Roy Scheider (1932 – 2008)
Roy Scheider died. I feel sad. Surprised to say, sad.When major movie stars and media personalities perish, I don't generally feel too much one way or another about it. I…
Shepperton 3D!!!
It really is a long walk from Shepperton rail station to the Shepperton studio lot. And a dangerous one too, apparently (see above street sign).I went out there on Saturday…
Great Movie Monologues 2 – “Doctor Zhivago”
Robert Bolt was a very lucky writer - terribly talented, yes - but lucky, lucky, lucky. He wrote only a very few screenplays, and most of those that he wrote…
Brussels, Comics Capital of Europe
A couple months ago, I took my first trip to Brussels. I went there to ride in a helicopter and to write a piece on Wim Robberechts & Co., one…
Night and Fog (1955)
"A concentration camp is built like, a stadium or a big hotel. You need contractors, estimates, competitive bids. And no doubt a bribe or two. Any style will do. It's…
Sounds Of Nature: Part II
THE SOUNDS OF NATURE, PART II: Sound Editing in Nature Docs: The Second Narrator by Neal Romanek (as printed in the October 2007 edition of TVBEurope) If the nature documentary…
Sounds Of Nature: Part I
THE SOUNDS OF NATURE, PART I: How BBC Natural History Producers Use Sound Design To Make The Real World Sound Real (as printed in the September 2007 edition of TVBEurope)…
Evel Knievel Jumps The Styx
Robert Craig "Evel" KnievelOctober 17, 1938 - November 30, 2007
Great Movie Monologues 1 – “How To Get Ahead In Advertising”
At the disheartening conclusion of Bruce Robinson's SECOND comic masterpiece, "How To Get Ahead In Advertising" (1989), the ... the ... well, the antagonist, let's just say, for those who…
New Job & New Strike
Just as the Writers Guild Of America prepares to strike, I have signed a contract to write a new movie.I'm not a WGA member at present, and the production company…