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Rule 32: You need more than a girl and a gun

Rule 32: You need more than a girl and a gun

by | Jan 20, 2016 | Uncategorized

The esteemed French critic and film director, Jean-Luc Godard said, “All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun.”  Here’s a little more politically correct and specific modus operandi: STEP ONE:  You have an incredible screenplay (a major portion of...
Rule 31: Learn from your forbears

Rule 31: Learn from your forbears

by | Jan 12, 2016 | Uncategorized

During my childhood, our little  movie theater only showed cowboy movies.  If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen ‘em all.  And who knew who the director was?  No one who doesn’t work in movies can tell you what a director does. As quoted from the the...
Rule 30: You’re either funny or you’re not

Rule 30: You’re either funny or you’re not

by | Jan 5, 2016 | Uncategorized

Comedies rarely win academy awards and few receive critical acclaim.  But I hold in the highest regard those performers, writers and directors who endure the pain of comedy. Chevy Chase told me he used to fall down and break his nose for twenty-five dollars a...
Here’s to two iconic talents – R.I.P.

Here’s to two iconic talents – R.I.P.

by | Dec 28, 2015 | Uncategorized

In the last 2 days, two of my idols in filmmaking left us with a legacy that will remain for decades. George Clayton Johnson wrote two seminal sci-fi novels, Logan’s Run and Ocean’s Eleven (both were made into movies), as well as the premiere...