrance. Scott W. Smith

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Francis Ford Coppola‘s prompt book for The Godfather is several inches thick and contains Mario Puzo’s book The Godfather with note after note by Coppola as he details what parts he wants to extract and emphasize in the movie. The prompt book was the foundation for which he wrote the script. Coppola explains that the prompt book […]

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“It’s true I rewrite a lot. You know, I don’t have that kind of talent that, you know,  I saw of kids who could draw beautiful pictures…my talent is I just try and try, and try and try again, and little by little it comes to something that I think is okay.” Five time Oscar […]

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I think if you put energy into how do I break into the industry, how do I get an agent, how do I – it’s putting the cart before the horse. I think that ultimately first and foremost practicing. Shooting it. And then reshooting it. And reshooting it. And rewriting. And just getting, working on […]

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Squalls out on the Gulf Stream Big storm commin’ soon Jimmy Buffett/Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season My dad was a pilot in the Air Force (flying C-120s/C-130s) and gave me a survival book when I was a kid. It’s got cool pictures of how to, well, survive if you were put into an extreme […]

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