Category Archives: Film

Paul Fischer: Do you need to be empathetic towards a character who is primarily unsympathetic? Tilda Swinton: You know it’s hard to imagine a human being whom one can’t find some sympathy for. But I’m not a performer who needs to love my characters or whatever they say. That’s not an issue for me. IContinue reading “Not A Good Stepford Wife. 17 Dec 2009.”

The Kenyan woman sitting to my right, Caroline Rotich, won the 2009 Las Vegas Marathon a few weeks ago and took home with her $25,000 USD. Way to go, Caroline!

While I was in Santa Fe – I was told this Sam Peckinpah story. The narrator said on one of Peckinpah’s later film sets – the cast and crew had been waiting for Peckinpah to show up to begin filming… One hour goes by… Then two… Then three… The phone rings and it’s Peckinpah. HeContinue reading “Peckinpah. 5 Dec 2009.”

Hey Ed, The best thing to do would be to update your hi-def master to the current cut, and then do a “tape to tape” color correction of version. You would supervise the session along with a colorist. Don’t be afraid to tell them the look you want since you’re the director, but a goodContinue reading “Larry Madaras. Feature Film Editor. 9 Nov 2009.”