The story of the Great Emancipator began on Feb. 12, 1809, when Abraham Lincoln was born to Thomas and Nancy Hanks in a one room log cabin in Kentucky. A few years later, the Lincolns left Kentucky, crossed the Ohio … Continue reading THE BETTER ANGELS
There’s a good many pictures I’d like to make, we’ll see how many I’ll be allowed to make. —Terrence Malick Continue reading Born On This Day — November 30, 1943
2013 was an excellent year at the movies, but I said the exact same thing about 2012. Film critic for The New Yorker, Richard Brody, chose to open his year-end summary with this quote, “The year 2013 has been an … Continue reading 2013: Another Year of Moviegoing
Working as a screenwriter, I always thought that “Film is a collaborative business” only constituted half of the actual phrase. From a screenwriter’s point-of-view, the correct rendering should be “Film is a collaborative business: bend over.” —David Mamet I’m a … Continue reading Born On This Day — November 30
In 1973, The New American Cinema was well underway. The French New Wave had blown the doors of cinema open as to what was possible, and American movies like Bonnie and Clyde (Penn, 1967) and The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah, 1969) had broken down … Continue reading BADLANDS
Dear Grandma Mary – Thank you very much for coming with me to see To The Wonder. I really enjoyed it, and I hope you did too. The first thing you said to me when the credits came up was, … Continue reading TO THE WONDER
I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can’t. My attitude is always let it keep rolling. —Terrence Malick Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, April 25, 2013
There’s a good many pictures I’d like to make, we’ll see how many I’ll be allowed to make. —Terrence Malick Continue reading In Their Words — November 30, 2012
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