There’s Something Lynchian About a Handbag

These days, short film ads are fairly ubiquitous. You know the sort: an ad disguised as a short film—which usually follows or precedes an ad about the same product— and presented as a story with characters and plot all wrapped around a-not-so cleverly hidden product placement. Well, it seems David Lynch has jumped into this particular fray with obvious [...]

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I Am the Camera Eye

It’s been awhile. A long while. The last short film I shot was 16mm sync sound, and that was years ago. Shooting on digital video certainly has it upsides; immediate feedback, no processing, etc. I was behind the camera for about half the shots, Aaron, the writer and director, the other half. Mine is Mine was made [...]

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Floating Heads of Doom!

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Tailing Some Crooks

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On the Beach

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The Money Shot: Dog Eat Dog

Dog Eat Dog (1964) Directors: Albert Zugsmith, Richard E. Cunha, Ray Nazarro, Gustav Gavrin “If you’re going to do something wrong, do it big, because the punishment is the same either way.” Jayne Mansfield The name Jayne Mansfield carries a lot of baggage. Like Sharon Tate, Jayne Mansfield conjures more than simply an actress that [...]

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Exiting Eden

  Once upon a time is how the scene begins (don’t they all?) and this is how it unfolds: first we see a sprawling lake, a supine giant, the water of which falls from emerald green to thick, murky browns. This lake has existed here, presumably for a thousand years or more. An old tire, [...]

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From Russia With Love: Love and Death

Love and Death (1975) Director: Woody Allen In the illuminating collections of essays, Conversations with Woody Allen (2007) by New York Times and Vanity Fair writer, Eric Lax, Woody Allen discusses being at a sort of crossroads upon the completion of his film Sleeper (1973). He wants to do a departure film, what he refers to as a “real-person [...]

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