From Concept to First Day of Shooting
Here’s an encore post, written four (FOUR!) years ago, with the first bit of video we shot for A Life’s Work. I hope you like it. I was having lunch with my friend and colleague, cinematographer...
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Walter De Maria, Paolo Soleri, and A Life’s Work
The New York Earth Room and The Lightning Field I first heard about Walter De Maria back in the 80s. I was working in Soho at the time and someone or something brought The New York Earth Room to my...
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“I must have more shots of the military!”
I’ve been editing a section of A Life’s Work that relies on some archival footage, so I’ve been searching and watching and thinking and searching and watching and cutting. A new post about archival...
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Conversation with Aimee Madsen, Director of “Paolo Soleri: Beyond Form”
In January 2012 I interviewed filmmaker Aimee Madsen for the blog. Aimee was conducting a Kickstarter campaign for her film, then titled Before Form. As she summarized it in that interview, “the film...
View ArticleI Need More Archival Footage!
A little context: I’m working on a Soleri clip wherein he is critical of hyperconsumption and suburban sprawl — and how sprawl creates a reliance on cars. I’m using interview footage of Soleri and Jeff...
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Six Questions for Jeff Stein, President of Cosanti
In July 2012 the Cosanti Foundation, the organization that oversees Arcosanti, announced Paolo Soleri’s retirement as President, and the appointment of his successor, Jeff Stein, I was quite...
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Filmmaker Clams
Years ago, a friend and I referred to running, inside joked, phrased, or expressiond as “clams.” I’m not sure where this came from, but I use it to this day. The process of filmmaking results in many...
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Conversations with Friends, Part 1
I met G., a writer friend, at an artist residency in November 2012. At this residency I showed the 36-minute sample of A Life’s Work to G. and the other residents. G. said to me privately afterwards,...
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Soleri Bells
In case you don’t know, Arcosanti generates much of its income through the sale of wind bells designed by Paolo Soleri. Soleri wind bells in the gift shop at Arcosanti. How did Soleri begin designing...
View ArticleThe Probabilistic Universe: A Clip
The Probabilistic Universe Here’s a clip I’ve been working on. As the title of this post suggests, it’s about how chance and the unexpected can play a major role in what we find ourselves doing, the...
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