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CineSource Article on Nilsson
May 13th, 2012
Cinesource magazine recently published an article about Rob Nilsson. The piece, written by Michael McWay, discusses Rob's exceptional pace and inspirations. "As a filmmaker Rob Nilsson has always been concerned with the concreteness of human experience as lived in the here-and-now." The article is available on the Cinesource website, ...
Exceptions…and the Rule
April 27th, 2012
Government is a four ring circus, each ring defined by a word beginning with P: Power, Protection, Pride and Profit. Sad as this might sound we would never want to add Purity as the fifth P. It’s the Pure I’m most afraid of. Almost as much as the Sure. ...
A Force of Nature - For David
October 31st, 2011
Two weeks ago David and I met at a dive bar in the deep Richmond. Pat came over. Smart guy with lots of knowledge. Pain too. He grieved a lot over the state of the world. Iraq. Afghanistan. Somalia. Really felt it personally and expressed guilt because he saw it, ...
Hello to the 15,000
June 14th, 2011
A spring day here, a rare commodity in a Bay Area climate recently prone to cold, wind and wintery, if snowless, storms. But record snow in the Sierras. The reservoirs up on Mt. Tam full months ago. Global colding vs. its evil twin.
We just got word that ...
The 15,000
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I've always liked the slogan, "Opinion rules the world." The 15,000 is a chronicle of opinions I'd like to have more heft in the neighborhood. I've lived long enough to realize that silence has great value. I think it's the great growing space pregnant in the seed before it blooms. And then you talk.
Every month I'll be writing on a topic related to our films: production, distribution, exhibition. Or I'll follow inspiration, desperation and other burrs under the saddle to talk about cinema, art, society ... the gamut.
I'm hoping to hear your views. I only know my own and so I'm at a disadvantage. You are 15,000 and I am one. The only way we can make progress is if you are as candid as I try to be. If you make an honest effort to cut through the mist and tell the truths... read more
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