Archive for the “Film & Television” Category

I just discovered some great videos on You Tube where BAFTA interviews editor Pietro Scalia. Many directors including Oliver Stone, Gus Van Sant, and Ridley Scott have all worked with him. The videos offer some wonderful insight into his editing process for films such as Good Will Hunting, JFK, and Gladiator among others. I’ve posted one of the videos below along with links to the rest. Enjoy!

The Editing of Gladiator

The Editing of JFK

The Editing of Black Hawk Down

Working with Directors

A friend at work sent this to me so I thought I’d share. It’s a nice interview with production designer K.K. Barrett who talks about his film work. Some of the directors he’s collaborated with are Michel Gondry, Sophia Coppola, and Spike Jonze. There’s some great stuff in here…from his journey starting out as a drummer in an early punk band to his design and thought processes for several films, including the upcoming Where the Wild Things Are. Definitely worth a look!

I just saw an AWESOME documentary film called Surfwise. It’s the story of Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz and how he decided to leave his successful career in medicine to take his wife and 9 children on a nomadic quest to surf every day of their lives (all while living in a 24 foot motor-home).

Being a surfer myself, I was immediately intrigued to check it out. But, I can definitely say this is so much more than just another surfing documentary. While it does show the life of the Paskowitz family, it also shares many insights about life in general which I found really interesting (and sometimes just plain hilarious). Here’s the trailer, but do yourself a favor and rent this film!

An interesting musical side note…I used to dig this song by the band The Flys. Turns out, the lead singer is Adam Paskowitz and the backup singer is Josh Paskowitz.