A studio head chomps on a cartoonishly oversized cigar, flipping through pages in a binder. The cover reads “Green Lantern” and he parts with his cigar for the occasional guffaw over certain passages. The man is so delighted he bellows for his assistant to write a check for $300,000,000 to make this amazing, amusing work of cinematic genius. I spin this fictional yarn because it would be great if someone actually loved the film they were making instead of packaging a soulless product – and ultimately I’m getting tired of this shit. Continue reading
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Fire, Flashbangs, Filmmaking: Inauguration 2017
Fellow filmmaker and friend Georg Koszulinski invited me to DC to help him shoot a documentary focusing on the inauguration of Donald Trump. There were massive protests scheduled on inauguration day and the day following; they would include a coalition of the willing that would make George W. Bush jealous. We ran amok with DSLR cameras trying to capture the feeling of the space and the feeling of the people (protesters and Trump supporters alike). We wanted to find a way to make sense of the madness during this shocking plot twist in American history, as a reality TV star (which already sounds like I’m making this shit up) was sworn in as President of the United States of America. Continue reading →
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Posted on February 6, 2017 by The Filmsmith in Articles, Filmmaking
Tagged Activism, DC, Documentary, Filmmaking, Inauguration, J20, protest, Trump, Womens March