101 Awards Banquet

With Rex Ryan and "Revis Island" of the New York Jets

“Momentum & Marr” playing tonight at Donkey Show XXI

Kansas City folks! I hope you’ll join me tonight at Crosstown Station. I’ve never been, but it looks like tons of fun!

Obscenes #01: Hospital Scene, “Fingers”

An ongoing personal reflection/deconstruction of scenes I’ve done, and how and why I did them.

“Fingers” is a strange beast. After doing primarily documentaries in my undergraduate years, I decided to do a radical experimental narrative before I graduated, something to clean my palette before tackling some narratives.  The finished film has no dialogue and is told strictly through non-linear flashbacks. The film had no screenplay — it was shot completely off storyboards and a simple one page treatment.

The story centers around Paul, who reacts to the loss of his index finger the same way someone might grieve a loved one who passed away — his mind goes to unexpected places and recalls moments throughout his life where the finger played a role. Eventually the memories become more strained and confusing to the point he breaks out of them and returns to reality.

Part of what interested me about the project was simply the idea of touch, how fingers could be used to tickle, or explore, or offend. I loved thinking about – and exploring – the wonderful utility of this aspect of our anatomy.

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Jean-Paul Belmondo, Feb. 1962

Today I was thumbing through a magazine rack at a Goodwill when I chanced upon a February 1962 issue of Pageant magazine that includes a short piece on Jean-Paul Belmondo. Belomondo was recently honored by the Los Angeles Film Critics for his career achievements. High-resolution scans of the original pages are at the bottom, following the transcription. Enjoy!

JB Meets CC

Photographed for Pageant by Marvin Newman

THE FILM HEROES of the young Frenchman at left are Bogart, Brando and Garfield. But put them all together and you still haven’t captured the essence of Jean-Paul Belmondo, the most off-beat European screen sensation in a decade.

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Congrats to Cool Brees.

Super Bowl Auteurs

I really, reaaally love this.

[via Gawker.tv, via Slate]

The Lost “Creation” Poster

He shouldn’t have played ball unless his agent could swing him some above the title action…

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