Union Made
UNION MADE: Persistence Has Its Rewards
I will forever remember Donn Cambern’s advice over 30 years ago in that grocery store: “Persistence, determination and optimism.” […]
Film
Tail Pop
Mervyn LeRoy’s ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Fantasy has had a rather schizophrenic time in Hollywood––one year being the worst possible genre to pour money into unless it’s going straight to video, the next year sweeping the Academy Awards with 11 Oscars. […]
This Quarter in Film History
Vive le Francois!
In 1959, the Nouvelle Vague, or New Wave, revolutionized the concept of film editing and scene construction in international film. […]
Book Reviews
Crafting Cinema in the Third Dimension
Bernard Mendiburu’s book contains the requisite technical information about stereoscopic perception and its relation to cinema. […]
This Quarter in Film History
THIS MONTH IN FILM HISTORY:
Miloš’ Mozartifacts
Miloš Forman has focused on one theme: How society grinds down the individual and is basically corrupt and hypocritical. […]
OP / EDIT
Filmmaking’s First Responders
Editors and story analysts both use their considerable skills and training to hone and finesse a film’s story. […]
Book Reviews
Discovering the Story of the Scene
The central issue in ‘The Lean Forward Moment’ is emotional engagement in the narrative. […]
This Quarter in Film History
Frankly, Selznick Did Give a Damn
Why David O. Selznick feared a tombstone epitaph as the man who made Gone with the Wind (1939) is mysterious. This film was his Tara as much as it was Miss Scarlett’s. […]
Tail Pop
John Landis’ ‘Animal House’
My father, the late actor/director Ray Danton, was a gifted man. He was handsome, had a baritone voice, stood over six feet and weighed a chiseled 190 pounds in his prime. […]
Tail Pop
Barry Levinson’s ‘Rain Main’
Starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, Rain Man opened 21 years ago this December. It made a lot of money and won a lot of awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. […]
